Ebooks

RealmShift special on Kindle

August 12, 2010
By alan

If you’re a Kindle owner and haven’t read RealmShift yet, my publisher (Gryphonwood Press) is running a special offer at the moment where the book is available for just US0.99c from the Amazon Kindle Store. Its usual Kindle price is US$2.99 so it’s a pretty good offer. I think the special is only going...
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Ebook formats and the unnecessary fuss

May 28, 2010
By alan
Ebook formats and the unnecessary fuss

There’s an awful lot of confusion and kerfuffle going on at the moment around ebooks. It’s not new, as the kerfuffle has been kerfuffling for a while now. And I’m sure it will continue. The primary concern seems to be people panicking about getting their books (be they author, indie author, publisher or whatever)...
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Dark Pages ebook now available

May 26, 2010
By alan

For those of you in the e-revolution, you can now read the Dark Pages anthology on your Kindle, iPhone or any other e-reader you choose. Dark Pages is now available on Kindle from Amazon and in any other ebook format from Smashwords. You can find the Amazon Kindle edition here. You can find multiple...
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Ghost Of The Black novella now on Kindle

May 10, 2010
By alan

A Kindle edition of my novella Ghost Of The Black: A ‘Verse Full Of Scum is now available at Amazon. It’s US$0.99, but they add a couple of bucks for international Kindle users. It’ll show here as costing $2.99. Good old Amazon. So, if you’re keen to get the ebook version, it really is...
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My books now available from Gryphonwood Press

April 29, 2010
By alan

I’m very happy to announce that the Gryphonwood Press editions of my books are now available. The newly edited RealmShift and MageSign can be bought direct from Gryphonwood or, more easily, get them through Amazon. At Amazon you can find RealmShift here and MageSign here, both just $9.99 each. There are also Kindle editions...
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NSW Society Of Editors talk with Bill Congreve

April 28, 2010
By alan

I’m very honoured to have been invited by the NSW Society Of Editors to talk at their monthly meeting next week. I’ll be sharing the honour with Bill Congreve, writer and owner of MirrorDanse Books, and we’ll be talking all about speculative fiction in general, with an emphasis on the nature of the spec...
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Print version of A ‘Verse Full Of Scum

March 25, 2010
By alan

I’m planning to make a print version of my novella Ghost Of The Black: A ‘Verse Full Of Scum available through Blade Red Press. The novella is free online here at The Word and it’s currently free as an ebook over at Smashwords. I’m going to add a price to that ebook at Smashwords,...
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Miscellaneous Voices: Australian Blog Writing #1

March 21, 2010
By alan
Miscellaneous Voices: Australian Blog Writing #1

I got a nice little gift in the mail this morning. My contributor’s copy of Miscellaneous Voices: Australian Blog Writing #1. There’s my name on the cover, fourth one down. Of course, that’s alphabetical, not in order of importance or anything like that. I do love to see my name on the cover of...
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Australian Spec Fic blog carnival, March 2010

March 14, 2010
By alan

It’s my turn to host the Australian Spec Fic blog carnival for this month, so following is a round up of all kinds of interesting spec fic related interwebby goodness. If I’ve missed anything, add a link in the comments or email me and I’ll update the post. First off, Eneit Press interviews Gillian...
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Read An Ebook Week 2010

March 6, 2010
By alan
Read An Ebook Week 2010

From March 7th to 13th it’s Read An Ebook Week. The movement has a website here. Ebooks are becoming more mainstream by the month and the launch of the iPad has certainly helped that along. Even though the iPad is far from what it claims to be and little more than an iPhone that...
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