Archive for the ‘Open Fiction’ Category
Saturday, July 12th, 2008
This seems to be the week where many publishers' experiments with giving works away are coming to fruition. I already shared Bloggasm's interview with authors participating in Tor's free ebook promotion. Now Neil Gaiman shares the results of the edition of American Gods that was posted online to ...
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
Matt released his novel a few years back simultaneously as a podcast, a set of DRM-free electronic editions, and a print-on-demand edition. He has even utilized the Creative Commons Developing Nations license to allow commercial uses in countries that can most benefit from freer access to knowledge.
Brave Men Run ...
Posted in Art, Consume, Favorites, Open Fiction | 1 Comment »
Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Bloggasm has a nice piece summing up the results of Tor's free ebook giveaway so far. I like that the poster spoke with participating authors directly. The worst case saw the giveaway have no effect one way or another on the author's sales. One of the authors ...
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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
Hello faithful readers!
We here at the Open Media Review want to let you know that we are discussing many things behind the scenes (and some of us are even going to get together IN PERSON soon to talk), and we're focusing on the purpose behind this site, where we want ...
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Sunday, May 4th, 2008
Cory Doctorow has launched his latest novel, Little Brother, this past weekend. This is Doctorow's first young adult offering and one I had the good fortune to read in manuscript form. It is yet another example of how sophisticated the young adult market is today. I cannot ...
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Friday, March 28th, 2008
It's been gratifying to me to see my fellow podcasting authors hit it big, their free works hitting the shelves in the world of publishing. They've done a lot of work in podcasting - not to mention they took a real chance in putting their work out for free - ...
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
Several years ago a US television network tried to promote rerun season as, "If you haven't seen it, it's new to you!" Back then I scoffed, but now I abashedly claim the same thing.
I've been absent, and I apologize (and am very grateful to my other bloggers for keeping this ...
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Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
I first read ElfQuest in college and immediately fell in love with the series, voraciously devouring back issues and following the current issues for a number of years. The art was distinctive and the writing mature and sophisticated. I even had the distinct pleasure of meeting one of ...
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
I am a huge fan of R. Stevens and Diesel Sweeties. Before you click that link, just fair warning that this web comic is not to everyone's taste. Some of it is a bit iffy in terms of being NSFW. If you don't mind slightly risque, strongly ...
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Friday, March 7th, 2008
The Creative Commons blog reported in July that Strange Horizons (recently featured in OMR) is giving its authors the ability to publish via CC. This is a decision the individual authors of articles and stories are making, not the magazine as a whole, so please check the license of any ...
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