Posts Tagged ‘publishing’
Posted on February 1, 2010 - by Aaron Ross Powell
Why DRM eBooks Aren’t That Big of a Deal
If you listen to Cory Doctorow, ebooks wrapped in DRM are an evil plot by Lemurians and the Gnomes of Zurich to plant blasting caps about the ankles of western civilization. He may be right. But what I want to assert—and what seems so uncouth to say on the open culture Internet, especially coming from [...]
Posted on July 29, 2009 - by Aaron Ross Powell
What Chris Anderson’s “Free” Means for Fiction Writers
Chris Anderson’s new book, Free, is a concise and articulate packaging of ideas that will be prosaic to anyone who’s paid attention to the economics of the web. Which means that, for most folks out there, it’s an excellent and insightful read. While not as exciting as his earlier work, The Long Tail, the [...]
Posted on July 3, 2009 - by Aaron Ross Powell
And now the hard part…
Writing a novel is terrific fun. Editing it isn’t. But that’s the predicament I find myself in, as I’ve received the first round of extensive feedback from my wonderful new editor, and I’m slowly digging in for the long haul. The good news is, THE HOLE will be a much better novel as a result. [...]
Posted on March 8, 2009 - by Aaron Ross Powell
THE HOLE lands a publisher
I am thrilled to announce that my first novel, THE HOLE, has landed a publisher and will be coming to bookstores courtesy of the terrific folks at Permuted Press. Permuted is the premier small press publisher for zombie and apocalyptic fiction, so it’s a perfect fit for the end-of-the-world adventures of THE HOLE. These guys [...]
Posted on December 2, 2008 - by Aaron Ross Powell
THE HOLE now in multiple e-book formats
To date, THE HOLE has been available in two formats: serialized in blog form and as a download for the Amazon Kindle. I realize–and the frequent email requests make obvious–that this leaves out a lot of the ways people might like to go about reading the book. My intent all along has been to give [...]
Posted on November 20, 2008 - by Aaron Ross Powell
My experience selling a draft novel on the Amazon Kindle
The first draft of THE HOLE was, for about five months, available as an ebook on Amazon’s Kindle store. I did this as an experiment: would an unrevised draft (a “beta book,” so to speak) both sell if priced low enough and act as a good means for gathering feedback for revision? In short, the [...]
Posted on November 17, 2008 - by Aaron Ross Powell
On long delays… And some news.
As is obvious to anyone who’s been following my latest serial is aware, it’s been slow going. This isn’t the result of a lack of drive or interest on my part, I assure you. Rather it’s a factor of the weight of other writing obligations and the need to get THE HOLE revised and off [...]
