Monday, 29 June 2009

Vacancies

Dear All

Please note that Abaddon has three vacancies that we are seeking to fill. The details are as follows:

Desk Editor
Ref AW148JO
Oxford based publisher Rebellion seeks an experienced Desk Editor for established line of genre fiction. The ideal candidate will have at least 2-3 years’ experience of working in an editorial role, copy-editing and proof reading skills, an understanding of book production, an enthusiasm for the fields of science-fiction, fantasy and horror and will preferably be educated to degree level. To apply please send CV and covering letter, including details of your current salary, to vacancies@rebellion.co.uk quoting the job title and reference number.

Account Manager
Ref AW149JO
Oxford based publisher Rebellion seeks an experienced Account Manager to handle its fiction and Graphic Novel lists. The ideal candidate will have 2-3 years’ experience in book sales and account management, an understanding of book production and marketing, an understanding of and enthusiasm for genre fiction, a solid grounding in the book trade and will preferably be educated to degree level. To apply please send CV and covering letter, including details of your current salary, to vacancies@rebellion.co.uk quoting the job title and reference number.

eBook Production Assistant
Ref AW150JO
Oxford based publisher Rebellion seeks an eBook Production Assistant for 3 month contract role to turn our published genre fiction novels into online eBooks, involving use of InDesign to extract text, minor editing of script files and HTML files and resizing of graphics. You will need excellent proof reading skills, and take pride in producing accurate and neat work. InDesign experience is preferred but not essential if you are a quick learner, have basic technical ability and a genuine interest in furthering your production skills. To apply please send CV and covering letter, including details of your current salary, to vacancies@rebellion.co.uk quoting the job title and reference number.


Tuesday, 2 June 2009

A quick missive

Hi Folks

Just a quick one as I'm so busy right now. Anyhew, here's how things stand. Tomes of The Dead: Tide of Souls and Twilight of Kerberos: The Crucible of The Dragon God are now at press, and very marvelous books they are too, if I do say so myself. Tomes of The Dead: Way of The Barefoot Zombie will be going to press next week in time for a late release as will Pax Britannia: Evolution Expects. So there will be a whole stack of Abaddon goodness heading your way soon.
The new size suits the books really well, you may have seen the evidence of this with The Afterblight Chronicles: Operation Motherland which is now on shelves.
Meanwhile, I'm very pleased to say that Mr Scott Andrews will be returning to his Afterblight characters next year with his third book for us, The Afterblight Chronicles: Children's Crusade. And, for Twilight of Kerberos, Mike Wild will be returning for a third book in the Kali Hooper chronicles, provisionally titled The Engines of Apocalypse. Already 2010 is shaping up to be a very exciting year indeed.
Right, that's it from me, back to the manuscript mountain.

Happy Reading!

Jonathan Oliver
Editor