Monthly Archives: January 2009

Contiuing their trend of progressive thinking, Orbit Books has announced plans to release digital versions of many of their successful novels at only $1 apiece! Each month will feature a new novel at that low price (unfortunately after the month is up the price will go back to normal), but there isn’t a better way to check out some of the features of your iPhone/PDA/Computer/Cell Phone as a reading device than to pick up novels like The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks, Winterbirth by Brian Ruckley or Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks.

The Press Release:

Introducing the One Dollar Ebook from Orbit!

Orbit – in partnership with a number of major ebook vendors – has launched an innovative promotion offering one ebook for sale each month at the introductory price of $1.00. At the end of the promotional month the cost of the ebook returns to its standard price and a new book will be offered at the discount. Details of the promotion are at www.onedollarorbit.com

The promotion will include The Way of Shadows by debut author Brent Weeks, Empress by Karen Miller, as well as classics of science fiction such as Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks.

VP and Publisher of Orbit Tim Holman said: “We believe that this promotion will give readers a great opportunity to discover new writers. Most of our consumer marketing has an online focus, and the digital marketplace offers the perfect platform for price-promotion initiatives such as this. It will be very exciting to see how effective it is. The range of titles chosen for the promotion includes a mix of frontlist and backlist, from both new and established authors, and we will be monitoring the performance of every title very closely.”

A list of titles that will be available at the discount price can be found at http://www.onedollarorbit.com

You can find out all the dirty details about the event HERE.

Thanks to John’s absurdly successful Book Reviewers Linkup Meme, I was introduced to a dearth of new Speculative Fiction blogs. Looking at my paltry Blogroll in my sidebar, I decided it was time to do something about it.

Instead of making my page a mile long by adding ever blog to my side bar (it’s pretty long even now), I went ahead and made a dedicated page for links to other blogs. If you’re not on the list, drop me a comment or email and I’ll go ahead and add you.

For now, check out the huge list and see that you don’t find a new blog that’s right up your alley. A link to the page can also be found in my sidebar just above the “Subscribe” section (which you should also do!)

2008 was the first full year for A Dribble of Ink and it served up both a lot of challenges and a lot of rewarding moments. As a fledgling blog started in ’07, I felt that I had a lot to prove and a good chance to carve out a place among the heavy hitters of the blogosphere.

Did I succeed? That’s for the readers to decide, but personally I feel like A Dribble of Ink, and myself as a blogger, grew in leaps and bounds over the previous year.

One of the biggest moments for me in 2008 came in June, when I re-posted SFX Magazine’s list of the top 100 SFF authors of all time, as voted on by their readers. Little did I know that this quick aside (secretly written at work, unknown to my boss) would lead to over 2,700 views A Dribble of Ink in one day. Why so many? Well, Neil Gaiman, who ranked third, saw the list and posted about it on his blog. I nearly shit myself when I saw the referral from his web site; in my books Gaiman is about as close to a god that a living mortal can get. That day, above all others, really helped me see what all the hard work in maintaining A Dribble of Ink is worth. Thanks to Gaiman, and all the people who discovered the blog because of his link, I broke a big milestone in 2008: 100k views. In retrospect, I think I owe Mr. Gaiman a hell of a thank you.
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You are always trying to find the time to get back to your book. You are convinced that the world would be a much better place if only everyone read more.

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