Thursday, March 11, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
Monday, February 08, 2010
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Bestiarium Cryptozoologicum

The latest (and last for now) collection of classic short stories with cryptozoological themes. Sent to the printer.
Labels: book, cover, cryptozoology, fiction
Friday, January 15, 2010
Sherlock Holmes Vols. 1-3

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.
Sunday, January 03, 2010
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Raptors of the Northeast

Sent to the printer... Raptors of the Northeast, by Thomas Bosakowski and Dwight G. Smith. 200 pages, with full color images.
Labels: birds, book, cover, natural history
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
A Spectrum Unseen

Sent to the printer... Invisible men, children, and creatures in classic science fiction and fantasy.
Labels: anthologies, book, cover, fiction
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Anthropologica Incognita

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.
Labels: anthologies, book, cover, fiction
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Iron Age America
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Dwarfs of Mount Atlas

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.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Monday, August 03, 2009
Tourmalines

Sent to the printer: The Tourmaline / The History of Mount Mica of Maine, U.S.A. Two book reprint collection (short books, comes out to about 194 pages at 5.5 x 8.5) with full color drawings of variously colored tourmalines. Color books always take a bit longer to put out, as LSI requires I get a proof copy before approving. Should be available mid-August.
On a related note, I'm trying to cut down on green cover books (as that color is supposed to be poor for sales, go figure), but I went with the mint green with pink circle, as a nod towards "watermelon" tourmaline, a very interesting mineral.
Labels: book, cover, natural history, reprint
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
Saturday, June 06, 2009
Chesterton Vols. 4-6
Sent to printer. Same basic cover as the first three volumes. It will be interesting to see if these do as well as the mostly fiction volumes.Volume 4: Heretics, Orthodoxy, What's Wrong with the World
Volume 5: All Things Considered, Tremendous Trifles, Alarms and Discursions
Volume 6: The Defendant, Varied Types, A Miscellany of Men, Other Stories
Foolish Questions

Sent to the printer. I wish I was able to offer this as a smaller format book, as at 7 x 10, with a single panel on each page, I wasn't able to fit two on a page, and there's a lot of white space under each one. Still, it's better than not putting it out at all -- I'm still not sure what I'm going to do with some horizontal format golf comics I scanned years ago. The back cover, btw, just has two 1913/1914 color postcards with the same theme that I added; the inside comics are all black-and-white. See book details at Foolish Questions.
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Mokele-Mbembe Book Update
I was hoping to receive Bill Gibbons' text for his upcoming Mokele-Mbembe book before today, as he's now in route with team for MonsterQuest to Cameroon. But, he had some last minute material he wanted to add, so it should be forwarded to me sometime after the 16th. Images (with art by Bill Rebsamen) will also be forthcoming. We may be doing this book in color; I'll have to look over the material to determine if that is the best direction.
The book will cover the history of expeditions for the cryptid, and review the current evidence. Bill said the present MonsterQuest expedition is unlikely to get anything new, as it is the wrong time of year, but he hopes to return in November. Assuming no difficulties, I'd like to have this book available by June.
The book will cover the history of expeditions for the cryptid, and review the current evidence. Bill said the present MonsterQuest expedition is unlikely to get anything new, as it is the wrong time of year, but he hopes to return in November. Assuming no difficulties, I'd like to have this book available by June.
Labels: book, cryptozoology
Sunday, March 01, 2009
Poe After Dark

Sent to the printer... Poe After Dark: 18 Tales of Mystery, Madness, and the Macabre.
Update: Book details here.
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Friday, November 21, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Revision: Shadows from a Veiled Creation
I've sent a revision for the text of my early anthology, Shadows from a Veiled Creation. This will bring the text block into my current margin/text block preferences. The old one was too close to the edges, really. Also, my prior notion on the copyright status for Charles Williams' short story in the US was incorrect, and that has been corrected (and appropriate permissions acquired). This means I can open the book up to the UK/European market as well. (And, there's been a price increase to put it in line with my current strategy. It'll be $19.95 for the 504 page book.)
Labels: book
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Eight-Legged Marvels

Sent to printer (finally): Eight-Legged Marvels: Beauty and Design in the World of Spiders
Labels: book, cover, natural history
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Mussels are Big
I'm amazed at the good start that Al Spoo's Pearly Mussels of Pennsylvania has had. Particularly as it's not a cheap book. Besides having a wide local readership, though, (Al does the nature column for the Lititz paper), I guess freshwater mussels are fairly important conservation-wise, so he's gotten lots of orders from state and federal employees (F&W, USGS, etc.). Will be interesting to watch how it does in the long run. He's gotten some nice compliments for the artwork. Al's next project is a compilation (or two) of his newspaper column, and then maybe we'll look at some other overlooked species in PA. Maybe snails...
Labels: book
Friday, May 23, 2008
Cryptofiction: Beyond the Great South Wall

Here's the wraparound for a classic (1901) cryptofiction novel, Beyond the Great South Wall, by Frank Savile, sent to the printer.
Labels: book, cover, cryptozoology, fiction
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Pearly Mussels Sent to Print
I've sent Al Spoo's The Pearly Mussels of Pennsylvania to the printer. Full-color plates of 66 freshwater species, extant and extirpated, from the Keystone state. At about 210 pages, 8.5 x 11, it will retail for $59.95. (And, believe it or not, that's about average for shell books...) A 40% discount will be made available to booksellers who order direct from Coachwhip Publications.
Labels: book, natural history
Friday, May 02, 2008
A Year at the Shore: Cover

And the wraparound for the cover. Nothing fancy. This is a small book, 5.5 x 8.5, but runs about 182 pages or so. Being a "color" book (to allow for the color plates) it is a tad more expensive than most of my titles, but it's a book that is rarely reprinted. (The only other available right now is little more than a black-and-white photocopy...)
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Finishing Up
Almost finished with Al Spoo's Pearly Mussels of Pennsylvania. Waiting for the CIP data block, need to do the cover next week.
Also, finishing up Philip Henry Gosse's A Year at the Shore, which will be a small-size paperback with full color plates (36 of them) illustrated by Gosse (in 1870). The book is about the various small marine life that can be found along the coast of Britain. Great images, and Gosse's passionate descriptions of fascinating sea life.
Also, finishing up Philip Henry Gosse's A Year at the Shore, which will be a small-size paperback with full color plates (36 of them) illustrated by Gosse (in 1870). The book is about the various small marine life that can be found along the coast of Britain. Great images, and Gosse's passionate descriptions of fascinating sea life.
Labels: book
Monday, April 21, 2008
Something To Look Forward To (In 2019)
Sad to say, but I've postponed my edition of Gould's Case for the Sea-Serpent due to copyright reasons. While going over a last-minute consideration, I ran across mention that when a book is published outside the US more than 30 days before the US edition, the copyright policy must follow the first country's rules. Drat it all. The US edition was published 4 years after the UK edition, with no substantial changes as far as I know. This means my edition can't be published until 2019. (Unless I can track down and make arrangements with the Gould estate; unlikely, but I'll make inquiries.) [To the lucky few who ordered copies prior to my cancellation, you've got a very, very limited edition.] What's killing me is there is a Singing Tree reprint from the 1960s or so, and I'm pretty sure they considered the text public domain. But... that's the way it goes.
Labels: book, copyright, cryptozoology, publishing
Monday, April 07, 2008
Case for the Sea-Serpent

Sent to the printer... Here's the wraparound, nothing fancy, same basic design (and same size) as my Oudemans and Lee sea serpent reprints.
Labels: book, cover, cryptozoology
Sunday, April 06, 2008
UK vs US Copyright
I'm trying to finish up my reprint of Gould's Case for the Sea-Serpent this evening, and after a little investigation realized that I'll only be able to offer US distribution of the title, rather than US/UK as with most of my books. UK copyright is life of author + 70 years, which means this book won't be public domain in the UK until 2018, another ten years. Because it had a US printing in 1934, without copyright renewal, it is public domain here. While my UK sales are trifling, I was expecting to sell at least a few copies over there, so this is a little annoying, but not much I can do about it. (Technically, my books would be "published" in the US, and "printed" in the UK, but I'm too uncertain of legal liability in this instance to take a chance.)
Gould's Loch Ness book would also have the same copyright period in the UK, but it never had a US printing (as far as I know). So, in the US, it won't be in the public domain until 2029, 95 years after publication in the UK. So, we won't be seeing reprints of those (legal ones, at least), unless the Gould estate gives permission.
Similarly, I would love to reprint Gandar-Dower's The Spotted Lion, but it's not in the public domain, and I have no idea how to get hold of his estate.
Gould's Loch Ness book would also have the same copyright period in the UK, but it never had a US printing (as far as I know). So, in the US, it won't be in the public domain until 2029, 95 years after publication in the UK. So, we won't be seeing reprints of those (legal ones, at least), unless the Gould estate gives permission.
Similarly, I would love to reprint Gandar-Dower's The Spotted Lion, but it's not in the public domain, and I have no idea how to get hold of his estate.
Labels: book, copyright, publishing
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Sneak Peak

Here's a quick look at a sample plate from the currently in-production book on Pennsylvania freshwater mussels, by Al Spoo. This is the Round Hickorynut.
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