As you probably know by now, Podioracket’s Blog Talk Radio Extension continues to move at a mad pace, and brings you extended LIVE interviews and give-aways with some of your favorite authors.

In this episode, we’re going to grab a clip from a recent BTR show. Rhonda interviewed Tee Morris, the author of Billibub Baddings & MOREVI about his new book, All A Twitter. 

Rhonda also sat down with Arlene Radasky to talk about one aspect of Podiobooks 2.0 — getting rights to the music that accompanies an audio book.

Listen now:

or download Podioracket-Ep15.

All our past Blog Talk Radio interviews are available in archive at blogtalkradio.com/podioracket, and we have a player on our website.

Tee Morris

Follow Tee @teemonster

Website: allatwitterbook.com

Show: birdhouserules.com

Arlene Radasky on music rights

Twitter: @aradasky

Website: www.radasky.com

Email: Click here

Music by Steve McDonnald

CONTESTS

Mick Bordet is still giving out download codes for the music in Some Other Scotland. You can get the codes by tweeting the link to his interview and emailing him.
He will be running the contest now until the interview on August 31, 2:30 pm PST/5:30 pm EST. He is gaving away a free book for the best BTR question and allowed a listener to name a character. Here are the details.


Philippa Ballantine will announce the winner of her New Zealand Basket on Friday, August 14th on our Blog Talk Radio Extension.


 
Paul J. Joseph, the independant filmmaker and author of Homesick and Marker Stone, will award an signed, original draft manuscript for Homesick. How do you win this memorobilia? Simply leave a comment for Paul at Podiobooks.com, Itunes or on his website and then shoot him an email.


Rhonda Carpenter is starting her contest #10! Give her a review and email her.


Listen to the episode to hear one of the submissions for the Podioracket.com contest seeking Podiobooks.com’s Perfect Promo! Hope it inspires you to enter!

Simply create your one-minute promo, the perfect storm of persuasion and enthusiasm, then email it to contact@podioracket.com. See the complete list of rules and suggestions in our handy-dandy guide.

News

Podiobooks has just made an agreement with Smashwords. This is going to allow the two sites to link to each other so that users can get their audio and, if they just want more, the text versions of authors who participate. Watch for your favorite author to put their book out there!

In further news, Podiobooks is continuing to move toward that 2.0 release that we’ve been telling you about. Rumor has it, we’re just a couple weeks from testing.

New Releases

Vatican Assassin – Remastered by Mike Luoma Science Fiction

Completed Works

Weather Child by Philippa Ballantine Historical Fantasy

How to Succeed in Evil The Novel by Patrick McLean Fiction

The Inner Chapters, Volume 1 by Thomas Gideon Non-Fiction

“Essentially, what I am offering is an original copy of one of my manuscripts. This will be a signed boxed copy of Homesick on paper. Best of all, this would be one of the original drafts that does not make reference to Marker Stone. Who knows, this may be worth something some day!” — Paul J. Joseph

How do you win this memorobilia? Glad you asked! Simply leave a comment for Paul at Podiobooks.com, Itunes or on his web site and then shoot him an email.  He’ll draw a name at the end of August. The deadline is August 31!

Listen now:

or download Podioracket Ep-14.

INTERVIEWS

Paul J. Joseph

Website: http://www.throughthefold.com/

Email: http://www.throughthefold.com/contact.html

Twitter: @ottonia 

Facebook: Search for Paul J. Joseph or Through the Fold

And watch here on July 31 for Paul J. Joseph’s contest announcement!

Seth Harwood

Website: http://www.sethharwood.com

Email: seth@sethharwood.com 

Twitter: @sethharwood

Facebook: Search Seth Harwood

Amazon Link: Jack Wakes Up


 

CONTESTS

Contest number 9 has been announced in The Mark of a Druid 2009 Contest series: Kidnap the Trailer. Go to http://www.themarkofadruid.com, snag the trailer and put it on your blog, twitter the link and talk it up, then click participate on the book site and give Rhonda the link. Every time you talk it up add to your participate list and your name will go in the drawing each time you let her know you kidnapped the trailer. Contest details located here.

Arlene Radasky needs book club questions for The Fox. Visit her site and shoot her an email with a question and your name will go into the hat. Contest ends July 31, 2009

J.C. Hutchins and Matt Wallace bring you the Sword of Blood show-and-tell competition. Visit last week’s Podioracket.com’s post about it.

Philippa Ballantine has extended her Weather Child contest until August 14th. Then she will award the prize LIVE at 6:00 PM on BTR-PR! To be eligible, simply write a review or blog about the book and let Philippa know with an email to pip@pjballantine.com. Your name will go into the hat for a huge collection of New Zealand goodies. Set your reminder to come to the interview.

New contest! Calling all Podcasters and Podiobooks.com authors

Enter the Podioracket.com sponsored Podiobooks.com Promo Competition! Simply create your one-minute promo, the perfect storm of persuasion and enthusiasm, then email it to contact@podioracket.com. See the complete list of rules and suggestions in our handy-dandy guide.

NEWS

Podiobooks.com authors and users may have experienced some frustrating moments as the file host for the authors upgrades. Podiobooks.com and Libsyn are on top of it and sunnier days are on the horizon.

NEW RELEASES

• Some Other Scotland by Mick Bordet Alternative History
• AMNAR: THE AWAKENING by Isabel Joely Black Fantasy

Now Completed

• Acts of Desperation by Tim Dodge Thriller

Crescent by Phil Rossi
Science Fiction

Here is a special mini-episode with a short 10 minute audio interview to introduce you to author and musician Phil Rossi as he releases his print version of Crescent.

Listen here:
or download the short Phil Rossi interview.

Join Phil as he rushes the Amazon charts on July 9th with his new horror novel Crescent. You can show your support by purchasing Crescent and joining him on ustream.tv for a live Rush Party. He will be sharing his original music and doing live readings from 1:00pm EST.

“Darkness has inspired fear since mankind first watched the sun go down. Bad things hide in the dark feral beasts with mouths full of razors waiting for a taste of flesh. But now, the darkness is stirring with a life of its own. Crescent Station is the last bastion of civilization, floating in the cold, outer systems where colonized space gives way to the sparser settlements of the Frontier. Like the boom towns of distant Earth s Old American West, Crescent Station is a gateway to power, wealth, and opportunity for anyone who isn’t afraid to get his or her hands dirty. But deep within the station s bowels, in Crescent s darkest and most secret places, an ancient evil is awakening and hungry, and it threatens the very fabric of space and time. Will the residents of Crescent Station find a way to stop it before the terror drives them insane? Or is it already too late?”

Spread the word and tell your friends there is a new science fiction horror release from the Podiobooks.com author of Eden and Notes from the Vault.

Phil will be joining Rhonda on the BTR-Podioracket extended show on August 6th LIVE at 6pm Pacific/9pm Eastern and will be awarding a lucky caller or chat room participant with an autographed copy of Crescent on the show! Make sure you set a reminder for this one so that you have a chance to win a free book that will have you sleeping with the lights on. Also, find out about the upcoming Podiobooks.com release of Harvey.

SPECIAL NOTE: And if you move fast you can join Rhonda for the Monday, July 6 BTR-Podioracket extension LIVE interview  at 6 pm Pacific/9 pm Eastern with Paul J. Joseph, author of Marker Stone, as they discuss his new Podiobooks.com novel Homesick.