Comics and books

E-Reads has acquired the rights for 32 out of print titles by Harlan Ellison (including Shatterday, Strange Wine, Ellison Wonderland, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, and Deathbird Stories). All of them will be released as e-books and print on demand trade paperbacks (through Amazon and other book retailers) within the year, with the first eight over the course of the next month.

Update on Terry Pratchett.

After cutting back on its US releases, Tokyopop will be scaling back from about 25 releases to 20 in the UK. Also, freelance rewriter and editor for Tokyopop Lianne Sentar says that Fruits Basket, Saiyuki, Tactics, and Rave Master haven’t been cancelled.