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Priscilla Spencer has been Jim's creative consultant since 2007. In addition to managing content for Jim-Butcher.com and its social media channels, she beta-reads all of Jim's works, serves as a thematic consultant on the graphic novels and role playing games, and illustrates the maps for his books. The whole "Year of Dresden" thing is largely her baby. Her latest claim to fame is directing the official book trailers for Peace Talks and Battle Ground. In her professional life, Priscilla is a Producer, Writer, Photographer, and Fantasy Map Illustrator working towards a career in producing TV. She enjoys musical theatre, gluten-free cooking, sci-fi/fantasy, and weightlifting. She aspires to travel the world and pet every dog.

Comic book concept art, distribution news!

The Dabel Brothers, publishers of the upcoming Dresden Files graphic novel, unveiled their new website today! Dresden fans will delight in the fantastic batch of concept art images, featuring Harry, Murphy, Morgan, Marcone, Bianca, and Carmichael.
The launch also coincided with a juicy new announcement: the Dabel Brothers have entered into a new distribution agreement with Del Rey, an imprint of Ballantine Books, to bring their products into the trade book market. In spring 2008, the popular literary comic book publisher will launch comic book adaptations of three major properties: New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein: Prodigal Son; Jim Butcher’s bestselling The Dresden Files; and George R.R. Martin’s Wild Cards. The graphic novel versions, to be distributed by Del Rey, will go on sale in summer/fall 2008.
The long-term arrangement will result in broader distribution for their graphic novels than they have had in the past, explains Ernst Dabel, President of Dabel Brothers Publishing. “While we will retain our autonomy and continue to operate as an individual company, we expect the Del Rey sales team to greatly expand our reach into such markets as libraries and independent bookstores.”
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Small Favor blurb

Thanks to Amazon.com, we now have a blurb for the tenth book in The Dresden Files, Small Favor!

No one’s tried to kill Harry Dresden for almost an entire year, and his life finally seems to be calming down. For once, the future looks fairly bright. But the past casts one hell of a long shadow.
An old bargain has placed Harry in debt to Mab, monarch of the Winter Court of the Sidhe, the Queen of Air and Darkness-and she’s calling in her marker. It’s a small favor he can’t refuse…one that will trap Harry Dresden between a nightmarish foe and an equally deadly ally, and one that will strain his skills-and loyalties-to their very limits.
It figures. Everything was going too well to last…

Small Favor hits shelves April 1, 2008. Pre-order your copy here, and discuss this blurb on the forum here!

Small Favor on Audio!

Great news for audiophiles! From JamesMarsters.com:

James has been contracted to read his fifth book on tape in the Dresden Files book series. Although Death Masks is the next book in sequence, he will be recording Small Favor, which is the most recent in the series and, according to the Dresden Files website, due for release April, 2008. James will be in the studio later this month to begin the project. A new publishing company, Penguin Audio, has been hired to release the book. More details to be posted when available.

According to Jim, the release is scheduled to coincide with that of the US hardcover in April. In the meantime, you can purchase the first four Dresden audio books from the Jim-Butcher.com Store!
And now, a word from the great gals of Buzzy Multimedia, who brought us the fantastic audio books for Storm Front through Summer Knight:

Here is the update that many of you have been asking about. The next Dresden Files audio will be released by Penguin and James Marsters will still be the narrator. The book to be recorded is Small Favor and will come out simultaneously with the new print book of the same name.
Jim and Shannon Butcher have been and still are very supportive of Buzzy.
Penguin and James will continue to produce incredible work…after all look at the material they have to work with. Buzzy Multimedia is not going away. We are just regrouping and getting ready to bring even more wonderful audios your way in 2008. Stay tuned.
In the mean time please know that we will be carrying the new Penguin line of Dresden Audios as well, and you’ll find our prices and extras more than competitive with sites such as Amazon and Barnes&Noble.
Buzzy wants input from all our supporters and fans. What novels, authors, series do you love and aren’t in audio? What actors can you hear narrate them? We’ll be waiting to hear from you.
Thanks,
June

Discuss this exciting news on the forums here!