Okay, okay I’m sure I’m not the first person to use this headline, but I couldn’t resist the bad pun. In case you haven’t heard, Amazon is releasing new versions of the Kindle and their pricing strategy (itself not new) is expanding to their new offerings. The low end Kindle won’t have a Keyboard (though
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Worldcon, Part II By Philip (Norval Joe) Carroll So I’m safely home from World Con. Back at the day-job-ball-and-chain, and missing the carefree immersion into a society I feel totally at home with. (Well, not so at home that I would dress up with a bowler hat, goggles, and a bullet proof corset.) But the
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We are looking for art for a number of applications here at Flying Island Press. Banner/Badge Art – While our current banner is pretty, we don’t feel that it screams Flying Island Press. We also don’t have a badge suitable for trading with other sites. We aim to rectify that. Specifications – Send us art
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Things at Flying Island Press are hopping and in order to take some work off of the backs of our slush readers/editors and to put out a better product we’re putting out the call for a copyeditor/proofreader. Pay/Fringe Benefits: I want to put this right up front. This is not a paying gig. None of
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Just wanted to let you folks know about a little writing contest being put on by Quantum Muse. They want your funny stories! Here are the details. Make sure to go over there and have a look.
We missed last week, but we’ll make up for that this week! Here are the links we’ve found most awesome over the past fourteen days. Will Kindle’s Public Notes feature affect the way we read e-books? Podcast Teardown with Brand Gamblin You should really listen to all of them. John does an excellent job interviewing
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These are our favorite links from the previous week in one place so that you, our lovely and talented audience, could peruse them at your leisure. Check these out and remember if you leave a comment to tell them that we sent you! We are big fans of our fellow self-publishing authors so we shared
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Given the nature of Twitter streams in general, we decided that it might be a good idea to put our favorite links from the previous week in one place so that you, our lovely and talented audience, could peruse them at your leisure. Check these out and remember if you leave a comment to tell
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We have a new promo for all of our endeavors. It’s short, clever (in our opinions) and uses the voice of the inimitable Dr. John Cmar. Please spread it far and wide!! Flying Island Press Promo
Way of Kings is a fantasy that includes great characters, giant crabs, and power armor. What’s not to like?
