Season 1 DVD Info!

DresdenFiles.org has managed to acquire a list of features on the Dresden Files Season 1 DVD set, from Lionsgate Home Video! The set will hit stores August 7 with a suggested retail price of $39.98.
Key Selling Points:

  • The Complete Season One
  • Aired Spring 2007 on the SciFi Channel
  • Top 20 (#16) most downloaded TV shows from iTUNES (2/20/07)
  • “Dresden is as beautiful to watch as it is intelligent and witty to hear” – The Hollywood Reporter
  • “Brooding, seductive and smart” – The Hollywood Reporter
  • “Harry Potter meets CSI” – The Christian Science Monitor

Special Features:

  • Original pilot episode and specially produced featurettes
  • Audio Commentary
  • A “Making of” Featurette
  • Deleted Scenes

Screen Format: Widescreen
Language/Subtitles: English
Audio: 5.1
Rating: NR
Run Time: 530
CC: Yes
Color: Color
Website: http://www.scifi.com/dresden
Copyright: © MMVII Lions Gate Television Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Pre-Order Date: 7/11/07 (You will be able to order from stores and online stores earlier than this).
Street Date: 8/7/07
SRP: $39.98
And from Robert Wolfe:

I just did DVD commentaries for “Rules of Engagement” and “Things That Go Bump” with Paul and Michael Grossman the other day, so I’d say DVDs are 99.99% likely.

Discuss this news on the forums here, and keep an eye on this post for any further developments!

The Future of the Dresden Files

DearAuthor.com brings us good news about the future of The Dresden Files:

You know you are big time when you get to sell unnamed book 12 and unnamed book 13.
Jim Butcher’s DRESDEN FILES 12 and DRESDEN FILES 13, new books in the successful series, now also a television show, featuring Harry Dresden, wizard-for-hire, in Chicago, to Anne Sowards at Roc, in a significant deal, by Jennifer Jackson at the Donald Maass Literary Agency.

Looks like we’re safe for the time being!
Jim has stated on several occasions that he is planning to write a total of about 20 Dresden Files “case books” like those we’ve read so far, then cap off the series with an Apocalyptic Trilogy. The tenth book in the series, Small Favor, is due out in Spring 2008.
Discuss this at the Forums here.

Short Story Updates!

Last October, Jim delighted audiences with his short story “Something Borrowed,” published in P.N. Elrod’s anthology My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding. Publishers Weekly called Jim’s story “the book’s best romp,” and it recently won third place in Reviewers International Organization 2006 for “Favourite Story from an Anthology.”
Now the anthology’s success has spawned a sequel, My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon, and Jim will be participating, along with Kelley Armstrong, Rachel Caine, P.N. Elrod, Caitlin Kittredge, Katie MacAlister, Marjorie M. Liu, Lilith Saintcrow, and Ronda Thompson! There’s no release date set yet, but we’ll be sure to let you know as soon as more information is available.
Also look for Jim’s short story “It’s My Birthday Too” in the anthology Many Bloody Returns, edited by Charlaine Harris, to be released September 3rd. The prompts for the stories in this collection are “a vampire” and “a birthday.”
Buy My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding at Amazon and preorder Many Bloody Returns!
Read A Restoration of Faith and Vignette for free at Jim-Butcher.com!

Continuing Success for The Dresden Files

We have more news of the continuing success of The Dresden Files!
We’re proud to announce that White Night maintains a strong position on the New York Times bestseller list! It began in fifth place, then dropped to seventh in its second week, and now rests comfortably in 11th place in its third week. Congratulations, Jim!
Additionally, cover artist Christian McGrath revealed on the Forums that Storm Front is slated to be released in hardcover this November! This is assuredly a product of the success of the books. You can pre-order the book on Amazon here.
Discuss White Night‘s bestseller success here and the hardcover edition of Storm Front here.