tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377804192010-03-24T17:53:59.312-04:00Publishing the unique and interesting, emphasizing cryptozoology, natural history, and speculative fiction.Chad Armenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13001633929820341918noreply@blogger.comBlogger198125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37780419.post-76847244672896978202010-03-24T17:48:00.002-04:002010-03-24T17:53:59.399-04:00

As Google is removing their FTP service, I will be unable to continue my site blogs for a while. First to go is this one. (Prior posts should remain on the site, I just won't be adding any further ones.)Instead, if you want to keep up with further developments, new titles, etc., sign up at the Coachwhip Publications Facebook page. I'll try to keep that reasonably active.(Right now, you may not

Chad Armenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13001633929820341918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37780419.post-47782762576279084862010-03-11T01:12:00.002-05:002010-03-11T01:15:49.948-05:00

Sent to the printer... Single volume with two full collections of this "detective" -- The Old Man in the Corner, and The Case of Miss Elliott. Also includes the story, "The Glasgow Mystery," which was left out of the former collection (originally published as in 13 stories in Royal Magazine).

Chad Armenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13001633929820341918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37780419.post-83244988017486991532010-03-11T01:07:00.002-05:002010-03-11T01:09:39.343-05:00

Sent to the printer... Collection of the 22 Uncle Abner short stories by Melville Davisson Post. Classic American detective fiction.

Chad Armenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13001633929820341918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37780419.post-45450943951441198772010-02-26T01:44:00.002-05:002010-02-26T01:46:24.691-05:00

Sent to the printer... Finally got around to this one. The earliest Father Brown mystery collections, the only ones in the public domain in the US.

Chad Armenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13001633929820341918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37780419.post-16381681726816089252010-02-26T01:42:00.002-05:002010-02-26T01:44:42.062-05:00

Sent to the printer... Another classic Sherlockian-style detective, this one is a Canadian tracker. Great stories.

Chad Armenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13001633929820341918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37780419.post-50650323580404454592010-02-26T01:40:00.001-05:002010-02-26T01:42:38.832-05:00

Sent to the printer... Classic criminal rogue fiction, same category as Raffles.

Chad Armenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13001633929820341918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37780419.post-54698406114448973422010-02-16T14:00:00.004-05:002010-02-16T14:02:48.938-05:00

Just got my first sale of a title through an Espresso Book Machine, from somewhere here in the US. Now if the overseas distribution would finally get started, it would open up markets in Australia and elsewhere.

Chad Armenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13001633929820341918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37780419.post-15600904284789495502010-02-08T23:45:00.003-05:002010-02-08T23:48:24.727-05:00

Sent to the printer... Foreign Finches in Captivity (1899 reprint) with 60 full-color plates.

Chad Armenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13001633929820341918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37780419.post-84323051143853475612010-02-02T22:00:00.003-05:002010-02-02T22:02:16.859-05:00

Sent to the printer...

Chad Armenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13001633929820341918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37780419.post-29244037805578821592010-01-19T15:53:00.003-05:002010-01-19T15:54:54.915-05:00

The latest (and last for now) collection of classic short stories with cryptozoological themes. Sent to the printer.

Chad Armenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13001633929820341918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37780419.post-91576013678915008042010-01-15T23:52:00.003-05:002010-01-16T00:01:22.402-05:00

Sent to the printer, three volumes of Sherlock Holmes stories. Just about all of them, except for the 10 stories in The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes that are still under copyright in the U.S. (The agent never replied to my inquiry for licensing them.) Cover image is William Gillette, an actor who portrayed Holmes in early stage-plays, from a 1907 issue of Vanity Fair.

Chad Armenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13001633929820341918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37780419.post-68441940321599371602010-01-03T14:36:00.002-05:002010-01-03T14:38:44.636-05:00

Sent to the printer, a collection of two short volumes of ghost stories: The Stoneground Ghost Tales, by E. G. Swain, and Tedious Brief Tales of Granta and Gramarye, by Arthur Gray (Master of Jesus College, Cambridge).

Chad Armenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13001633929820341918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37780419.post-55370676829091446402009-12-20T12:46:00.004-05:002009-12-20T12:55:00.404-05:00

It's fascinating to watch print-on-demand technology expand and incorporate so many other products. There are several different services out there with various specialities. I've decided to expand my products from books to include vintage reproduction prints. If nothing else, this will let me indulge in more herp-related products, as I have a few very cool old prints (mostly snakes) as well as a

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Sent to the printer... The Supernatural Stories of Monsignor Robert H. Benson: The Light Invisible, A Mirror of Shalott.

Chad Armenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13001633929820341918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37780419.post-24783923912916009722009-12-15T16:39:00.005-05:002009-12-15T16:44:09.813-05:00

Sent to the printer... Raptors of the Northeast, by Thomas Bosakowski and Dwight G. Smith. 200 pages, with full color images.

Chad Armenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13001633929820341918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37780419.post-65693118905281918302009-12-13T10:55:00.002-05:002009-12-13T10:57:41.336-05:00

Two more sent to the printer: (Ambrose) Bierce After Dark, and (Nathaniel) Hawthorne After Dark.

Chad Armenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13001633929820341918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37780419.post-41227739137810754612009-12-02T23:06:00.003-05:002009-12-02T23:13:51.771-05:00

Sent to the printer... Invisible men, children, and creatures in classic science fiction and fantasy.

Chad Armenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13001633929820341918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37780419.post-33126474409321369302009-11-24T23:36:00.002-05:002009-11-24T23:37:57.122-05:00

Sent to the printer. Next in the classic themed sci fi / fantasy short story anthology series, focusing on wild men, strange apes, fantastic races, etc.

Chad Armenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13001633929820341918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37780419.post-52895606823374711302009-11-15T18:34:00.002-05:002009-11-15T18:39:14.747-05:00

Sent to the printer. Three volumes, which includes 8 different Hamilton Cleek mystery titles. Hamilton Cleek was a fictional detective created by Thomas W. Hanshew, and continued by his wife (Mary E. Hanshew) when Thomas died in 1914.

Chad Armenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13001633929820341918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37780419.post-86936449516110343182009-11-12T15:14:00.004-05:002009-11-12T15:19:25.660-05:00

Flora Curiosa had a nice mention in an article on botanical horrors (by Judith Supper) in the 109/110 issue of the German science fiction and fantasy literary magazine Quarber Merkur.

Chad Armenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13001633929820341918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37780419.post-70915522748450468022009-11-11T13:17:00.002-05:002009-11-11T13:19:54.782-05:00

Sent to the printer... Iron Age America Before Columbus, by William D. Conner. Relates the history of investigations into the mysterious iron furnaces of southern Ohio and elsewhere, from the theories and excavations by the late Arlington Mallery (author of Lost America) up to the present day.

Chad Armenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13001633929820341918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37780419.post-26919118063613581492009-11-10T20:17:00.003-05:002009-11-10T20:21:21.547-05:00

Sent to the printer... The Dwarfs of Mount Atlas: Collected Papers on the Curious Anthropology of Robert Grant Haliburton. Haliburton proposed the existence of a small-statured tribe in the Atlas Mountain range, using legends, stories, and eyewitness sightings to support his theories. Sadly, after he died, his theories disappeared without any further proof or disproof.

Chad Armenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13001633929820341918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37780419.post-21238880096402227862009-10-22T18:22:00.004-04:002009-10-22T18:30:34.531-04:00

Not much in the way of news, actually, but a few things:1) Iron Age America, about the mysterious iron furnaces in southern Ohio, will be finished up in a couple weeks, it looks like. Interior is almost done.2) Almost finished with Raptors of the Northeast, also. Edits are on their way, and I should be able to finish those up next week. 3) Looks like the images for the Mokele-mbembe book will be

Chad Armenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13001633929820341918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37780419.post-43835299910534142342009-10-12T11:56:00.002-04:002009-10-12T12:09:30.629-04:00

I've never really done much with online advertising, as it has never appeared worth the money sunk into it. But, this month, I'm testing two different venues.First, I'm trying a "long tail" version of Google Ads. I've got about two dozen very basic book title ads that direct to the book detail pages. They are running primarily on the content networks, at a fairly low cpc (usually $.10-.20). The

Chad Armenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13001633929820341918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37780419.post-77664885561686283922009-09-20T18:43:00.003-04:002009-09-20T18:56:04.739-04:00

After my recent crash, it's been very hectic trying to get back on track. Besides getting my data back, I've tried to upgrade some of my publishing software, with mixed results. I picked up InDesign CS4, but I'm not going to fool around with that until I have more time to go over it in detail. I upgraded Acrobat to 9, then realized it changed the process for creating PDFX/1A files, and it turned

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