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An article in today’s New York Times talks about a potential backlash among ebook buyers in reaction to plans to increase pricing for books to the $12.99 to $14.99 price range. Readers are quoted as saying that they’ll just spend their entertainment dollars elsewhere if prices rise too high. Fair enough. What disturbed me the […]

The most recent interview on Dragonpage Cover to Cover was with Samuel R. Delany. Michael Mennenga and I have a fantastic time talking to Chip. The conversation ranged from science fiction to pornography and literary criticism. It was one of the best interviews that I’ve been a party to in the three years I’ve been […]

Just over a week ago I did a reading of the first three chapters of At The Queen’s Command, my new fantasy novel, in Second Life. I’ve been asked to do another reading for those who couldn’t make it. I agreed, and will do the reading tonight, 11 February, at 9 Eastern/6 Pacific time. The […]

Timeshares is a brand new anthology edited by Jean Rabe and Martin H. Greenberg. It’s organized around a frame story by Kevin J. Anderson. The theme is simple: Timeshares is a company that allows customers to vacation anywhere in time! It goes on sale in March, so you should find it in stores by the […]

It has been suggested that the battle between publishers and Amazon over ebook pricing actually had two motives. The first was to prevent Amazon from establishing a “monopoly” over ebook sales. The second was to create a “sustainable price model.” I’ve suggested a third motive: greed. Monopoly: Amazon never had a monopoly, wasn’t going to […]

My first novel for GDW’s Dark Conspiracy line, A Gathering Evil, is available for the Kindle at the low price of $1 for a limited time. It’s a fun novel for only a buck. Check it out!

An excellent post by April Hamilton over at Publetariat.com got me looking at the actual numbers on the money paid to authors under the old system for the Kindle, and the new Agency Model. Under the old model, ebook royalties were still connected to the cover price of a physical book. Under the agency model, […]