- Some very exciting news today in the JABberwocky office! E. L. Tettensor‘s debut novel, DARKWALKER, is a finalist for the 2015 Compton Crook Award! This award was created by the Baltimore Science Fiction Society, Inc., to honor the best first novel of year (in this case, published in 2013) written by an individual author in
- NewsWe are excited to announce that DAUNTLESS,the first book in Jack Campbell’s bestselling Lost Fleet series, will be available for just $1.99 on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, and iBookstore until April 12th! Analog Magazine called the action-packed Lost Fleet series “Real science fiction, as filling and nutritious as a meal of your favorite comfort food,” and Publishers Weekly praised it for
3/30/2015
- NewsWe’re pleased to announce that THE DRAGONS OF DORCASTLE, the first book in the Pillars of Reality epic fantasy series from New York Times bestselling author Jack Campbell, will be available in ebook format on April 3rd, 2015! In just a few short weeks, readers will be able to experience the masterful worldbuilding and fully-realized characters audiobook listeners
3/20/2015
- NewsIn addition to selling a record-number of debut science fiction and fantasy novels over the last year, we’re excited to announce our very first romance sale! A LADY’S GUIDE TO RUIN by Kathleen Kimmel is an amazing Regency debut, sold to Julie Mianecki at Berkley in a two-book deal. Featuring a jewel thief who impersonates
3/18/2015
- News“For those who like their fantasy with plenty of adventure and a dollop of humor, I recommend The Dance of Gods… non-stop action, highly entertaining … an intriguing and delightfully funny series.” -Locus At the intersection between Glen Cook, Terry Pratchett, and Charles Stross, the four volumes of Mayer Alan Brenner’s Dance of Gods series follow a sprawling
3/9/2015
- NewsToday, and today only, LIBRIOMANCER by our Hugo Award-winning Jim C. Hines is a Kindle Daily Deal! Now is the perfect time to pick up the first book in his Magic Ex Libris series for a mere $1.99. LIBRIOMANCER is a fun, action-packed romp of an urban fantasy. io9.com called it “[a] love letter to
3/6/2015
- NewsFantasy Book Critic touts Sarah Ash’s writing as “lyrical and lucid, and often featur[ing] a vast array of characters that showcase the whole spectrum of humanity.” That description rings true when it comes to this week’s featured eBooks. Known best for her Tears of Artamon Trilogy, Ash’s fans will enjoy taking a step back and
3/2/2015
- NewsIt’s always great to start the week by sharing recognition for our authors! First up, Peter V. Brett is a finalist for the Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire Award, which is the French-language equivalent of the Hugo or Nebula. Peter’s Demon Cycle series has been nominated in the category for Roman etranger (foreign novels translated into French), and
2/23/2015
- NewsTanya Huff’s beloved character Magdalene, the most powerful wizard in the world, has previously appeared in various magazines and collections. This year, Magdalene makes the jump to digital for the first time in Tanya Huff’s latest short story collection, Third Time Lucky: And Other Stories of the Most Powerful Wizard in the World. There’s a
2/13/2015
- NewsIt’s time to issue a warm JABberwocky welcome to Jason Denzel! Jason must be a Mystic (hence the ambiguity in the post’s title), because he’s pulled off something special—his debut novel, which was acquired by Tor Books on an exclusive submission, will come out this fall! The road to acquisition to publication can often take
2/10/2015
- NewsGood news everyone! WINDSWEPT by Adam Rakunas, his debut novel, has been sold to Angry Robot! After reading this book, you’ll understand why we’re celebrating this two book deal with friend-of-the-agency Captain Morgan. We discovered Adam the “old fashioned” way. After rum-maging through “Fantasy and Science Fiction” we asked if he had a novel and
2/4/2015
- NewsWe’ve had a lot of Hollywood-related excitement the last couple weeks, and now have big news to report: Both Brandon Sanderson and Daniel José Older have new option deals! Brandon Sanderson’s #1 NYT bestselling Reckoners series (STEELHEART, FIREFIGHT, and the forthcoming CALAMITY) has been picked up by Twentieth Century Fox, for Shawn Levy’s Fox-based 21
1/29/2015
- NewsIt’s already a very exciting start to 2015 for JABberwocky: FIREFIGHT debuted this week at #1 on the New York Times Bestseller list! This long awaited second installment in Brandon Sanderson‘s Reckoners series is also a #9 USA Today bestseller, and a #14 Indie Children’s bestseller. FIREFIGHT is #3 on Bookscan’s juvenile list and #23
1/15/2015
- NewsAs 2015 begins, we’d like to reflect on the past year, which was a fantastic one for our clients! Myke Cole has once again received superb recognition across the board. BREACH ZONE, the third and final installment in his Shadow Ops series, was picked as a top book of the year by the Qwillery, Only the
1/15/2015
- NewsWhat better way to kick off the New Year than to look ahead to all of the upcoming conventions? Joshua is doing just that, and his schedule for Boskone 52 has just been confirmed! Below is a copy of his scheduled panels for the convention and you can check out all of the JABberwocky agents’
1/12/2015
- NewsA festive JABbermas to our wonderful ebook readers! Until New Year’s Eve, six of our ebooks are on sale! For only $2.99, you can explore the wide variety of novels and genres JABberwocky is honored to make available as ebooks. Science Fiction OFFICER-CADET by Rick Shelley is a military science fiction classic. Rick Shelley was
12/16/2014
- NewsElizabeth Moon fans, rejoice! Elizabeth has collected eight short stories into a new collection, Deeds of Honor: Paksensarrion World Chronicles, and JABberwocky is honored to make it available as an ebook. The eight stories in this collection feature characters familiar to readers of the Deed of Paksenarrion series and the Paladin’s Legacy series, as well
12/11/2014
- NewsAs we announced earlier in the year, the Hallmark Movie Channel picked up Charlaine Harris’s series as part of their Movies & Mysteries franchise. Hallmark has recently announced that the first movie in the Aurora Teagarden series, A Bone to Pick, will premier at 9pm EST on April 4, 2015! More information can be found on
12/9/2014
- NewsNPR recently released their Best Books of 2014 list, and two of our clients make an appearance! Included on this year’s list is THE TROPIC OF SERPENTS by Marie Brennan, the second novel in the Memoirs of Lady Trent series. Book critic K. Tempest Bradford says of SERPENTS: “Marie Brennan expertly weaves together fantasy and
12/8/2014
- NewsThe anthology Dead But Not Forgotten: Stories from the World of Sookie Stackhouse, edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner, is available from Audible at a special Black Friday/Cyber Monday price! Beginning on Black Friday (the 28th), you can pick up your copy for only $4.95, a fantastic price for 15 stories set
11/28/2014
- NewsWe are thrilled to share that WORDS OF RADIANCE, the second installment in Brandon Sanderson’s #1 New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive series, is #42 on the Der Spiegel Bestseller List in Germany! Last week it debuted at #48 and this week moved up six spots on the list. Der Spiegel is a weekly German
10/30/2014
- NewsWe are thrilled to share Brandon Sanderson‘s most recent recognition: YALSA has chosen not one, but two of Brandon’s titles for their Teens’ Top Ten List! THE RITHMATIST was selected for the #3 spot and STEELHEART was chosen as #8. YALSA, the Young Adult Library Services Association, is a national group of librarians and advocates
10/24/2014
- NewsLisa will be attending the New Jersey Romance Writers Put Your Heart in a Book Conference in Iselin, New Jersey, this weekend! She’ll be taking pitches Saturday morning and participating in the Editor/Agent Panel in the afternoon. She’ll also be making an appearance at the Literacy Book Fair and Author Signing, hosted by NJRW, which
10/17/2014
- NewsThis is a very special weekend in JABberwockyland! Not only is it the 20th anniversary of JABberwocky being in business, but we’ve just made available the very first print edition of any JABberwocky ebook! That honor goes to AD ASTRA by Jack Campbell (AKA John G. Hemry), a collection that gathers together 11 short stories
10/9/2014
- NewsWe’re honored to include in our ebook program two standalone mystery novels by #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris! Best known for her Sookie Stackhouse series, Charlaine made her debut with these first-rate small town Southern mysteries. SWEET AND DEADLY features newspaper reporter Catherine Linton, who’s returned to her hometown Lowfield, Mississippi, certain
10/1/2014
- NewsExciting news for those with Apple™ addictions, there is a new version of iOS for those with the latest versions of the gadgets pioneered by Steve Jobs. According to the news sources the iOS8 update will also include a bundle of updates for their app suite include a new version of Apple’s e-reader: iBooks. For
9/17/2014
- NewsIt’s been two weeks since Sylvia Izzo-Hunter’s debut novel THE MIDNIGHT QUEEN hit shelves, and the incredible reviews have been pouring in! Sylvia was even chosen for an author spotlight by Romantic Times, who called the book “creative and suspenseful — and never predictable…a novel that readers will be unable to put down.” THE MIDNIGHT
9/16/2014
- NewsWe are excited to announce our new partnership with Tachyon Publications! Tachyon is an award-winning publisher of smart science fiction, fantasy, and literary fiction. Tachyon’s critically acclaimed authors and editors include Peter S. Beagle, Joe R. Lansdale, Patricia McKillip, Tim Powers, Nancy Kress, Charles de Lint, Ellen Datlow, Michael Moorcock, Kage Baker, James Morrow, Cory
9/12/2014
- Huge congratulations to Todd Lockwood, who won the Chesley Award for his brilliant cover art for Marie Brennan’s World Fantasy Award-nominated A NATURAL HISTORY OF DRAGONS! The Chesley was handed out at LonCon 3, and we think it was richly deserved. Here, for your admiration, is the cover:
- NewsIt is our great pleasure to announce that Simon R. Green’s novel DRINKING MIDNIGHT WINE is once again available as an ebook! It’s one of his few standalone titles, and he packs in a whole series worth of adventure, action, and wise-cracking fun. Complete with angels, gods, and monsters, it’s been compared to Neil Gaiman’s
8/5/2014