Dzanc Books

First Dzanc Books Title on Verge of Being Named

The only thing holding us back from announcing the author and more details about the manuscript we've selected as our initial foray into the publishing world (October 2007) is getting signatures on a contract.  Until that happens, all I can state is that everybody here at Dzanc Books was bowled over by this manuscript (a short story collection).  We hope to have everything squared away within the next week or two,  so that we can share the great news in a more detailed and official manner.

First Program Being Discussed

We are in the mid-stages of setting up our first Writer in Residence!  We have been in conversation with a high school in Ann Arbor about setting up a writer (who we've also been in discussion with) to teach a full blown creative writing class for their second semester (Winter/Spring 2007) with the goal of helping students their develop their writing skills, and possibly help them earn a place in the school's literary magazine come May.

More on this as we finalize details.

First Project for Literary Journals is in the Early Stages

We are happy to note that the first major project with (print) literary journals is in the very early stages - we will be helping the journals who have shown interest in our aid to develop a large library subscriber base.  We are in the process of gathering the necessary information to go to a list of libraries over 3500 large with special offers that we believe will provoke a great deal of interest from the libraries.

We look forward to updating this within a month or so with some results.