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Immortal on the Sony E-Reader
A new portal Immortal is officially up for sale on the Sony E-Reader. This leaves only two places untapped: Google Books and Borders. We’re working on the Google thing. Borders? No idea. Smashwords “shipped” to them over a month ago and it’s not up for sale there. Just as well; I probably wouldn’t get paid.…
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The OTHER Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook: A Parody (Anniversary Edition) The big news first: you can now buy a brand-new Anniversary Edition of the funniest book since the invention of hyperbole: The OTHER Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook. The new edition is in e-book only, for a perfectly modest sum of $4.99. Why don’t…
Read MoreIMMORTAL on the Nook
Barnes and Noble steps up to the plate The eBook rollout proceeds apace, with Immortal now officially available on the Nook. If you have an eBook reader, you are very nearly out of excuses not to pick up a copy. All that’s left is Sony, which powers the Borders e-reader, and from what I’m hearing…
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EBook empire expands I was greeted this new year by the discovery that Immortal is officially available directly from iBooks. Or rather “…directly from iBooks!!!” because that IS exciting news. (Forgive me; I’m fighting the flu right now. The plus side is, I can manage deadpan humor without trying AT ALL, but the downside is…
Read MoreRinging in the New Year
It has been quite a year I have a bad habit of focusing on things that haven’t happened yet rather than stepping back and looking behind me at what has been accomplished. This tunnel vision quality is sometimes very useful, such as when I’m writing a novel, but maybe less useful in other settings, such…
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Ebook challenges part two Yesterday I dove back into the Ebook fray for two reasons: Immortal was still not set up on the Kindle; and we’d gotten back feedback from Smashwords on the ebook version we’d uploaded that required addressing. As you know, I had issues reformatting Immortal to accommodate the Smashwords Style Guide, but…
Read MorePromoting in a social media world
Leading horses to water Promoting a novel can be extremely challenging, and in ways that are different from promoting a website or a toy or a machine that goes *ping* at regular intervals. Novels are subjectively enjoyable, frequently disappointing, and an unavoidable commitment. Nobody wants to get stuck reading a bad one, or worse, having…
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The important news first You can now purchase Immortal as an eBook in any format your heart desires thanks to the folks over at Smashwords. Go there now to buy your copy: Immortal eBook. EBook formatting is hell The book was actually “available” on Kindle at the beginning of November, for about half a day.…
Read MoreIn defense of Amazon
Outrage You have, I am sure, heard at least a portion of the story: Amazon.com allowed an e-book that instructed pedophiles on how to be better pedophiles (I’m guessing) to go on sale through their vast retail empire. When the book was discovered– and I’m sort of interested in figuring out what search parameters led…
Read MoreInternational and electronic Immortal
Death of the “local” customer As I have discussed before, the e-book revolution sort of took me by surprise. I still like paper books, but I’m coming to realize that every day I cling to them is another day for me to look like a guy on horseback on a freeway. And I’m still trying…
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