I read this article in the Metro newspaper last week, and found it online. For those of you who hadn’t heard, a new iPhone app has been released that allegedly makes it even easier to publish books yourself. The iBook Author app lets you drag a word file into the app, and it does all […]
self publishing
Self Publishing Is Nothing New
No matter what blog you read, or tweet stream you follow, the Internet appears to be buzzing with various proclamations about the state of publishing, ranging from the so-called death of print (which, technically, Dr Egon Spengler predicted in Ghostbusters, way back in 1984) to the so-called ‘revolution’ of self-publishing. I’m not quite sure how to break it […]
My Halloween Gift To You
It’s Halloween, so it seemed as good a time as any to release my second e-book. Checkmate & Other Stories collects together the fifteen stories I had published online between July 2008 and June 2010. They cover a range of styles and genres, from fantasy to horror, but mostly sit in the speculative fiction camp. […]
The Launch of The First Tale ebook
It’s finally here! The First Tale e-book is now available for 99c from Smashwords. Click here to buy! The e-book collects all thirty episodes of the serial that ran over on my Tales from Vertigo City blog, although naturally it’s been edited and tweaked to improve the flow, even out the tone and in a […]
Smashwords vs Scribd
One of many things that I love about the blogosphere is that it promotes discussion, and information sharing. People with experience and knowledge can pass it on to others, who can then in turn pass it on again. Some people already know that the first phase of my web serial, Tales from Vertigo City, […]
Do e-books promote piracy?
I’ve been following J A Konrath’s blog, A Newbie’s Guide to Publishing, for some time now, and it’s been interesting to see the modest levels of success that can be attained while operating outside of the traditional publishing paradigm. Konrath repeatedly states that his way might not be suitable to all, but it is certainly […]
