Archive for December, 2008

LOL Cats have nothing on NSB Cats!

December 31st 2008 at 3:28 pm

(This being the fourth of what threatens to be a weekly glimpse into the lives of three cats in San Francisco, as they take on the publishing industry.)

Electric Velocipede Subscription Drive / Eclipse Two

December 31st 2008 at 3:20 pm

Didn’t get what you wanted for X-mas? Are you looking to make good on your resolution to read more in the coming year? You’ve only got a few more days to take advantage of our Electric Velocipede subscription drive! Sign up for a one year subscription or renewal, and we’ll send you your choice of [...]

Looking for a great last-minute Christmas gift?

December 24th 2008 at 12:03 am

Stuck for a stocking stuffer? Need a last-minute Christmas gift? Why not give the gift of Electric Velocipede? Just $20 for a one-year subscription, and (until January 8th) there’s still time to take advantage of our bonus books offer!

Best Lists, Dirda on NSB

December 22nd 2008 at 11:06 pm

Michael Dirda, in The Washington Post, includes Night Shade in his list of the best independent publishers on the scene today. Adventures in Reading names its Top Nine Books Published in 2008, which includes two Night Shade titles: “#4: Wastelands, by John Joseph Adams (editor): A reprint anthology consisting of stories about life afte apocalypse, [...]

Eclipse 2 edited by Jonathan Strahan">Eclipse 2 edited by Jonathan Strahan

December 20th 2008 at 1:27 pm

To observe an eclipse is to witness a rare and unusual event. Under darkened skies the sun becomes a negative image of itself, its corona transforming the landscape into a strange space where anything might happen, and any story may be true… In the spirit of classic science fiction anthologies such as Universe, Orbit, and [...]

LOL Cats have nothing on NSB Cats!

December 16th 2008 at 12:10 pm

(This being the third of what threatens to be a weekly glimpse into the lives of three cats in San Francisco, as they take on the publishing industry.)

Night Shade Books Holiday Hours

December 11th 2008 at 4:41 pm

Please note that the Night Shade offices will be closed from December 21, 2008 through January 5, 2009, so that we at Night Shade Books may spend time with our families. We encourage you to do the same. In-stock orders placed before December 18, 2008 will be shipped in time for the holidays. Orders placed [...]

Late Books Update / New Books Update

December 11th 2008 at 4:33 pm

Yes, we’ll admit it. We’re late on a number of books we’d planned to publish this year. We started 2008 with our most ambitious publishing schedule to date, and unfortunately, global and local financial situations being what they were this year, it has become necessary to delay several Night Shade titles until early 2009. Fortunately, [...]

LOL Cats have nothing on NSB Cats!

December 8th 2008 at 3:17 pm

(This being the second of what threatens to be a weekly glimpse into the lives of three cats in San Francisco, as they take on the publishing industry.)

Night Shade Books Announces New Partnership with Electric Velocipede

December 5th 2008 at 6:02 pm

Night Shade Books has joined forces with World Fantasy Award-nominated magazine Electric Velocipede, and, like a pair of steam-powered metal titans joined together to form a mighty behemoth, the pair plans to march forward in unison, changing the genre fiction battlefield for the better. Electric Velocipede is a critically acclaimed science fiction/fantasy/cross-genre magazine published twice [...]