We just wanted to make a quick posting to let everyone know where our various Ray Bradbury projects stand, especially as a couple have slipped, albeit slightly, in our schedule.

– The Martian Chronicles: The interior of the book has been completely proofread and is ready to be sent the the printer. The sig sheets are in house, as is the finished artwork. Our regular printer rep had to take a short leave from work, so we’re just now sourcing the hand-marbled paper we intend to bind TMC in. We want everything with this book to go smoothly, and weren’t comfortable finalizing all the details without her guiding eyes on everything that passes through. This shouldn’t delay the book past February, but we’ll let everyone know if it’s going to take longer than that.

– Where Everything Ends: Our final proofreading pass took a little longer than expected, so we missed our October ship date. Look for this mammoth (784 page) gathering of Mr. B’s detective novels — and the previously unpublished short story that inspired them — to ship in December.

– A Pleasure to Burn: This gathering of stories that grew into the classic novel Fahrenheit 451 is in line for final proofing and cover illustration. It’s right on schedule for release next March.

Posted on Monday, November 2nd, 2009 at 1:23 pm.