TAG - A Techno Thriller set in the near future - Page 7

simonroyle · 12-08-2010, 11:27 AM

kacir · 12-08-2010, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by simonroyle

Congratulations.

Did you notice that Cory Doctorow went indie as well?
He is publishing his new book "With a Little Help" just by himself, without any publisher. All his previous books (paper form) were published by a big-name publisher.

simonroyle · 12-08-2010, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by kacir

Congratulations.

Did you notice that Cory Doctorow went indie as well?
He is publishing his new book "With a Little Help" just by himself, without any publisher. All his previous books (paper form) were published by a big-name publisher.

Yes I saw that. His Limited Edition book selling for USD250-00. His previous books published Tor.

I don't think he's moving away from them - this was an off-site experiment. So far he reckons he's cleared about 50K USD.

All power to him.

kacir · 12-09-2010, 02:45 AM

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Originally Posted by simonroyle

I don't think he's moving away from them - this was an off-site experiment. So far he reckons he's cleared about 50K USD.

Well, if you begin to write a book with $10k commission from Mark Shuttleworth (the founder of Canonical, father of Ubuntu Linux distro) for a single story ...

Yesterday I have listened to audiobook version of the story "13 epoch", and I liked it very much.
I was avoiding his books lately, because he over-promoted them on BoingBoing, but there isn't a trace of his newest book on BB, so I downloaded one ogg file with "Shuttleworth's" story and had a good time listening.

simonroyle · 12-09-2010, 02:50 AM

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Originally Posted by kacir

Well, if you begin to write a book with $10k commission from Mark Shuttleworth (the founder of Canonical, father of Ubuntu Linux distro) for a single story ...

Yesterday I have listened to audiobook version of the story "13 epoch", and I liked it very much.
I was avoiding his books lately, because he over-promoted them on BoingBoing, but there isn't a trace of his newest book on BB, so I downloaded one ogg file with "Shuttleworth's" story and had a good time listening.

I've sent Mark an email

Right I am going to go get 13 epoch your recommendations are always good

GraceKrispy · 12-13-2010, 06:01 AM

When I am exhausted at my meetings tomorrow, or fall asleep while assessing a student, I will be sure to blame Simon and this book. Make sure you can sleep in when you start it.... review here!

simonroyle · 12-14-2010, 04:59 AM

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Originally Posted by GraceKrispy

When I am exhausted at my meetings tomorrow, or fall asleep while assessing a student, I will be sure to blame Simon and this book. Make sure you can sleep in when you start it.... review here!

Grace,

Thanks so much for reviewing my book. And thanks for what you do for Indie authors.

You're great.

caleb72 · 12-14-2010, 05:45 AM

A GraceKrispy review will be a factor in decisions I make on indie ebook purchases.

Simon - you got a great review there. But I'd already bought your book so it didn't factor in the decision this time around.

Regards
Caleb

simonroyle · 12-14-2010, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by caleb72

A GraceKrispy review will be a factor in decisions I make on indie ebook purchases.

Simon - you got a great review there. But I'd already bought your book so it didn't factor in the decision this time around.

Regards
Caleb

Cool. Thanks Caleb, so you were the one

The launch has gone really well up to #10 in Technothrillers on Amazon, which is very pleasing.

And I'm sure that Grace's review is a big part of that. I read all of Grace's reviews, because she's honest, fair, and really does get into the heart of the story.

alvico · 12-15-2010, 11:06 PM

I'm a bit late to the party, but I just wanted say congratulations on Tag's launch.

CONGRATULATIONS

Cheers
Vicki

simonroyle · 12-15-2010, 11:08 PM

Thanks Vicki.

(The emoticons made me laugh).

GraceKrispy · 12-18-2010, 01:23 AM

Caleb and Simon, thank you for the very kind words!

simonroyle · 12-20-2010, 07:36 AM

Tag was reviewed by Vicki Tyley... and it's a great review

simonroyle · 01-03-2011, 02:58 AM

Tag - got a great review from Milo of Milorambles.

simonroyle · 01-16-2011, 06:53 PM

Two nice writes on Tag up from Isabella Morales of the scattering.

100 Suspicious Acts in Progress

100-years-new (review: SF thriller Tag)

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01-03-2011, 02:58 AM	#104
simonroyle Addict Posts: 309 Karma: 500370 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Bangkok Device: kindle	Tag - got a great review from Milo of Milorambles.

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