Archive for May, 2009

Personal Effects: Sword of Blood

Friday, May 15th, 2009

Cue the screaming fans: J.C. Hutchins is back. This time it’s a serialized free audio novella called Personal Effects: Sword of Blood: Brinkvale Psychiatric Hospital art therapist Zach Taylor is endlessly curious, perhaps to a fault. When his cheerful elderly patient Gertrude “Spindle” Spindler completes her latest quilt and informs Zach that a 30-year-old “grand [...]

Podioracket.com – Todd Newton & Christiana Ellis with Special Appearance from Emerian Rich’s Jespa

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

In this 20-minute episode co-hosts H.E. Roulo and Rhonda R Carpenter interview Todd Newton and Christiana Ellis. We hear a special message from Nina Kimberly, and Emerian Rich talks to our Podioracket.com Champion Jespa about the coming battle. Plus we share our usual mix of contests & news. INTERVIEWS Todd Newton was born in Gridley, [...]

Virtual Vice is COMPLETE!

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

It only took Jason M. Kays 4 days to load up 33 episodes of Virtual Vice. I think that breaks a land-speed record or something. This new technology crime novel based on true events is now complete!

Traitor, Book 1 of The Turner Chronicles

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

Please welcome Mark Eller to the site. Today he begins the serialized audiobook release of his novel, Traitor, Book 1 of The Turner Chronicles: Last Chance – a small town set on the edge of the far frontier. It is a place of gentle manners and common civility. After all, it should be since more [...]

Positive impact of free books on for-fee books

Monday, May 11th, 2009

Why do authors give away their books for free? Surely making a free online version available would do nothing but eat into for-fee print versions, right? Yet hundreds of authors — and a few publishing houses — are hoping that’s not the case. Enter doctoral candidate John Hilton. His thesis is focused on the impact that [...]

Virtual Vice

Monday, May 11th, 2009

In Virtual Vice by Jason M. Kays, readers follow disillusioned entertainment attorney Ian McKenzie as his professional life takes a decided turn for the questionable when he is hired by the charismatic and dangerous Scott White to represent Scott’s interests in his cutting edge Internet startup, Metropoleis Multimedia. Unfortunately for Ian, Scott has more in [...]

The Zombie Chronicles: Escape is COMPLETE!

Sunday, May 10th, 2009

We’ve just posted the 27th and FINAL episode of The Zombie Chronicles: Escape. You can now enjoy James Melzer’s free serialized audiobook as you see fit!

Double-press goodness for Seth Harwood and Jack Wakes Up

Sunday, May 10th, 2009

Seth Harwood nabbed some great press recently. First, read the article from the Boston Globe. It details the trials and tribulations of a would-be novelist, and answers the central question: How do you get a novel on the internet? Yes, I know that we know the answer to that question. It’s still a fun read. [...]

Cell U.R.

Friday, May 8th, 2009

Mark Plimsoll is releasing Cell U.R., The Gothic Sci-Fi Romantic Comedy Multimedia Podcast Novel. In fact, he’s releasing the entire serialized audiobook at once: Vampires dance with Goths around campfires far from the rainy Metroplex- as the Central Computer says in Cell U.R. “Most entertainment consists of beautiful people on sexy adventures without kids, because [...]

A Brief Conversation with My Hair is COMPLETE!

Friday, May 8th, 2009

Russell Bradbury-Carlin has made available the 39th and final episode of his quirky short story collection, A Brief Conversation with My Hair. Enjoy this serialized free audiobook!