Final ebook of FROZEN HELL now released
almost 6 years ago – Tue, Mar 05, 2019 at 12:14:30 AM

The final version of the FROZEN HELL ebook has been released through BackerKit. (If you haven't filled out your survey and you're due the ebook, go to: frozenhell.backerkit.com -- there are 143 people who still haven't completed their survey...28 of them due to bad email addresses. Don't be one of them!)

UPDATE ON PAPER EDITIONS.  

Unfortunately, my regular printer for Wildside Press books went out of business, and I have been having a devil of a time getting all the ducks lined up to publish the Frozen Hell paperback and hardcover. I have finally found a printer I like who can do things like the bound-in bookmarks AND international shipping in bulk -- but they don't do boxes.  It took a while, but I have now found a box manufacturer who can do small runs of magnetically-sealed, archival-quality boxes for the lettered editions, and I will be going with them. This is going to be a VERY cool looking project!

Unfortunately, the publication date has slipped a bit, and we're now looking at late March/early April for the paperbacks, and a couple weeks more for the hardcovers. 

Please enjoy the ebooks in the meantime! This is going to be a very cool looking project, and I know it will be worth the wait.

John

Short Things Update
almost 6 years ago – Sat, Mar 02, 2019 at 01:36:09 AM

Short Things Update

We have art and story updates for the Short Things anthology. When you  have a lot of artists working on a single project, getting all the ducks  in order can sometimes take a little while. But we now have some great  updates just for you on what is going on.
 

New Art 

First of all, our  amazing cover artist Dan Brereton has some preview sketches for the  cover. He has given us multiple designs to choose from, and I love the  idea of letting you have a hand in the creative process so tell me in the comments which sketch do you like the best? Number One or Number Two? Next, Dan is going to hand paint the cover image in his amazing  style, and then you will have it as the cover of Short Things.
 

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 If you like Dan Brereton's amazing art work (like we do) and you like giant monsters (like we do) please check out his gorgeous art book  GIANTKILLER. It's a great story with great art, monsters, and action. 

So go here and see if this is something you like  Kickstarter.com/giantkiller 

A bonus with the Short Things anthology is that thanks to your  amazing support, each short story will have its own illustration by a  super talented artist. We are pulling in a mix of several different  artists so that the book looks as great as it reads. As soon as I  receive the completed art, you will be getting previews of it as well.

Speaking of short stories, some of our authors have already gotten theirs in, so here is a summary of some of the tales you'll get to read  in the Things expanded universe.

 Nina Kiriki Hoffman's  story is titled "Good as Dead". Summary: After surviving the events in  Antarctica, a member of the research team thinks he's out of the woods,  only to discover that he's returned home with an unpleasant surprise in  his pocket.
 

 Pamela Sargent's story is titled "His Two  Wars". Summary: On the eve of the Attack on Pearl Harbor, physicist  Vance Norris is visited in Hawaii by his old comrade McReady. Norris is  still haunted by their encounter with the Thing, and he is convinced  that it somehow survived and is lurking in the life around him.
 

 G.  D. Falksen's short story is titled "Apollyon". Summary: Alchemists  seeking to recreate the formula for Greek Fire unearth the remains of a  fallen star on their secluded island. But the thing that fell from  Heaven hides a terrible secret: an angel of the bottomless pit, who in  Greek is called Apollyon, the Destroyer.
 

The other authors are working away at their stories and we will give you more  sneak peeks at this expanding Thing universe in future updates.
 

Thank you so much for the support. Without it we would not be able to make these books as wonderful as they are now.  We will have more things and updates for you as they are ready to go or be shown.
 

I hope you have a great weekend. 

Evelyn from Wildsidepress.com
 

Cover art is done!
almost 6 years ago – Tue, Feb 05, 2019 at 02:02:16 AM

Bob Eggleton emailed me a low-resolution photo of the cover (with the caveat that the colors are a bit off from the original). We expect to receive the art files on Tuesday.

Enjoy! 

John

Artwork, Product Timeline, Proofreading
almost 6 years ago – Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 11:39:24 PM

ARTWORK

I'm delighted to say that Bob Eggleton will be delivering the final interior art on Monday, which will allow us to begin preparing the book for publication. 

TIMELINE

For those interested in a timeline, here is how things look:

Ebooks -- including an early version of FROZEN HELL -- have already been released. Check BackerKit for your digital downloads. A final version of FROZEN HELL will be released after the final artwork is received. If you can't find your digital downloads, email me at wildsidepress <at> yahoo <dot> com and I will send them to you separately, as time allows. It may take a few days.

Paper copes of Frozen Hell should go to the printer in early February and ship the first week of March.

Audiobooks will be completed by the end of March.

Short Things has an anticipated publication date of June, 2019.

PROOFREADING

Several people have mentioned spotting a typos in the advance ebook of Frozen Hell and offered to send me a list. Yes, please!  I want the book to be as perfect as possible. Please email me at wildsidepress <at> yahoo <dot> com.  I really appreciate the help. 

Happy reading!

John

Ebook update
almost 6 years ago – Sun, Jan 20, 2019 at 09:12:46 PM

For those of you reporting non-receipt of emails from BackerKit about the ebook downloads (BackerKit is hosting the downloads, so you will need to log in to get them), check your spam folder, your trash folder, or scroll down through your old emails to see if you missed it.  4,400+ emails were sent out.

You do not need the email to get the downloads if you already have a BackerKit account or have completed your survey. You can also download the ebooks directly from BackerKit if you log in at frozenhell.backerkit.com. (4,400+ of you already have successfully completed the BackerKit signup/survey/order lock process. So you should all be able to log in with no trouble.)

I sent an email directly to the 200 or so who had not yet filled out the BackerKit survey asking if they wanted the ebook package, and I received one (1) response. So everyone should have been contacted (multiple times) with instructions on how to retrieve ebooks.

Please note that there was a problem with the .pdf file for one ebook; a replacement download is in place on BackerKit, so you can access it at your leisure if you need it.

If you need help moving Kindle (.mobi) files to your Kindle device, please see the instructions on amazon.com. You can use a USB cable, set up a Kindle email address at Amazon and email the files to yourself (they will magically appear on your Kindle), or use 3rd party Kindle management software to add them. There are many options.

Happy reading!

John Betancourt