September 1, 2006 at 10:59 pm
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The Neddiad is the tale, the saga, the odyssey of young Neddie Wentworthstein, heir to a shoelace empire, and generally a nice kid. When his family decides to move from Chicago to Los Angeles, little does Neddie know that he is in store for a grand Hollywood adventure, whereupon he will meet the likes of swashbuckling actors, omniscient shamans, hungry ghosts, mysterious turtles, and an elephant or two
Daniel Pinkwater is putting the entire text of his book The Neddiad online before its publication in April 2007.
Book link.
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August 2, 2006 at 9:29 pm
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Before David Wellington’s zombie novel Monster Island was published in April 2006, Wellington serialised the entire book on his website - and it’s still available to read online too. Here’s some of the praise Monster Island received:
“Excellent… It’s got all the stuff a zombie aficionado wants… plus a lot of welcome surprises that add a level of richness to the genre.” - Mark Frauenfelder, BoingBoing.net
“Glorious and grisly… Click over and feast with the undead, you won’t be left unsatiated.” - Rue Morgue
“…what sets this gleefully apocalyptic first novel apart from the pack is the witty intelligence with which Wellington reinvigorates zombie clichés and the cast of richly developed characters he puts through their paces.” - Scifi.com
Clearly Wellington’s experiment with serialising his novel online before publication worked out well, as he is doing it again with his new novel Frostbite.
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July 25, 2006 at 8:26 pm
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The Vikings are invading 9th Century England in this historical fiction saga
Hard to resist a book blurb that manages to not take itself too seriously: “Saxon against Viking. Christian against heathen. Young
women with courage. The clash of sword and spear in war-torn 9th century England. Danger. Passion. Survival. Warfare. Sheep.”
This is not one but three books that author Octavia Randolph is giving away for free - they’re available to read online and the first book is also available as a PDF document.
You can find all three at Octavia.net
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July 22, 2006 at 11:00 am
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An award-winning collection of eleven extraordinary stories that are quirky, spooky, and smart
This first collection by award-winning author Kelly Link, takes fairy tales and cautionary tales, dictators and extraterrestrials, amnesiacs and honeymooners, revenants and readers alike, on a voyage into new, strange, and wonderful territory. The girl detective must go to the underworld to solve the case of the tap-dancing bank robbers. A librarian falls in love with a girl whose father collects artificial noses. A dead man posts letters home to his estranged wife. Two women named Louise begin a series of consecutive love affairs with a string of cellists. A newly married couple become participants in an apocalyptic beauty pageant. Sexy blond aliens invade New York City. A young girl learns how to make herself disappear.
These eleven extraordinary stories are quirky, spooky, and smart. They all have happy endings. Every story contains a secret prize. Each story was written especially for you.
Stories from Stranger Things Happen have won the Nebula, Tiptree, and World Fantasy Award. Stranger Things Happen was a Salon Book of the Year, one of the Village Voice’s 25 Favorite Books of 2001, and was nominated for the Firecracker Alternative Book Award.
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July 18, 2006 at 11:02 am
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Savvy writer gives entire first novel away for free using MySpace to find interested readers. Nice.
This is the press release for Thomas Dowler’s debut novel, which does a good job of explaining why MySpace is a godsend for writers, just as it was for bands. Anyone can stick a book on their website - the trick is finding interested people to actually download it.
Mr Nice Guy is available as a free e-Book and audiobook podcast from www.mrniceguy-novel.com, and has been downloaded more than 2000 times in the thirteen weeks since its launch. Dowler credits social networking site MySpace for much of this success.
MySpace is famous for launching the career of bands like the Arctic Monkeys, but Dowler believes he is the first novelist to use the site to gain exposure for his work.
Thomas Dowler comments: “MySpace gave me instant access to millions of people, and I could search through them by age, gender and location, making it very easy to zoom right in on my target demographic. And because the novel is aimed at young, internet-savvy professionals – in other words the sort of people who use MySpace – a high proportion of the people I contacted were very interested by the concept.”
Mr Nice Guy, a romantic comedy in the British tradition, was submitted to literary agents throughout 2005, many of whom responded extremely positively, but felt unable to represent the book because of poor market conditions. One agent described it as “genuinely funny”, before adding that “no-one’s buying first novels at the moment”.
Dowler was so impressed by the response to the website (www.mrniceguy-novel.com) and his MySpace page (www.myspace.com/mrniceguy_novel), that he plans to publish his second novel, Jealous Guy, online in 2007.
Mr Nice Guy is the story of Dan Fisher, aspiring stand-up comedian and all-round good guy, who gets dumped by his girlfriend Claudia for being “too nice”.
Dan is forced to reassess his life, and his long-held belief that being “nice” was generally considered a good thing. His eccentric flatmate Giles and flamboyant boss Darren help Dan understand that what women really want is someone a bit dangerous. Someone James Dean-esque.
But when Dan meets Rachel, and her arrogant, possessive boyfriend Warren, Dan starts to realise that maybe he was right all along, and there’s nothing wrong with being a nice guy.
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June 25, 2006 at 10:38 pm
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“An extraordinary blend of swingeing satire and touching love story” - and available as a free PDF to download
â??An extraordinary blend of swingeing satire and touching love story.â?? Anne Weale, bestselling author of Time and Chance.
Harry is a divorced man who has not been able to see his daughter Lisa since she was five years old. But Harry still loves Lisa more than anyone else in the world; and he worries about her future because she was born without a left foot. When Harry is offered the chance to win a million pounds for Lisa, by taking part in a reality TV show, he immediately accepts. All he has to do is find a woman who is willing to risk her life for him â?? and he has just three months to do it.
Michael Allen’s novel is available in complete form to download as a free PDF - download link
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