http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png http://io9.com/tag/karen miller http://io9.com/tag/karen miller The iPad and other devices may have revolutionized the short story publishing market, judging from a new announcement by Orbit Books. The genre publisher, whose authors include Iain M. Banks and Gail Carriger, is going to start publishing its authors's short fiction electronically — but Orbit's not going the Tor route, where stories are posted online for free. Instead, reading between the lines, it sounds like Orbit wants to publish stories for handheld devices and other sources, through "major retail channels." So instead of buying a collection of an author's stories — or an anthology containing many different authors — you might see that there's a new Joe Abercrombie story and pay a dollar or two to download it. This sounds like a great way to get more people reading short fiction, but not such a great way to help people discover new short fiction authors. But we'll have to wait for more details before passing judgment — here's the Orbit press release: More »
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Authors Sean Williams and Karen Miller are auctioning off a "walk-on role" in their next Star Wars novels, with the proceeds to benefit Australian brushfires victims. You could be enshrined in Expanded-Universe continuity! [Karen Miller] More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5215920&view=rss&microfeed=true A science fiction group blog at SFNovelists.com includes stars like Charles Stross, Tanya Huff, Kate Elliott, Sean Williams, Tobias Buckell, Karen Miller and Karin Lowachee. [OrbitBooks] More »
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