Eagles Over the Kennebec

As reported elsewhere.

Attention: Subscribers to Fledgling and Saltation, Fans of Theo Waitley, Friends of Liad, and All the Ships at Sea

Now it can be told.

Baen Books will be publishing the dead tree edition of Fledgling and, when it’s ready, Saltation. That’s the short form and it is Wonderful News Indeed.

The slightly longer form is that subscribers to Fledgling and/or Saltation will receive their books as promised. Baen will supply a portion of our advance in books, enough to cover the subscriptions, which we’ll sign and mail from the Cat Farm and Confusion Factory – that’s 1,200 volumes for Fledgling, and up to 1,000 Saltations.

The rest of the books will go into Baen’s regular distribution channel and will be available from your favorite bookstore. For those who prefer ebooks, both novels will be available through Baen Webscriptions.

As with any negotiation, there was some give-and-take involved. Part of this negotiation revolved around the form in which the books will be published. There exists the possibility – the language is in the contract – that Baen will decide not to publish a trade paper edition. If they make that decision, then subscribers will receive hardcovers.

Publication dates are not yet in hand; as soon as we have them, we’ll shout them from the rooftops. We did want to give this wonderful news to everyone who supported us and our work as soon as we were certain ourselves.

We’re very grateful to Toni Weisskopf at Baen, and to Jenn Jackson, our agent, who both did master class piloting in order to bring this one safely to port.

For those who where waiting until Sunday -- wait no more! Arnold Bailey has performed a Mighty Feat of Technomagery and gotten the Liaden Universe® Big Bang online and for sale now.

For those who have been awaiting this moment with -- patience, that's it. Patience.

For those who have been awaiting this moment with patience, then: The Liaden Universe® Big Bang is now listed on the Webscriptions site.

Also, we hear from a Loyal Minion at Jim Baen's Universe that fifty Friends of Liad bought subscriptions to the magazine since Misfits went up, on July 6. The JBU staffs thanks y'all gratefully. As we do.

Coming in late? You may read, right now, free of charge, the first half of "Misfits" (aka, the story of the weatherman and what became of him), from the above link. You don't have to subscribe, or even register, to do this. Under this plan, however, you don't get to read the rest of story until December, when the magazine comes out, and may be purchased from Jim Baen's Universe.

And in other news -- we got cover flats for the Ace edition of Crystal Dragon today. Yummy. I'll post a scan RSN. But first, I need to do some work.

Sharon Lee and Steve Miller are pleased to announce that our agent, Jennifer Jackson, has sold DUAINFEY, a romantic fantasy, in which a young human girl is enslaved by a Fae lord in an attempt to challenge the Fae Queen, plus a sequel, to Toni Weisskopf at Baen Books.

No word on publication dates as yet.