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October 15, 2015
“Young Wizards: Lifeboats” now out in paperback
For those of you who’ve been waiting for the first print version: here it is. Click here for the YW: Lifeboats paperback page at Amazon.com. (ETA: here’s the ISBN info if you prefer to order from a local / independent… Continue Reading →
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October 5, 2015
“Young Wizards: Lifeboats” now at Amazon.com
A lot of people have been waiting for it to turn up there… so, finally, the news you’ve been wanting to hear: Young Wizards: Lifeboats is now available on Amazon. (Naturally if you prefer to get it DRM-free or in… Continue Reading →
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September 27, 2015
A new domain for Ebooks Direct
For some time now we’ve been intending to move Ebooks Direct off the subdomain at dianeduane.com where it presently resides. Over the last couple/few years things have been changing in the search-engine optimization world, and the way SEO is working… Continue Reading →
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September 26, 2015
We’ll be at Hal-Con 2015 in Halifax, Nova Scotia!
They say that Hal-Con is “the biggest, geekiest SF convention in Atlantic Canada, a sci-fi, fantasy and gaming convention run completely by much-too-dedicated volunteers…”, which makes it a perfect place for us to go. We’ll be two of many guests… Continue Reading →
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September 8, 2015
Young Wizards: Lifeboats
When the renowned saurian Species Archivist to the Powers that Be summons young wizard Kit Rodriguez to participate in an urgent off-planet intervention intended to save many millions of lives, Kit’s hardly going to say “no.” He soon discovers that… Continue Reading →
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August 2, 2015
“For Science!”: Eating Doritos Roulette
(First of all: is there some specific reason they used the Classic Star Trek font [or one very like it] for the warning panel on the bag? Is it somehow seen as “futuristic” to be afraid of chili heat? Just… Continue Reading →
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July 28, 2015
Do. Not. WANT.
ETA: Thanks to those who set me straight on the non-mandatory side of the upgrade. I’ll take refuge in Rick’s excuse here: “I was misinformed.” As for the rest of it, the “download opportunity” still behaves like malware: you… Continue Reading →
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July 21, 2015
Doing a podcast for TeleRead this weekend
Just so that people know: Chris Meadows of TeleRead has kindly asked me to come be a guest on his podcast on July 25th, at 12 noon (US) Eastern time. We’ll chat about ebooks in general and the EU’s digital… Continue Reading →
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July 2, 2015
First-pass pages have arrived
First-pass pages have arrived. And now work begins again. Proofreading, handling editor’s notes, making semifinal changes and additions… It’s going to be a busy couple of weeks. (BTW: want to pre-order the book on Amazon? Click here.)
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June 10, 2015
Young Wizards: Lifeboats — coming very soon!
The cover’s not entirely finished yet — it’s going to take a few more days in Poser / Daz3D Hell for that to happen — but nonetheless it’s safe enough to announce this now. When the renowned saurian Species Archivist… Continue Reading →
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