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A [[small press]] run by [[Dave Langford]], initially with various partners. It began as Ansible E-ditions with [[Chris Priest]] in 2003, publishing sf by [[David Masson]] and [[John Sladek]] as ebooks and later as POD editions co-published with [[Wildside Press]]. With [[Greg Pickersgill]], Langford published three printed volumes collecting (for the first time, in 2012–13) the critical columns of [[Algis Budrys]] from the ''[[Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction]]'' 1975–1993. He continued, solo, to produce Ansible Editions reissues of his own writing, both backlist titles and new collections, mostly in ebook form.
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[[File:GenFez.png|thumb|upright|More typical later Hansen cover, with a period B/W photo of the subjects]]
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A [[small press]] run by [[Dave Langford]], initially with various partners. It began as Ansible E-ditions with [[Chris Priest]] in 2003, publishing sf by [[David Masson]] and [[John Sladek]] as ebooks and later as print-on-demand co-published with [[Wildside Press]]. With [[Greg Pickersgill]], Langford published three printed volumes collecting (for the first time, in 2012–13) the critical columns of [[Algis Budrys]] from the ''[[Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction]]'' 1975–1993. He continued, solo, to produce Ansible Editions reissues of his own writing, both backlist titles and new collections, mostly in ebook form.
  
 
In 2016 AE published the first book edition – much expanded from its fanzine incarnation – of [[Rob Hansen]]'s ''[[Then]]'', and the first ebook of [[Yvonne Rousseau]]'s 1980 ''The Murders at Hanging Rock'' (also with added material). Further paperbacks include previously uncollected or unpublished work by [[Brian Aldiss]], [[Algis Budrys]] again, [[John Sladek]] again, [[Peter Nicholls]] (with proceeds to the ''[[Encyclopedia of Science Fiction]]'') and [[Ted White]] (with proceeds to [[TAFF]]).
 
In 2016 AE published the first book edition – much expanded from its fanzine incarnation – of [[Rob Hansen]]'s ''[[Then]]'', and the first ebook of [[Yvonne Rousseau]]'s 1980 ''The Murders at Hanging Rock'' (also with added material). Further paperbacks include previously uncollected or unpublished work by [[Brian Aldiss]], [[Algis Budrys]] again, [[John Sladek]] again, [[Peter Nicholls]] (with proceeds to the ''[[Encyclopedia of Science Fiction]]'') and [[Ted White]] (with proceeds to [[TAFF]]).
  
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Since 2015, AE has reissued numerous [[fan]] classics – including ''[[The Enchanted Duplicator]]'' (May 2015), past [[TAFF]] reports and such collections of notable [[fanwriting]] as [[Charles Burbee]]'s ''[[The Incompleat Burbee]]'' (February 2022), [[Terry Carr]]'s ''[[Fandom Harvest]]'' (May 2019) and [[Harry Warner, Jr.]]'s ''[[All Our Yesterdays]]: The Fanzine Columns'' – as free ebooks downloadable from the [[TAFF]] website. Ebooks newly created or significantly expanded for this download page are listed in the table below. Further fannish titles are in preparation; these are usually announced in ''[[Ansible]]'' when they appear.
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Since 2015, AE has reissued numerous [[fan]] classics – including ''[[The Enchanted Duplicator]]'' (May 2015), most if not all past [[TAFF]] reports and such [[collection]]s of notable [[fanwriting]] as [[Charles Burbee]]'s ''[[The Incompleat Burbee]]'' (February 2022), [[Terry Carr]]'s ''[[Fandom Harvest]]'' (May 2019) and [[Harry Warner, Jr.]]'s ''[[All Our Yesterdays]]: The Fanzine Columns'' – as free ebooks downloadable from the [[TAFF]] website. In 2024 there was a push to include [[GUFF]] as well as TAFF reports, with an initial batch of ten previously published GUFF reports added on 1 November 2024. Ebooks newly created or significantly expanded for this download page are listed in the table below. Further fannish titles are in preparation, usually announced in ''[[Ansible]]'' as they appear.
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A new experiment from 2022 onward was the re-release of selected ebooks as trade paperbacks via Lulu.com with all proceeds going to TAFF. Available as of October 2024 are (listed, for simplicity, alphabetically by author/editor):
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[[File:CheapTruth cover.jpg|thumb|upright|Minimalist [[typewriter]] typography employed on some other AE titles where no suitable cover image was available]]
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# [[Frank Arnold]]'s ''The Frank Arnold Papers'' (expanded 2024)
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# [[Terry Carr]]'s ''[[Fandom Harvest II]]''
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# ed. [[Graham Charnock]]: ''[[Running Amok in the Fun Factory]]''
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# ''A [[Vince Clarke]] Treasury''
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# [[Rob Hansen]]'s ''[[1957 (Hansen)|1957: The First UK Worldcon]]'' <ol start="6">
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# ''1965: The Second UK Worldcon''
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# ''[[Beyond Fandom]]''
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# ''Bixelstrasse''
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# ''British SF Conventions Volume 1: 1937–1951''
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# ''British SF Conventions Volume 2: 1952–1957''
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# ''Challenging Moskowitz''
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# ''Faan Fiction 1930–2020''
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# ''[[Generation Femizine]]''
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# ''Homefront''</ol> <li
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value=15> ''[[True Rat]]: The Beast of [[Leroy Kettle]]''
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# ed. [[Dave Langford]]: ''New Worlds Profiles''
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# [[Charles Platt]]'s ''The Complete [[Patchin Review]]''
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# [[Bruce Sterling]] (et al.)'s ''The Complete [[Cheap Truth]]''
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# [[William F. Temple]]'s ''Temple at the Bar''
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The list of "TAFF Benefit Paperbacks" also includes two volumes of [[Ted White]] editorials mentioned above, whose ebooks are not free but sold for TAFF as well, and [[Kevin Smith]]'s paperback trip report ''Nothing'', which can be read on his website but has no ebook edition.
  
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A new experiment in 2022 was the re-release of selected ebooks from the list below as trade paperbacks via Lulu.com with all proceeds going to TAFF. Available as of November 2023 are the following 11: [[Rob Hansen]]'s ''[[1957 (Hansen)|1957: The First UK Worldcon]]'', ''1965: The Second UK Worldcon'', ''Bixelstrasse'', ''British SF Conventions Volume 1: 1937–1951'', ''Faan Fiction 1930–2020'', ''Homefront'' and ''Generation Femizine''; [[Leroy Kettle]]'s ''[[True Rat]]: The Beast of Leroy Kettle'', [[Charles Platt]]'s ''The Complete [[Patchin Review]]'', [[Bruce Sterling]]'s ''The Complete [[Cheap Truth]]'' and [[William F. Temple]]'s ''Temple at the Bar''. (The list of "TAFF Benefit Paperbacks" also includes 2 volumes of [[Ted White]] editorials mentioned above, whose ebooks are not free but sold for TAFF as well, and [[Kevin Smith]]'s paper-only trip report ''Nothing''.)
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== New TAFF / fanhistory / other ebooks ==
  
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== New TAFF / fanhistory ebooks ==
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Note once again that this table includes ''only'' those that were ''newly created or significantly expanded'', so not for example those classics mentioned above (with publication dates). Ebooks prepared for TAFF by AE include over 50 other titles, "simply" converted into ebook formats from older editions through [[Fanac.org]] or [[eFanzines]] scans, or rescanning by Langford, like ''[[Fanorama]]'' by [[Walt Willis]].
  
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Note once again that this table includes ''only'' those that were ''newly created or significantly expanded'', so not for example those classic mentioned above (with publication dates). Ebooks prepared for TAFF by AE include over 50 other titles, "simply" converted into ebook formats from older editions usually through [[Fanac.org]] or [[eFanzines]] scans, like ''[[Fanorama]]'' by [[Walt Willis]].
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Also note that Hansen's titles are usually a special form of [[fanthology]], reprinting much text by others but interspersed with his own substantial comments. These are credited as "edited by Rob Hansen" on the cover, with other authors listed inside.
  
 
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  Author / editor || Title || Date || Notes / editor
 
[[Dave Langford]] || ''[[Don't Try This At Home]]'' || July 2015 || [[convention reports]] 1976–2014; also issued as trade paperback in 2021
 
[[Dave Langford]] || ''[[Don't Try This At Home]]'' || July 2015 || [[convention reports]] 1976–2014; also issued as trade paperback in 2021
 
[[Vince Clarke]] || ''[[A Vince Clarke Treasury]]'' || Oct 2015 || Edited by [[Dave Langford]]  
 
[[Vince Clarke]] || ''[[A Vince Clarke Treasury]]'' || Oct 2015 || Edited by [[Dave Langford]]  
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Various || ''TAFF Trip Report Anthology'' || July 2017 || Unfinished [[TAFF]] reports; ed. [[Dave Langford]]
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Various || ''TAFF Trip Report Anthology'' || July 2017 || Unfinished [[TAFF]] reports; ed. Langford
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Various || ''[[Running Amok in the Fun&nbsp;Factory]]'' || Nov 2017 || UK con reports selected by [[Graham Charnock]]  
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Various || ''[[Running Amok in the Fun Factory]]'' || Nov 2017 || UK con reports selected by [[Graham Charnock]]  
 
[[William F. Temple]] || ''Temple at the Bar'' || Nov 2017 || Edited by [[Rob Hansen]]  
 
[[William F. Temple]] || ''Temple at the Bar'' || Nov 2017 || Edited by [[Rob Hansen]]  
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[[Frank Edward Arnold]] || ''The Frank Arnold Papers'' || Dec 2017 || Edited by [[Rob Hansen]]  
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[[Frank Edward Arnold]] || ''The Frank Arnold Papers'' || Dec 2017; considerably expanded Oct 2024 || Edited by [[Rob Hansen]]  
 
[[Ron Bennett]] || ''The Complete [[Skyrack]]'' || Dec 2017 || ed. [[Dave Langford]]; 1960s UK newszine
 
[[Ron Bennett]] || ''The Complete [[Skyrack]]'' || Dec 2017 || ed. [[Dave Langford]]; 1960s UK newszine
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[[Leroy Kettle]] ||''[[True Rat]]: The Beast of Leroy&nbsp;Kettle'' || January 2018 || Edited by [[Rob Hansen]]  
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[[Leroy Kettle]] ||''[[True Rat]]: The Beast of&nbsp;Leroy&nbsp;Kettle'' || Jan 2018 || Edited by [[Rob Hansen]]  
 
[[Peter Roberts]] ''et al'' ||''The Complete [[Checkpoint]]'' || Nov 2018 || ed. [[Dave Langford]]; 1970s UK newszine
 
[[Peter Roberts]] ''et al'' ||''The Complete [[Checkpoint]]'' || Nov 2018 || ed. [[Dave Langford]]; 1970s UK newszine
 
[[R. Lionel Fanthorpe]] || ''Down the Badger Hole'' || March 2018 || Original version edited by [[Debbie Cross]]; expanded by [[Dave Langford]]  
 
[[R. Lionel Fanthorpe]] || ''Down the Badger Hole'' || March 2018 || Original version edited by [[Debbie Cross]]; expanded by [[Dave Langford]]  
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[[Francis T. Laney]] ||''[[Ah! Sweet Idiocy!]]'' ||April 2019 || ed. [[Dave Langford]]; with additional material by [[Alva Rogers]] and [[Harry Warner, Jr.]]  
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[[Francis T. Laney]] ||''[[Ah! Sweet Idiocy!]]'' ||April 2019 || ed. [[Dave Langford]]; incl. responses by [[Alva Rogers]] and [[Harry Warner, Jr.]]  
 
[[Terry Carr]] || ''[[Fandom Harvest II]]'' || June 2019 || Edited by [[Dave Langford]]
 
[[Terry Carr]] || ''[[Fandom Harvest II]]'' || June 2019 || Edited by [[Dave Langford]]
 
[[Bruce Sterling]] || ''The Complete [[Cheap Truth]]'' ||June 2019 || Edited by [[Dave Langford]]
 
[[Bruce Sterling]] || ''The Complete [[Cheap Truth]]'' ||June 2019 || Edited by [[Dave Langford]]
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Various (anonymous) || ''The [[Astral Leauge]] Dossier'' || Sep 2019 || ed. [[Dave Langford]]; includes ''[[Jackie!]]''
 
Various (anonymous) || ''The [[Astral Leauge]] Dossier'' || Sep 2019 || ed. [[Dave Langford]]; includes ''[[Jackie!]]''
 
Various || ''Challenging [[Moskowitz]]: 1930s&nbsp;Fandom Revisited'' ||November 2019 || Fans' responses to ''[[The Immortal Storm]]''; ed. [[Rob Hansen]]  
 
Various || ''Challenging [[Moskowitz]]: 1930s&nbsp;Fandom Revisited'' ||November 2019 || Fans' responses to ''[[The Immortal Storm]]''; ed. [[Rob Hansen]]  
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[[Bob Shaw]] || ''[[The Serious Scientific Talks]]'' || November 2019 || 15 [[Serious Scientific Talks]] incl. 5 previously uncollected, fifth added Aug 2020. No editor given but Publisher's Note by Langford
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[[Bob Shaw]] || ''[[The Serious Scientific Talks]]'' || November 2019 || 15 Talks incl. 5 previously uncollected, 5th added Aug '20. No editor given, Publisher's Note by Langford
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[[Harry Warner, Jr.]] || ''[[All Our Yesterdays]]: The Fanzine Columns'' || December 2019 || Ed. [[Chuck Connor]] (1991/6); with missing text restored and an additional column. Further expanded July 2020 and March 2023
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[[Harry Warner, Jr.]] || ''[[All Our Yesterdays]]: The&nbsp;Fanzine&nbsp;Columns'' || December 2019 || ed. [[Chuck Connor]] (1991/6); with missing text restored and an additional column. Further expanded July '20, March '23
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Various || ''Homefront: Fandom in the UK 1939–1945'' || February 2020 || Edited by [[Rob Hansen]]
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Various || ''Homefront: Fandom in the UK 1939–1945'' || February 2020 || Edited by [[Rob Hansen]]; see [[War]]
 
[[Algis Budrys]] || ''A Budrys Miscellany: Occasional Writing 1960–2000'' || May 2020 || Edited by [[David Langford]]
 
[[Algis Budrys]] || ''A Budrys Miscellany: Occasional Writing 1960–2000'' || May 2020 || Edited by [[David Langford]]
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[[Bob Shaw]] || ''The Full Glass Bushel: All the Hyphen Columns, and More'' || June 2020 || Edited by [[Rob Jackson]] and [[David Langford]]
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[[Bob Shaw]] || ''The Full Glass Bushel: All the Hyphen Columns, and More'' || June 2020 || ed. [[Rob Jackson]] and [[David Langford]]
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[[Bob Shaw]] || ''Slow Pint Glass: Volume Three of The Complete Bob&nbsp;Shaw'' || August 2020 || Edited by [[Rob Jackson]] and [[David Langford]]
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[[Bob Shaw]] || ''Slow Pint Glass: Volume Three of The Complete Bob&nbsp;Shaw'' || August 2020 || ed.[[Rob Jackson]] and [[David Langford]]
 
[[Ella Parker]] || ''The Harpy Stateside'' || December 2020 || ed. [[Rob Hansen]]; including and continuing the [[trip report]] [[Parker's Peregrinations]]
 
[[Ella Parker]] || ''The Harpy Stateside'' || December 2020 || ed. [[Rob Hansen]]; including and continuing the [[trip report]] [[Parker's Peregrinations]]
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[[Chuck Harris]] || ''[[Creative Random Harris]]'' || March 2021 || Edited by [[Rob Hansen]] and [[David Langford]]
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[[Chuck Harris]] || ''[[Creative Random Harris]]'' || March 2021 || ed. [[Rob Hansen]] and [[David Langford]]
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Various || ''[[Faan Fiction]] 1930-2020: an&nbsp;exploration || June 2021 || Edited and with critical commentary by [[Rob Hansen]]
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various || ''[[Faan Fiction]] 1930–2020: an&nbsp;exploration || June 2021 || Edited and with critical commentary by [[Rob Hansen]]
 
D.R. Smith || ''The Road to Fame'' || June 2021 || 1940s fan fiction; author's profile by [[Rob Hansen]]
 
D.R. Smith || ''The Road to Fame'' || June 2021 || 1940s fan fiction; author's profile by [[Rob Hansen]]
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[[Rob Hansen]] || ''American Trips'' || July 2021 || Reports on Rob's post-TAFF US conventions
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[[Rob Hansen]] || ''American Trips'' || July 2021 || Reports on Rob's post-TAFF US cons
 
[[Walt Willis]] || ''[[Willis Discovers America]] and other fan fiction || July 2021 || Collecting Walt's shorter fan fiction
 
[[Walt Willis]] || ''[[Willis Discovers America]] and other fan fiction || July 2021 || Collecting Walt's shorter fan fiction
 
Various || ''Bixelstrasse: The SF Fan Community of 1940s Los&nbsp;Angeles'' || November 2021 || Edited by [[Rob Hansen]]
 
Various || ''Bixelstrasse: The SF Fan Community of 1940s Los&nbsp;Angeles'' || November 2021 || Edited by [[Rob Hansen]]
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"Harry Hurst&shy;monceaux and Cyril Faversham" || ''The [[Harrison]] Saga: The Extraordinary Exploits of Sir William Makepeace Harrison'' || March 2022 || Edited by [[Rob Hansen]]; see [[Harrison]] – 1957–75 humorous UK fanzine stories  
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"Harry Hurst&shy;monceaux and Cyril Faversham" || ''The [[Harrison]] Saga: The&nbsp;Extraordinary Exploits of Sir&nbsp;William Makepeace Harrison'' || March 2022 || Edited by [[Rob Hansen]]; see [[Harrison]] – 1957–75 humorous UK fanzine stories  
 
[[Charles Burbee]] || ''The Incompleat Burbee Volume&nbsp;2'' || April 2022 || Edited by [[Terry Carr]]; further Burbee pieces added by [[David Langford]]
 
[[Charles Burbee]] || ''The Incompleat Burbee Volume&nbsp;2'' || April 2022 || Edited by [[Terry Carr]]; further Burbee pieces added by [[David Langford]]
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[[Rob Hansen]] (& others) || ''[[1957 (Hansen)|1957: The First UK Worldcon]]'' || June 2022 || On [[Loncon 1]], ed. and  commentary [[Rob Hansen]]
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edited by [[Rob Hansen]] || ''[[1957 (Hansen)|1957: The First UK Worldcon]]'' || June 2022 || On [[Loncon 1]]
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[[Ella Parker]] || ''The Compact Ella Parker'' || Aug 2022 || Ella's other fanwriting, edited by [[Rob Hansen]]
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[[Ella Parker]] || ''The Compact Ella Parker'' || Aug 2022 || Ella's other fanwriting, ed. [[Rob Hansen]]
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[[Walt Willis]] and [[Madeleine&nbsp;Willis]] || ''TAWF Times Two'' || December 2022 || Their 1962 [[Tenth Anniversary Willis Fund]] trip reports, ''Twice Upon a Time'' and (never before collected) ''The DisTAWF Side''
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[[Walt Willis]] and [[Madeleine&nbsp;Willis]] || ''TAWF Times Two'' || December 2022 || 1962 [[Tenth Anniversary Willis Fund]] trip reports, ''Twice Upon a Time'' and (never before collected) ''The DisTAWF&nbsp;Side''
 
[[Ethel Lindsay]] || ''[[The Lindsay Report]]'' || Dec 2022 || 1962 [[TAFF]] trip report
 
[[Ethel Lindsay]] || ''[[The Lindsay Report]]'' || Dec 2022 || 1962 [[TAFF]] trip report
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[[Walt Willis]] || ''[[The Harp in England]]'' || March 2023 || reports on British conventions (mostly 1950s)
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[[Walt Willis]] || ''[[The Harp in England]]'' || March 2023 || UK con reports (mostly 1950s)
 
[[Walt Willis]] || ''[[The Harp Stateside]]'' || March 2023 || Expands the 1957 edition with further material inc. a speech transcript
 
[[Walt Willis]] || ''[[The Harp Stateside]]'' || March 2023 || Expands the 1957 edition with further material inc. a speech transcript
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[[Walt Willis]] || ''The Harp That Once or Twice'' || March 2023 || All the Harp columns except ''The Harp Stateside'' instalments; incl. 2 published after ''[[Warhoon]]'' 28
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[[Walt Willis]] || ''The Harp That Once or Twice'' || March 2023 || All the Harp columns except the ''Stateside'' ones; incl. 2 published after ''[[Warhoon]]'' 28
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[[Rob Hansen]] (& others) || ''British SF Conventions Volume&nbsp;1: 1937-1951'' || June 2023 || On early UK [[conventions]], edited and with commentary by [[Rob Hansen]]
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edited by [[Rob Hansen]] || ''British SF Conventions Volume&nbsp;1: 1937–1951'' || June 2023 || On UK [[early conventions]]
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[[Rob Hansen]]&nbsp;(&&nbsp;others) || ''1965: The Second UK Worldcon'' || Aug 2023 || On [[Loncon II]], ed. & commentary [[Rob Hansen]]
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edited by [[Rob Hansen]] || ''1965: The Second UK Worldcon'' || Aug 2023 || On [[Loncon II]]
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[[Rob Hansen]] (& others) || ''Generation Femizine'' || September 2023 || Women of UK fandom in the 1950s ''[[Femizine]]'' era, ed. and commentary [[Rob Hansen]]
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edited by [[Rob Hansen]] || ''[[Generation Femizine]]'' || September 2023 || Women of UK fandom in the 1950s ''[[Femizine]]'' era
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[[Walt Willis]] || ''The Harp Remembered'' || November 2023 || Compiled and edited by [[Dave Langford]]: early writing, autobiography, miscellaneous articles, uncollected columns
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[[Walt Willis]] || ''[[The Harp Remembered]]'' || November 2023 || Compiled and ed. by [[Dave Langford]]: early writing, auto&shy;biography, miscella&shy;neous articles, uncollected columns
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[[Rob Hansen]] (& others) || ''[[Beyond Fandom]]: Fans, Culture & Politics in the 20th&nbsp;Century'' || November 2023 || Selected fans' (24 chapters, some on several) impact on the [[mundane]] world, ed. & commentary [[Rob Hansen]]. Dated December in the ebook; paperback to follow soon
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edited by [[Rob Hansen]] || ''[[Beyond Fandom]]: Fans, Culture & Politics in the 20th&nbsp;Century'' || November 2023 || Selected fans' (31 chapters, some on several) impact on the [[mundane]] world
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Various || ''New Worlds Profiles 1953&nbsp;to&nbsp;1963'' || May 2024 || Compiled and ed. by [[Dave Langford]]: all the author, editor etc profile pieces from [[John Carnell]] era ''[[New Worlds]]''
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edited by [[Rob Hansen]] || ''British SF Conventions Volume&nbsp;2: 1952–1957'' || July 2024 || On UK early "[[Eastercon]]s" and others
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[[David Langford]] || ''Work for Hire'' || October 2024 || Essays for older genre reference works
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[[John Nielsen-Hall]] || ''Motorway Dreams'' || forthcoming December 2024 || Memorial collection of his fanwriting
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edited by [[Rob Hansen]] || ''British SF Conventions Volume&nbsp;4: 1958–1965'' || forthcoming 2025 || On UK early "[[Eastercon]]s" and others
 
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* {{link | website=https://taff.org.uk/ebooks.php?all|text=Free ebooks at the TAFF site.}}
 
* {{link | website=https://ae.ansible.uk/?id=taff|text= "TAFF Benefit Paperbacks"}}
 
* {{link | website=https://ae.ansible.uk/?id=taff|text= "TAFF Benefit Paperbacks"}}
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* {{link | website=https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/ansible|text=Ansible Editions POD titles.}}
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* [https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/ansible Ansible Editions PoD paperbacks] at Lulu.com
  
 
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Then book cover: white stenciled capitals on blue, design used by AE later especially for Rob Hansen titles.
More typical later Hansen cover, with a period B/W photo of the subjects

A small press run by Dave Langford, initially with various partners. It began as Ansible E-ditions with Chris Priest in 2003, publishing sf by David Masson and John Sladek as ebooks and later as print-on-demand co-published with Wildside Press. With Greg Pickersgill, Langford published three printed volumes collecting (for the first time, in 2012–13) the critical columns of Algis Budrys from the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 1975–1993. He continued, solo, to produce Ansible Editions reissues of his own writing, both backlist titles and new collections, mostly in ebook form.

In 2016 AE published the first book edition – much expanded from its fanzine incarnation – of Rob Hansen's Then, and the first ebook of Yvonne Rousseau's 1980 The Murders at Hanging Rock (also with added material). Further paperbacks include previously uncollected or unpublished work by Brian Aldiss, Algis Budrys again, John Sladek again, Peter Nicholls (with proceeds to the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction) and Ted White (with proceeds to TAFF).

Since 2015, AE has reissued numerous fan classics – including The Enchanted Duplicator (May 2015), most if not all past TAFF reports and such collections of notable fanwriting as Charles Burbee's The Incompleat Burbee (February 2022), Terry Carr's Fandom Harvest (May 2019) and Harry Warner, Jr.'s All Our Yesterdays: The Fanzine Columns – as free ebooks downloadable from the TAFF website. In 2024 there was a push to include GUFF as well as TAFF reports, with an initial batch of ten previously published GUFF reports added on 1 November 2024. Ebooks newly created or significantly expanded for this download page are listed in the table below. Further fannish titles are in preparation, usually announced in Ansible as they appear.

A new experiment from 2022 onward was the re-release of selected ebooks as trade paperbacks via Lulu.com with all proceeds going to TAFF. Available as of October 2024 are (listed, for simplicity, alphabetically by author/editor):

Minimalist typewriter typography employed on some other AE titles where no suitable cover image was available
  1. Frank Arnold's The Frank Arnold Papers (expanded 2024)
  2. Terry Carr's Fandom Harvest II
  3. ed. Graham Charnock: Running Amok in the Fun Factory
  4. A Vin¢ Clarke Treasury
  5. Rob Hansen's 1957: The First UK Worldcon
    1. 1965: The Second UK Worldcon
    2. Beyond Fandom
    3. Bixelstrasse
    4. British SF Conventions Volume 1: 1937–1951
    5. British SF Conventions Volume 2: 1952–1957
    6. Challenging Moskowitz
    7. Faan Fiction 1930–2020
    8. Generation Femizine
    9. Homefront
  6. True Rat: The Beast of Leroy Kettle
  7. ed. Dave Langford: New Worlds Profiles
  8. Charles Platt's The Complete Patchin Review
  9. Bruce Sterling (et al.)'s The Complete Cheap Truth
  10. William F. Temple's Temple at the Bar

The list of "TAFF Benefit Paperbacks" also includes two volumes of Ted White editorials mentioned above, whose ebooks are not free but sold for TAFF as well, and Kevin Smith's paperback trip report Nothing, which can be read on his website but has no ebook edition.

New TAFF / fanhistory / other ebooks[edit]

Note once again that this table includes only those that were newly created or significantly expanded, so not for example those classics mentioned above (with publication dates). Ebooks prepared for TAFF by AE include over 50 other titles, "simply" converted into ebook formats from older editions through Fanac.org or eFanzines scans, or rescanning by Langford, like Fanorama by Walt Willis.

Also note that Hansen's titles are usually a special form of fanthology, reprinting much text by others but interspersed with his own substantial comments. These are credited as "edited by Rob Hansen" on the cover, with other authors listed inside.

Author / editor Title Date Notes / editor
Dave Langford Don't Try This At Home July 2015 convention reports 1976–2014; also issued as trade paperback in 2021
Vin¢ Clarke A Vince Clarke Treasury Oct 2015 Edited by Dave Langford
Various TAFF Trip Report Anthology July 2017 Unfinished TAFF reports; ed. Langford
Various Running Amok in the Fun Factory Nov 2017 UK con reports selected by Graham Charnock
William F. Temple Temple at the Bar Nov 2017 Edited by Rob Hansen
Frank Edward Arnold The Frank Arnold Papers Dec 2017; considerably expanded Oct 2024 Edited by Rob Hansen
Ron Bennett The Complete Skyrack Dec 2017 ed. Dave Langford; 1960s UK newszine
Leroy Kettle True Rat: The Beast of Leroy Kettle Jan 2018 Edited by Rob Hansen
Peter Roberts et al The Complete Checkpoint Nov 2018 ed. Dave Langford; 1970s UK newszine
R. Lionel Fanthorpe Down the Badger Hole March 2018 Original version edited by Debbie Cross; expanded by Dave Langford
Francis T. Laney Ah! Sweet Idiocy! April 2019 ed. Dave Langford; incl. responses by Alva Rogers and Harry Warner, Jr.
Terry Carr Fandom Harvest II June 2019 Edited by Dave Langford
Bruce Sterling The Complete Cheap Truth June 2019 Edited by Dave Langford
Charles Platt The Complete Patchin Review July 2019 Edited by Dave Langford
Various Then Again: A UK Fanhistory Reader 1930–1979 August 2019 ed. Rob Hansen with joint credit to Vin¢ Clarke for past research
Various (anonymous) The Astral Leauge Dossier Sep 2019 ed. Dave Langford; includes Jackie!
Various Challenging Moskowitz: 1930s Fandom Revisited November 2019 Fans' responses to The Immortal Storm; ed. Rob Hansen
Bob Shaw The Serious Scientific Talks November 2019 15 Talks incl. 5 previously uncollected, 5th added Aug '20. No editor given, Publisher's Note by Langford
Harry Warner, Jr. All Our Yesterdays: The Fanzine Columns December 2019 ed. Chuck Connor (1991/6); with missing text restored and an additional column. Further expanded July '20, March '23
Various Homefront: Fandom in the UK 1939–1945 February 2020 Edited by Rob Hansen; see War
Algis Budrys A Budrys Miscellany: Occasional Writing 1960–2000 May 2020 Edited by David Langford
Bob Shaw The Full Glass Bushel: All the Hyphen Columns, and More June 2020 ed. Rob Jackson and David Langford
Bob Shaw Slow Pint Glass: Volume Three of The Complete Bob Shaw August 2020 ed.Rob Jackson and David Langford
Ella Parker The Harpy Stateside December 2020 ed. Rob Hansen; including and continuing the trip report Parker's Peregrinations
Chuck Harris Creative Random Harris March 2021 ed. Rob Hansen and David Langford
various Faan Fiction 1930–2020: an exploration June 2021 Edited and with critical commentary by Rob Hansen
D.R. Smith The Road to Fame June 2021 1940s fan fiction; author's profile by Rob Hansen
Rob Hansen American Trips July 2021 Reports on Rob's post-TAFF US cons
Walt Willis Willis Discovers America and other fan fiction July 2021 Collecting Walt's shorter fan fiction
Various Bixelstrasse: The SF Fan Community of 1940s Los Angeles November 2021 Edited by Rob Hansen
"Harry Hurst­monceaux and Cyril Faversham" The Harrison Saga: The Extraordinary Exploits of Sir William Makepeace Harrison March 2022 Edited by Rob Hansen; see Harrison – 1957–75 humorous UK fanzine stories
Charles Burbee The Incompleat Burbee Volume 2 April 2022 Edited by Terry Carr; further Burbee pieces added by David Langford
edited by Rob Hansen 1957: The First UK Worldcon June 2022 On Loncon 1
Ella Parker The Compact Ella Parker Aug 2022 Ella's other fanwriting, ed. Rob Hansen
Walt Willis and Madeleine Willis TAWF Times Two December 2022 1962 Tenth Anniversary Willis Fund trip reports, Twice Upon a Time and (never before collected) The DisTAWF Side
Ethel Lindsay The Lindsay Report Dec 2022 1962 TAFF trip report
Walt Willis The Harp in England March 2023 UK con reports (mostly 1950s)
Walt Willis The Harp Stateside March 2023 Expands the 1957 edition with further material inc. a speech transcript
Walt Willis The Harp That Once or Twice March 2023 All the Harp columns except the Stateside ones; incl. 2 published after Warhoon 28
edited by Rob Hansen British SF Conventions Volume 1: 1937–1951 June 2023 On UK early conventions
edited by Rob Hansen 1965: The Second UK Worldcon Aug 2023 On Loncon II
edited by Rob Hansen Generation Femizine September 2023 Women of UK fandom in the 1950s Femizine era
Walt Willis The Harp Remembered November 2023 Compiled and ed. by Dave Langford: early writing, auto­biography, miscella­neous articles, uncollected columns
edited by Rob Hansen Beyond Fandom: Fans, Culture & Politics in the 20th Century November 2023 Selected fans' (31 chapters, some on several) impact on the mundane world
Various New Worlds Profiles 1953 to 1963 May 2024 Compiled and ed. by Dave Langford: all the author, editor etc profile pieces from John Carnell era New Worlds
edited by Rob Hansen British SF Conventions Volume 2: 1952–1957 July 2024 On UK early "Eastercons" and others
David Langford Work for Hire October 2024 Essays for older genre reference works
John Nielsen-Hall Motorway Dreams forthcoming December 2024 Memorial collection of his fanwriting
edited by Rob Hansen British SF Conventions Volume 4: 1958–1965 forthcoming 2025 On UK early "Eastercons" and others

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