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Solaris launches digital-first imprint, Solaris Nova

Solaris has launched a brand new digital-first imprint, Solaris Nova, focusing on uniquely punchy and fast-paced science fiction, fantasy and horror that invites readers to see the world differently and keep them reading late into the night. We want to be drawn in by romance, mystery, the thrilling escape. We want our books to reflect the diverse world we live in and push the boundaries of the imagination. We’re especially looking for writers from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds.

Headed by editor Amy Borsuk, Solaris Nova seeks to expand upon Solaris’s diverse and inclusive list to offer agented and unagented writers from all backgrounds a bespoke and boutique publishing experience. We offer authors a 50% of net revenue royalty on every eBook sold, and a 20% of net revenue royalty of every print on demand book sold.

In addition to seeking out new voices, Solaris Nova will also be the home of a selection of backlist Solaris titles, with the first to be published in February 2024.

Submissions are now open. Agented submissions can be sent direct to novasubmissions@rebellion.co.uk, whilst unagented submissions should be submitted through the form on Solaris’ website: https://rebellionpublishing.com/solaris-nova/

Required supporting documents include cover letter, synopsis and full manuscript.

Editor Amy Borsuk on the launch:

“I’m so excited to be launching our new digital-first imprint, Solaris Nova! Nova is going to be a wonderful opportunity for our team to build new relationships with innovative and diverse authors of scifi, fantasy and horror, and to bring these compelling stories to a wide-reaching audience of avid readers. We can’t wait to take this grand step into digital publishing and harness the greater reach it provides for authors and readers alike.”

Rebellion CEO and Creative Direction Jason Kingsley OBE:

“Solaris has been going from strength to strength, we have a roster of bestsellers and prize winners, and we’re delighted to be bringing that expertise, talent and enthusiasm to the digital sphere with Solaris Nova.”

For press enquiries please contact Jess Gofton, PR & Marketing Manager: jess.gofton@rebellion.co.uk.

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The great Rebellion social media overhaul

If you follow Solaris, Abaddon or Ravenstone on social media might have noticed some changes of late. But why, we hear you cry?

Well, it’s all to make your life easier. Up to now, if you wanted the full picture of all things Rebellion you needed to be a fan of separate Facebook and Twitter accounts for all three of our imprints, Solaris, Abaddon and Ravenstone. All in, that’s six – count ‘em – different social media accounts.

That’s a lot of social media-ing, folks.

So, we’ve decided to streamline. It’ll mean that you can get your daily dose of Rebellion goodness by simply following one Twitter account and liking one Facebook page.

You might have seen that this process has already begun on Facebook, where we recently merged our three separate pages for Solaris, Abaddon and Ravenstone into one, glorious Rebellion Publishing page.

We’ll be doing something similar on Twitter as well. We’re going to stop tweeting from our @abaddonbooks and @ravenstonepress profiles, while keeping our @solarisbooks profile, which we will be renaming @rebellionpub. This change will be going live at midday on Wednesday, 23 September, so remember that when you want to @ us or send us a message!

NOTE: If you follow @solarisbooks, you don’t need to do anything! If you don’t, then follow @solarisbooks! There’s no need to follow any other accounts, as @solarisbooks will automatically swap over to its new name on 23 September.

After this change comes into effect, you’ll be able to find all your Rebellion updates at Facebook.com/rebellionpublishing and twitter.com/rebellionpub.

Don’t worry, this doesn’t mean we’re shutting any of our imprints. On the contrary, Solaris, Abaddon and Ravenstone will continue to publish the very finest genre fiction, each with their own inimitable slant, until the heat death of the universe (and even then we’ll probably keep going). We’re simply making it easier for you to keep up to date with all our books, all the time.

So head over to Facebook and like our newly revamped page, and make sure you follow us @solarisbooks on Twitter before we close our Abaddon and Ravenstone accounts.

Onward!

The Rebellion Publishing Team