Spring releases kick off today with the release of the long-awaited next installment in Manna Francis’ Administration series, For Certain Values of Family. Book 7 contains the novel Family Values and two further short stories set in the near-future dystopia of New London.
On March 1st, we’ll be following that up with Lavinia Ludlow’s debut novel, alt.punk, part punk-rock tale, part coming-of-age-in-suburbia story, which explores the layers of mythmaking that underlie class and ideology in the twenty-first century.
Then, on April 1st, we’ll be taking a trip back to 1980s London with the Brooklyn-born protagonist of C.M. Harris’ Enter Oblivion, who finds himself thrust into the very heart of New Wave culture, unsure whether he will become a rock star, a rent boy, or a laughingstock.
Coming of age in the 1960s is next, with Bob Thurber’s Paperboy due to be released on May 1st, which tells the story of fourteen-year-old Jack Fisher trying to make ends meet in downtown Pawtucket.
Finally, on June 1st, we’ll return firmly to the present with Lynne Hinkey’s Marina Melee, a hilarious account of a spoiled oil tycoon trying his hand at running a marina in the Caribbean.
We hope you enjoy these great spring releases!
7 responses so far ↓
1 Sybil Baker // Jan 31, 2011 at 10:56 am
Sounds like a great line-up, looking forward to reading them! Sybil
2 Marta // Jan 31, 2011 at 1:20 pm
Wait, US and Canadian orders only?? When did this happen?
3 casperianbooks // Feb 1, 2011 at 10:39 pm
@ Marta — with our titles being increasingly available through international retailers and demand for direct international orders dropping, we discontinued international shipping last year. The book is already available for order from Amazon Germany and should shortly be available from thebookdepository.com, both of which are better able to service international customers.
4 Antonella // Feb 2, 2011 at 3:26 am
Hi, great news!
I was already upset at the discrimination when I read ‘’US and Canada only'’ ;-), now I’ve seen the amazon.de link here: awesome!
Thank you so much!
Best wishes
Antonella
5 Marta // Feb 3, 2011 at 2:40 am
Better service at 1,5 times total price *sigh*
6 casperianbooks // Feb 3, 2011 at 8:28 am
@ Marta — I sincerely doubt it. Our current shipping rates for international shipment would work out at $13.25/book per the latest increases of the USPS. While retailers in the regions might charge a higher per unit price, they also have better, cheaper shipping methods available to them–or don’t charge for shipping at all. So when you consider the total cost of ownership, those retailers are also able to provide better pricing.
7 Lavinia Ludlow // Feb 9, 2011 at 12:08 pm
For example, Barnes and Noble has Casperian’s pre-release titles discounted at 32%, and if you order more than $25 worth of stuff (just like Amazon), shipping is super free! Not that I’m trying to divert sales from Casperian directly, but it’s a great option for those abroad.
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