tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post6046977672920098648..comments2024-02-20T15:12:28.660-08:00Comments on A Time-Travelling Apocalypse: My Writing Week: Issue 2, Year 5Graham Clementshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06430135062211828206noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post-29139675022051201222012-01-21T01:04:05.408-08:002012-01-21T01:04:05.408-08:00Hi Ethan,
I was looking at the title page of Pat...Hi Ethan, <br /><br />I was looking at the title page of Patty's ebook the other day - trying to find out if she had published it using an imprint name that she had created, and I noticed on her title page that the novella has been published in the Grantville Gazette, so she was not hiding the fact. <br /><br />Graham.Graham Clementshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06430135062211828206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post-44603090684206637702012-01-13T22:13:24.104-08:002012-01-13T22:13:24.104-08:00Best of luck with your novel Graham. I tend not to...Best of luck with your novel Graham. I tend not to edit as I go, but if something's clearly not working, then you know.<br /><br />Don't worry too much about your word count or how quickly you get there.. it doesn't matter as much as getting that first draft down properly.<br /><br />Very scary news re sales, but as you say, im sure people are buying just as many books, if not more, in cheap places like Book Depository and Abe Books.<br />CheersAnthony J. Langfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02027216695415849158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post-90959577881029535082012-01-12T16:35:32.194-08:002012-01-12T16:35:32.194-08:00The Grantville Gazette pays pro rates, 5 cents a w...The Grantville Gazette pays pro rates, 5 cents a word. Patty probably made about $500 off the original sale. Anything she gets beyond that is gravy, since it's available online for free. It's a clever move on her part.<br /><br />EthanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post-52795702205754308492012-01-12T15:35:24.854-08:002012-01-12T15:35:24.854-08:00Tracie,
I had a look at the Dark Continents webs...Tracie, <br /><br />I had a look at the Dark Continents website. I do read a bit of horror - more novels than short stories though. <br /><br />Graham.Graham Clementshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06430135062211828206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post-60209617469080258862012-01-11T17:10:35.294-08:002012-01-11T17:10:35.294-08:00Hi Ethan,
It would seem that it is the same vers...Hi Ethan, <br /><br />It would seem that it is the same version. But as I hate reading more than a few pages of text on a computer screen, I would have been highly unlikely to read it at the Granville Gazette site. Reading on my Kindle is so much easier.<br /><br />I doubt that Patty got paid that much by the Granville Gazette. Like I said in the post, I downloaded Turing Evolved for free, but then sent the author a donation of $8. Authors should be rewarded.<br /><br />Graham.Graham Clementshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06430135062211828206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post-2953824943398336692012-01-11T17:01:20.666-08:002012-01-11T17:01:20.666-08:00Hi Karen,
I bought Marketing for Authors after y...Hi Karen, <br /><br />I bought Marketing for Authors after you mentioned it on your blog. <br /><br />Graham.Graham Clementshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06430135062211828206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post-68766376950180559612012-01-11T17:00:04.155-08:002012-01-11T17:00:04.155-08:00Hi Gregory,
Sure I can buy more at lower prices, ...Hi Gregory,<br /><br />Sure I can buy more at lower prices, but I still only have limited reading time. After filling my bookshelves with a lot of books I may never get around to reading, I have no intention of doing the same with my Kindle.<br /><br />Except for a few lucky authors, most cheap ebooks are the result of writers desperate to compete. When authors find it is a hugely crowded market, with many ebooks free, their probable next step will be to make their ebook free. So why buy a $2 ebook when in a few months it will probably be free?<br /><br />I have been checking Amazon for years and most of the bestselling ebooks on Amazon are free.<br /><br />Not much wealth is going to be spread when just about all ebooks are free.<br /><br /><br />Graham.Graham Clementshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06430135062211828206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post-84611877488075574592012-01-11T16:54:22.927-08:002012-01-11T16:54:22.927-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Graham Clementshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06430135062211828206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post-20411430547749067302012-01-10T21:32:15.315-08:002012-01-10T21:32:15.315-08:00Hi Graham,
Glad to see you bought Marketing for a...Hi Graham,<br /> Glad to see you bought Marketing for authors...I was a co-contributor as well as Simon Haines, John Birmingham, Joanna Penn and MORE.<br />I read your resolution to buy eBooks over $5. Interesting. I'm still working out what I'll price my 'Memoir of Madness' when it comes out in May.<br />Good luck with your Sci-fi book.Karen Tyrrellhttp://www.karentyrrell.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post-83621368260442178622012-01-09T14:59:09.584-08:002012-01-09T14:59:09.584-08:00Hey Grant, do you know if the novelette of Patty&#...Hey Grant, do you know if the novelette of Patty's that you read is the same as the one published by the Grantville Gazette?<br /><br />http://www.grantvillegazette.com/articles/His_Name_in_Lights<br /><br />Just curious. I think she's done a good job of finding a second market for stories she's already published. She also has a number of eBooks out.<br /><br />EthanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post-67720470888165171382012-01-08T23:06:24.495-08:002012-01-08T23:06:24.495-08:00what's the point of your resolution?
You can b...what's the point of your resolution?<br />You can buy more at lower prices; spread the wealth etc.Gregoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09507537950789426671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661117100748148070.post-67948860628026711572012-01-08T22:55:54.569-08:002012-01-08T22:55:54.569-08:00Crap. If I'd known about your resolution, I w...Crap. If I'd known about your resolution, I would have priced all of Dark Continent's e-books at $5.01. ;-)<br />Seriously, though...what a good idea. And I applaud your brave stand. Although I baulk at the other-end-of-the-scale excesses of mainstream publishers pricing their e-books higher than the paperbacks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com