Category Archives: eBooks

Let’s Get Visible, by David Gaughran

A couple of years ago I read David Gaughran’s book LET’S GET DIGITAL, which deal with the nuts and bolts of electronic self-publishing. The book had many useful tips and tidbits of information, and I don’t think it’s a coincidence … Continue reading

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Nook HD, a review

I never had any interest in the Nook line of tablets. While I am very interested in selling ebooks to Nook users, I didn’t want a Nook tablet, since the app selection was too heavily curated, which meant the device’s … Continue reading

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The Last Witchking, by Vox Day

Last year, I read A THRONE OF BONES by Vox Day, and thought it was one of the more interesting new epic fantasy novels I’ve read. The author was kind enough to send me an advance copy of THE LAST … Continue reading

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PSA: Companies to avoid

I know a lot of you are writers. If you are, David Gaughran has a good post of various vanity publishing companies to avoid. A lot of big name traditional publishers are getting into the vanity publishing business these days, … Continue reading

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Soul of Sorcery – 3,000 copies

SOUL OF SORCERY passed a milestone in March when the book sold its 3,000th copy. To celebrate, let’s have some new cover art: I had always wanted to do a fantasy novel based on, or at least inspired by, the … Continue reading

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vintage science fiction

It’s fun to read older science fiction and see its take on what the future would be like. The novel I’m reading now, for instance, was published in 1985. In the book, humanity developed faster-than-light travel in 2013, and the … Continue reading

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Terms of Enlistment, by Marko Kloos

A while back, I linked to the self-publishing story of one Marko Kloos, who after an agent rejected self-published his military SF novel TERMS OF ENLISTMENT and had it take off in a big way. That doesn’t happen all that … Continue reading

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It’s Ubuntu Day!

Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail comes out today! Since I’ve written two books about Ubuntu, needless to say I’ll be taking a good look at the new version. At some point this summer I’d like to update both books to new … Continue reading

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SOUL OF SWORDS update and solid writing advice

Today was both Earth Day and Vladimir Lenin’s birthday, and I celebrated both these august occasions in my preferred fashion, by eating meat and engaging in private enterprise for profit. Also, I worked on SOUL OF SWORDS. This post at … Continue reading

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two years of self-publishing

On April 15, 2011, I uploaded DEMONSOULED to the various ebook sites, marking my first foray into self-publishing. It’s now been two years, and in that time, I have sold well over 78,000 copies of 38 different ebooks, which has … Continue reading

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