Eight-Legged Marvels

Sent to printer (finally): Eight-Legged Marvels: Beauty and Design in the World of Spiders

About Time

Just uploaded to the printer, About Time: The Forerunners of Time Travel and Temporal Anomalies in Science Fiction and Fantasy. 15 stories from 1819-1916 that rely on time travel, time shifts, and other temporal tamperings before the "golden age" of science fiction.

Archaeology and False Antiquities

Sent to the printer...

Bog-Trotting for Orchids

Sent to the printer...

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.

Mussels Cover

The Pearly Mussels of Pennsylvania, by Al Spoo (coming soon)

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...)

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.

Catching Wild Beasts

Sent to the printer: Catching Wild Beasts Alive.

Humbugs of the World

Sent to the printer: Barnum's Humbugs of the World.

Earthline: A 30-Year Anthology

And another full cover, for naturalist Bob Chance's newspaper column anthology, also sent to the printer.

Madge the Magician's Daughter

Here's the wraparound cover, title just sent to printer.

Boss Snakes

Boss Snakes has been sent to the printer, so should be available in a few weeks, so long as I don't spot any problems with the print copy. Details will post to CoachwhipBooks.com.

4 More for Kindle

Four more ebooks for Amazon's Kindle program. Three I already have in paperback (Blue Tiger, Paley's Natural Theology, and The Rational Creation), but one is a reprint I haven't yet put out in physical book form (though it will be coming out in 2008): Barnum's Humbugs of the World.

Trees of Terror

The second anthology uploaded to Amazon's Kindle ebook program. Will retail $2.99. Should be available within 12 hours, according to Amazon.

Contents: The Walk to Lingham (Lord Dunsany), The Orchid Horror (John Blunt), The American's Tale (Arthur Conan Doyle), The Treasure in the Forest (H. G. Wells), The Willows (Algernon Blackwood), The Man-Eating Tree (Phil Robinson), The Purple Terror (Fred M. White), Professor Jonkin's Cannibal Plant (Howard R. Garis), The Flowering of the Strange Orchid (H. G. Wells), The Man Whom the Trees Loved (Algernon Blackwood)

Heart of an Addict

Here's the wraparound cover for the second book by Dave Hain, Heart of an Addict. (It is being sent to the printer today.) Dave's first book, From Addict to Disciple, is my second-best selling title overall, mostly through direct sales at Dave's seminars. The first book is a step-by-step one-on-one (or small group) guide to helping someone break free from substance abuse and other addictions with Biblical counseling. This second book focuses on the importance of ministering to those with addictions, and should be very helpful to those who find themselves with an addicted family member or friend, giving insight (often from the words of addicts themselves) into the very real struggle that takes place.

The Rational Creation

Another title just uploaded. This is from the same era as Paley's Natural Theology and similar science/theology books, but includes discussion from both nature and direct revelation regarding man, angels, and God's plan for redemption. Brodie was a Scott minister with the Bow of Fife Free Church, and is very readable. I was pleasantly surprised when I first came across it. I think this is the very first reprint of the title since it's initial publication in 1855.

Now that I'm looking at it, I don't think I like my cover layout quite so much, the image needs more "greenspace" around it, and the top seems a little unbalanced, but it will have to do for now. I might like it better once I've seen a print copy.

This is another title that will have a 55% wholesale discount, from a list price of $19.95, so should be reduced from that on the online bookseller's websites.

The Rational Creation
Rev. James Brodie

Title will be available by end of October.

Lincoln's Own Stories

I've just uploaded this title to the printer. There are a few other publishers reprinting this book, also -- one came out in September -- but my edition will be a fair bit less expensive. I'm also going to test the 55% discount, which may open up some direct brick-and-mortar bookstore sales, and should put up a decent discount on the online bookstore list prices.

Lincoln's Own Stories
Ed., Anthony Gross

Title should be available ($11.95 list price) by end of October.

Champ Cover

Here's a peek at the wrap-around for the upcoming Champ conference book.

Blue Tiger

The reprint edition of Caldwell's Blue Tiger has been sent to the printer. As there really is only a chapter or so on this strange tiger in Caldwell's text, I added an additional "appendix," by Roy Chapman Andrews, on the hunt for the maltese feline from his perspective.

Great Sea-Serpent Cover

Here's the cover for the upcoming Coachwhip Publications edition of Oudemans' The Great Sea-Serpent. Decided to go very simple for this one, something reminescent of the old gold-leaf on carmine style.