Telos News

OUT OF STOCK

Just to let customers know that Volume 1 of TIMELINK is currently out of stock. Demand for this title has been high and so we have temporarily sold out. A reprint is under way, but we won't have this until the new year.

I'll post more news here about titles which we run out of to try and keep people in the loop.

Posted by David @ 9:46 am

TELOS PUBLISHING NEWSLETTER - 2 December 2011

Hi and welcome to probably the last newsletter of the year from us here at Telos Towers. It's been a great 12 months for us, with some amazing books published, and some great feedback from everyone on what we have done.

Here's a list of the year's releases:

28 Feb 2011 Timelink: The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to the Continuity of Doctor Who by Jon Preddle
28 Feb 2011 Zombies in New York and Other Bloody Jottings by Sam Stone
28 Feb 2011 Angel Confidential by Mike Ripley
31 May 2011 Angel City by Mike Ripley
30 Jul 2011 Hear the Roar! The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to the Hit 1980s Series ThunderCats by David Crichton
30 Sep 2011 talespinning by David J Howe
30 Oct 2011 Howe's Transcendental Toybox Update Number 3: The Complete Guide to 2006-2009 Doctor Who Merchandise by David J Howe and Arnold T Blumberg

We kicked off with three titles in Feburary. Sam Stone's ZOMBIES IN NEW YORK AND OTHER BLOODY JOTTINGS has become one of our fiction bestsellers, and it's continuing to sell very healthy numbers every week. This is testament to Sam's brilliant writing, and that word has spread about the book and just how good it is!

TIMELINK finally saw the light of day in February as well, and this immense two-volume set by Jon Preddle has been well received.

We released two further titles in Mike Ripley's popular 'Angel' series of comic crime novels over the course of the year, and we have plans for more of these in 2012, so keep watching the site!

David J Howe's own collection of horror fiction, TALESPINNING was released in September to much acclaim, and the final two factual books of the year have also been very popular: David Crighton's HEAR THE ROAR, the guide to the original series of THUNDERCATS, hit the shops at the same time as the new series on television, and David J Howe and Arnold T Blumberg's latest update to the immense DOCTOR WHO merchandise project that is the TOYBOX has also met with appreciative comments.

For 2012 we already have several titles in the wings which are being worked on, and as soon as we have confirmed details and covers then they will be released.

If anyone wants to order any of Telos' titles for Christmas, then please note that the latest posting date for second class mail in the UK is Saturday 17th December, and we will do our best to get all orders processed and despatched by that date.  Anyone who orders after that date will have to take pot luck on the postal system.  For more details of the last posting dates for overseas, then please see the Royal Mail page here: http://www.royalmail.com/greetings


RECENTLY RELEASED

HOWE'S TRANSCENDENTAL TOYBOX: UPDATE NO 3: 2006-2009

The long-awaited third update volume to the TOYBOX project is now finally available. The book was delayed due to the sheer amount of work needed to pull something like 1500 items together over the 4 year period that the volume covers, and then to get it all laid out with photographs and information, plus some additional interviews and articles which will hopefully be of interest to readers.

The final book has come in at 448 pages and so is a massive tome, and it's also in full colour throughout!  Unfortunately this means that the price has had to rise to £25.99 for the book.

David J Howe and Arnold T Blumberg present the definitive collector's guide to Doctor Who merchandise. From the rare and obscure to the commonplace and disposable, every facet of Doctor Who's penetration into the marketplace is detailed.

This volume documents all the items released over 2006 and 2009, when Doctor Who cemented its position as one of the top-rated drama series in the UK, and the merchandising went into overdrive. More items were produced and released in this period than at any other point in the series' history. Also contained within is a feature on the development of the Doctor Who Pinball, an interview with the man behind the pop group Mankind, and an interview with WETA on their range of collectibles. Howe's Transcendental Toybox is both a fascinating tour through the many ways that Doctor Who has been presented in merchandise and an entertaining guide to the world of Doctor Who collecting.

* Product descriptions *
* Illustrated in full colour throughout *
* Includes articles and features *
* Worldwide coverage *

Ordering is available here: http://www.telos.me.uk/category.php?id=2#59

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RELEASE UPDATES

HUNTED! THE UNOFFICIAL AND UNAUTHORISED GUIDE TO SUPERNATURAL SEASONS 1-3
by SAM FORD and ANTONY FOGG

We're currently hoping that HUNTED will be published some time in February 2012. If this position changes, then we'll update the website accordingly.

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SOLD OUT BOOKS

Several titles have sold out now as paper editions, and some are running very short - down to the last 6 or so copies.

SOLD OUT:
THE END OF THE WORLD (SURVIVORS) Paperback edition
TIME HUNTER: CHILD OF TIME Paperback edition
TALKBACK VOLUME 3 (DOCTOR WHO) Hardback edition
HOWE'S TRANSCENDENTAL TOYBOX: 2003: UPDATE NO 1 Paperback edition
LIBERATION (BLAKE'S 7) Paperback edition
BEYOND THE GATE (STARGATE) Paperback edition
BREATHE Paperback edition
THE TELEVISION COMPANION (DOCTOR WHO) Paperback edition

In some cases we have made digital versions of the books available as the paper copies become unavailable.

LIMITED QUANTITY:
THE TARGET BOOK Paperback edition
ALTERED VISIONS: THE ART OF VINCENT CHONG Hardback edition
SOMETHING IN THE DARKNESS (TORCHWOOD) Hardback edition


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TELOS SIGNED COPIES

We currently have a few copies of It Lives Again! signed by both the author, Axelle Carolyn, and by film director Neil Marshall, available direct from Telos. Order from the website as per usual and you'll be sent a signed copy while stocks last. We have about 6 copies left of this at the present time.

Order Link: http://www.telos.me.uk/category.php?id=2&s=0&p=1#64


Don't forget that all our limited edition hardbacks are also signed by the authors, as well as being bound in special cloths, or with illustrated self-covers, with a ribbon and coloured endpapers.

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LAST CHANCE TO BUY

We have a number of titles listed in the LAST CHANCE TO BUY section of the Telos website.  These are titles which we have only a handful of copies remaining, and which we are not planning to reprint when they are gone.  The current list is:

Original and Classic Fiction:
        Black Tide by Del Stone Jr
        Urban Gothic: Lacuna and Other Trips edited by David J Howe (only around 15 copies left)

Urban Gothic features fiction from Graham Masterton, Christopher Fowler, Simon Clark, Steve Lockley & Paul Lewis, Paul Finch, Debbie Bennett and an introduction by Richard O'Brien, two factual pieces by journalist David Miller about the show and interviews with show writer Tom deVille and producer Steve Matthews.


We also have some of our special signed and numbered limited edition hardbacks available for reduced prices while stocks last.  Those currently available are:

A SPECIAL FINAL OFFER OF £20 for each hardback below:
         Breathe by Christopher Fowler
        Alice's Journey Beyond the Moon by R J Carter
         Approaching Omega by Eric Brown
        Valley of Lights by Stephen Gallagher

A SPECIAL FINAL OFFER OF £30 for each hardback below:
         Shrouded by Darkness edited by Alison L R Davies

Shrouded by Darkness features original and reprint fiction by: Debbie Bennett, Poppy Z Brite, Simon Clark, Storm Constantine, Peter Crowther, Alison L R Davies, Paul Finch, Christopher Fowler, Neil Gaiman, Gary Greenwood, David J Howe, Dawn Knox, Tim Lebbon, Charles de Lint, Steven Lockley & Paul Lewis, James Lovegrove, Graham Masterton, Richard Christian Matheson, Justina Robson, Mark Samuels, Darren Shan and Michael Marshall Smith. With a frontispiece by Clive Barker and a foreword by Stephen Jones.

The hardback edition is originally signed by ALL contributors (including Barker and Gaiman) with the exception of Poppy Z Brite (who is represented with a facsimile signature).

Please visit the LAST CHANCE TO BUY page for click through details to order: http://www.telos.me.uk/lastchance.php

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TELOS ON FACEBOOK

If you're on Facebook and fancy 'Liking' Telos publishing, then we can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Telos-Publishing/22343509719

Please join and let us know what you think of the books, chat about the covers ... anything that takes your fancy really.  Often new covers are premiered on the Facebook group, and news and details of reviews and other items of interest across the Web are also shared there.


Please let us know what you think of this Newsletter ... what would you like to see included?

Until next time,

David, Steve and the Telos Team.

Posted by David @ 4:58 pm