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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...]

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.

Cover to Cover #197: Joe Haldeman / Kit Reed

December 19, 2005

This week we talk to Joe Haldeman his book Old Twentieth. A book that tells us that living forever is a bit boring. Immortals casting themselves off into space for a 1000 year journey. Fun stuff.

Next up, We talk to Kit Reed about Dogs of Truth. A good collection of stories that you may enjoy. [Read more...]

Cover to Cover #385A: Michael Zapp

December 7, 2009

Interview: Michael Mennenga and Michael Stackpole chat with Michael Zapp about the development and evolution of his iPhone/iPod Touch book reading app "Legends". They also speculate on the impact the rumored Apple Tablet might have as an ebook reader and possibly as the next fundamental shift in computing devices. [Read more...]

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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...]

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...]

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