It’s a hot topic among authors, many of them scrambling to put up as many of their titles as possible as ebooks. Many established authors can see the tide changing and feel the urgency, and they are climbing the learning curve as fast as possible. For my generation of writers, those who started publishing books before the mid-1990s, we’re in the perfect eBook “sweet spot.” We have a lot of backlist titles, and we control the electronic rights for most or all of them. If you are a new author who sells your books to a traditional publisher, then this...
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In 1898, H.G. Wells wrote his account of the Martian invasion, as seen through the eyes of a London newspaper reporter. But if this was truly a war of the worlds, the Martian cylinders and tripods landed all across the Earth.  What other accounts would have been written by the literary figures of the day?  What did Jules Verne write about the Martians in Paris? What was Jack London's account about the Martians in the Yukon, or Mark Twain's experiences with the Martians on the Mississippi?  Albert Einstein, Teddy Roosevelt, Rudyard Kipling,Henry James, H. Rider Haggard, Leo Tolstoy, H.P. Lovecraft....
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Writing a novel is just the first step.  Brian Herbert and I spent the past year brainstorming, outlining, and writing MENTATS OF DUNE, the second novel in the "Schools of Dune" trilogy (following SISTERHOOD OF DUNE). We have finished the penultimate draft of the 173,000 word manuscript, it's been accepted by the US and UK publishers, and I have one final round of minor editing changes to incorporate before it goes into full copy-editing and production.  The novel is scheduled for release in March 2014. Along the way, we worked closely with Stephen Youll, our cover artist, to develop the...
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Last month, Kensington Books ran a special for readers in US and Canada, DEATH WARMED OVER, the first Dan Shamble, Zombie PI novel, for a bargain-basement price of $2.99.  Now, WordFire Press has done it one better for the rest of the world. By special arrangement with Kobo, we're offering a coupon code for DEATH WARMED OVER—readers outside the US and Canada can download the ePub version of the complete novel *for free* through Halloween.  Go to www.kobo.com and enter the code "shambleon"—you'll get the entire novel free.  Be sure to click on the link with the cover art below...
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