The parent company has a brand new website. The long overdue overhaul of Prometheus Books’ online home debuts today. What do you think?
I should point out that the submission guidelines are for their books only, not Pyr. We have separate submission guidelines here.
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The Buffalo News’s Jane Kwiatkowski profiles the founder of Pyr’s parent company, Prometheus Books, in “Paul Kurtz’s philosophy? Live life to the fullest.” If you’re curious…
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We’re back, and reasonably rested, from Book Expo America 2007. Was an incredible weekend in New York City, and one that – what with hanging out with Jim Minz, Irene Gallo, Chris Roberson, George Mann, Gail Z. Martin, Ellen Datlow, Gavin Grant, Kelly Link, Liz Gorinsky, Andrew Wheeler and many more – felt a good deal more like a science fiction convention than a publishing trade show.
Pictured here on the right is the Prometheus Books booth, featuring as you can see stacks of arcs of both forthcoming Pyr fantasy title, Joe Abercrombie’s The Blade Itself
were also given out. As were t-shirts advertising Nothing: Something to Believe in
Meanwhile, Pictured left, Prometheus President Jon Kurtz in another shot of our booth. And left is Yours Truly, photo courtesy of Irene Gallo, standing in front of posters of The Blade Itself, Ian McDonald’s Quill Award nominated Brasyl,
BEA is lived on your feet, fueled by Starbucks, and endured by
great conversations, great people, and in the evenings – great food (thanks, George!). All told, it was probably the best BEA show I’ve personally ever attended. Wonderful to see everyone and apologies to those I missed!
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My parent company, Prometheus Books, leading publisher of books on popular science, critical thinking and philosophy, actually publishes quite a few books of SFnal interest, including books by several SF writers. Over on their site, they’ve put together a special offer to take advantage of some synergistical opportunities, offering any combination of one Prometheus title and one Pyr title for a 35% discount. Although the discount applies to any combination you care to pair, the have a list of suggested titles of related interest:
It’s Been a Good Life, Isaac Asimov, edited by Janet Jeppson Asimov with Macrolife: A Mobile Utopia, George Zebrowski
Nanofuture, J. Storrs Hall with The Resurrected Man, Sean Williams
The Da Vinci Fraud, Robert M. Price with The Crown Rose, Fiona Avery
Just a Theory, Moti Ben-Ari with Galileo’s Children, edited by Gardner Dozois
Glowing Genes, Mark Zimmer PhD with Genetopia, Keith Brooke
Corporate Crooks: How Rogue Americans Ripped Off Americans…, Greg Farrell and Infoquake, David Louis Edelman
The Cult of Alien Gods: HP Lovecraft and Extraterrestrial Pop Culture, Jason Colavito and Tides, Scott Mackay
But as I say, those are only suggestions. For information on the books above, go to the Special Offers page.
Update: Overseas Orders can be placed by calling 1-716-691-0133.
