Conversations with the creators of the best in science fiction and fantasy. If you love SF literature, are an author or aspire to become one, you'll enjoy this podcast.
Middle-school teachers talking about ideas and challenges in real-world classroom environments. Discussions on education, ideas for both parents and teachers, interviews with top young adult literature authors.
Show Notes: People want E-Books, and want them Now
Discussion: Jason from West Oz lends his thoughts on why e-books haven’t yet been “profitable”, and steps that might be taken to remedy that situation. Michael, Michael and Brian discuss. A lot.
Listener Review: Web Genii gives us a review of Kage Baker’s Gods and Pawns, a collection of short stories from “The Company” series.
Voicemail: Arkle submits a few more authors for consideration for the foothills of Mount Olympus: Douglas Adams and Peter David. Scott from Tucson submits that the steering wheel mounted laptop desk beats out the steering wheel mounted book holder… Scott wins. Tim asks what’s going on with Borders closing it’s store doors. Anna takes issue with Stackpole’s generalizations of academics and literary studies. Tim comments on Arthur C. Clarke. Trampas offers his thank to Dragon Page listeners for all of the suggestions for western-flavored Fantasy and for Westerns.
Submitting Listener comments: If you have any suggestions or comments, please let us know! “Cover to Cover” has it’s own call-in line, 206-350-READ! That’s 206-350-7323, or just email Michael with a comment you’ve recorded yourself!
Second Life Info: FarPoint Media’s castle can be found at these coordinates: http://slurl.com/secondlife/beraudes/203/151/49.
FarPoint Forums: Head on over to the FarPoint Forums and join in the discussions on Dragon Page topics, and for most of your favorite FPM shows!
Promo: The Dragonlance Canticle
Promo: Variant Frequencies
I apologize for the poor quality of my voicemail. That’s what I get for calling you guys while outside during a windy day.
Can not get or access Cover to Cover #305A. itunes will not download it. I can not download directly from your site, and I can not play it directly from your site. There seems to be an error with the file, any chance of a quick fix? Very interested in hearing this show. Thanks-Mark
On DRM and e-books: there is DRM for pdf documents. I bought Singularity Sky from Amazon, then had to download Adobe Digital Editions, which not only requires registration, but is also locked to my computer, and won’t allow me to save, copy, print or transfer the file to my Palm. So I’ll agree with M. Mennenga, DRM is still a major issue, and for me a major turn-off regarding e-books.
Why do I always have trouble getting episodes?
I guess I need to stick with Firefox instead of using IE or Safari.
It’s a bandwidth issue at our ISP. Hang in there just a little while longer.