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The Publishers Strike Back

The Publishers Strike Back

The publisher backlash against the Wylie Agency creation of Odyssey Editions and the exclusive, two-year ebook deal with Amazon is neither surprising in its vehemence nor its lack of understanding of the ebook market. Random House immediately went for the throat. They suspended contract negotiations with the Wylie Agency and have told Amazon that they’re […]

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Agent Cuts Exclusivity Deal with Amazon

Agent Cuts Exclusivity Deal with Amazon

Monday’s news that ebooks were outselling hardbacks at Amazon came as a big shock. It looked to be the death knell for traditional publishing. It wasn’t. New on Thursday that Andrew Wylie’s agency has struck a deal for exclusive ebook distribution with Amazon of his client’s literary works is. In the deal, Wylie’s imprint, Odyssey […]

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Writing Seminars in Austin Next Week

Writing Seminars in Austin Next Week

Monday and Tuesday (July 26-27) Aaron Allston and I will be at Dragon’s Lair Comics and Fantasy in Austin, TX to hold two days of writing seminars. Dragon’s Lair has posted the full schedule of events for your edification. We’re putting on ten hours of seminars, including my 21 Days to a Novel and Aaron’s […]

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Talion: Revenant Challenge Update #1

Talion: Revenant Challenge Update #1

Talion: Revenant has been on sale electronically for three months now, so it’s time for an update on numbers. When I released the book I said that when I’d sold 10,000 copies, I’d write the sequel: Talion: Nemesis. I’m banking the money as it comes in, and your purchases will become my advance for writing […]

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Digital Career Guide

Digital Career Guide

I have just released a new product in my store: The Digital Career Guide. I’ve been working on this for the last three months. It covers what you need to know to set up a successful writing business on the Internet. I talk about everything from attitudes to how to produce captivating fiction, on through […]

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Will iPad Readers Buy Books?

Will iPad Readers Buy Books?

What follows is a completely *unscientific* survey of two people—one of whom does not even have an iPad. The margin of error for this survey is so huge that if my iPad came with a calculator (as my iPod Touch did), I’m pretty sure the machine would blow its little silicon brains out doing the […]

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Once a Hero now in epub

Once a Hero now in epub

In keeping with the release of Talion: Revenant in epub, I went ahead and put Once a Hero together in epub format, too. Once a Hero was my very first published fantasy novel. It is still one of my best. In fact, were only one of my books to survive some holocaust, to be recovered […]

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