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Cover to Cover #470: Amazon vs Hachette, or Authors Are Doing It For Themselves
June 30, 2014 Leave a Comment
Mike and Mike talk more about the fight between Amazon and Hachette, continuing from Show 468 and including comments from your feedback via Facebook.
They talk more about how different authors are taking sides, how the monies are being distributed differently now than before, the different options available to authors (with publishers and going self-published) and things authors should be doing to sell their books and sell themselves. [Read more...]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 25:15 — 17.9MB)
Dragon Page Notes
As of December 2014, The Dragon Page is closed. No more episodes of "Cover to Cover", no more book reviews.
For those seeking more podcast options featuring only topics on reading and writing SF genre literature, we highly recommend Mur Lafferty's I Should Be Writing, Mur Lafferty and Matt Wallace's Ditch Diggers and Writing Excuses featuring Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal and Howard Tayler.
There will also continue to be related non-fiction book reviews and coverage at Slice of SciFi.
Thank you all for your opinions, conversations, contributions and support over the years.
More “Cover to Cover” Episodes
Cover to Cover #460: Information Management and Story Questions
January 16, 2012
Mike S brings up some salient points about the legal tussle going on between HarperCollins and Open Road Media over the definition of "ebook" because of a new electronic version of Julie of the Wolves.
Rewrite Status update: Mike M has cracked open his old manuscript, and reread it to better evaluate where it currently stands so he can determine which direction he wants to go with it.
Mike S talks about asking more questions about your story in order to discover more about your world, your characters, and how those questions may lead you to tell a better story than the one you originally had in mind. [Read more...]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 33:22 — 30.9MB)
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Cover to Cover #362B: Text to Speech Options
June 11, 2009
Web Genii tells us about her experience with text-to-speech software, and thinks publishers might be inadvertently shortchanging readers, which leads to a discussion about options for books for the visually impaired. [Read more...]
Cover to Cover Suggested Reads
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Reading Diary #16: WebGenii's Reads
February 11, 2013 By WebGenii Leave a Comment
This is WebGenii, with an installment from my Reading Diary. So, what have I been reading lately? [Read more...]
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Reading Diary #15: WebGenii's Reads
February 3, 2013 By WebGenii Leave a Comment
This is WebGenii, with an installment from my Reading Diary. So, what have I been reading lately? [Read more...]
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Reading Diary #14: WebGenii's Reads
December 23, 2012 By WebGenii Leave a Comment
This is WebGenii, with an installment from my Reading Diary. So what have I been reading lately? [Read more...]
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Reading Diary #13: WebGenii's Reads
December 10, 2012 By WebGenii Leave a Comment
This is WebGenii, with an installment from my "Reading Diary". It's been a busy fall, but I have been reading! [Read more...]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:21 — 5.1MB)
Dragon Page Reviews
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Review: "Star Trek FAQ" by Mark Clark
November 24, 2012 By Laith Preston Leave a Comment
As a solid Trek fan I am always on the lookout for good books on the franchise, and Star Trek FAQ comes through in spades. [Read more...]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:47 — 3.1MB)
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Review: "Ready Player One" by Ernest Cline
June 8, 2012 By WebGenii
It's a little intimidating to review a book that has been so widely (and positively) reviewed. For authors, I think it would be useful to study this campaign and see what has made it so successful. [Read more...]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:58 — 3.8MB)
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Review: "Discount Armageddon" by Seanan McGuire
April 20, 2012 By Laith Preston
The world is a fairly orderly place, talking mice, gorgons, Chupacabra... these are things of fairy tales, mythology and supermarket tabloids. Not so in Seanan McGuire's new novel Discount Armageddon, the first book in her new InCryptid series. [Read more...]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:14 — 3.1MB)