Editing ISFiC Press (section)

{{short description|Defunct American specialty small press}}
'''ISFiC Press''' is the small press publishing arm of [[ISFiC]].  It often produces books by the Author Guest of Honor at [[Windycon]], an annual Chicago science fiction convention, launching the appropriate title at the convention.

Although the press officially released its first book,  [[Robert J. Sawyer]]'s ''Relativity'', on November 12, 2004, the people responsible for the press issued a [[filk]] CD two years earlier, entitled ''A Walk on the Windy Side''.  That CD is considered to be the press's first project.

''A Walk on the Windy Side'' includes songs by [[Charles de Lint]] and [[Juanita Coulson]] as well as readings by [[Frederik Pohl]] and [[Kristine Smith]].

In addition to stories and essays by Sawyer, ''Relativity'' includes an introduction by [[Mike Resnick]], an afterword by [[Valerie Broege]] and a cover by [[Jael (artist)|Jael]].  ''Relativity'' won the [[Prix Aurora Awards|Prix Aurora Award]] for best English Work (Other) for 2004.<ref>{{Cite web | last = Kelly | first = Mark | title = 2005 Aurora Awards | work = Locus Index to SF Awards | publisher = [[Locus (magazine)|Locus]] | year = 2005 | url = http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Aurora2005.html#othere | accessdate = 2010-11-15}}</ref>

ISFiC Press released its first two novels, ''[[Every Inch a King]]'', by [[Harry Turtledove]] with a cover by [[Bob Eggleton]], and ''The Cunning Blood'', by [[Jeff Duntemann]] with a cover by [[Todd Cameron Hamilton]] on November 11, 2005.

In 2006, ISFiC Press published its first non-fiction book, ''[[Worldcon]] Guest of Honor Speeches'', edited by Mike Resnick and [[Joe Siclari]], which was nominated for a [[Hugo Award]] for [[Hugo Award for Best Related Book|Best Related Book]].<ref>{{Cite web | last = Kelly | first = Mark | title = 2007 Hugo Awards | work = Locus Index to SF Awards | publisher = [[Locus (magazine)|Locus]] | year = 2007 | url = http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Hugo2007.html#nf | access-date = 2010-11-15 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100730020841/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Hugo2007.html#nf | archive-date = 2010-07-30 | df =  }}</ref>  In November of that year they published ''Outbound'', a collection of short stories by [[Jack McDevitt]].

In August 2012 ISFiC Press issued its first electronic book, ''Win Some, Lose Some:  The Hugo Award Winning (and Nominated) Short Science Fiction and Fantasy of Mike Resnick'' (by [[Mike Resnick]]; Cover by [[Vincent Di Fate]]) as well as the hardcover edition of the same title.  The e-book is offered in EPUB and MOBI format.  The publication of this book is coincident with [[70th World Science Fiction Convention|Chicon 7]], the 70th World Science Fiction Convention, which was held in ISFiC Press's hometown of Chicago.
 
The publisher and editor of ISFiC Press from its inception until 2012 was [[Steven H Silver]] and the business manager is [[Bill Roper (filker)|Bill Roper]].<ref>{{Cite web | title = Silver Resigns from ISFiC Press | publisher = SF Site | date = 2012-11-12 | url = http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/11/12/silver-resigns-from-isfic-press/ | accessdate = 2012-11-16}}</ref>