Cross Eyed Moves Through Fictionwise Bestsellers

Gloria Oliver’s latest YA offering from Hardshell Word Factory, Cross Eyed Dragon Troubles, has hit the number six best-seller spot on the top indie ebook retailer website, Fictionwise.com. A fast-paced fantatsy about a girl persuaded to join a guild of knights, the novel was released by Hardshell in February. Gloria Oliver is also the author [...]

Read Full Post »

Lachesis Announces First YA Fiction

Lachesis Publishing, the Canadian imprint and new owner of LBF Books, has announced their first work of YA Fiction: The Goblin Princess by Keith Gouveia, author of several dark fantasy and horror novels with publishers such as Carnifex Press and Coscom. The release date is TBA.

Read Full Post »

New Release: 28 Days Later: The Aftermath

Linking the gap between the hit British horror film, 28 Days Later, and its sequel, 28 Weeks Later (coming to US theatres soon), this graphic novel takes us through a virus-infected London through the eyes of four survivers. The work is written by Steve Niles (30 Days of Night) and published by HarperCollins.

Read Full Post »

Across Thin White Lines, The Winchester Mystery, Released

Wings ePress has launched its October lineup, which means new teen ebooks. Across Thin White Lines is Jim Green’s fictitious examination of social segregation, following ‘Shorstack’ Johnson, a seventh grade student who vocalizes questions about the world around him when everyone else stays silent. The Winchester Mystery by Carol Parsons follows three kids in a [...]

Read Full Post »

eBookwise Up For Grabs In Free Fall Contest

Want a brand new eBookwise ebook reader? All you have to do is check out some awesome author websites in a contest closing October 30 by the folks at Books We Love. Rules and details are here.

Read Full Post »

Zygradon Sequel Set For April 08

We’ve just received word that Uncial Press will publish Michelle Levigne’s second novel in the Zygradon series in April 2008. The original novel, an ‘Arthurian fantasy’ about a boy born to fulfill a prophecy, is available now. You can find out more at Levigne’s homepage.

Read Full Post »

Coming Soon: The Dark Legacy

Calderwood Books has signed on two new YA adventure ebooks by EPPIE award-winning author, KG McAbee. You can read an excerpt of The Dark Legacy on McAbee’s homepage. The book and its sequel, The Island Prison, are about Noah, Holli, and their chubby black Lab, as they travel back in time to 1750s South Carolina.

Read Full Post »

Young Elizabeth Heads New Venture

Another new publisher, Shadowrose, and its general fiction imprint, Shadowmere, plans to offer ebooks for teens this Fall. Already available is The Girl Who Would be Queen by Kilahara, a historical-fiction exploration of Elizabeth I’s troubled childhood. A sequel is in the works and should be available by year’s end.

Read Full Post »

Lighthouse Rock Dethroned By Pratched, Alvis

Readers who regularly shop at Fictionwise will have noticed that Steven Lee Climer’s fantasy novel, Lighthouse Rock – part three in his Pieces of thet World series – has held the top spot for highest-rated YA ebook at that store for close to a year. Well, that novel, which became available online three years ago, [...]

Read Full Post »

New Teen eBooks From Writers-Exchange

Reader’s Eden, the online store of publisher Writer’s Exchange has just made available a number of new and re-released MG and YA novels. Hit the link and scroll down to their ‘latest editions’. The store, which also distributes works by other publishers, now has 60 titles in its Young Adult database.

Read Full Post »