First the not so great news. We received an advance copy of Naomi Novik’s Throne of Jade, which had been printed but not yet bound. Sadly, the print job was not up to our printer’s usual standards — in a very few places in some copies of the book, the secondary color (green) had smudged on the page — so we ordered the whole print job redone. The upgraded paper we use for the Temeraire series has been ordered. We’ll post a new shipping date as soon as we’re supplied with one.

Now, the good news. Copies of Robert E. Howard’s Kull: Exile of Atlantis, are done and ready to ship to our offices. We’ve had advance copies of both the Limited and Deluxe Limited editions sent to our slipcase manufacturer, so hope to be shipping books in 4-5 weeks. We’ll keep everyone posted on this news page in and in our newsletter.

The static. I’m afraid Tom Canty still hasn’t turned in the color art for A Feast for Crows. Everything on this project remains ready to go to the printer as soon as Tom comes through. As he’s missed so many promised deadlines, and then dealt with the crash of his hard drive which held the images, we’re not able to promise anything approaching a realistic date. We’ve attempted to stay in touch with Tom about this, but it’s an understatement to say that we’re dissatisfied with how this project has progressed, and offer everyone our sincere apologies we’ve missed our targeted publication date so badly.

So we can end this entry with a bit better news, George’s Starlady and Fast-Friend is well on its way to a timely release in the next month, and Marc Fishman is already at work on the next volume in A Song of Ice and Fire, A Dance with Dragons. George has, in fact, already set pen to the signature sheets, which are currently en route to Mark.

Posted on Monday, June 30th, 2008 at 10:31 am.