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Old 09-20-2015, 12:26 AM   #1
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Is LM Bujold going self-pub for her backlist?
This caught my eye over at Goodreads:

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For the past month or so, I have been working closely with artist (and long-time friend -- like, 45 years) Ron Miller on a complete set of updated covers for my direct-placement e-editions in the Vorkosigan series.
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Any news floating around out there?
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These ones?

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This caught my eye over at Goodreads:
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For the past month or so, I have been working closely with artist (and long-time friend -- like, 45 years) Ron Miller on a complete set of updated covers for my direct-placement e-editions in the Vorkosigan series.
(emphasis mine)

Any news floating around out there?
http://www.baenebooks.com/p-2671-shards-of-honor.aspx
http://www.amazon.com/Warriors-Appre...2Bbooks%2B2016

The whole Vorkosigan series is being reissued from what I understand.
If you check on Amazon most of the Vorkosigan series is already direct-placement for kindle. Just an Author and Publisher working together for mutual benefits. This is one of the reason you can no longer buy the Vorkosigan Omnibus editions the e-rights for them have reverted.

Ron Miller has a very good relationship with Baen.
Check out the Ron Miller bundles.

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Old 09-20-2015, 01:10 AM   #5
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IIRC she's been doing the self pub individual editions as ebooks for years now. Baen used to, maybe still does, buy non-exclusive world rights for eBooks meaning the author can publish other editions if they choose.
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Old 09-20-2015, 01:16 AM   #6
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IIRC she's been doing the self pub individual editions as ebooks for years now. Baen used to, maybe still does, buy non-exclusive world rights for eBooks meaning the author can publish other editions if they choose.
Yep. That provision began way back when Baen did not distribute ebooks.

I came across Bujold's self-pub editions three or four years ago. Yech. The covers were perfect examples of how not to design a book cover, they were that bad.
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I want to see some of those horrible covers.

I have a fish that's been sitting on the dinner table for three weeks. Are those old covers that bad?
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Most of those pretty good.
I like the silhouette ones better than the photorealistic one.

She recently self-pubbed a Chalion novelete.
She is exactly the kind of author that can really benefit from self pub; deep backlist, loyal fans, ongoing series with room for shorts and novelettes as well as novels.
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IIRC There was a bit of a hissy when the Cryoburn (BAEN free) CD got included in books.

Those Covers sure are not up to Baen quality.
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IIRC There was a bit of a hissy when the Cryoburn (BAEN free) CD got included in books.

Those Covers sure are not up to Baen quality.
BAEN has a house style for their covers which is rather pulpish, on purpose.
(Sometimes they get garish, though.)

Bujold seems to be going with stylized allegorical designs that encapsulate the core story in one image rather than dramatizing a specific scene.
Different design philosophies at work.
Just a matter of taste.
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Most of those pretty good.
I like the silhouette ones better than the photorealistic one.

She recently self-pubbed a Chalion novelete.
She is exactly the kind of author that can really benefit from self pub; deep backlist, loyal fans, ongoing series with room for shorts and novelettes as well as novels.
Those must be the new ones. The older images weren't as good.
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The current ones on Amazon are the ones I remember from a while back, which aren't good...

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The current ones on Amazon are the ones I remember from a while back, which aren't good...
Two have been replaced


https://www.goodreads.com/author_blo...ethan-of-athos

Falling Free (Vorkosigan Saga Book 1)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005SHX1CE/

Ethan of Athos (Vorkosigan Saga Book 7)
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