Science fiction and fantasy imprint Orbit US, part of the Hachette Book Group, will soon be providing more opportunities for genre authors. Starting in the autumn, Orbit US will publish around ninety books each year, a 50% increase on the current sixty titles annually. New editorial, marketing and design staff will be joining the imprint.
Tim Holman, Orbit Publisher and Hachette Book Group SVP sees ‘a huge and diverse audience for SF and fantasy’ and notes that the genres are increasingly finding themselves on the bestsellers’ lists. Orbit is also inspired by the fact that the imprint published the hugely successful Ancillary Justice, the debut novel by Ann Leckie, which went on to become the first novel to win every major science fiction award.