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Posted by Chris on February 1, 2012 at 12:32
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Nasty Snips II is now closed to all submissions; thanks to all who have sent in their stories, the reading period is in progress with hopefully a final TOC published in April.
There is every possibility of a joint-paperback publication of this anthology…
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Posted by Chris on December 31, 2011 at 7:47
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In honour of my birthday, for this weekend only all orders over £15 will receive a 38% refund. If you're paying by cheque or postal order, then make sure the cheque is dated for this weekend!
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Born Free
Posted by Chris on November 29, 2011 at 14:23
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What has the 60s film with the lovely Matt Monro song got to do with Pendragon Press? Nothing really…
2011 is drawing to a close… a month left and it must be said that this year has been full of ups and downs: unfortunately more downs. Probably my least favourite year in this ten years of publishing madness – again, in awe at fellow indie presses who have families, and the occasional folk who do this for a living: it has been tough.
As a consequence of this, I cannot afford to attend the British Fantasy Society Open Night in London in two weeks – which also means Visions Fading Fast (Volume One) won't be launched at this event. It is though winging its way to the printer for a delivery date in the New Year. Initially it was decided that all 100 hardback copies would be signed by Gary McMahon (the editor) but unbeknownst to me the printer no longer inserts signing sheets (which makes things much easier on a purely logistical level for me). Therefore, only *pre-ordered* copies will be flat-signed by Gary – though all copies will be numbered.
Since I have many patient pre-orderers already (but still copies left…) of which I am extremely grateful, as I thank you to them I will post a copy of the next Pendragon chapbook free of charge.
The schedule for 2012 is yet to be finalised (yes, this may have been my least favourable year but I'm still hanging on in there… I told you this publishing lark is madness, but addictive!) but I will be posting it to the website before the year is actually out.
In other news, chapbook subscriptions are progressing well – and again very welcome – and the number of acceptances for Nasty Snips II is quite low. In fact, the number of submissions have been quite limited: remember, the closing date is end of January 2012 but if we don't receive an influx soon then it may well be extended… I'm looking at an e-anthology of thirty-something stories.
As always, a big thank you to all past and present customers – it is because of good honest folk such has yourself (who don't scream and shout asking where their book is…) that I continue onwards trying to get good writers out there into the open. I've now written that line, and this has crept into my mind: Matt Monro – Born Free.
Before I descend into more schmultz, hope you all have a happy Christmas/holiday and remember: a book is for life, not just an electronic file.
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Chapbooks
Posted by Chris on October 31, 2011 at 16:59
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In all honesty I have been thinking about this for some time, wondering whether or not anyone would be interested, but since I started producing these I have been pleasantly surprised at how popular they are, therefore I have decided to offer subscriptions at £10 for 4 issues.
Of course, a subscription displays a great deal of faith on your part – which is why to entice more of you, the first fifty to subscribe will receive a fifth chapbook free of charge!
If this interests you – and I sincerely hope it does, since it not only will give a much needed boost to the coffers to pay the authors and artist a little more for their hard-work – then pop along to the CHAPBOOKS page and press the button.
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Important Announcement Due Soon…
Posted by Chris on September 22, 2011 at 20:06
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… and if you want to hear it before the general public, then sign up for the Pendragon e-letter.
(Hint: one for all you writers out there…)
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From Kingston to Updates
Posted by Chris on July 29, 2011 at 19:53
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With a ludicrously kick turnaround – I only accepted the proof copy on Wednesday – I have now taken delivery of Gary Greenwood's Kingston to Cable. Pre-ordered copies will be posted henceforth and forthwith – though of course there are plenty more copies available for sale! :)
In other news, I am looking at my schedule for FantasyCon and decided to push-back the publication of Visions Fading Fast to December to coincide with the annual Open Night in London – in the meantime, I will be readying three more chapbooks for publication in Brighton: The Joy of Technology by Roy Gray, Isabel Jane by Catherine Dale and Allegro by Clifford Royal Johns.
Lastly, David has pointed me in the direction of a rather welcome review of popCult! by Paul Magrs:
I’ll just urge you to seek it out from Pendragon press. It’s like anthony Burgess teaming up with the Mighty Boosh to write a science fiction thriller.
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Nasty stuff on the cheap?
Posted by Chris on July 12, 2011 at 1:21
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Send an e-mail to me at chris [at] pendragonpress [dot] net with the subject "FREE NASTY" and I will send you a free copy of Nasty Snips (postage paid in the UK, postage extra and invoiced separately if outside the UK). This message has been brought to you courtesy of forgetting to take those pills…
In other news, Kingston to Cable is at the printers – and thanks to Gary Greenwood, a typo on the back cover was spotted in the nick o'time – and Gary McMahon has delivered the stories for Visions Fading Fast: Volume One.
Oooooh, an exciting time ahead!
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Social Interaction
Posted by Chris on June 20, 2011 at 18:05
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In case you always wanted to know, but were too afraid to ask: Pendragon Press has a page on Facebook and a Twitter feed.
I don't generally "do" Twitter, but it turns out that every time I update the site it gets tweeted…
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You give me a fiver…
Posted by Chris on June 15, 2011 at 15:35
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… and I will send you a copy of Feral Companions, the limited signed hardback novella collection by Simon Maginn and Gary Fry. But, only the first ten people, though.
Be quick or be dead… well, not literally of course.
£5 to me via Paypal at chris at pendragonpress dot co dot uk.
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popCult! is imminent!
Posted by Chris on June 8, 2011 at 14:57
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Delivery tomorrow, I have been promised. Pre-ordered copies will be despatched henceforth and forthwith. But, if you haven't ordered yet… then do it now before I regain my sanity and remove the special offer of a 20% refund if you quote "popCult!" on your order…
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