Author Archives: Peter Darbyshire
Scan me, please
So a man gets busted for adding homemade bar codes to Lego products to get a cheaper price. Reminds me of an idea I once had.
Azrael rides on
Good news on the angel Azrael front. I’ve written a couple of sequels since the fallen angel first rode onto the scene with “The Angel Azrael Rode Into the Town of Burnt Church on a Dead Horse.” That story was published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, my favourite spec lit journal, and they’ve just agreed to publish one of the new Azrael stories, “The Angel Azrael Delivers Small Mercies.” All I’ll say about it now is it’s much nastier than the first story. More to come when I have a pub date.
Roll up the rim to write
Why did you choose to go the indie publishing route rather than stick to the traditional publishing route?
Social networking has put the steering wheel firmly in the hands of individual artists. It took me several years of being on Facebook before I realized that I was sitting in the driver’s seat of my own career as a writer. I’m using this funding campaign to help turn the key in the ignition.
If you like zombie films, you may also like Mad Men
A screenshot from my Netflix recommendations. If you like The Walking Dead, you may also like:
– The Return of the Living Dead. Of course.
– The Thing. Sure, I can see that.
– Mad Men. Wha?
– The Life of Mammals. Holy fuck — a zombie tiger! Also, are zombies still mammals?
– Trailer Park Boys. Ah, we’re back where we started.
ChiZine bundles free ebook with paperback purchase
I’ve been saying for a while now that if publishers want to keep selling print books they should bundle ebook versions with them, be it a DVD with epub files in the book or, more practically, a code that can be used to download the book. This could be difficult to carry out in a bookstore — the code or DVD would have to be securely sealed in the book somehow to prevent theft of the information, or stored separately from the book. Say, behind the counter. But it’s pretty easy for publishers to do from their own website. Now ChiZine has announced they’re going to do just that. Here’s their release (and note the 30% discount more than covers the cost of shipping for print books):
CZP Offers Free eBook with Trade Paperback Purchases
Starting now, you will also receive the ebook for free when you order trade paperbacks via the CZP site. As always, we’re offering a 30% discount off the cover price of all trade paperbacks. Once you complete your order, you’ll have instant access to the ebook in EPUB, MOBI and PDF formats.
This might be the first publisher I start buying direct from.
The Princess Trap — a Heroic Fantasy
I’ve got a new fantasy story up at Heroic Fantasy Quarterly. It stars a talking dragon, several bumbling knights, a confused bull and a young sheepherder in the role of princess — or rather, princess trap. Check out the video backgrounder I did below and then go read the story.
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