Matt Youngmark's Blog, page 22

It's a wizard, IN SPACE

I was just messing around with my new tablet last night, and I drew this. It's a wizard. In space! This one goes out to Muffy, who PROBABLY wasn't thinking of anything like this when she pitched me her latest book idea.

Help think of clever quotes (reward: eternal glory)

I need your help with clever brain smartness, because (and I'm not just sucking up here), I know that YOU ARE ALL GENIUSES. See that randomized quote at the top of this page next to the Chooseomatic logo? I'd like to add a whole bunch to the rotation. But I'm kind of running out of ideas.

Quotes should follow the basic format of a Choose-You-Own-Adventure choice ("If you..., turn to page..."), and need to be under 20 words or so. Please add any and all ideas to the comments on this post -- my favorite ones will be added to the header rotation and IMMORTALIZED ON THIS SITE FOREVER.

Indie eBook Hall of Fame

Zombocalypse Now made TeleRead's Indie eBook Hall of Fame ! Under the "Paranormal" category, which I suppose is as good a place to put it as any. Thanks, Joanna!

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Kindleous, kindleful, kindlicious

So I bought myself a Kindle for Christmas this year, as part of my new commitment to marketing the ebook edition of Zombocalypse Now. My first instinct in an e-reader was to go with something that was a little more of an open ecosystem (most devices use the stantard epub format, but Amazon chose to go with their own format in an effort to lock readers into buying from the Kindle store, unless they want to mess around with mobi conversions and other such voodoo). But the Kindle is where the vast majority of the ebook market is right now, and if I was going to jump in, I figured should jump in the deep end....