As of today, Ace and Roc (subsidiaries of Penguin) have a new website. They’ve been working on getting this for quite some time now, and the wait has been worth it. This looks really good. The design of is in keeping with the general look of the main Penguin site while at the same time adding some nice elements to set it apart.

Speaking of new sites, Tor and Forge have a new website as well. This one is much nicer (and more professional) than the old website, which was updated every time a new Robert Jordan book came out.

The trick now (for Ace/Roc and Tor/Forge) is to keep the new sites updated. Either way, both of these sites are some of the nicest I’ve seen for science fiction and fantasy book publishers. Although for information, design, and updates, the Pyr sites (Pyr, the Pyr Blog, and Lou Anders’ Blog) are probably the most-extensive.

To compare, here are links to some of the other big sf/f book publishers in the United States.

* Baen I love their free library!
* Bantam Spectra
* Daw
* Del Rey
* Eos
* Warner Aspect