We have scheduled our first book readings.
The first one will be at The Last Word Books on April 26th at 6PM, where Thomas Gondolfi will read from An Eighty Percent Solution.
The second one is still being solidified but will be at Orca Books on May 3rd at tbd time, where Thomas Gondolfi will read from Toy Wars.
Stay tuned. This is just the first of many.
I know I’ve mentioned it before, but it approaching time for the book launch of Toy Wars and An Eighty Percent Solution. 6 Days and counting. For anyone who wants a last minute invite, don’t hesitate to contact us.
We are actively setting up readings / signings and convention appearances. We are negotiating with Orcas Bookstore in Olympia, WA for a May date and The Last Word Books in Olympia, WA for a late April date.
We have confirmation that both Thomas Gondolfi and Bruce Graw will be attending GenCon in August. Tentatively Tom Gondolfi will be giving 2 different seminars: “How to turn GM into $” and “How to Love Self-Publishing”. In addition he will be one of the featured authors in the Authors’ Avenue.
We are working on an appearance at several other conventions. More as things start firming up. Check Authors>>Appearances often for updates.
Our plan has been from the start to release the books to bookstores for sale on our official release date. As that now approaches (April 4th) we’ve begun the backbreaking task of taking the books door to door within the independent book seller community. While it is a small step, books can now be purchased from the following venues (in addition to Amazon or here on our website):
We will be adding a page to list all available local booksellers in the near future.
Demon Holiday has gone to press. Anticipate books available for purchase sometime near the middle of April. Work is actively going on to bring out the sequel to Demon Holiday, Demon Ascendant in the fall as promised. As most of you already know, the bulk of the writing is complete it just needs a tweak on the front end.
The superlative author Tony Foti has once again agreed to grace our cover. Previews as we get further along in the design.
A book launch party for the two new novels Toy Wars and An Eighty Percent Solution has been finalized. The event will take place April 4th in Portland, Oregon, the site of most of the action of An Eighty Percent Solution and moderately close to the home of that author, Thomas Gondolfi.
Invitations will be going out in the next two weeks. If you are a member of the press, a bookstore owner or buyer, book club leader or just a rabid scifi fan, please email us for an invitation.
Demon Holiday, by Bruce Graw, is VERY close to going to the printers. We are anticipating books being available for purchase in mid April.
Typesetting is in the final stages (second edit round consisting almost entirely of hyphenation issues).
The book cover is approximately 60% completed as we have received, once again, stunning artwork from Tony Foti for the front cover. The cover should be completed by end of February.
Tony Foti has given us the rough sketch for Demon Holiday. We thought we’d share with you.
With Toy Wars and An Eighty Percent Solution now in print we have been able to turn our thoughts to the future. We at TANSTAAFL are pleased to announce that we have added two new novels to our future releases for Spring of 2014, Thinking Outside the Box and Demon Ascendant.
Thinking Outside the Box is the second of many books in the CorpGov Chronicles.
Wayward School is a stand alone cyberpunk novel.
Please select the links above for pre-production blurbs of the books. More details as they happen.
We at TANSTAAFL Press continue our policy of providing the first chapter of each book we publish as a preview. We don’t want anyone making a purchase of one of our books without having a good idea that they will like not only the concept but the writing style as well.
As a result you can find the preview for Demon Holiday by following the link or going in the the Excerpts pull down menu.
As an additional bonus we’ve added Tony Foti’s rough sketch for the cover of Demon Holiday.