Karsa Orlong Posted July 30, 2011 Posted July 30, 2011 Gollancz is to release thousands of SF classics, many out-of-print, in all the main ebook formats, starting in September.From The Guardian website:"The SF Gateway launches this autumn with more than 1,000 titles by almost 100 authors, with plans to increase this to 3,000 titles by the end of 2012 and 5,000 by 2014. Wow. "Wherever possible, the SF Gateway will offer the complete backlist of the authors included," says Gollancz in its announcement.A complete list of the authors already signed up – they're negotiating with many more – [...] it's basically the great and the good of science fiction and fantasy, and they're all going to be available at the click of a button (pricing is yet to be revealed, but will be "in line with prevailing market trend, but competitive and value for money", apparently)."Links:SF Gateway websitePDF with list of authors currently includedGuardian articleFantastic news! Quote
vodkafan Posted July 30, 2011 Posted July 30, 2011 Gollancz is to release thousands of SF classics, many out-of-print, in all the main ebook formats, starting in September. From The Guardian website: "The SF Gateway launches this autumn with more than 1,000 titles by almost 100 authors, with plans to increase this to 3,000 titles by the end of 2012 and 5,000 by 2014. Wow. "Wherever possible, the SF Gateway will offer the complete backlist of the authors included," says Gollancz in its announcement. A complete list of the authors already signed up – they're negotiating with many more – [...] it's basically the great and the good of science fiction and fantasy, and they're all going to be available at the click of a button (pricing is yet to be revealed, but will be "in line with prevailing market trend, but competitive and value for money", apparently)." Links: SF Gateway website PDF with list of authors currently included Guardian article Fantastic news! This is great news indeed! :mrgreen: Quote
vodkafan Posted July 30, 2011 Posted July 30, 2011 I just noticed Jack Vance is already signed up !! Quote
Kylie Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 Oh, this is so exciting! I can't wait to see the out-of-print books that become available. I'll be keeping a close on this. Thanks for the heads up, Karsa. Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted August 18, 2011 Author Posted August 18, 2011 I just noticed Jack Vance is already signed up !! You'll be pleased with me - I'm just reading my first ever Jack Vance book, Emphyrio Quote
Kylie Posted August 19, 2011 Posted August 19, 2011 You'll be pleased with me - I'm just reading my first ever Jack Vance book, Emphyrio I'm also very pleased with you; this is the one Jack Vance book I have on my TBR pile, and now you can let me know what you think of it. Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted August 20, 2011 Author Posted August 20, 2011 I'm also very pleased with you; this is the one Jack Vance book I have on my TBR pile, and now you can let me know what you think of it. I thought it was very good, Kylie. It's a very quick read, doesn't hang around. I thought, at the start, that I wasn't going to like it, but I ended up really enjoying it Quote
vodkafan Posted August 26, 2011 Posted August 26, 2011 And that, in my opinion, is his worst book! The Blue World or Slaves of the Klau would really blow your socks off. Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted August 26, 2011 Author Posted August 26, 2011 And that, in my opinion, is his worst book! The Blue World or Slaves of the Klau would really blow your socks off. I'll get there, I'll get there ... Quote
vodkafan Posted August 31, 2011 Posted August 31, 2011 Is the SF gateway open for business yet Karsa? I just keep getting the same page.. Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted August 31, 2011 Author Posted August 31, 2011 30 days to go - there's a countdown towards the top of the page - it's all very sf Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted September 26, 2011 Author Posted September 26, 2011 A quick search on Amazon has revealed a lot of SF Gateway ebooks already listed for pre-order: http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_4?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&field-keywords=gollancz+sf&sprefix=goll Quote
vodkafan Posted September 26, 2011 Posted September 26, 2011 I was a bit disappointed because many of the better known ones I was hoping for are not there (on the Amazon pages) but the Gollancz site mentioned there would be 1000 titles initially, so maybe they are keeping the best ones back till release day? I am sure I will find something anyway, I am still excited. The pricing is reasonable I think at a fiver a go, you can't moan at that for books that have been out of print for so long. Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted September 27, 2011 Author Posted September 27, 2011 A lot of it's going to be down to how Amazon title/categorise things - they're so inconsistent I'm assuming titles are going to be available directly from the SF Gateway site, so that might be the better way to go. Quote
vodkafan Posted September 27, 2011 Posted September 27, 2011 (edited) A lot of it's going to be down to how Amazon title/categorise things - they're so inconsistent I'm assuming titles are going to be available directly from the SF Gateway site, so that might be the better way to go. Yes that's what I'm waiting for too...Amazon is definitely not putting it all out...for instance I remembered a book I wanted (The Cloud Walker by Edmund Cooper ) and I put it in search and it came up, yellow cover and all. Edited September 27, 2011 by vodkafan Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted October 2, 2011 Author Posted October 2, 2011 Well the countdown has finished but the site still seems inactive to me Apparently - according to the SF Gateway Twitter page - Amazon.co.uk has all the release-day books available but, without a list and with Amazon's usual inability to categorise books in a way where one search finds all (labelling them as 'SF Gateway' would've been a start ... ), it's difficult to know what's actually out there Quote
vodkafan Posted October 2, 2011 Posted October 2, 2011 Well the countdown has finished but the site still seems inactive to me Apparently - according to the SF Gateway Twitter page - Amazon.co.uk has all the release-day books available but, without a list and with Amazon's usual inability to categorise books in a way where one search finds all (labelling them as 'SF Gateway' would've been a start ... ), it's difficult to know what's actually out there I have had the same frustration Karsa...for instance I never got my promised email saying Gateway was live. I have seen 471 books listed on Amazon if you go on " Gollancz Science Fiction"...but a lot of them are new written Sci Fi and vampire chick lit, with the same 60 classics as before spread amongst them. If you put in specific individual authors you can get a few more dozen more up with yellow covers...try googling a list of sci fi authors and note down who you are interested in first. I agree not very satisfactory mate. Quote
vodkafan Posted October 10, 2011 Posted October 10, 2011 (edited) But the Gateway forum isn't working very well.... Edited October 10, 2011 by vodkafan Quote
Kylie Posted October 11, 2011 Posted October 11, 2011 SF Gateway site is NOW LIVE !! Is that good news? Thanks for the heads up! I'm going over to check it out now. Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted October 11, 2011 Author Posted October 11, 2011 (edited) SF Gateway site is NOW LIVE !! Yay!! I hope they'll release Julian May's 'Saga of the Exiles' ... Edited October 11, 2011 by Karsa Orlong Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted October 12, 2011 Author Posted October 12, 2011 I've just downloaded a few samples from Amazon: Pavane by Keith Roberts Suldrun's Garden by Jack Vance City Under the Sea by Kenneth Bulmer The Black Star Passes by John W. Campbell All My Sins Remembered by Joe Haldeman Agent of the Terran Empire by Poul Anderson Shall have a glance through them and then make my first puchase! Quote
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