Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 15:31:57 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: <wsfalist at keithlynch.net>, <wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Oh my ghod, more SF.... and less, too
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

from one of the publishing newsletters I receive:

-- Little, Brown UK's science fiction and fantasy imprint Orbit will be
extended to both the US and Australia. Publishing director Tim Holman
will relocate to the US in July and will run all three units from here.
The US imprint will be part of Little, Brown, reporting to publisher
Michael Pietsch and launching in 2007. The US line is expected to grow
to 40 titles a year within three years.

Holman says in the announcement: "I believe that there is a fantastic
opportunity for a dynamic new SF/Fantasy imprint to thrive in the US,
and I am hugely looking forward to working with my new colleagues.
David Young's understanding of SF/Fantasy publishing has been a key
factor in Orbits success in the UK over the last ten years, and I am
delighted that he and Michael have made this decision to launch the
imprint in the US."

... & in the Less is More Dept, seems the SF buyers for B&N and Borders
both turned down the new reissue of the first Gor book (I guess one may
debate if Gor is SF).

mjw