Archive for 'News and Updates'

Winter updates 2013

There’s a lot new happening here at BDP this winter. First of all, we’re working hard on our three Spring releases: The Trajectory of Dreams, Hymns of Home, and Only the Moon Howls (Jay is working so hard that her own co-authored book, Truly Tricky Physics Problems, will be a little late).

We have a [...]

Q&A With Jay in August Physics Today

Q&A With Jay in August Physics Today

Check out this interview in Physics Today with our founding editor, talking about her published book and, of course, Bitingduck Press!

Boson author in the news

Boson author in the news

Phillip Gardner, author of the short-story collection Somebody Wants Somebody Dead, has been featured on SCNOW.

Phillip’s stories are a set of adventures and thrillers with surprise endings, and often surprise beginnings. They examine the squalid underbelly of Southern life in a way that never fails to make you laugh.

BDP’s press [...]

Three new authors for July!

Three new authors for July!

Our Fall nonfiction catalog has been expanded by the addition of two new authors and the contribution of a third to an existing book (101 Problems… which will have many more than 101 by the time we’re finished!)

History professor Andrew Szanajda brings us a history textbook for college undergraduates and instructors,

Boson author in the news!

Boson author in the news!

The Charlotte Observer has run a feature on Jean Houghton-Beatty and her books that tell about the World War II era and the period that followed. Her books are Different Drummers, about an Englishwoman who marries an American soldier post-war, and who is thrown into the politics and culture [...]

July special: Nonfiction

July special: Nonfiction

Only for the month of July, Sally Sullivan’s “Writing Fiction and Poetry” is available for $0.99 on Amazon. Sally Sullivan writes and teaches at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. She has published poetry, fiction, and two textbooks on rhetoric. She received her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro. Writing Fiction and Poetry [...]

See us in Baltimore!

See us in Baltimore!

We’ll have a table at Shore Leave 34 in Baltimore, MD August 3-5. We’ll be showcasing all of our Boson sci-fi, including giving away 10 free copies of “The Classic Star Trek Trivia Book” (John Maddux). Other featured authors will be Chris McGowan, Frank Almond, [...]

More books available at Boson Books

Bitingduck Press has merged with Boson Books, who have been publishing e-books since 1994.  Many Boson titles are also available in print.

Boson Books are available at BosonBooks.com

LitFest recap

LitFest recap

We had a great time at the Pasadena LitFest on May 12, 2012. Thanks to all of the organizers and volunteers who made this possible.

A special thanks to La Grande Orange, who gave us a free pizza when we were about to collapse from hunger. Avocado and lemon [...]

News for April!

Lots of hatching going on in April! Bitingduck will be merging with Boson Books (www.bosonbooks.com) over the next three years, so we now are representing some established authors there. We’ll continue with the Boson imprint because the name is so awesome.

We also have a new Canadian author, Bill Bunn, who’s written a great YA [...]