The Pattern Scars a bestseller as Bakka Phoenix!

Bakka Phoenix Books has released their bestseller list for 2011. Coming in at number 8 on the trade paperback list is The Pattern Scars by Caitlin Sweet. Pretty sweet indeed!

See the list.

Order The Pattern Scars.

Lengthy review of A Book of Tongues

Eternal Haunted Summer has an excellent review up of Gemma Files' A Book of Tongues. It might be more accurate to call it an analysis, as Margaret O'Connell dives into specific scenes and talks about what worked and what didn't. Needless to say, spoilers within.

Click here to read it.

Click here to learn more about A Book of Tongues, and its sequel A Rope of Thorns.

Great review of The Door to Lost Pages

"The stories in The Door To Lost Pages have all been exquisitely crafted by Lalumière and readers cannot help but be drawn in to the worlds and lives he shows us. The stories are by turns funny, sad, bittersweet, and joyful. ...Anyone who enjoys at least slightly dark fantasy should enjoy The Door To Lost Pages." - Cathy Green, SF Revu

Read the review here.

Buy The Door to Lost Pages here.

Enter, Night is Geeks of Doom's #1 book

Geeks of Doom have released their list of the top ten fantasy and horror books of 2011, and Michael Rowe's Enter, Night tops the list.

"The author has restored my faith in the belief that it is possible to present vampires uniquely and at times, the book feels like a love letter to fans of the bloodsuckers who miss the days when vampires used to eat their prey instead of braiding its hair and going vegan."

Read the list.

Buy the book!

Every Shallow Cut "heart-stopping"

J. L. Comeau of Count Gore de Vol names Every Shallow Cut as one of his top ten picks of 2011, writing:
"Bleakness and anguish seethe on every page this heart-stopping story crafted in hues of utter desolation."

Click here to read the review.

Click here to purchase Every Shallow Cut.

Free eBook for Friday the 13th!

In honour of Friday the 13th, how about a promo?

All CZP ebooks are FREE from 1pm EST (1300 hours... get it?) today for 13 hours (until 2am EST).

Go to http://chizinepub.com/ to see what's available, then contact Brett Savory on Twitter or Facebook or at brett@chizinepub.com and he'll send you the one you want!

One book per person!

Free eBook with Trade Paperback Purchases

Starting now, whenever you buy a trade paperback from our website you'll be able to download the ebook version for free. You got it—right away and for free.

Since we started, we've offered 30% off the cover price of trade paperbacks when you order directly from us. That's not changing. We also embraced ebooks. We don't see them as a threat to our business, but as another way for fans to read our stories. We do our ebook creation in-house and offer them on Amazon, Kobo, Wowio and other sites.

Now, with the launch of our online shopping cart system, we decided to bundle an ebook into the price of trade paperbacks. When your purchase is complete, you'll be directed to log into the website to download a ZIP file containing the ebook in EPUB, MOBI and PDF formats.

Brett Savory, one of our co-publishers, put it this way:

We believe strongly in the ebook format. And believe our prices are fair for those who just want to read on their Kobo or Kindle. But we’ve said all along we’re in the story, not book, business. For someone who purchases a trade paperback, it’s fair they should be able to start reading the story right away on their e-reader, tablet or smartphone.

Sandra Kasturi, our other co-publisher, added:

It’s also a way for a small publisher to compete with the likes of Amazon. Amazon can offer deals on prices or shipping because of the volumes they’re working with. Shipping costs for the physical books are often prohibitive for smaller outfits, so we hope this offer makes us competitive and gives a reason for readers to buy directly from us.

Please note: This offer is only being done via the CZP site.