In which the excitement falters for a moment
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rolanniThings have been happening. I shall sum up.
Celebrations first! I am slightly behind in congratulating my colleague Tim Akers on the tenth anniversary of his first professional sale. In celebration, he's giving away stories! And critiques! And -- but go on over and congratulate him yourself.
In the way of celebrations -- I am pleased to announce that Surfside and Moon's Honor are now available at Smashwords. Technical Details ought to be available by the end of next week.
Regarding the above, please note!
The only flavor of file available from Smashwords, for Surfside, Moon's Honor, and (coming soon) Technical Details is EPUB. This is because converting into All! The! Formats! requires a specially-tuned .doc file that I am incapable of producing. (As a further note, I am also incapable of producing the EPUB files; those conversions have happened through the goodwill and expertise of Roseanne Girton, who, in addition to being proficient in these matters, is a saint.)
I do apologize to those folks who want to read their books in their special format, but that's just not possible with these books, from where I'm sitting. All of our eChapbooks are DRM-free and can be read on a variety of ereading apps (and your Nook). Thank you for understanding.
Today's mail brought several pleasant surprises, including a new bag that is Significantly Smaller than the red backpack, and which will hopefully curb my tendency to carry All The Things, All The Time.
Also in today's mail was the last check from Audible Author Services. This was a nice little program where authors were paid one thin dollar for everyone of their audiobooks purchased from Audible, via quarterly checks. We've sold something over 7,000 audiobooks in the last year, which is nice to know for reasons other than those having to do with dollar bills, though of course dollar bills are very nice of themselves.
I'm going to miss this program.
On the outgoing side of the page, signed bookplates are speeding on the Wings of Eddie to Forbidden Planet in London. Which reminds me to say that we received bookplates to sign, yesterday.
That gets us more or less caught up, I think. I did spend a good chunk of the week changing out my head, which isn't really as much fun as you'd think. The time involved made me even happier that I didn't say, "Oh, sure, we'll just write a Liaden novel in-between the two Carousel books" -- because omighod, whiplash.
On the other hand, if I hadn't written two Carousel books back-to-back (and then two short stories based in the same universe), my head might not have gotten Quite. So. Stuck. I don't know how my colleagues who have several series going simultaneously do it, frankly.
All of which reminds me to say that...
I started writing a novel.
So! How was your week?
"Is there some trouble?" Luken asked her, and almost she sighed again. Such a sweet man, he couldn't be any more attentive to her if she was paying him. The fact that she wasn't paying him had the power to surprise her, as did the notion she held of him, as a friend.
But, there, she'd left the man without his answer, and she'd already seen what he was capable of, when he decided that something needed fixing.
So, she smiled at him, and shook her head.
"No trouble. More like I haven't had enough breakfast to weigh me down to ground, yet." She broke a roll onto her plate, and reached for the jam pot.
"What were you dreaming, then?" he asked, spoon arrested over his cereal bowl, his eyes on her face.
#SFWAPro
Celebrations first! I am slightly behind in congratulating my colleague Tim Akers on the tenth anniversary of his first professional sale. In celebration, he's giving away stories! And critiques! And -- but go on over and congratulate him yourself.
* * *
In the way of celebrations -- I am pleased to announce that Surfside and Moon's Honor are now available at Smashwords. Technical Details ought to be available by the end of next week.
Regarding the above, please note!
The only flavor of file available from Smashwords, for Surfside, Moon's Honor, and (coming soon) Technical Details is EPUB. This is because converting into All! The! Formats! requires a specially-tuned .doc file that I am incapable of producing. (As a further note, I am also incapable of producing the EPUB files; those conversions have happened through the goodwill and expertise of Roseanne Girton, who, in addition to being proficient in these matters, is a saint.)
I do apologize to those folks who want to read their books in their special format, but that's just not possible with these books, from where I'm sitting. All of our eChapbooks are DRM-free and can be read on a variety of ereading apps (and your Nook). Thank you for understanding.
* * *
Today's mail brought several pleasant surprises, including a new bag that is Significantly Smaller than the red backpack, and which will hopefully curb my tendency to carry All The Things, All The Time.
Also in today's mail was the last check from Audible Author Services. This was a nice little program where authors were paid one thin dollar for everyone of their audiobooks purchased from Audible, via quarterly checks. We've sold something over 7,000 audiobooks in the last year, which is nice to know for reasons other than those having to do with dollar bills, though of course dollar bills are very nice of themselves.
I'm going to miss this program.
* * *
On the outgoing side of the page, signed bookplates are speeding on the Wings of Eddie to Forbidden Planet in London. Which reminds me to say that we received bookplates to sign, yesterday.
* * *
That gets us more or less caught up, I think. I did spend a good chunk of the week changing out my head, which isn't really as much fun as you'd think. The time involved made me even happier that I didn't say, "Oh, sure, we'll just write a Liaden novel in-between the two Carousel books" -- because omighod, whiplash.
On the other hand, if I hadn't written two Carousel books back-to-back (and then two short stories based in the same universe), my head might not have gotten Quite. So. Stuck. I don't know how my colleagues who have several series going simultaneously do it, frankly.
All of which reminds me to say that...
I started writing a novel.
So! How was your week?
* * *
Progress on One of Five
2,398/100,000 OR 2.4% complete
2,398/100,000 OR 2.4% complete
"Is there some trouble?" Luken asked her, and almost she sighed again. Such a sweet man, he couldn't be any more attentive to her if she was paying him. The fact that she wasn't paying him had the power to surprise her, as did the notion she held of him, as a friend.
But, there, she'd left the man without his answer, and she'd already seen what he was capable of, when he decided that something needed fixing.
So, she smiled at him, and shook her head.
"No trouble. More like I haven't had enough breakfast to weigh me down to ground, yet." She broke a roll onto her plate, and reached for the jam pot.
"What were you dreaming, then?" he asked, spoon arrested over his cereal bowl, his eyes on her face.
#SFWAPro
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Date: 2013-09-20 11:02 pm (UTC)A comment: Thank you for the snippet. They are always welcome.
A wish: Have a lovely weekend!
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Date: 2013-09-20 11:10 pm (UTC)A bookplate is a gummy label -- personal bookplates often say things like, FROM THE LIBRARY OF... and then there's a space for the owner of the book to sign their name.
These particular bookplates have the Baen logo at the top, are signed by Lee-and-Miller and are destined for Forbidden Planet Bookstore in London. They do a great job of selling our books, but would like to offer signed copies. Since we're not likely to get to London soon, and since the cost of shipping books to us, and then shipping them to London would be crazy, bookplates it is! And bookplates are better, really, because they can be put in any of our books that are in stock.
A wish: Have a lovely weekend!
You, too!
ebook format
Date: 2013-09-20 11:15 pm (UTC)It is able to convert any of THESE formats:
CBZ, CBR, CBC, CHM, DJVU, DOCX, EPUB, FB2, HTML, HTMLZ, LIT, LRF, MOBI, ODT, PDF, PRC, PDB, PML, RB, RTF, SNB, TCR, TXT, TXTZ
Into any of THESE formats: AZW3, EPUB, FB2, OEB, LIT, LRF, MOBI, HTMLZ, PDB, PML, RB, PDF, RTF, SNB, TCR, TXT, TXTZ
audible
Date: 2013-09-20 11:25 pm (UTC)Re: audible
Date: 2013-09-20 11:41 pm (UTC)They should; and they may.
However, the buck-a-book was a special program.
The case is this: The audio rights were exercised by Baen -- that means we got part of the upfront money, but have no idea what the royalty arrangement is, because we didn't sign the contract, Baen did. Off its own bat, Audible started the Author Payment Program of $1/audiobook sold to authors who signed up for the program, and for a limited time. The time limit has been passed; the program has ceased. This was, I stress, Just A Thing that Audible decided to do, if I recall their initial PR for the program correctly, "because it was the right thing to do." They were under no obligation to do this, and it was not a royalty payment. I think the remittance advice says the payment represents "an honorarium."
I think this is where we say, "It's complicated."
Re: audible
Date: 2013-09-21 01:55 am (UTC)Good health and good fortune and ( it goes without saying) good writing.
snippet
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Date: 2013-09-21 06:46 am (UTC)Did you get the red one?
Date: 2013-09-21 06:57 am (UTC)Oh, so welcome that you're being so prolific at this time. We'll be here to cheer you on, no worries. Barb
Re: Did you get the red one?
Date: 2013-09-21 10:12 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2013-09-21 05:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-22 10:00 am (UTC)And it seems that even as Audible Author Services are finished, the audiobooks themselves continue. As far as I can see, they are still available at Audible - and you'll be getting the royalties, won't you?
All the good news.
Liaden Novel
Date: 2013-09-23 01:09 am (UTC)Yes, it seems we all love Luken.
Forbidden planet
Date: 2013-09-23 09:02 am (UTC)What distribution method brings you the most revenue
Date: 2013-09-23 03:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-30 02:34 am (UTC)