Archive for December, 2008

Catching up with PodioMedia Chat

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

A few days ago, UPDATED LINK Chris Moody interviewed me (Evo) on his show, PodioMedia Chat. Each year he likes to bring one of the staffers here on his show to talk about Podiobooks.com and what’s happening in the future. Last year was a big growth year for us in books, but we didn’t get [...]

Sweet Dreams is COMPLETE!

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

As an early holiday present, Emmy Z. Madrigal has loaded the final episode in her free serialized audiobook Sweet Dreams. All 15 episodes of her romance tale are now ready for your immediate enjoyment.

Meme

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

Please welcome Rob Cummins to the site, as he beings releasing a serialized auiobook version of his fictional tale, Meme: Molly is a thought, an idea who is born to do one thing, to communicate herself into as many other minds as possible. However, things are not as simple as they should be. Molly quickly [...]

The struggle between writers and artists leads to some bad book covers

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

That’s the general theme that Jane Lindskold writes about on the fantastic new Tor.com site (Note to self: write future blog post praising them for how they’ve embraced new media with this new site.) Independent author have a different struggle. Where publishing companies pay someone to design the cover of a book, indie authors are [...]

Sleepwalker

Monday, December 15th, 2008

Welcome Keith Latch to the site. Today he’s starting to release a free serialized audiobook version of his book, Sleepwalker: Night after night, beautiful young women are murdered in the city of Memphis, home of the blues. The police have no clues and it all comes down to Detective Renee Juliard, a tough, gritty woman [...]

Doctor Jack’s Soapbox Seminars is COMPLETE!

Sunday, December 14th, 2008

We’ve just posted the 18th and final installment of Doctor Jack’s Soapbox Seminars. This series of lectures is the companion piece to Singularity, a science fiction novel by Bill DeSmedt. The book was really more a fiction tale where science was featured heavily, but I’m not going to split hairs. The Soapbox Seminars delves into [...]

Mr. Walker wins coolest teacher EVAR award for pimping podiobooks to his students

Sunday, December 14th, 2008

Mr. Walker teaches English IV at a high school in Florida. That means most of his kids are seniors, ready to make the transition to higher education, the work place, or backpacking around Europe1. My recollections of high school English are poor, but I seem to remember a heavy emphasis on “the classics” and a [...]

Contagious book trailer

Saturday, December 13th, 2008

WARNING: The following book trailer contains blood. WARNING: The following book trailer shows that Scott Sigler is a twisted [insert naughty word here]. WARNING: The following book trailer WILL GIVE AWAY PART OF THE ENDING OF INFECTED. Perry’s fate will be revealed. If those three reasons aren’t enough to keep you away, then enjoy watching [...]

Heart of the Ronin

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Please welcome Travis Heermann to the site. He’s releasing a serialized audiobook version Heart of the Ronin, soon also available in print! Thirteenth-century Japan is a dangerous place, even in a time of peace. Capricious gods, shape-changing animals, and bloodthirsty demons are as real and unpleasant as a gang of vicious bandits. From the wilderness [...]

The Chicago Connection

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

Please welcome John R. Swift to the site. Today he releases the serialized audiobook version of his novel, The Chicago Connection. And by “releases” I mean the whole thing. All 12 episodes at once! A teenager in Prohibition Chicago, haunted by disasters, breaks all his childhood vows of clean living and becomes a minor hoodlum. [...]