Lou Anders

[3] He describes his route through the science fiction and writings businesses as broadly beginning with "theatre in college lead[ing] to a partial scholarship to study acting in Oxford and London".

[9] CEO and co-Founder Tammy Deuster described Bookface as: essentially providing an ever-present and convenient way to find a book without a special hardware device, without a download, and without even requiring a credit card.

[9] Bookface's launch coincided with the bursting of the "dot-com bubble", while its success was tied closely to interest in online "Read on Demand" content (not to be confused with the similar but separate electronic medium, eBooks) becoming widespread.

[14] Argosy format complimented its eclectic nature, accompanying its digest-sized magazine with a "separate trade-paperback novella ... [both] presented in an attractive slipcase".

[16]) The uniqueness of its design proved confusing to retailers, however, leading to subsequent issues being published in two formats: "Connoisseur" (two-volume, available through Argosy, to subscribers and via certain comic shops and independent bookshops) and "Proletarian" (single magazine, available at newsstands).

[4][18] Anders has edited a number of anthologies from several different publishers, helped in no small part by having been able to forge links and contacts with sci-fi authors during his time at Bookface.

[4] Anders' anthologies include Outside the Box(above) (a 'Print on Demand' collection of short stories that first appeared on Bookface.com) from Wildside Press, Live Without a Net from Roc (although originally planned for a small press, which was going under at the time) and Projections from MonkeyBrain (initially two separate books, "one on literature and one on cinema", co-published by Chris Roberson, whom Anders had met through Live Without a Net).

[19] Roberson's work subsequently appeared in Argosy magazine, Anders' FutureShocks and his novels Here, There & Everywhere and Paragaea: A Planetary Romance have both been published by Pyr.

He is adamant that the imprint not be so narrow as to confine our authors to one agenda, so that while I am selecting books that mesh broadly with their overall aesthetic, I'm not limiting us to just one mode or subgenre or philosophical position ... [however] I'm hoping Pyr will stay slanted towards science fiction over fantasy, while publishing engaging and intelligent offerings from both genres.

[4]Those, Anders stated, were "highly reflective" of his subsequent intentions as editor, which he says are similar to those of Robert Silverberg, effectively "pruning" science fiction to its relevant core.

[4] Pyr's published authors also include Michael Moorcock, Alan Dean Foster, Adam Roberts, Mike Resnick, Justina Robson, Joe Abercrombie, and Ian McDonald.

In 2021, Anders created Lazy Wolf Studios to publish the Thrones & Bones line of campaign settings, adventure books, supplemental materials, and short fiction.

[27] Anders also features as a recurring fictional cartoon character in Jim Woodward's real-life comic book stories These Things Happen.