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We're delighted to bring you a fantastic range of new titles in 2010, but also some lovely freebies. Here's an exclusive short story from Thomas Emson, the author of Skarlet, Maneater and its sequel, Prey.

Here too is a wonderful short story called The Shattered Teapcup from George Mann, the author of the bestselling The Affinity Bridge and Osiris Ritual. You can read it, or listen (58mb) to a specially-made audio edition.

Get your own - Open publication

If you enjoy The Shattered Teacup, chances are you'll love The Affinity Bridge. You can buy it in paperback or hardback, plus there are still copies left of the special slipcased edition. This hardback printed paper case and jacketed edition comes with a specially minted bronze coin in a velvet pouch, in its own slipcase.

Click on the boxes to download the audio and the pdf edition. Since the audio edition is a large 58mb, it's best to select 'Save Target As' to download it.

Next, we have made Underlife, the prequel to Robert Finn's bestselling 'Adept', available free via a Creative Commons licence.

There are some great freebies on our author's pages. Visit Sarah Bower's page to discover photos, read edits, look at scans of her handwritten manuscript, listen to her reading and enjoy an exclusive short story. Visit Thomas Emson's page to see photos, edits and outtakes, exclusive short stories and to discover scans of his writing schedule. You can find out about all our authors by clicking the 'authors' link at the top of the page.

For the publishers reading, we have produced a number of tools which help us in our business. We're delighted to share them with you here. We have a handy Tracker tool - never miss deadlines again! Here's a link to a useful guide to XML. Here's some free XSL code to create your own catalogues - visit our sister company's website, OnixCentral.com, for details. And don't forget to visit our blog which has new - and, of course, free - entertainment, insights and ramblings every day.