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Ask Orson Scott Card a question about Ender’s Game!

As you may already know, we’re publishing a collection of essays onEnder’s Gamein February 2013, edited by Orson Scott Card. (You can find out more about the contents and sign up for news and updates atour book page.)

Alongside those essays, we’re putting together someQ&As with Orson Scott Cardto add throughout the book.Why is the Battle Room a cube?Why did the military recruit their soldiers as children?How does the queen survive until Ender finds her?

Here’s your chance to get in on it: Card...

Go Beyond the Wall with editor James Lowder

Each season we announce our new titles individually, each in their own post, to give you a little extra background behind the book. If you’ve missed any, you can check them all out here. All of Spring 2012′s intro posts are here.

For Beyond the Wall, our latest anthology, on George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire (from A Game of Thrones to A Dance with Dragons), we’ve asked the book’s editor, James Lowder, to write the intro post. Read his take on the book, and putting together anthologie...

Fringe Science giveaway winner!

To celebrateFringe being renewed for another season, we’re giving away a copy of Fringe Scienceto one lucky fan. Without further ado, the winner(chosen courtesy of Random.org) is . . . Courtney! Congratulations! We’ll be in touch via email so we can get your prize sent out.

Thanks to everyone who entered. If you didn’t win but would like to learn more about Fringe Science, you can sign up below to read a free excerpt; we’ll also let you know about any future giveaways!

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Upcoming Hunger Games Symposium in Philadelphia

V. Arrow’s unofficial map of Panem puts Philadelphia in District 13 . . . which makes it a not inappropriate spot to hold some Hunger Games presentations, wouldn’t you say?

On May 17,The Center for Media and Destiny and The Center of Media and Information Literacy are co-sponsoring Hunger Games symposium “Are the Odds in Our Favor?: The Hunger Games on Fame, Fashion, and the Fate of Humanity.” The symposium will be held on the campus of Temple University, and admission is free. Get all the det...

More Fringe!

Heard the good news? We’re getting 13 more episodes of Fringe!

To celebrate, we’re giving away a copy of Fringe Science. Leave a comment on this post (say, with your favorite thing about season 4, or what you’re most looking forward to—spoiler free—about season 5) before midnight Central time on Sunday, April 29 to enter!

(And remember: If you haven’t yet, you can sign up for the book mailing list here and get a free download of Kevin Grazier’s introduction and one of our favorite essays from t...

Smart Pop internships for summer 2012

1) Will you be living in the Boston area this summer?

2) Are you looking for an unpaid part-time internship that will give you a great overview of book publishing (plus a legitimate excuse to watch more tv/read more sf and fantasy)?

We have the internship for you!

The Internship

We're looking for two part-time editorial and marketing interns for this summer. Our interns will work directly with Heather and I on our current and upcoming Smart Pop titles (like Beyond the Wall, The Panem Companion...

Announcing the Smart Pop Fall 2012 season

It's my favorite time of year again: time to announce a new season of Smart Pop titles.

I've included the book-specific sign-up form for each title below, so if any of these pique your interest and you want to get a head's up when we post advance excerpts or do giveaways (along with, of course, a reminder email on pub date!), just enter your email and hit the submit button.

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First up, in December 2012, is The Panem Companion:

The Panem Companion is a new unofficial Hunger Games...

The Girl Who Was on Fire – Movie Edition extra movie content now available!

Last week, the Hunger Games film was released. And after a full week of work by our contributors and our e-book team, we are very pleased to announce that we have officially released The Girl Who Was on Fire – Movie Edition's extra movie content: our authors' reactions to the film, from added scenes (like the behind-the-scenes Gamemaking) and missing details (like District 11′s gift of bread!) to the experience of seeing Panem on the big screen.

We left things pretty free-form for our...

A Silver Parachute to Cure Your Hunger Games Withdrawal

Suffering from Hunger Games withdrawal now that you've seen the movie? Well, we're here to sponsor your silver parachute—and you don't even have to kiss Peeta for it.

We're giving away prizes to two lucky winners.

The grand prize winner will receive:

a print copy of The Girl Who Was on Fire – Movie Edition , PLUS a copy of the extra e-book-only movie content: our authors' thoughts on the filman authentic Comic-Con mockingjay pin, which we picked up in San Diego last yearan authentic Hunger...

#PartyLikeaMadMan

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On Sunday, March 18, The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook authors, Judy Gelman and Peter Zheutlin, hosted a virtual dinner party on Twitter to celebrate the upcoming season five premiere of Mad Men. Food bloggers from all over the United States and Canada joined us to talk canapés, cookies, and cocktails, and to share photos and experiences. All of the bloggers made at least one recipe from The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook, and we all had lots of fun talking about two of our favorite topics: food a...