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Podioracket.com - Season Final - Stacey Cochran & J.P. Moore

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

In this, our 11th and final episode for Season One of Podioracket.com, Rhonda R Carpenter interviews Stacey Cochran, the author of Claws. H.E. Roulo interviews J.P. Moore, the author of Toothless. We also share contest information and news. Don’t miss it!
INTERVIEWS
Stacey Cochran

Stacey Cochran’s Main Website: http://www.staceycochran.com/
His writing site http://www.howtopublishabook.org/
Email Stacey: http://staceycochran.com/_wsn/page5.html

J.P. Moore

J.P. Moore’s Website [...]

Mark Jeffrey Hosts Bibliotech

Saturday, June 13th, 2009

Mark Jeffrey, author The Pocket and the Pendant and The Two Travelers, is hosting an excellent new vidcast Bibliotech:
About Bibliotech: The Evolution of Digital Publishing: Authors are podcasting MP3 novels. Publishers are inserting real-time ads into ebooks. And readers are discovering and communicating directly with authors on Twitter, Goodreads and other sites. [...]

Podioracket.com - P.G. Holyfield & John R. Swift

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

In this episode hear about the longest-running podiobook on Podiobooks.com as P.G. Holyfield celebrates the conclusion of Murder at Avedon Hill. Then get the fictionalized true-life escapades of a mobster in Living with Capone, by John R. Swift. We also share contest information and news. Don’t miss it!
INTERVIEWS

P.G’s site for Murder at Avedon Hill
Murder at [...]

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, California [...]

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 free [...]

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.
As [...]

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 real [...]

Ancient Prophecy is COMPLETE!

Friday, May 8th, 2009

Richard Tuttle has just loaded the 20th and final episode of Ancient Prophecy. It’s the third book in the Targa trilogy, and the aptly named Origin Scroll is the place to start this fantasy series. All are available right here as serialized free audiobooks.