Michael J. Sullivan released a short story prequel to his best selling Riyria Revelations Series. It is priced at $0.99 for Kindle and Nook and being offered free when sold direct from here. It's first day of release saw it hitting several Best Seller Charts including:

• #2 Hottest Historical Fantasy Kindle
• #3 Hottest Short Story Kindle
• #3 Hottest Historical Fantasy Books
• #6 Hottest Short Story Books
• #20 Hottest Historical Fantasy Books
• #25 Hottest Kindle Fantasy
• #51 Hottest Fantasy Book
• #11 Bestseller Historical Fantasy Kindle
• #16 Bestseller Short Story Kindle
• #20 Bestseller Historical Fantasy Book
• #31 Bestseller Short Story Book

The final installment of The Riyria Revelations now has pre-order pages on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. For those wanting ebooks the ONLY mentod is to buy direct from the the distributors as Orbit will be putting this book out. For those wanting paper copies, you can buy either from the distribution network, or wait and order from this site (in which case you can get the book signed and dedicated. Pre-order links:
Amazon: Paper | Kindle     B&N: Paper | Nook  

More than 5,000 people nominated their choices for the NPR Top 100 Science-Fiction & Fantasy Books. And a finalist list of 237 was further widdled down for voting. After more than 60,000 votes the 100 were selected and we are pleased to say that Ridan's own Joe Haldeman's The Forever War was one of them. Congratulations to Joe on another amazing honor.

With just days left before it is removed from the market Michael Sullivan's Wintertide has reached #1 on Amazon's Top Rated Historical Fantasy list. All five books of the series are also listed (#9-Avempartha, #21 Nyphron Rising, #26 The Emerald Storm, #29-The Crown Conspiracy )

Ridan is in the process of signing several authors to expand its genre fiction lines into Mystery and Thrillers. With more than 11 potential titles, we hope to have the first of these available for release in just a few weeks.

Ridan authors are now dominating the Amazon War and Military Fiction Category with 7 of the top 33 titles: #2 The Forever War , #9 Soldier of the Legion, #18 Curse of the Legion, #19 Slave of the Legion, #20 Secret of the Legion, #21 March of the Legion, #33 Cross of the Legion. The same books are on the Bestseler Kindle Books lists at the following rankings (#5, #16, #31, #32, #33, #34, #49)

Ridan authors continue to appear on the Amazon Hot New Releases for Science Fiction and Fantasy. The Forever War is #4 (Kindle) and #6 (Books), and for the War category (#1 for both). 

Just ahead of Joe, is A Light in the Dark (a self-published short by Ridan author Nathan Lowell) who has #3 Kindle and #5 Books.

Michael Sullivan's The Riyria Revelations, now published through Orbit are showing up on both Epic Fantasy (#39, #42, #70)  and Historical Fantasy (#10, #12, #26).

With the upcomming release of the Orbit versions of the Riyria Revelations Ridan has discontinued selling print copies. eBook versions will be available until the end of August. Click here for more details .

While out for only 3 weeks, Joe Haldeman's The Forever War hit #1 on the Hot New Release in War for the Kindle. It currently is on 9 Amazon Bestseller lists including:

• #7    Bestseller Books  in War
• #39  Bestseller Books in Science Fiction
• #2    Hot New Book Release in War
• #9    Hot New Book Release in Science Fiction
• #26  Hot New Book Release in Genre Fiction
• #4    Bestseller Kindle in War
• #31  Bestseller Kindle in Science Fiction
• #1    Hot New Kindle Release in War
• #6    Hot New Kindle Release in Science Fiction

All ten of Ridan's sci-fi titles are on Amazon's Kindle Best Seller list for Science Fiction. With the addition or our most recent title,  The Forever War hitting the charts at #71. All six of Marshall Thomas's Soldier of the Legion Series, as well as all three of Nathan Lowell's Tales of the Solar Clipper are in the top 100.  In additon, Forever War is now #8 on Hot New Releases in Science Fiction. Not bad for a novel that is more than thirty-five years old.

J. Sullivan's six and final book, Percepliquis, had its cover debuted on his site. The conclusion to the Riyria Revelations will be released in January 2012 in a print version from Ridan and an ebook from Orbit. The other five books in the series will be removed from the market starting in early July with all the books (both print and ebook gone by August 31. The Orbit versions of the books are already available for preorder. 

Michael J. Sullivan's six and final book, Percepliquis, had its cover debuted on his site. The conclusion to the Riyria Revelations will be released in January 2012 in a print version from Ridan and an ebook from Orbit. The other five books in the series will be removed from the market starting in early July with all the books (both print and ebook gone by August 31. The Orbit versions of the books are already available for preorder. 

Leslie Ann Moore joins authors Michael J. Sullivan, Nathan Lowell, Marshall Thomas as Ridan authors to hit the Amazon's Mover and Shaker List. The list identifies the biggest gainers in sales rank compared to twenty-four hours ago. A title has to be under 400 to be considered.

Ridan is pleaed to announce the acquisition of Andrew Fox's The good Humor Man, a witty tribute to Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, this surreal, futuristic narrative explores the highly topical relationships between obesity, government health care, pop culture, and body image.

Leslie Ann Moore joins authors, Michael J. Sullivan, Nathan Lowell, and Marshall Thomas as Amazon Best Sellers in Science Fiction and Fantasy. Lelie's Griffin's Shadow and Griffin's Destiny can be found on the following lists for Books: Science Fiction and Fantasy, Fantasy, Epirc Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, Romance Fantasy. For Kindles. Leslie's novels appear in the top 20 for: #1/#3 for Romance Fantasy, #2/#3 for Historical Fantasy, #9/#13 for Epic Fantasy. She also ranks #29/#43 for all of Fantasy. Leslie has sold more than 1,500 copies in just over a week.

After only one day of the special free promotion, Griffin's Daughter has shot to the top of multiple Amazon Free lists including: #1 Fantasy, #2 Romance, #1 Romance Fantasy, #2 Fiction, #3 Kindle ebooks, #1 Epic Fantasy, #1 Historical Fantasy, #2 Genre Fiction, #1 Family Saga, and #7 Children's Fiction. In 24 hours over 9,000 adult versions and 1,300 young adult versions were downloaded.

Leslie Ann Moore's Award Winning Griffin's Daughter (available in both young adult and adult versions is a free Kindle download for a limited time. This book was the winner of the IBPA Ben Franklin Award for Best New Novel.

Marshall Thomas's Soldier of the Legion Series consiting of:  Soldier of the Legion ,March of the Legion , Slave of the Legion ,Secret of the Legion ,Cross of the Legion , and Curse of the Legion  sold more than 17,000 copies topping the previous Ridan record of 11,000 which was sold by Michael J. Sullivan in January 2011. Congratulations Marshall!

Although just recently released, Nathan Lowell's Full Share has shot to the tops of the Amazon Science Fiction List (#3 for Kindle | #4 for Books). He's even surpassed Marshall Thomas who has had an amazing run with his Soldier of the Legion (#5 for Kindle | #6 for Books).  Marshall also has #10 withMarch of the Legion , #18 with Slave of the Legion and #22Secret of the Legion . Congratulations to both authors on a fabulous May month. Ridan authors currently hold 40% of the Hot Releases in Science Fiction with spots #3, #4, #6, and #9. 

Marshall Thomas's Soldier of the Legion Series crossed the 10,000 mark for Kindle sales in May. He is on track to sell more than 14,000 books this month and if he does, will beat January's record of 11,500 set by Michael J. Sullivan for his Riyria Revelations Series. Books in Marshall's series include: Soldier of the Legion | March of the Legion | Secret of the Legion |Slave of the Legion | Cross of the Legion | Curse of the Legion .

POSTED FRIDAY MAY 20, 2011 09:12 AM EST

The third book in Nathan Lowell's Trader Tales of the Solar Clipper series, Full Share  came out of the gate with a bang and held the #1 Mover's and Shakers spot on Amazon starting around 9:00 PM last night. As of this morning it still is at #1.

The third book in Nathan Lowell's Trader Tales of the Solar Clipper series, Full Share is now available for Kindle. We are waiting on printers proofs for the paperback version and then will be posting links for ordering signed copies. For those attending Balticon, Nathan will be there and have copies available for signing. The hardcover editions are scheudled for mid June.

Ridan is pleased to announce that all six of Marshall Thomas's Soldier of the Legion is now available for the Kindle. Ridan originally published the print the new titles that have hit the street include: Soldier of the Legion | March of the Legion | Secret of the Legion | Slave of the Legion .

The BEA DIY Authors Conference & Marketplace is where aspiring writers will get critical information and solutions to help them get published or self published. In order to stay abreast of recent tools and avenues for distribution, Ridan Publishing's President and founder, Robin Sullivan will be attending BEA DIY  May 21 in New York City. She'll be attending panels on the changing face of publishing and getting data on recent sales trends especially related to the ebook revolution. She'll be posting the results from the show on her blog, write2publish - Look for posts to begin in early June.

In order to keep abreast of the latest trends in the publishing industry, Ridan Publishing's President and founder, Robin Sullivan will be attending Book Expo America May 23 - 26 in New York City. She'll be attending panels on the changing face of publishing and getting data on recent sales trends especially related to the ebook revolution. She'll be posting the results from the show on her blog, write2publish - Look for posts to begin in early June.

Ridan is pleased to announce that Marshall Thomas's Curse of the Legion has been nominated as a Finalist in the 2010 Foreword Magazine Book of Year Award in the Science Fiction Category.  The winners will be presented at the ALA Conference in New Orleans and the awards are judged by Librarians and Booksellers taken from the Magazine's Readership.

Ridan is pleased to announce that Michael J. Sullivan's Riyria Revelation will be moving to Orbit Books (Fantasy Imprint of Hachette Book Group USA the second largest US publisher). While we are sad to see Michael we go, we recognize this as an exceptional opportunity for Michael and Orbit will be able to generate an audience for the series that Ridan would not be able to do. We wish Michael well but expect there to be some future works of his published through Ridan.

The second book of Nathan Lowell's Trade Tales of the Golden Age of the Solar Clipper Series, Half Share been released. It is available, on this website, and Amazon Kindle , as well as paperback .