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Lois McMaster Bujold's Blog, page 8
December 1, 2023
new e-vendor added, Google Play Books
We are carefully experimenting with adding a new (to us) e-book vendor in addition to our Kindle, Nook, Kobo, and Apple Books placements: Google Play books. I see my other publishers including HarperCollins and Blackstone already have my work there.
First one up is "Penric's Demon":
https://play.google.com/store/books/d...
The Warrior's Apprentice and Borders of Infinity: 3-Novella Collection are in process, supposedly. Plan is to give these three titles a few months to test results and/or uncover any snags before adding more. I'll add links when they emerge.
Let's see what happens...
Ta, L.
Later: all 3 up now.
https://play.google.com/store/books/d...
https://play.google.com/store/books/d...
https://play.google.com/store/books/d...
First one up is "Penric's Demon":
https://play.google.com/store/books/d...
The Warrior's Apprentice and Borders of Infinity: 3-Novella Collection are in process, supposedly. Plan is to give these three titles a few months to test results and/or uncover any snags before adding more. I'll add links when they emerge.
Let's see what happens...
Ta, L.
Later: all 3 up now.
https://play.google.com/store/books/d...
https://play.google.com/store/books/d...
https://play.google.com/store/books/d...
November 11, 2023
October 30, 2023
Penric's Labors paperback releases this week; Hallowed Hunt reminder
Just a reminder, the mass market paperback of Penric's Labors, the 3-novella collection containing "Masquerade in Lodi", "The Orphans of Raspay", and "The Physicians of Vilnoc" (plus a short essay on their composition by me) releases from Baen Books this week.
Official pub date is tomorrow the 31st, which is when the online booksellers will start shipping, but the books are printed -- I got my carton of author's copies a couple of weeks ago, and Uncle Hugo's has theirs, now signed by me and ready for immediate sale. http://www.unclehugo.com/prod/index.s...
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And if anyone is still looking for Halloween reading, my annual reminder of The Hallowed Hunt, remains the closest to an October-themed story I have, dedicated to the god the Son of Autumn 'n all that. Plus haunted woods...
Ta, L.
Official pub date is tomorrow the 31st, which is when the online booksellers will start shipping, but the books are printed -- I got my carton of author's copies a couple of weeks ago, and Uncle Hugo's has theirs, now signed by me and ready for immediate sale. http://www.unclehugo.com/prod/index.s...
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And if anyone is still looking for Halloween reading, my annual reminder of The Hallowed Hunt, remains the closest to an October-themed story I have, dedicated to the god the Son of Autumn 'n all that. Plus haunted woods...
Ta, L.
October 24, 2023
Sharing Knife UK/World e-box set
I'd been intrigued for some time by the "box sets" offered by some e-book series, so decided to experiment with my own. (This seeming the only way I was ever likely to get a box set, Taiwan excepted.) It's not something I can do for the US e-market, because of old contractual issues, but it's now up on on the UK/World sections of Amazon, Kobo, and Apple Books.
Vendor page images looks like this:
Some links here:
Amazon UK - £23.06
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CLGX3DY3
Kobo UK - £21.28
https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/the-...
(I don't have an Apple link yet.)
No, no one knows why, when we plugged in the same US-dollars price, they came out different on each vendor. It is a mystery,
The "box" set is a single file, at about a 10% discount from ala carte. It includes a new brief series introduction.
I also needed to write new vendor-page copy, which came out thus:
The Sharing Knife Complete Series Boxed Set
The fate of their wide green world is balanced on the bone knives of Lakewalker sacrifice, yet all their subtle necromancy must still grow out of lives lived.
In this romantic fantasy saga, runaway farm girl Fawn meets Dag, a Lakewalker patroller, and both their futures are abruptly altered. Fawn’s own confidence grows as she travels with Dag, learning about the supernatural malice his people fight. More mundane malice from unaccepting families puts them both on a much longer road, one that will take them to the edge of their world and back.
But not alone; their dangerous journey brings them extraordinary companions, Lakewalker, Farmer, and Caught-between. All learn from each other through peril and mystery as their lives are enlarged.
The most important thing about quests, Dag decided, was not in finding what you went looking for, but in finding what you never could have imagined before you ventured forth.
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This boxed set of the four-part novel includes the bonus sequel novella “Knife Children”, and a new introduction by Lois McMaster Bujold.
Ta, L.
PS -- As a new entry, it lacks reviews and ratings on its assorted vendors, giving it the illusion of being unloved or obscure -- UK/World e-folks who have already read (and liked, preferably) the series might drop it a rating or review for starters. Especially on the non-Amazon sites, who usually get fewer.
I've noticed as consumer that an ebook really doesn't need a million reviews, since I almost never look at more than a handful. But it needs some... rather like a crowd of penguins waits for someone else to jump off the iceberg first into seal-infested waters.
L.
Vendor page images looks like this:
Some links here:
Amazon UK - £23.06
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CLGX3DY3
Kobo UK - £21.28
https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/the-...
(I don't have an Apple link yet.)
No, no one knows why, when we plugged in the same US-dollars price, they came out different on each vendor. It is a mystery,
The "box" set is a single file, at about a 10% discount from ala carte. It includes a new brief series introduction.
I also needed to write new vendor-page copy, which came out thus:
The Sharing Knife Complete Series Boxed Set
The fate of their wide green world is balanced on the bone knives of Lakewalker sacrifice, yet all their subtle necromancy must still grow out of lives lived.
In this romantic fantasy saga, runaway farm girl Fawn meets Dag, a Lakewalker patroller, and both their futures are abruptly altered. Fawn’s own confidence grows as she travels with Dag, learning about the supernatural malice his people fight. More mundane malice from unaccepting families puts them both on a much longer road, one that will take them to the edge of their world and back.
But not alone; their dangerous journey brings them extraordinary companions, Lakewalker, Farmer, and Caught-between. All learn from each other through peril and mystery as their lives are enlarged.
The most important thing about quests, Dag decided, was not in finding what you went looking for, but in finding what you never could have imagined before you ventured forth.
*
This boxed set of the four-part novel includes the bonus sequel novella “Knife Children”, and a new introduction by Lois McMaster Bujold.
Ta, L.
PS -- As a new entry, it lacks reviews and ratings on its assorted vendors, giving it the illusion of being unloved or obscure -- UK/World e-folks who have already read (and liked, preferably) the series might drop it a rating or review for starters. Especially on the non-Amazon sites, who usually get fewer.
I've noticed as consumer that an ebook really doesn't need a million reviews, since I almost never look at more than a handful. But it needs some... rather like a crowd of penguins waits for someone else to jump off the iceberg first into seal-infested waters.
L.
October 18, 2023
new Knife Children e-cover
To match the style of the new covers for The Sharing Knife tetralogy that Ron Miller did for our UK/World indie e-editions, and to go in an experimental e-box set for that market (which I'll post about later) we now have this:
The question now on the table is whether to also change the US "Knife Children" cover -- neither version matches the HarperCollins e-covers on the US editions, natch.
Thoughts...?
Ta, L.
The question now on the table is whether to also change the US "Knife Children" cover -- neither version matches the HarperCollins e-covers on the US editions, natch.
Thoughts...?
Ta, L.
October 11, 2023
Pat Wrede signing at Dreamhaven Oct. 18
Patricia C. Wrede will be doing a signing here in Minneapolis for her new book The Dark Lord's Daughter at indie bookstore Dreamhaven Books & Comics at 6:30 PM Wednesday, Oct. 18.
All about Dreamhaven, and how to get there:
http://dreamhavenbooks.com/
Ta, L.
All about Dreamhaven, and how to get there:
http://dreamhavenbooks.com/
Ta, L.
October 5, 2023
Annie's Book Stop Bujold interview up
Annie's Book Stop, an indie bookstore in Worcester, Massachusetts, http://anniesbooksworcester.com/ asked me to do a video interview for them in support of the paperback mass market edition of Penric's Labors coming out next month. It's now up on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91no4...
I see I'm still not quite adept at this -- I keep looking at the image of the person I'm talking to down on my screen instead of up at my camera intake, giving folks a good view of my eyelids. But it seemed to go smoothly otherwise, apart from my tendency to lose track of what question I'm answering partway through. The interviewer Selina prefers to do a single long take, not edit in post, and it worked out pretty well.
I have more, and more coherently, to say about the origins of the novellas in Penric's Labors in the 3-part essay at the back of the volume.
I had a memorable signing at that store on a long-ago book tour. A blizzard hit, fortunately just after I'd arrived and checked into my hotel, but the traffic snarl in town was so bad we barely made it from the hotel to the store. Which was OK, because neither did many customers. A few brave ones did persevere, and I recall we had a nice sort of intimate chat.
I wouldn't think readers of this blog need apprised of the existence of this 3rd Penric & Desdemona collection (though by all means tell your friends) but if so, here's its Goodreads page: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
Annie's has a whole channel of prior material:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGj8...
Ta, L.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91no4...
I see I'm still not quite adept at this -- I keep looking at the image of the person I'm talking to down on my screen instead of up at my camera intake, giving folks a good view of my eyelids. But it seemed to go smoothly otherwise, apart from my tendency to lose track of what question I'm answering partway through. The interviewer Selina prefers to do a single long take, not edit in post, and it worked out pretty well.
I have more, and more coherently, to say about the origins of the novellas in Penric's Labors in the 3-part essay at the back of the volume.
I had a memorable signing at that store on a long-ago book tour. A blizzard hit, fortunately just after I'd arrived and checked into my hotel, but the traffic snarl in town was so bad we barely made it from the hotel to the store. Which was OK, because neither did many customers. A few brave ones did persevere, and I recall we had a nice sort of intimate chat.
I wouldn't think readers of this blog need apprised of the existence of this 3rd Penric & Desdemona collection (though by all means tell your friends) but if so, here's its Goodreads page: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
Annie's has a whole channel of prior material:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGj8...
Ta, L.
September 19, 2023
sharing Sharing Knife thoughts
I was reminded by a recent fan letter about The Sharing Knife of this (very flattering) article on it, which may be new to most readers of this blog:
https://bracketyjack.livejournal.com/...
A point made somewhere, worth reiterating, is that The Sharing Knife is not a book and 3 sequels, but one book divided into 4 volumes. Makes a difference, speaking of story structure.
(Well, and the codicil novella "Knife Children", but that is indeed a tailpiece.)
Ta, Lois.
https://bracketyjack.livejournal.com/...
A point made somewhere, worth reiterating, is that The Sharing Knife is not a book and 3 sequels, but one book divided into 4 volumes. Makes a difference, speaking of story structure.
(Well, and the codicil novella "Knife Children", but that is indeed a tailpiece.)
Ta, Lois.
September 18, 2023
Gerould chapbook reviews?
Huh. I just noticed none of the reviews carried over from the first (now removed from sale) to the second edition of my little family history e-chapbook.
https://www.amazon.com/Gerould-Family...
If anyone wants to repeat themselves, please do.
Ta, Lois.
Later: I also notice the Goodreads entry is for the first edition, its dead Kindle link going into the air. If anyone wants to have a go at posting the second edition on GR, also please do.
https://www.amazon.com/Gerould-Family...
If anyone wants to repeat themselves, please do.
Ta, Lois.
Later: I also notice the Goodreads entry is for the first edition, its dead Kindle link going into the air. If anyone wants to have a go at posting the second edition on GR, also please do.
September 7, 2023
Goodreads tech question
So...
I've been trying to edit my Author Profile, adding a couple of informative lines, but the bot won't let me save. It keeps generating the same error message, "Comment is too short (minimum of 1 character)" which is doubly confusing since my addition was several words and a link in the body of the bio, and I don't know what else it is referring to, as I wasn't trying to add a comment in the comment box at all. Does anyone know how to make Profile edits behave? Mine really needs an update.
Ta, L.
I've been trying to edit my Author Profile, adding a couple of informative lines, but the bot won't let me save. It keeps generating the same error message, "Comment is too short (minimum of 1 character)" which is doubly confusing since my addition was several words and a link in the body of the bio, and I don't know what else it is referring to, as I wasn't trying to add a comment in the comment box at all. Does anyone know how to make Profile edits behave? Mine really needs an update.
Ta, L.
