Amazon Responds to Competition and Pressure from Publishers
by Brian Rathbone
Standards are often set by industry leaders, and Amazon has certainly set the pace for ebook pricing and distribution in the past, but pressure from publishers and competition in the marketplace seem to have the online retail giant reconsidering its policies.
Amazon and MobiPocket, a property of [...]
From the World Fantasy Convention, Brian Rathbone brings us two interviews. One with M.H. Bonham and the other with Jude-Marie Green.
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INTERVIEWS
Jude-Marie Green
Jude-Marie Green is Associate Editor at Abyss & Apex Magazine
Quantum Kiss recently published a fantasy romance she wrote, Orthogonal to the Astral Plane.
The short story anthology Glorious Madness [...]
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Authors need every way possible to connect with fans. In addition to Podiobooks.com, which gives free, serialized podcasts of full novels, other electronic methods are making books more available and cheaper. Podiobooks.com recently formed agreements with Smashwords so that ebook versions could be purchased if the authors made them available.
A small but growing number of Podiobooks.com authors have started using [...]
Podioracket.com continues to grow, and in order to keep up with all we plan for this season, we’ve expanded. Brian Holtz and Brian Rathbone are stepping up to the plate.
Brian Holtz
Brian Holtz is the author of Handbook for the Criminally Insane, Collapse at Hiddenverse Three-Three-Two, and Nephilim Push.
Brian is one of the editors for the [...]
From the World Fantasy Convention, Brian Rathbone brings us two interviews. One with Andrea Howe, of Blue Falcon Editing, and the other with Ann Wilkes.
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Andrea Howe
Andrea edits Fantasy works through Blue Falcon Editing.
andrea@bluefalconediting.com
Ann Wilkes
Her web site: http://wilkes.zftp.com/
Her newest book is http://wilkes.zftp.com/Lavratt.html
We’re bringing together short stories by Podiobooks.com authors for an anthology that will appear on Podiobooks.com.
For this project, we’ve brought in a new team member. Please welcome Brian Holtz, the author of several Podiobooks.com novels. Under Podioracket.com’s familiar brand, Brian and Heather Roulo will coordinate and promote Podiobooks.com author’s short stories in one place. The series will [...]
Enjoy our holiday tribute to Podiobooks.com with a fantastic cast of Podiobooks.com authors and a fun time. Promos, some you’ve heard and some you haven’t, and an earful of holiday cheer!
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CONTRIBUTORS:
Wyken Seagrave Greeting
Grizzly Smith Greeting
Emerian Rich Greeting
Mark Rayner Promo
A. Craig Newman Greeting (New Jersey Writers Society)
Alex [...]
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Brian Rathbone had the pleasure of interviewing Mike Luoma, a Podioracket.com experienced author we’ve enjoyed having on the show before, and Michele M. Walsh, the editor of the Theme and Variations Podiobooks.com short story anthology.
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INTERVIEWS
Mike Luoma
Alibi Jones
Mike Luoma’s Website: http://glowinthedarkradio.com/
Email: glowinthedarkradio@gmail.com
Twitter ID: MikeLuoma
Michelle M. Walsh
Theme [...]
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Catch Arlene Radasky, author of The Fox, as she interviews J.R. Murdock. Then Brian Rathbone, a Podioracket.com favorite, interviews Shobhan Bantwal.
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INTERVIEWS
J.R. Murdock
V & A Shipping
http://www.podiobooks.com/title/v-and-a-shipping
Website: http://ofgnomesanddwarves.com/
Twitter:@jrmurdock
Shobhan Bantwal
www.shobhanbantwal.com
Get something new with this author’s ‘bollywood in a book.’
PROMOS
The Dawning of Power by Brain Rathbone
Erin O’Briant brings a [...]
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Catch another super show! This crazy interview Brian Rathbone sent from the World Fantasy Conference with Tee Morris, J.D. Sawyer, and Philippa Ballantine was fun, feisty, and required a lot of editing to be PG. Whew!
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INTERVIEWS
Tee Morris
Follow Tee @teemonster
Website: allatwitterbook.com
Show: birdhouserules.com
J.D. Sawyer
Website: http://antithesis.jdsawyer.net/
Email: dan@jdsawyer.net
Twitter: @dsawyer
Bio: When he’s not [...]
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