The Jump 225 Jumbo Mega-Bonanza Summer Giveaway, Week 4
This week’s contest: who would win a deathmatch smackdown fight, Gandalf or Obi-Wan Kenobi, and why? (Or better yet, how?)
Book Promotion
My Readercon 19 Schedule
Here’s my Readercon 19 schedule, for anybody who will be in Burlington, Massachusetts this weekend and wants to catch up with me.
The Jump 225 Jumbo Mega-Bonanza Summer Giveaway, Week 3
This week’s giveaway contest: pick a comic book superhero to run as either Barack Obama’s or John McCain’s running mate this fall. And then tell me why said superhero would be an asset to the ticket.
Interview on Jon Armstrong’s “If You’re Just Joining Us” Podcast
Jon Armstrong, author of the Philip K. Dick Award-nominated “Grey” and fellow nominee for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, has interviewed me on his “If You’re Just Joining Us” podcast.
The Jump 225 Jumbo Mega-Bonanza Summer Giveaway, Week 2
Here’s the winner of last week’s Jump 225 Jumbo Mega Bonanza Giveaway contest — and another opportunity for you to win the complete David Louis Edelman Canon.
The Jump 225 Jumbo Mega-Bonanza Summer Giveaway
Every week for the next four weeks, I’m going to hold a contest here on my blog. And the winner of each contest will receive copies of “Infoquake,” “MultiReal,” “The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Volume Two,” and Mervyn Peake’s “Titus Alone.” Read the full article for details.
On Self-Promotion
I’m seeing a lot of people picking on Cory Doctorow for being a self-promotional whore, and it’s irritating the piss out of me. These complainers need to understand that the twentieth century paradigm of advertising and promotion where the content sits on one side of the page, and the advertisements sit on the other side of the page, and there’s a nice clear line separating the two, is dead.
Balticon 42 Wrapup
Chaos and science fiction conventions go together like rum and Coke. Which makes Balticon 42 about 180 proof. But hey, just because Balticon was chaotic and organizationally challenged in places doesn’t mean it wasn’t fun.
Balticon 42 Schedule
Yes, this weekend I’ll be at Balticon 42, Baltimore’s premier science fiction convention. I’ll be on panels and giving a reading from “MultiReal.” Read the article for my schedule, along with the descriptions from the pocket schedule.
Do the Blurbs Sell the Book?
Do author blurbs, advance praise, and review snippets on a book’s cover or first page actually sell more books? And if so, how and why?