Dragonseed is now live on kindle! At least in the US; still hasn't shown up in the UK, but I assume it will pop up soon.
The next phase of my ebublishing journey will be to make the books available on other platforms like Nook. Then, I have some decisions to make. There's an unpublished prequel to Bitterwood already written called Empire of Angels. The previous Solaris editors passed on it because it's nakedly science fiction instead of fantasy that's secretly science fiction. It's never been professionally edited and it was written before I wrote the trilogy, so it's going to take a bit of work to get it polished. On the plus side, it would be the fastest path possible to get additional material for the Bitterwood universe into the hands of my readers, and I'm curious to discover whether a book that has never been available before will sell more copies on Kindle, or less.
Then, of course, there's Nobody Gets the Girl. The challenge with Nobody is that I had to OCR scan the physical book, and now face the truly icky task of fixing all the errors that OCR scanning introduces into text.
Eventually, of course, both projects will come to fruition. One will happen before the other. Figuring out which one is the choice before me.
Finally, while I have no actual news about when I'll have another "real" book coming out, I have just spent three days at the World Fantasy Convention talking with agents and editors, including some excellent conversations with the new Solaris editor Jonathan Oliver. So... stay tuned!
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I'm curious to discover whether a book that has never been available before will sell more copies on Kindle, or less.
I'd buy it. And I don't even have a Kindle.
Loren, thanks for the encouragement. Since posting this, Jonathan Oliver at Solaris has asked to read "Empire of Angels," so right now my ebook plans for it are on hold. I still think it's a very long shot that it would be published via a traditional path, but we'll see.
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