Reviews at SFRevu.com

We believe our publications showcase some of the best fiction from writers in the small press arena, but don't just take our word for it... check out these reviews of the first issue of ENCOUNTERS and REALMS at SFRevu.com.

http://www.sfrevu.com/php/Review-id.php?id=10239

http://www.sfrevu.com/php/Review-id.php?id=10238

Library updates, magazine availability, etc.

NIGHT CHILLS is now available on our Web site and at Amazon.com. All of our publications are, or will be, available via Ingram's catalog and on Barnes and Noble's site, as well as worldwide at Amazon Canada, Japan, France, Germany and the UK. They are also listed in Abebooks, Biggerbooks, Powells, Alibris, Booksamillion, Buy.com, A1books and others. If you don't want to shop online, you can order a copy through your local bookseller.

Also, the Multnomah County Library system has added multiple copies of all of our quaterly publications to their collection. This will place them in an environment that serves over 4 million patrons a year (5.5 million when you add in the other libraries that now carry them). As I have said before, we are doing everything we can to expose our writers to a large pool of potential readers.

Work is well underway on the second issue of ENCOUNTERS MAGAZINE which is scheduled for release later this month.

NIGHT CHILLS almost ready for release...

Just thought I would give everyone a quick peek at the cover of the 1st issue of NIGHT CHILLS. It will be available very soon. Also, we are working on a novel which should be released in February (more on that project later) along with issue #2 of ENCOUNTERS.

We've added a third library to our list that carries all four publications. When I get a chance, I will update our Web page with a list of libraries where readers can find a copy.

Library distribution

We have begun sending free subs of all our publications to select libraries. The first two that have accepted our 1 year gift subscriptions are visited by an average of 1.5 million patrons per year. When you allow for repeat visits by the same patrons and individual tastes in reading material, which reduces the amount of people who would be interested in the genre fiction we publish, it is our hope that at least 1 percent of that total number will actually get their hands on a copy sometime during the year. A tiny percentage, yes, but that would mean 15,000 potential readers at these two libraries -- and we are working on adding eight more libraries to the free sub program.

This is our attempt to give the writers we publish as much exposure as possible to people who love to read.

Web site updates

Made a few minor changes to our Web site today, and added a few extra functions to the pages where the publication samples are displayed. Visitors can now check for availability of our titles in multiple online stores in the U.S. and Europe and find prices for them in local currency.

Expanded availability of magazines

All of our publications are now available in more places online. Since we have expanded the distribution, copies are now available on Barnes & Noble's Web site as well as Amazon.com's UK, Japanese and German outlets (that we have seen so far).

As they move deeper into the distribution channels, they should become available for order by booksellers all over the U.S.

Sneak peek at OUTER REACHES #1 cover

The holidays seemed to have slowed things down a bit, so we're still waiting on a proof of the first issue of OUTER REACHES. However, here is an advance look at the cover. Work is well underway on NIGHT CHILLS, and we are also working on a new book release. Issue #2 of ENCOUNTERS is scheduled for release in February.

We will be posting the schedule of magazine releases for 2010 on our Web site soon. Also, I will have more info on our library program next week. The intent of that effort is to provide as much exposure for our writers as possible per issue. We are giving some subscriptions away to select libraries and offering others subs at cost. We aren't making any money off of this particular program, but we are doing what we intended - making the magazines available to a large group of readers.