We are pleased to announce that Daniel José Older‘s SHADOWSHAPER is a finalist for the 2015 Cybils Award. According to their website, The Cybils Award “aims to recognize the children’s and young adult authors and illustrators whose books combine the highest literary merit and popular appeal.” The winner will be announced on February 14th. SHADOWSHAPER was

Now that awards season is upon us, we’ve been receiving a great deal of good news for our JABberwocky authors!   Five JABberwocky authors appeared on Buzzfeed’s recent “32 Best Fantasy Books of 2015″ list! Buzzfeed highlighted Silvia Moreno-Garcia‘s SIGNAL TO NOISE, calling it a “charming debut”; Daniel José Older‘s HALF-RESURRECTION BLUES, the “engaging beginning

We are pleased to welcome two incredible new clients to the JABberwocky family! Nancy Farmer is the National Book Award-winning author of THE HOUSE OF THE SCORPION, A GIRL NAMED DISASTER, THE EAR, THE EYE, AND THE ARM, The Sea of Trolls trilogy, and more. With THE HOUSE OF SCORPION, she won both the National

Simon R. Green’s THE DARK SIDE OF THE ROAD is a Kindle Daily Deal today, so don’t miss this locked-room Christmas mystery with a supernatural twist that Publisher’s Weekly called ““[A] brisk, breezy first in a new mystery series.”  It’s perfect for a holiday read or as a gift to the mystery lovers on your

Daniel José Older’s SHADOWSHAPER has been receiving a lot of great buzz lately, and has gathered quite the list of “best of” mentions and awards. Most recently, New York Times picked SHADOWSHAPER for its “Notable Children’s Books of 2015” list, calling it “magnificent.” Older’s novel, an action-packed urban fantasy, filled with street art, Brooklyn house

Through Monday November 30, you can get two of our top e-books as part of a Black Friday “Buy Two Get Third Free” weekend special on Kobo. The first of our two promo titles is Tanya Huff’s Sing The Four Quarters, which is the first in Huff’s Quarters series.  The book is one of Joshua’s personal favorite

We’re extremely excited to announce that we have made Jack Campbell’s THE ASSASSINS OF ALTIS and Toni L. P. Kelner’s CROOKED AS A DOG’S HIND LEG available for the first time as paperback books just in time for the holiday season. THE ASSASSINS OF ALTIS is the third installment of New York Times bestselling author Jack

Alex Erickson’s cozy mystery, DEATH BY COFFEE, is available as a Kindle Daily Deal–pick it up for $0.99 today! Follow Krissy Hancock, a bookstore owner and amateur sleuth. When she named her new bookstore cafe “Death by Coffee,” she didn’t know how well that name would fit! Open Book Society called DEATH BY COFFEE “a

Alex Erickson’s cozy mystery, DEATH BY COFFEE, is on sale this month–pick it up for $1.99 for the rest of November! Follow Krissy Hancock, a bookstore owner and amateur sleuth. When she named her new bookstore cafe “Death by Coffee,” she didn’t know how well that name would fit! Open Book Society called DEATH BY

THE ASSASSINS OF ALTIS, book 3 of the Pillars of Reality series by Jack Campbell, New York Times bestselling author of the Lost Fleet and Lost Stars series, is now available as an ebook at all major e-tailers! For those that prefer other formats, Audible has published a fantastic audiobook, while the paperback edition is

                          11/17/15: ** Brandon Sanderson’s SHADOWS OF SELF and FIREFIGHT are still in the final round. Voting ends 11/23. Go vote today!     11/10/15: ** Brandon Sanderson and Peter Brett are still semi-finalists in the second round. Go vote today! **  

                           We are thrilled to announce that Brandon Sanderson has officially sold over 7 million copies worldwide! Brandon’s works have been translated into 25 different languages, and his books have graced multiple “Best Of” lists, including lists by Library Journal, Barnes and Noble,

Rejoice, Kindlers! Book one of Tanya Huff’s classic fantasy Quarters series, SING THE FOUR QUARTERS, is being featured as an Kindle Daily Deal today! If you’ve been holding out on picking the ebook up, this sale is for you. In case you didn’t already know, all four of the Quarters books are now available as

We are thrilled to share that Daryl Gregory‘s WE ARE ALL COMPLETELY FINE has won the 2015 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella! Gregory’s novella, which features a group of likely-insane, horrific outcasts, also won the 2015 Shirley Jackson Award, and was a finalist for the Nebula, Locus, and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Awards. It was

We are happy to share that Brandon Sanderson‘s STEELHEART has been chosen by the new NYC Reads 365 program for the 9th and 10th grade reading list. NYC Reads 365 is an independent initiative which encourages students to read for fun all year long. NYC Department of Education Chancellor Carmen Fariña summed up their intent: “Reading

We are thrilled to announce that Charlaine Harris‘s Midnight, Texas series is currently in development as a new drama for NBC! Written/executive produced by Monica Owusu-Breen (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) and executive produced by David Janollari (Six Feet Under). Janollari says of Charlaine’s series: “It’s where humans and the supernatural co-exist, and where everyone has a secret. . .It’s equal

This week, Kobo is offering a massive 50% off sale for every book published via Kobo Writing Life! Readers can redeem the 50% off any title using the below promo codes — and be sure to note the different codes for the different territories! Each code can be used an unlimited number of times, so

Our hearty congratulations to Brandon Sanderson, whose newest novel SHADOWS OF SELF has landed on the New York Times bestseller lists this week! This book is the first installment in Brandon’s newest Mistborn trilogy and it landed on the New York Times‘ Hardcover list at #8, their ebook bestseller list at #5, and the combined

We are excited (although not surprised!) to see both Brandon Sanderson’s THE WAY OF KINGS and Elizabeth Moon’s THE SPEED OF DARK on Amazon’s 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime list. THE WAY OF KINGS is the first book in Sanderson‘s Stormlight Archive series,  one of the defining epic fantasy

In celebration of Columbus Day in the US and Thanksgiving in Canada*, why not pick up a great book for your ebook reader? Tanya Huff’s SING THE FOUR QUARTERS, Jack Campbell’s DRAGONS OF DORCASTLE, and Charlaine Harris’s SWEET AND DEADLY are all on sale for $2.99 this weekend at Kobo! SWEET AND DEADLY is a

We’re excited to announce that THE SILENCE OF STONES, book # 7 in Jeri Westerson’s Crispin Guest medieval mystery series, will be released by Severn House in the UK on October 30th, 2015. For those unfamiliar with Westerson’s series, lovers of the award-nominated and fantastically reviewed series are enraptured by its mix of medieval history,

Eeyore is eternal, but some of the other faces at JABberwocky are new this week! Tae Keller has joined us as our new Foreign Rights assistant. While attending college at Bryn Mawr on Philadelphia’s Main Line, she discovered the joys of Hope’s chocolate macadamia cookies, and also interned at Puffin, Norton, and Writers House. She’ll

We are pleased to announce that Daniel Jose Older’s SHADOWSHAPER has been nominated for the ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults list. This list is created once a year to provide school librarians with a resource to collect the best books for teens. SHADOWSHAPER is an action-packed urban fantasy, filled with street art, Brooklyn house

Silicon Valley readers are in for a treat: Benjamin Parzybok‘s SHERWOOD NATION (buy|reviews) has been named a Silicon Valley Reads pick for 2016, alongside Emmi Itäranta’s Memory of Water.   The theme for the year is “Chance of Rain?” and we think SHERWOOD NATION is a perfect fit. The novel deals with the aftereffects of a severe

We are thrilled to share that THE SKULL THRONE, Peter V. Brett‘s fourth Demon Cycle novel, is #4 on the Der Spiegel bestseller List in Germany! This is one spot higher on the list than his previous Demon Cycle novel, THE DAYLIGHT WAR. This is Peter’s third book to appear on the Der Spiegel List, after

STALK by Louis Charbonneau was originally published in 1992 by Donald I. Fine, the premier thriller editor of his generation. Once named “old pro Charbonneau” by Booklist, Louis Charbonneau became one of the core thriller authors on the Donald I. Fine list, writing many novels alongside his contemporary thriller authors such as Ken Follett, Elmore

Hailing from the Golden State, K. Eason is the newest debut author on our client list. ENEMY and its sequel OUTLAW have sold to 47North! With the cheeky opening words “Mighty Agent, Architect of My Future,” there was never any doubt that this query would lead to something special. And it didn’t disappoint! ENEMY is

Congratulations to everyone who went home with a newly-minted Hugo Award this weekend following this year’s World Science Fiction convention in Spokane! Cixin Liu, Ken Liu, Thomas Olde Heuvelt, and Lia Belt were just a few of the honorees. In addition to announcing the Hugo Award winners, we have also learned that WorldCon 2017 is going

Like most ebook stores, the Google Play store has a variety of categories and features to help readers discover new and exciting ebooks in their favorite genres. One feature Google Play runs regularly to help readers discover new books and authors is their “Start a New Series” promotion, which conveniently features the first title in

JABberwocky clients always rack up the award wins and nominations, and 2015 is proving to be no different! First, Brandon Sanderson is the winner of the David Gemmell Legend Award for Best Novel for WORDS OF RADIANCE. This is the second time Brandon has won the award, after winning it in 2010 for the first Stormlight