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Cover to Cover #470: Amazon vs Hachette, or Authors Are Doing It For Themselves
June 30, 2014 1 Comment
Mike and Mike talk more about the fight between Amazon and Hachette, continuing from Show 468 and including comments from your feedback via Facebook.
They talk more about how different authors are taking sides, how the monies are being distributed differently now than before, the different options available to authors (with publishers and going self-published) and things authors should be doing to sell their books and sell themselves. [Read more...]
Dragon Page Notes
As of December 2014, The Dragon Page is closed. No more episodes of “Cover to Cover”, no more book reviews.
For those seeking more podcast options featuring only topics on reading and writing SF genre literature, we highly recommend Mur Lafferty’s I Should Be Writing, Mur Lafferty and Matt Wallace’s Ditch Diggers and Writing Excuses featuring Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal and Howard Tayler.
There will also continue to be related non-fiction genre and science book reviews and coverage at Slice of SciFi.
Thank you all for your opinions, conversations, contributions and support over the years.
More “Cover to Cover” Episodes

Cover to Cover #394A: Daniel Suarez
February 1, 2010
Discussion: Daniel Suarez, author of Daemon and Freedom (TM), joins Mike and Mike for the entire show!
Beyond talk about writing stories that resonate with technology professionals and defense strategists alike, the discussion ranges from social networking, potential uses and abuses of Internet technologies, the ever-evolving (and now impossible to eradicate) sophistication of spam and bots, transhumanism, gene mods and the law, and more. [Read more...]
Cover to Cover #464: Understanding Character Growth
March 5, 2012
Discussing the News: Mike S talks about Amazon's Kindle Select program that allows Kindle owners to borrow ebooks, and the payment method they're using to compensate authors for the loans, but it's an Amazon exclusive program. The discussion swirls about whether the program is financially beneficial to the authors.
Writing Discussion: Mike M got himself an iPhone at last, and he talks about how he's using Notepad to make notes on his story editing throughout the day, as well as using Siri to help him record notes faster.
The talk then turns towards character growth, and the small things that you can add to the story to show how your characters can grow and change over time, taking into account how emotional impact can touch both character and reader. [Read more...]
Cover to Cover Suggested Reads

Reading Diary #16: WebGenii's Reads
February 11, 2013 By WebGenii Leave a Comment
This is WebGenii, with an installment from my Reading Diary. So, what have I been reading lately? [Read more...]

Reading Diary #15: WebGenii's Reads
February 3, 2013 By WebGenii Leave a Comment
This is WebGenii, with an installment from my Reading Diary. So, what have I been reading lately? [Read more...]

Reading Diary #14: WebGenii's Reads
December 23, 2012 By WebGenii Leave a Comment
This is WebGenii, with an installment from my Reading Diary. So what have I been reading lately? [Read more...]

Reading Diary #13: WebGenii's Reads
December 10, 2012 By WebGenii Leave a Comment
This is WebGenii, with an installment from my "Reading Diary". It's been a busy fall, but I have been reading! [Read more...]
Dragon Page Reviews

Review: "Star Trek FAQ" by Mark Clark
November 24, 2012 By Laith Preston and Library Dragon Leave a Comment
As a solid Trek fan I am always on the lookout for good books on the franchise, and Star Trek FAQ comes through in spades. [Read more...]

Review: "Ready Player One" by Ernest Cline
June 8, 2012 By WebGenii
It's a little intimidating to review a book that has been so widely (and positively) reviewed. For authors, I think it would be useful to study this campaign and see what has made it so successful. [Read more...]

Review: "Discount Armageddon" by Seanan McGuire
April 20, 2012 By Laith Preston and Library Dragon
The world is a fairly orderly place, talking mice, gorgons, Chupacabra... these are things of fairy tales, mythology and supermarket tabloids. Not so in Seanan McGuire's new novel Discount Armageddon, the first book in her new InCryptid series. [Read more...]