Neil Clarke's Blog, page 35
June 11, 2014
Recurring Payments and Subscriptions
There are many ways to support Clarkesworld Magazine. Among those are a variety of places to give recurring payments or buy subscriptions.
Patreon - The crowdfunding site that combines the best of Kickstarter and subscriptions. Pledge a monthly amount and they handle payment processing and tracking for us. We offer a variety of Patron rewards, including digital and print subscriptions. I expect big things from Patreon.
Amazon – The giant of the ebook world and the place where most of our subscriptions are sold. Most visible of all our options, good sales numbers and reviews here have secondary benefits that help us sell more subscriptions, ebooks, and print books.
Apple – We’re partnered with a third party to get into Apple because that’s the only way we can afford to get into their marketplace. Our subscriptions here are app-based and it represents the smallest of all the subscription outlets. That said, since it is an app, we can do a bit more, like include audio.
Weightless – The independent ebookseller that actually cares enough to make subscriptions available for small press magazines. If it wasn’t for these folks, a number of magazines would be having serious financial difficulties.
People often ask me which of these options gives Clarkesworld the greatest returns…
From this chart, it’s clear that Patreon passes along more of your payment to us than anyone else. That doesn’t mean we want everyone with existing subscriptions elsewhere to suddenly jump ship and switch to Patreon. We like having a variety of sources of income. If one suddenly fails, we want to survive. We also see value in having good sales and reviews at a variety of markets. We need to cast a wide net and think about marketing value as well as financial value. (The two are so tangled it’s hard to separate them.)
We want you to choose whatever way works best for you. If that means subscribing via Apple, then go do it. If auto-delivery to your Kindle is important to you, go with Amazon or Weightless. Don’t think you are paying enough for you subscription? Consider switching to a subscription reward at Patreon or keep your existing subscription and make an extra pledge at Patreon. Choices are good. Make the best of them.
Thanks for your support!
June 8, 2014
Clarkesworld is a 2014 British Fantasy Award Nominee
Clarkesworld is a 2014 British Fantasy Award nominee for best magazine! (nominee list)
The other nominees are:
Black Static, Andy Cox (ed.) (TTA Press)
Interzone, Andy Cox (ed.) (TTA Press)
Shadows & Tall Trees, Michael Kelly (ed.) (Undertow Books)
This is our first time on the ballot.
A big thank you to BFS members and the attendees of FantasyCon 2012 and FantasyCon 2014 that nominated us! The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony at FantasyCon 2014 in York on 6 or 7 September 2014.
June 1, 2014
June 2014 Issue of Clarkesworld Magazine
The June 2014 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine is now available. You can get the issue:
Online at www.clarkesworldmagazine.com
Via podcast subscription (free)
or help us pay the bills by purchasing Clarkesworld with a subscription at:
Amazon.com
Apple Newsstand (iPad/iPhone)
Google Play (Android Phones and Tablets)
Patreon (epub/mobi/Kindle)
Weightless Books (epub/mobi/Kindle)
JUNE 2014 – ISSUE #93
FICTION
“wHole” by Robert Reed
“Communion” by Mary Anne Mohanraj
“Pepe” by Tang Fei, translated by John Chu
“Have Not Have” by Geoff Ryman
“Lambing Season” by Molly Gloss
NONFICTION
The Issue of Gender in Genre Fiction: A Detailed Analysis by Susan Connolly
The Issue of Gender in Genre Fiction: The Math Behind it All by Susan E. Connolly
Wendig’s Golden Prolific: A Conversation with Chuck Wendig by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
Another Word: Chasing the High by Daniel Abraham
Editor’s Desk: Clearing Something Off My Desk by Neil Clarke
PODCAST
This month’s stories will be released in audio form over the course of the month. Read by Kate Baker.
COVER ART
Mecha Collab by Artur Fast and Kemane Ba
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May 26, 2014
Goodreads Giveaway for Three Copies of Clarkesword: Year Six
To celebrate the launch of our latest Clarkesworld anthology, we’ve launched a Goodreads giveaway for three trade paperback copies of Clarkesworld: Year Six.
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Goodreads Book Giveaway
Clarkesworld: Year Six
edited by Neil Clarke & Sean Wallace
Giveaway ends June 08, 2014.
See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.
May 25, 2014
Clarkesworld: Year Six is now available
Trade paperback and ebook editions of CLARKESWORLD: YEAR SIX are now available! This volume collects all thirty-four stories published during our sixth year. [Table of Contents]
All income from our annual anthologies goes towards Clarkesworld Magazine‘s operations budget. A complete list of all of our anthologies can be found here.
Publishing by Wyrm Publishing, May 2014
Available at:
Amazon.com (trade paperback, Kindle)
B&N (epub)
Kobo (epub)
Weightless Books (epub/mobi/Kindle)
Wyrm Publishing (trade paperback, epub/mobi/Kindle)
May 23, 2014
Almost caught up…
The second proof for CLARKESWORLD: YEAR SIX arrived today and it’s a keeper. I’ve signed off on it, so it should be available sometime this weekend. Contributor copies and preorders will start shipping next week. This volume will be a bit more expensive than the prior volumes, but it contains a lot more fiction. I suspect that when we start publishing four stories per issue, we’ll have to start splitting years into two volumes.
YEAR SEVEN is coming along soon too. Just have to write an introduction, do the layout, and have the final proofreading pass done. This means we should be caught up with all the anthologies before we finished our eighth year. It’s been five years since we were completely caught up, so I’m looking forward to it.
For all of you completists, Here’s the complete set:
Yes, it bugs me that they don’t match. I’ll probably reissue the first two at some point.
May 6, 2014
Coming soon… Clarkesworld: Year Six
Coming later this month in ebook and trade paperback editions…
Cover art: “Space Journey” by Martin Faragasso (from Issue #71)
CONTENTS
Introduction by Neil Clarke
Scattered Along the River of Heaven by Aliette de Bodard
All the Painted Stars by Gwendolyn Clare
Prayer by Robert Reed
A Hundred Ghosts Parade Tonight by Xia Jia
And the Hollow Space Inside by Mari Ness
What Everyone Remembers by Rahul Kanakia
The Bells of Subsidence by Michael John Grist
The Switch by Sarah Stanton
Sunlight Society by Margaret Ronald
A Militant Peace by David Klecha and Tobias S. Buckell
All the Young Kirks and Their Good Intentions by Helena Bell
In Which Faster-Than-Light Travel Solves All of Our Problems by Chris Stabback
The Womb Factory by Peter M. Ferenczi
Draftyhouse by Erik Amundsen
All the Things the Moon is Not by Alexander Lumans
Fade to White by Catherynne M. Valente
Astrophilia by Carrie Vaughn
If The Mountain Comes by An Owomoyela
From Their Paws, We Shall Inherit by Gary Kloster
Sirius by Ben Peek
Synch Me, Kiss Me, Drop by Suzanne Church
Iron Ladies, Iron Tigers by Sunny Moraine
Mantis Wives by Kij Johnson
Pony by Erik Amundsen
Robot by Helena Bell
The Found Girl by David Klecha and Tobias S. Buckell
muo-ka’s Child by Indrapramit Das
Honey Bear by Sofia Samatar
The Smell of Orange Groves by Lavie Tidhar
Silently and Very Fast by Catherynne M. Valente
Fragmentation, or Ten Thousand Goodbyes by Tom Crosshill
You Were She Who Abode by E. Catherine Tobler
Staying Behind by Ken Liu
Immersion by Aliette de Bodard
About the Authors
Clarkesworld Census
About Clarkesworld
May 3, 2014
2014 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Finalists
The finalists for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award have been announced: http://www.sfcenter.ku.edu/news.htm
Congratulations to all the finalists and an extra nod to our Clarkesworld finalists: Robert Reed and E. Lily Yu!
Read or listen to their stories here:
“Mystic Falls” by Robert Reed
“The Urashima Effect” by E. Lily Yu
May 2, 2014
The Hugo Award’s Five Percent Rule
As an editor and fan of short fiction, I’m bothered by the fact that we have less than five short story nominees for the third time in four years. This situation has been caused by a rule that requires nominees to have at least five percent of the nominations to make the final ballot.
In this month’s Clarkesworld editorial, I propose a possible solution. I’d love to have your feedback.
May 1, 2014
May 2014 Issue of Clarkesworld Magazine
The May 2014 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine is now available. You can get the issue:
Online at www.clarkesworldmagazine.com
Via podcast subscription (free)
or help us pay the bills by purchasing Clarkesworld with a subscription at:
Amazon.com
Apple Newsstand (iPad/iPhone)
Google Play (Android Phones and Tablets)
Weightless Books
or as a single issue ebook from Amazon, B&N, Kobo, Weightless, and direct from us at Wyrm Publishing
MAY 2014 – ISSUE #92
FICTION
“The Meeker and the All-Seeing Eye” by Matthew Kressel
“A Gift in Time” by Maggie Clark
“Migratory Patterns of Underground Birds” by E. Catherine Tobler
“Night of the Cooters” by Howard Waldrop
“Beluthahatchie” by Andy Duncan
NONFICTION
From Wooden Legs to Carbon Fiber Hands: How Technology Improves Prosthetic Limbs by Ed Grabianowski
The Immense Costs and a Shred of Optimism: A Conversation with L. E. Modesitt, Jr. by Jeremy L. C. Jones
Another Word: Writer’s Tools by Bud Sparhawk
Editor’s Desk:The Five Percent by Neil Clarke
PODCAST
This month’s stories will be released in audio form over the course of the month. Read by Kate Baker.
COVER ART
Suspected by Albert Urmanov
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