Tor to Publish John Scalzi's Next Book First as Serialized Ebook, Then as a Hardcover

Posted on July 7, 2012

Tor senior editor Patrick Nielsen Hayden announced what he calls a "unique new project." Tor will publish bestselling author John Scalzi's next book The Human Division as a weekly serialized ebook. Later, the book will be released in its entirety as an ebook and a hardcover.

Hayden says, "The Human Division will be an experiment: an episodic novel, released initially in digital, serialized form. Currently the plan is to publish these episodes weekly in, roughly, December 2012 through February 2013. Like the episodes of a good high-end cable drama, each one will have enough internal integrity to work as an enjoyable chunk of story on its own, but each will advance a 'season'-long storyline as well."

Hayden teases, "There may be some small extra material in the full-length book, because we're LIKE THAT." He also notes that the project is all part of the "Tor/Macmillan 'Let's Try Some Stuff' initiatives in digital publishing."