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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 #367A: David Weber
July 20, 2009
David Weber joins Michael and Michael to chat about his latest book, By Heresies Distresssed, the third volume in his Safehold series, following Off Armageddon Reef and By Schism Rent Asunder.
David talks about having to relearn how to craft his books after severely breaking his right wrist, and how learning and training the voice recognition software, and having to talk to create his manuscripts has changed how much he can work and also how he approaches writing his books (especially in terms of scheduling, planning and revising). [Read more...]

Cover to Cover #378A: Douglas Clegg
October 19, 2009
Interview: This week, Douglas Clegg joins us to chat about his latest book, Isis: A Tale of the Supernatural. The novella, beautifully illustrated by Glenn Chadbourne, tells a haunting tale of young Iris Catherine Villiers (who later becomes Isis Claviger) and her grief-stricken journey into the occult after her beloved brother's death. [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...]