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Zeno Agency @zenoagency.bsky.social · 11h

The audiobook edition of Roger Zelazny's JACK OF SHADOWS is also a year old, and on sale - 70% off!
www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...

70% OFF Jack of Shadows

In a world half of light, half of darkness, where science and magic strive for dominance, there dwells a magical being who is friendly with neither side. Jack, of the realm of shadows, is a thief who ...

www.audiobooks.com

Zeno Agency @zenoagency.bsky.social · 11h

The audiobook edition of Roger Zelazny's EYE OF CAT was released a year ago!

To celebrate, it is currently 70% off...
www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...

70% OFF Eye of Cat

William Blackhorse Singer, the last Navajo on a future Earth, is called upon to aid in protecting an alien diplomat from a powerful and hostile member of his own species. With the aid of a shape-shift...

www.audiobooks.com

Zeno Agency @zenoagency.bsky.social · 12h

Follow that link for more of @travisbaldree.bsky.social's NYCC events, too!

Zeno Agency @zenoagency.bsky.social · 16h

Tomorrow at New York ComicCon: @travisbaldree.bsky.social will participate in the "Battle of the Tropes" panel, at 7:15pm!
www.newyorkcomiccon.com/en-us/guests...

Followed by a book signing.

Guest Profile

www.newyorkcomiccon.com

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Fred Kiesche 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇩🇰 @fredkiesche.bsky.social · 1d

The 31 Days of Zelazny has expanded to include the other regular rereads along with Lonesome October.

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Zeno Agency @zenoagency.bsky.social · 1d

UK hardcover edition of @gradyhendrix.bsky.social’s WITCHCRAFT FOR WAYWARD GIRLS is a Prime Day deal! Only £13.49…

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/103503087X/

Published by @torbooksuk.bsky.social.
@awfulagent.bsky.social

The Witchcraft for Wayward Girls: The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller

The Witchcraft for Wayward Girls: The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller : Hendrix, Grady: Amazon.co.uk: Books

www.amazon.co.uk

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Lavie Tidhar @lavietidhar.bsky.social · 2d

I'm running this somewhat non-traditional workshop on the 18th, on conceptualising and putting together pitches, from the one-pager to a full pitch deck (structure, beats, characters). It's not what you usually get in creative writing classes but I personally find it immensely useful!

From Logline to Pitch Deck: Sell Your Vision - REACH YOUR APEX

Join Lavie Tidhar, award-winning author, as he takes you through the stages of developing a literary manuscript into a professional media pitch. Using specific industry examples including his own, Lav...

reachyourapex.com

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Zeno Agency @zenoagency.bsky.social · 2d

Not out until November…

Zeno Agency @zenoagency.bsky.social · 2d

New North American hardcover edition of @travisbaldree.bsky.social's BOOKSHOPS & BONEDUST out tomorrow!

zenoagency.com/news/new-boo...

Published by @torbooks.bsky.social.

New hardback cover for Travis Baldree's BOOKSHOPS & BONEDUST - a female orc leans against the counter in a bookshop, holding a pastry in one hand and an open book in the other. An owl-dog looks hungrily at the pastry, while a large mouse (wearing a cape) takes some notes with a quill pen. Also title/author information.

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Zeno Agency @zenoagency.bsky.social · 2d

Looking for a #classicsf read this week?

HARD LANDING by Algis Budrys is on sale! The eBook is only $1.99/£1.99 today only!

openroadmedia.com/ebook/hard-l...

Published by Open Road Media.

Cover for HARD LANDING by Algis Budrys - mostly yellow, with cut-aways in the top half, featuring a crashed spaceship in a spooky-looking forest.

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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 4d

Bonus content will include short stories that were previously exclusive

And there will also be a preorder campaign.

👀

Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 4d

Coming soon: Dominion of the Fallen re-release (in the US), with bonus content!

Sign up to my newsletter for more info: www.aliettedebodard.com/newsletter

@fringe-element.net made them and they are SO PRETTY

(Picture: Peter Herrmann, used with Unsplash license)

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Zeno Agency @zenoagency.bsky.social · 5d

Good spot!
Appears to be an error on @waterstones.bsky.social website.

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Zeno Agency @zenoagency.bsky.social · 5d

ICYMI: THE MASQUERADES OF SPRING by @benaaronovitch.bsky.social is a Paperback of the Year for @waterstones.bsky.social!

zenoagency.com/news/icymi-b...

Published by @gollancz.bsky.social @orionbooks.bsky.social.
#RiversOfLondon

Graphic for Ben Aaronovitch's THE MASQUERADES OF SPRING, selected as one of Waterstones' Paperback of the Year.

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Zeno Agency @zenoagency.bsky.social · 6d

A couple in here will have UK editions, negotiated by @steviefinegan.bsky.social!

JABberwocky Literary Agency @awfulagent.bsky.social · 6d

We've been busy — here are some of the exciting projects our clients announced in the month of September alone 🥳

Congratulations to JAB clients Emily Rath, Isaac Fitzsimons, @jessmeywrites.bsky.social, @brandonsanderson.com, and Peter Orullian on their book deals!

Book deal announcement reading "Author of the Jacksonville Rays series and the Tuonela duet Emily Rath's DEVOUR ME, the first in an MMF paranormal trilogy, in which a young woman becomes caught between a handsome witch and a cursed wraith in a brewing war against dark forces, to Laura Schreiber at Avon, in a major deal, for seven figures, in a pre-empt, in a three-book deal, by Susan Velazquez at JABberwocky Literary Agency (NA). Rights also to Gillian Green at Bramble UK, at auction, in a six-figure deal, by Stevie Finegan at Zeno Agency."

Book deal announcement reading "Author of THE PASSING PLAYBOOK Isaac Fitzsimons's ASTRA FOX AND THE WONDERWORKERS REBELLION, the author's middle grade debut, set in an alternate Gilded Age where an aspiring wonderworker gains a once-in-a-lifetime apprenticeship, only to discover the illusions she creates uphold the very system that exploits her people and conceals the city's rotten core, pitched as a magical take on Newsies, to Alyson Heller at Aladdin, for publication in fall 2026, by Jordan Hamessley at JABberwocky Literary Agency (world English)."

Book deal announcement reading "Jess Mey's GRACE & JO HAVE NEVER SOLVED A MURDER, in which two witty and wise millennial women team up to solve a murder—or at least try to, to Gemma Creffield at Datura, with Ella Chappell editing, in a nice deal, for publication in October 2026, by James Farner at JABberwocky Literary Agency (world English). Rights: susan@awfulagent.com"

Book deal announcement reading "Brandon Sanderson and Peter Orullian's SONGS OF THE DEAD, the first book in the Strata Wars contemporary fantasy trilogy, following a struggling musician who, after his death, wakes up in a new reality, where music and light are considered magic and past eras play out underneath the streets of London, to Joe Monti at Saga Press, in a three-book deal, for publication in summer 2026, by Joshua Bilmes at JABberwocky Literary Agency (NA). Audio rights also to Georgia Holmes at Bolinda (UK), by Stevie Finegan at Zeno Agency."

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R.R. Virdi | Buy The First Binding (from TOR) @rrvirdi.bsky.social · 7d

Can I get a good signal boost on this? And I also just learned that book one is also on an apple books sale (havent' been able to check myself cuz i dont use/have ibooks???) The First Binding on ibooks (US only??)

But this is for book two in the UK.

Zeno Agency @zenoagency.bsky.social · 7d

THE DOORS OF MIDNIGHT by @rrvirdi.bsky.social is on sale this month in the UK — only 99p in eBook!

• Kobo: www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
• Kindle: www.amazon.co.uk/Doors-Midnig...

Published by @gollancz.bsky.social.
@awfulagent.bsky.social

The Doors of Midnight ebook by R.R. Virdi - Rakuten Kobo

Read "The Doors of Midnight The epic Silk Road fantasy adventure" by R.R. Virdi available from Rakuten Kobo. A breathtaking Silk Road-inspired epic fantasy, an ode to the power of storytelling and an ...

www.kobo.com

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Zeno Agency @zenoagency.bsky.social · 7d

THE DOORS OF MIDNIGHT by @rrvirdi.bsky.social is on sale this month in the UK — only 99p in eBook!

• Kobo: www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
• Kindle: www.amazon.co.uk/Doors-Midnig...

Published by @gollancz.bsky.social.
@awfulagent.bsky.social

The Doors of Midnight ebook by R.R. Virdi - Rakuten Kobo

Read "The Doors of Midnight The epic Silk Road fantasy adventure" by R.R. Virdi available from Rakuten Kobo. A breathtaking Silk Road-inspired epic fantasy, an ode to the power of storytelling and an ...

www.kobo.com

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Zeno Agency @zenoagency.bsky.social · 7d

WHO? by Algis Budrys is on sale today! Only $1.99 (US/CA) and £1.59 (UK)...
openroadmedia.com/ebook/who/97...

Published by Open Road Media.

Cover for Algis Budrys's WHO? A robot wearing a suit; grey background, plus title and author information.

Zeno Agency @zenoagency.bsky.social · 8d

Turkish edition of WHISPERS UNDERGROUND by @benaaronovitch.bsky.social is out now!

zenoagency.com/news/turkish...

Published by Epsilon, as YERALTINDAN FISILTILAR, it was translated by Kübra Tekneci.

#RiversOfLondon

Turkish cover for YERALTINDAN FISILTILAR (WHISPERS UNDERGROUND) by Ben Aaronovitch. A potion of a stylized map of London, mostly blue but with some red for Tube lines and also some blood…

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Zeno Agency @zenoagency.bsky.social · 8d

Last few hours…

Zeno Agency @zenoagency.bsky.social · Sep 1

The eBook edition of BITTER SEEDS, the first book in @itregillis.bsky.social’s highly-acclaimed Milkweed series, is only 99p this month in the UK!

• Kobo: www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
• Kindle: www.amazon.co.uk/Bitter-Seeds...

Graphic for the 99p BITTER SEEDS eBook sale. Image of an ereader, with the book’s cover on the screen, on a worn wooden tabletop.

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Zeno Agency @zenoagency.bsky.social · 8d

Looking for a new read this evening? Only a few hours left on this deal!

Zeno Agency @zenoagency.bsky.social · Sep 1

The Kindle edition of BROKEN BY DAYLIGHT by Elizabeth Helen is only 99p this month in the UK!
www.amazon.co.uk/Broken-Dayli...

Published by Magpie.

@awfulagent.bsky.social

Graphic for the 99p Kindle deal on Elizabeth Helen's BROKEN BY DAYLIGHT

Zeno Agency @zenoagency.bsky.social · 8d

Only a few hours remaining for this deal!

Zeno Agency @zenoagency.bsky.social · Sep 1

The Kindle edition of LEGENDS & LATTES by @travisbaldree.bsky.social is currently only 99p in the UK!

www.amazon.co.uk/Legends-Latt...

Published by @torbooksuk.bsky.social.

Sale graphic for Travis Baldree’s excellent LEGENDS & LATTES — an ereader with the book’s cover on a surface that also has a cup of frothy coffee, some pine cones (why?), some twigs, and a gold binder clip (🤨)

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The Broken Binding @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social · 8d

We are thrilled to be producing a special edition of The Tower of the Tyrant by @jeremyteg.bsky.social in association with @gollancz.bsky.social! 🗼

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Zeno Agency @zenoagency.bsky.social · 9d

BRIGANDS & BREADKNIVES by @travisbaldree.bsky.social gets a nice shout-out for November’s releases in @thebookseller.com’s “Booksellers hail 'rolling Super Thursday' as publishers spread out big autumn releases”!
www.thebookseller.com/news/booksel...

Booksellers hail 'rolling Super Thursday' as publishers spread out big autumn releases

A "rolling Super Thursday" is how booksellers have described the industry’s heaviest publication day, with key autumn titles noticeably "more spread out" than previous years.

www.thebookseller.com

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Runalong Womble @runalongwomble.bsky.social · 10d

We went to a life of crime in the great story collection No One Hears The Last Shot by Lavie Tidhar www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/9/...

No One Hears The Last Shot by Lavie Tidhar — Runalong The Shelves

I would like to thank PS Publishing for a copy of this collection in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – PS Publishing Published – Out Now Price – £14.99 paperback A middle-...

www.runalongtheshelves.net

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Lavie Tidhar @lavietidhar.bsky.social · 9d

Happy book day to me! And, no doubt, to the millions of German children rushing - RUSHING! - to a bookstore as we speak to get their hands on one of these!

Zeno Agency @zenoagency.bsky.social · 9d

KOMM MIT IN DIE ZUKUNFT by @lavietidhar.bsky.social & Richard Watson, illustrated by Cinthya Álvarez, is out today!
zenoagency.com/news/komm-mi...

Published by DK Books (who also published the English-language edition).

Germany cover for Lavie Tidhar, Richard Watson & Cinthya Álvarez's KOMM MIT IN DIE ZUKUNFT (German edition of THE CHILDREN'S GUIDE TO THE FUTURE). Some young people look out of a window at a sci-fi setting with floating islands, space ships, someone wearing a jet pack -- still waiting for these! -- and a rather large grasshopper in the foreground...

Cover for Lavie Tidhar, Richard Watson & Cinthya Álvarez's THE CHILDREN'S GUIDE TO THE FUTURE. Some young people look out of a window at a sci-fi setting with floating islands, space ships, someone wearing a jet pack -- still waiting for these! -- and a rather large grasshopper in the foreground...

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