Author Archives: Steven

Happy Take Your Child to the Library Day 2025!

Posted on February 1, 2025 by Steven

Today marks the annual celebration of Take Your Child to the Library Day, founded in 2011 by librarians Nadine Lipman and Caitlin Augusta. The event is held the first Saturday in February and encourages librarians to reach out to their … Continue reading →

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Author Richard C. White at Big Lick Comic Con

Posted on January 29, 2025 by Steven

This coming weekend, fans of science fiction, fantasy, and comic books will be gathering at Big Lick Comic Con, being held at the Gateway Convention Center in Roanoke, Virginia. And among the guests you’ll find author Richard C. White, who … Continue reading →

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StarWarp Concepts Books: Perfect for Indie Bookstores

Posted on January 22, 2025 by Steven

Hey there, owners of independent bookstores around the world! Are you interested in adding StarWarp Concepts titles to your shelves? Well, here’s how you can do it! SWC’s in-print titles are all print-on-demand releases available through our distributor, Ingram Content … Continue reading →

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Diamond Comics Distribution Files for Bankruptcy

Posted on January 17, 2025 by Steven

The news broke this week of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing made by Diamond Comics—the only distribution company that survived the 1990s’ Distributors Wars (that they and Marvel Comics helped instigate) that resulted in the elimination of every one of … Continue reading →

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The Best of 2024: Readers’ Favorites

Posted on January 15, 2025 by Steven

Another publishing year has come and gone, and StarWarp Concepts continues to welcome new readers with our most popular releases. So, as we do annually, let’s take a look at the top three titles that grabbed readers’ attention last year—in … Continue reading →

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Happy Kiss a Ginger Day 2025!

Posted on January 12, 2025 by Steven

According to the calendar site Happy Days 365, today is International Kiss a Ginger Day, a holiday created in 2009 as a “karmic counter event” intended to offset negative comments made about fiery-haired people (e.g., that gingers have no souls, … Continue reading →

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Welcome to 2025…and to StarWarp Concepts!

Posted on January 6, 2025 by Steven

Happy New Year! StarWarp Concepts—in case you’re wondering who we are—is a publisher of dark-urban-fantasy, horror, fantasy, and science fiction titles that are available for sale in brick-and-mortar stores and through select online booksellers and distributors (as well as our … Continue reading →

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Happy Holidays!

Posted on December 21, 2024 by Steven
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Nosferatu: Stalking Movie Screens and the Printed Page

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Steven

Christmas is coming, and there’s no better way for horror fans to celebrate the Ghoultide Season than with the gift of vampire movies—specifically, the Christmas Day premiere of Nosferatu, writer/director Robert Eggers’s remake of the 1922 classic silent movie that … Continue reading →

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Smashwords’ 2024 End of Year Ebook Sale Is Underway!

Posted on December 12, 2024 by Steven

Hey, book lovers! Today’s the day when e-book distributor Smashwords (and its parent company, Draft2Digital) launches its annual End of Year Sale, during which you can purchase thousands of digital books at special prices! It runs from December 12 to … Continue reading →

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