Category Archives: Nonfiction

StarWarp Concepts Books: Perfect for Indie Bookstores

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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The Best of 2024: Readers’ Favorites

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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Welcome to 2025…and to StarWarp Concepts!

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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Smashwords’ 2024 End of Year Ebook Sale Is Underway!

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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It’s National Novel Writing Month 2024!

Halloween’s over for this year, in the U.S. this coming weekend it’s time to turn the clocks back an hour as Daylight Savings Time ends, and with the arrival of November comes the annual event called National Novel Writing Month. … Continue reading

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Happy National Day on Writing 2024!

Another day, another holiday, and this one is solely for writers! The National Day on Writing was started in 2010 by the National Council of Teachers of English, “built on the premise that writing is critical to literacy but needs … Continue reading

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Celebrate Vampirella’s 55th Anniversary with a Bloody Good Discount at DriveThru Comics!

Happy 55th Anniversary, Vampirella (who made her comics debut in 1969)! And a happy discount for her fans!  Just in time for the Spooky Season, and the 2024 celebration of New York Comic Con (which kicks off on Thursday), today … Continue reading

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Happy Batman Day 2024!

Held the 3rd Saturday in September since 2015, Batman Day is an annual celebration of one of DC Comics’ most iconic superheroes, the Darknight Detective who made his debut in Detective Comics #29 in 1939. Created by Bob Kane with … Continue reading

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Vampirella’s 55th Anniversary: The 1970s Almost Movie

Two days ago, July 15th marked the 55th anniversary of the day in 1969 when Warren Publishing introduced the comics world to Vampirella, the bloodsucker from another planet who was created by Forrest J Ackerman and publisher James Warren, and … Continue reading

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Happy 55th Anniversary, Vampirella!

He picked a magazine off the coverlet which showed an incredibly endowed young woman in a skintight costume who was sucking the blood of a young man…. The name of the magazine—and of the young woman, apparently—was Vampirella.—Stephen King, ’Salem’s … Continue reading

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