I don’t know if this takes Tor.com out of the sphere of mainstream publishing, but it seems that this web-based branch of the big SF/F house is going POD with its titles. This kind of makes sense, as the last I heard mother ship Tor is now taking up to three years to release its titles after acquisition.
Not likely, though, that this new venture is going to spell opportunity to new writers—every author in this anthology is a well-known veteran.
Tor.com is proud to announce the immediate availability of David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer’s definitive anthology, Year’s Best Fantasy 9.This highly anticipated release also marks something we’re particularly proud of: Tor.com’s debut as a publishing entity, distinct from Tor Books and as a separate imprint under our shared corporate overlords at Macmillan.
YBF 9 is available only as a print-on-demand book, in keeping with our mission of always exploring alternative forms of publishing. Similar to the launch of the Tor.com Store, this title is one of our various publishing projects that seek to experiment with the available alternatives to publishing’s traditional sales, distribution, and delivery mechanisms.
Year’s Best Fantasy 9 is available in the Tor.com Store, of course, as well as via online retailers such as Amazon, B&N, and more. As you’d expect with multiple Hugo Award-nominated (and recent winner) editors like David Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, the Table of Contents for YBF 9 is impressive (and I’m not just saying that because there’s a Tor.com story in there, which you can read in its entirety here); see for yourselves:
Elizabeth Bear, “Shoggoths in Bloom” – Peter S. Beagle, “The Rabbi’s Hobby” – Kage Baker, “Running the Snake” - Daryl Gregory, “The Illustrated Biography of Lord Grimm” - Lisa Goldstein, “Reader’s Guide” - Al Michaud, “The Salting and Canning of Benevolence D.” – Naomi Novik, “Araminta, or, The Wreck of the Amphidrake” – Catherynne M. Valente, “A Buyer’s Guide to Maps of Antarctica” – John Brown, “From the Clay of His Heart” – Richard Bowes, “If Angels Fight” – Kij Johnson, “26 Monkeys and the Abyss” – Debra Doyle & James Macdonald, “Philologos; or, A Murder in Bistrita” – Geoff Ryman, “The Film-makers of Mars” – Marc Laidlaw, “Childrun”- Liz Williams, “Queen of the Sunlit Shore” – James Morrow, “Lady Witherspoon’s Solution” – Kristine Dikeman, “Dearest Cecily” – Randy McCharles, “Ringing the Changes in Okotoks, Alberta” – Kage Baker, “Caverns of Mystery” – Richard Parks, “Skin Deep” – Peter S. Beagle, “King Pelles the Sure” – Richard Harland, “A Guided Tour in the Kingdom of the Dead” – Howard Waldrop, “Avast, Abaft!” – Delia Sherman, “Gift from a Spring” – James Stoddard, “The First Editions” – Stephen Woodworth, “The Olverung” – Jeffrey Ford, “Daltharee” – Kim Wilkins, “The Forest”
