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kestrellKes: I've been meaning to post the news that Cory's new short story collection, _With a Little Help_, is now out in multiple formats, as always, including as a free etext, as always
http://craphound.com/walh/
After the cut I include a couple of quotes from Cory's new article, "Zen and the Art of Self-Publishing," which answered at least one of publishing's greatest mysteries to me: what the heck is it about limited editions?
For now, here is Cory's description of the book and links to it's various formats:
*With a Little Help,* consists of 12 stories, all
reprints except for "Epoch," which was commissioned by the Ubuntu project's Mark Shuttleworth...
The book is available in many forms:
* 250 super-limited hardcovers: $275.
These are hand-bound at the Wyvern Bindery in Clerkenwell, London, and
printed by Oldacres of Hatton Garden. Each book has original paper
ephemera (see Flickr set) donated by various writer friends to the
project, and comes with a SD card bearing the full text of the book as
well as the full audiobook.
* Audiobook: MP3 CD $10. Ogg CD $5.50.
I tapped many voice actor friends (Neil Gaiman, Mur Lafferty, Wil
Wheaton, Leo Laporte, Emily Hurson, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Hugh AD
Spencer, Mary Robinette Kowal, JC Hutchins, Roy Trumbull, Jonathan
Coulton, Spider Robinson, Jesse Brown, and Russell Galen) to record the
stories in this volume, and their recordings were mastered by John
Taylor Williams, who also masters my podcast.
[Kes: Jonathan Coulton reading to me? Sqwee! Sorry, Alexx!]
Hardcover:
http://craphound.com/walh/paper-books/buy-hardcover
MP3 CD:
http://www.lulu.com/content/compact-disc/with-a-little-help-mp3cd/9814122
Ogg CD:
http://www.lulu.com/content/compact-disc/with-a-little-help-ogg-cd/9814450
Ebook:
http://craphound.com/walh/e-book
Audiobook:
http://craphound.com/walh/audiobook/download-audiobook
Flickr set:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/doctorow/sets/72157623254838694/
"Zen and the Art of Self-Publishing" by Cory Doctorow
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/columns-and-blogs/cory-doctorow/article/45565-zen-and-the-art-of-self-publishing.html
You see, in trying everything—audiobooks, POD, limited editions—I've discovered the thing that captures the public's interest is also the thing that makes
the most money is also the thing that has the least logistics: super-premium limited editions. Over and over again, when I describe With a Little Help
to people, they fixate on the limited editions. I've had dozens of e-mails from people practically begging to buy the $275 editions I'm doing—and I stand
to make $50,000 or more from them.
....When I began With a Little Help, I knew it would be an educational project. And one thing I've learned is that being a freelancer with more than 100% demand
on my time is a good thing—it means I get to choose which things I'll do to earn my living. If the delayed gratification lesson I've learned as a writer
has a twin in importance, it is this: "Do the things that you love."
http://craphound.com/walh/
After the cut I include a couple of quotes from Cory's new article, "Zen and the Art of Self-Publishing," which answered at least one of publishing's greatest mysteries to me: what the heck is it about limited editions?
For now, here is Cory's description of the book and links to it's various formats:
*With a Little Help,* consists of 12 stories, all
reprints except for "Epoch," which was commissioned by the Ubuntu project's Mark Shuttleworth...
The book is available in many forms:
* 250 super-limited hardcovers: $275.
These are hand-bound at the Wyvern Bindery in Clerkenwell, London, and
printed by Oldacres of Hatton Garden. Each book has original paper
ephemera (see Flickr set) donated by various writer friends to the
project, and comes with a SD card bearing the full text of the book as
well as the full audiobook.
* Audiobook: MP3 CD $10. Ogg CD $5.50.
I tapped many voice actor friends (Neil Gaiman, Mur Lafferty, Wil
Wheaton, Leo Laporte, Emily Hurson, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Hugh AD
Spencer, Mary Robinette Kowal, JC Hutchins, Roy Trumbull, Jonathan
Coulton, Spider Robinson, Jesse Brown, and Russell Galen) to record the
stories in this volume, and their recordings were mastered by John
Taylor Williams, who also masters my podcast.
[Kes: Jonathan Coulton reading to me? Sqwee! Sorry, Alexx!]
Hardcover:
http://craphound.com/walh/paper-books/buy-hardcover
MP3 CD:
http://www.lulu.com/content/compact-disc/with-a-little-help-mp3cd/9814122
Ogg CD:
http://www.lulu.com/content/compact-disc/with-a-little-help-ogg-cd/9814450
Ebook:
http://craphound.com/walh/e-book
Audiobook:
http://craphound.com/walh/audiobook/download-audiobook
Flickr set:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/doctorow/sets/72157623254838694/
"Zen and the Art of Self-Publishing" by Cory Doctorow
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/columns-and-blogs/cory-doctorow/article/45565-zen-and-the-art-of-self-publishing.html
You see, in trying everything—audiobooks, POD, limited editions—I've discovered the thing that captures the public's interest is also the thing that makes
the most money is also the thing that has the least logistics: super-premium limited editions. Over and over again, when I describe With a Little Help
to people, they fixate on the limited editions. I've had dozens of e-mails from people practically begging to buy the $275 editions I'm doing—and I stand
to make $50,000 or more from them.
....When I began With a Little Help, I knew it would be an educational project. And one thing I've learned is that being a freelancer with more than 100% demand
on my time is a good thing—it means I get to choose which things I'll do to earn my living. If the delayed gratification lesson I've learned as a writer
has a twin in importance, it is this: "Do the things that you love."
