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===WordFire Press=== {{anchor|WordFire Press}} [[File:Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta-Comic Con 2004.JPG|right|thumb|Anderson with his wife [[Rebecca Moesta]] in 2004 at Comic Con]] In 2011, Anderson and Moesta founded their own publishing imprint, WordFire Press, to reissue some of their [[out-of-print book]]s in paperback and/or [[e-book]] formats. They have subsequently published and reprinted works in various genres, including several out-of-print or previously unpublished novels by Frank Herbert.<ref name="FantasyCon"/><ref name="HP Zombie"/> In 2013, WordFire acquired the reprint rights to the works of [[Allen Drury]], including his 1959 [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction|Pulitzer Prize]]-winning [[political fiction|political novel]] ''[[Advise and Consent]]''.<ref name="HP Zombie"/><ref name="HP Classic">{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/phil-simon/classic-politics-the-work_b_5403779.html |title=Classic Politics: The Works of Allen Drury Now Back in Print |first=Phil |last=Simon |work=The Huffington Post |date=May 28, 2014 |access-date=January 14, 2015 |archive-date=January 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114081714/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/phil-simon/classic-politics-the-work_b_5403779.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="WSJ A+C">{{cite web |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304677904579533703686397052 |title=Book Review: Allen Drury |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |first=Jonathan |last=Karl |author-link=Jonathan Karl |date=May 23, 2014 |access-date=January 21, 2015 |archive-date=January 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121083828/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304677904579533703686397052 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Pulitzer">{{cite web |url=http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Fiction |title=Pulitzer Prize Winners: Fiction (1948-present) |publisher=Pulitzer.org |access-date=January 14, 2015 |archive-date=May 30, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140530070948/http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Fiction |url-status=live }}</ref> That novel, out of print for nearly 15 years, ranked #27 on the 2013 [[BookFinder.com]] list of the Top 100 Most Searched for Out of Print Books before WordFire reissued it in February 2014.<ref name="HP Classic"/><ref name="Bookbinder 100 2013">{{cite web |url=http://www.bookfinder.com/books/bookfinder_report/BookFinder_Report_2013.mhtml |title=11th Annual BookFinder.com Report: Out-of-print and in demand |publisher=[[BookFinder.com]] |date=2013 |access-date=January 14, 2015 |archive-date=June 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606053433/http://www.bookfinder.com/books/bookfinder_report/BookFinder_Report_2013.mhtml |url-status=live }}</ref> The company also reprinted ''Advise and Consent''{{'s}} five [[sequel]]s β ''[[A Shade of Difference]]'' (1962), ''[[Capable of Honor]]'' (1966), ''[[Preserve and Protect]]'' (1968), ''[[Come Nineveh, Come Tyre]]'' (1973), and ''[[The Promise of Joy]]'' (1975) β as well as Drury's later novels ''[[Mark Coffin, U.S.S.]]'' (1979) and ''[[Decision (novel)|Decision]]'' (1983).<ref name="HP Zombie"/><ref name="HP Classic"/><ref name="WSJ A+C"/> WordFire released four previously unpublished novels by Frank Herbert, who died in 1986: ''[[High-Opp]]'' (2012), ''[[Angels' Fall]]'' (2013), ''[[A Game of Authors]]'' (2013), and ''[[A Thorn in the Bush]]'' (2014). Anderson announced these in his [[blog]].<ref name="KJA High-Opp 2012-03">{{cite web |url=http://kjablog.com/new-never-published-frank-herbert-novel-now-available-high-opp/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113235948/http://kjablog.com/new-never-published-frank-herbert-novel-now-available-high-opp/ |title=New, never-published Frank Herbert novel now available: ''HIGH-OPP'' |publisher=KJAblog.com |first=Kevin J. |last=Anderson |author-link=Kevin J. Anderson |date=March 16, 2012 |archive-date=January 13, 2015 |access-date=January 14, 2015}}</ref><ref name="KJA Angels 2013-05">{{cite web |url=http://kjablog.com/new-previously-unpublished-frank-herbert-novel-angels-fall/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916190202/http://kjablog.com/new-previously-unpublished-frank-herbert-novel-angels-fall/ |title=New, Previously Unpublished Frank Herbert Novel, ''ANGELS' FALL'' |publisher=KJAblog.com |first=Kevin J. |last=Anderson |date=May 22, 2013 |archive-date=September 16, 2014 |access-date=January 14, 2015}}</ref><ref name="KJA Authors 2013-05">{{cite web |url=http://kjablog.com/a-game-of-authors-another-lost-frank-herbert-novel/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916190628/http://kjablog.com/a-game-of-authors-another-lost-frank-herbert-novel/ |title=''A GAME OF AUTHORS'' β another lost Frank Herbert novel |publisher=KJAblog.com |first=Kevin J. |last=Anderson |date=July 9, 2013 |archive-date=September 16, 2014 |access-date=January 14, 2015}}</ref><ref name="KJA Thorn 2015-02">{{cite web |url=http://kjablog.com/more-new-frank-herbert-work/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210122126/http://kjablog.com/more-new-frank-herbert-work/ |title=More New Frank Herbert Work |publisher=KJAblog.com |first=Kevin J. |last=Anderson |date=February 1, 2015 |archive-date=February 10, 2015 |access-date=February 22, 2015}}</ref> WordFire also reissued several of Herbert's unavailable titles: ''[[Destination: Void]]'' (1966), ''[[The Heaven Makers]]'' (1968), ''[[Soul Catcher (novel)|Soul Catcher]]'' (1972), ''[[The Godmakers (novel)|The Godmakers]]'' (1972), and ''[[Direct Descent]]'' (1980) β as well as ''[[Man of Two Worlds (novel)|Man of Two Worlds]]'' (1986), an out-of-print novel cowritten by Herbert and his son Brian.<ref name="HP Zombie"/> WordFire also possesses non-US/Canadian e-book rights to some of Anderson's own collaborations with Brian Herbert, the ''[[Prelude to Dune]]'' trilogy (1999β2001), as well as Anderson's ''[[Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I.]]'' series of novels.<ref name="HP Zombie"/>
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