This has been an interesting year for us at eSpec Books, in every connotation of the word.
We have held three successful Kickstarters, funding a total of seven books, we have released ten titles in print and/or ebook this year, and we have become self-employeed…but not salaried.
Our Best Sellers for the year were:
- The Weird Wild West
- Gaslight & Grimm
- Best of Defending the Future
- POST
- Dogs of War – Reissued / In the Lamplight (tie)
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- The Weird Wild West
- Gaslight & Grimm
- Best of Defending the Future
- Dogs of War – Reissue
- In the Lamplight
We have signed books with award-winning, bestselling authors Jack Campbell, Brenda Cooper, Bud Sparhawk, and David Sherman, and have brought on some exciting newcomers in our anthology projects.
At Balticon we connected with old friends, had a fire alarm, and held a pretty amazing launch party where we got to meet quite a few of our authors for the first time in person, as well as gave away loads of prizes and sold lots of book. We also had enough goodies left over that we provided food for the party after us, and they still had leftovers to send to the con suite when they were done.
We have also started a new reprint line of books, Paper Phoenix Press and released our first title under that imprint.
All in all, this has been an amazing year of growth for us, if also one of readjustment.
Thank you all for joining us on this journey. We hope you’ll continue to follow along in the new year.
Be nice, be happy, be safe this holiday season!
Danielle McPhail, Mike McPhail, and Greg Schauer
eSpec Books 