Sunday Potpourri

[rolanni]

Have I mentioned here that Steve and I will be participating in the Bangor Book Festival, Friday and Saturday, October 18 and 19 and 20 (that's this coming weekend!)?

We'll be at the Author Reception and Keynote on Friday evening, 6:30, at the Hammond Street Senior Center in Bangor.  Richard Russo will deliver the keynote; you'll remember that he won the Pulitzer in Fiction a couple years back, for his novel Empire Falls.

On Saturday at 12:30, Steve and I will take part in the Mad Group Signing in the gorgeous Bangor Public Library Rotunda (honest, the BPL is a beautiful building; if you haven't visited, you should.  Plus -- books!)

Then!  at 1:30, we'll remove to the Rock and Art Shop at 36 Central Street to talk about the Liaden Universe® with all comers.

In addition to us, there'll be lots more going on, with about a zillion authors and illustrators taking over downtown Bangor, so plan on taking part.

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There's a very thorough explication of the Agent of Change audiobook Sequence, over here.  If you've been wary of the audiobook editions, or unwilling to commit to a long-running series encompassing. . .fifteen (soon to be sixteen) novels, you may find this review of use.

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One of the things I find that I miss terribly from my sojourn at Temp Headquarters is the walks.  I knew this was going to be so, but I hadn't realized how very much I would be jonesing for my nice mile loop up East Grand, through the green at Little Miss Cottages, up Wavelet Street 'til it dead-ends at Sunspray condos, and back down East Grand to Temp Headquarters.  I miss it so much, that I dreamed about it, though Wavelet Street had inexplicably acquired a bakery in the dream. Might've been getting near breakfast time.

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For those keeping track at home, Carousel Sun stands at 63,000 words, and things are starting to heat up nicely.

Someone took me, mildly, to task the other day for having failed to mention that there is an audiobook edition of Carousel Tides, too.  So, here's your mention, and a link, too.

And now?  You're all caught up.

Comments

[estara.livejournal.com]

Speaking of catching up - did you get the Smashwords gift e-mail? They send me a copy but don't tell me whether the recipient has gotten their e-mail.

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

I did, and the book resposeth on the Aldiko shelf on Cygnus.

Thank you!

[estara.livejournal.com]

Yay!

the authors go to the big book fair

[catherine ives (from livejournal.com)]

have a good time. Also I am very impressed that the authors will be there of course, but also impressed that Richard Russo will be attending. I had never heard of him because I hang out in the Sci Fi and Fantasy aisles but....my daughter, who is very literary sent me Empire Falls. I rarely stray from my aisles but Russo always makes it worthwhile.

Kindle money

[nocal-kathyf.livejournal.com]

Hi, received an email from Amazon today re: settlement with publishers. Thought you might be interested. Won't hear how much until Feb 13, I think it is pennies on each book purchased. Is this money that should go to authors, publishers?? Kathy

Re: Kindle money

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I got a similar letter last night, from BN, for my Nook purchases. I really don't know to whom that money "belongs." Clearly the adjudicator thought it belonged to the customers.

This doesn't actually affect Lee-and-Miller as writers, because our ebooks are sold through Baen, exclusively, and the echapbooks are self-published, so no Big Mean Publishers there, either.

I'm concerned about what this means for bookselling and publisher autonomy, going forward, but I guess we'll just have to see how it plays out...