I had been waiting for the announcement of Apples tablet computer, not particularly because I wanted one, but because the rumor mill had been talking about deals between Apple and various book and magazine publishers. Being in the backwaters of the publishing ecosystem, I wanted to be ready to piggy-back onto whatever new opportunities opened… Continue reading iPad, ePub and the Future of Bookreaders
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My Comic Book Appreciation
I see via twitter chatter that it’s Comic Book Appreciation Month in January. That’s convenient. My current work in progress Pixie Dust, which is having its ARCs printed as I write, was definitely my comic book appreciation novel. Jenny, the diminutive physics grad student who lives this adventure was into the weekly pilgrimage to the… Continue reading My Comic Book Appreciation
Creating the Pixie Dust ARC
Advance Reader Copies (ARC) are early versions of books that are printed in limited numbers and sent to reviewers in hopes that early buzz and quotable reviews can be gathered in time to add them to the final released book cover. Since the big name reviewers like Publishers Weekly request these ARCs four months in… Continue reading Creating the Pixie Dust ARC