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Ansible Editions is a determinedly small-scale operation. We
began with the aim of offering e-book versions of fine science
fiction stories too offbeat or unfashionable to appear in
mass-market printed editions. But like so many others, we (then
David Langford and Christopher Priest) discovered that we and our
customers still prefer books to e-books. The perfect compromise
seemed to be our arrangement with
Cosmos Books, an
imprint of Wildside Press
. We prepared, edited, and digitally typeset our selections;
Cosmos issued them in print-on-demand format with jacket designs
approved by all parties.
Later on, in 2012, when Ansible Editions was revived to publish
a collected edition of Algis Budrys's acclaimed but never
collected "Books" columns from The Magazine of
Fantasy and Science Fiction, David Langford had picked up some
experience in self-publishing POD books through
Lulu.com
(more a printer and distributor than a traditional publisher). The
rest is history.
Just when we'll feel the urge to add further titles to
our list is at present unknown even to
ourselves.
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