I lost a Dragon Award but I do have a new book available!
- Elizabeth Bear
- Sep 5
- 2 min read
Hey, everybody!
Welp, Angel Maker is alive and well and out in the world and I am excited to say that it is doing very well saleswise, having hit #1 in Steampunk and Steampunk New Releases on Amazon this week. Response seems positive, and I cannot wait to hear what everybody thinks.
You can order a copy here, or from your local bookstore. Or you can get a signed and personalized copy from my local bookstore. The Odyssey Bookshop!
Because of the modern-day vagaries of print-on-demand publishing, there are two sources for the paperback with differing quality products. If you order the physical paperback book from Barnes & Noble or an independent bookseller, you will get a high-quality print-on-demand paperback from Ingram Spark. If you order the paperback from Amazon, you will get a perfectly cromulent quick-print job that is not nearly as nice.
I have set up the paperback on Ingram to be full-discount and returnable, which means that your bookstore will not be losing money by ordering it for you. Alternately, you can order a copy direct from Ingram by using this link.
In other news, I had a wonderful time at Dragon Con and the Dragon Awards, where I lost my category to Matt Dinniman, and I don't feel bad about it at all because he seems like a complete sweetheart. Also I had the pleasure of watching Mary Robinette Kowal win two awards, the Eugie Foster Memorial Short Fiction Award (and since Eugie was a friend of both of ours, that was very special) and the Dragon Award for Best Alternate History.
(Which, I might add, Angel Maker is eligible for in 2026...)
Anyway, hope this is helpful to everybody, and I again want to thank everybody who nominated or voted for The Folded Sky. It means so much to me.
Congratulations on the release of your new book even though you missed out on the Dragon Award this time, it’s thrilling to see what you’ve published next and how you’re already forward-looking. Also: that Alabama Kalen Deboer Black Hoodie is a bold, confident piece the kind of style that says you mean business!
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