Today marks the 15th anniversary of HarperVoyager, the excellent British science fiction line by whom I’m privileged to be published in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and other commonwealth territories. They’ve released this fun little vanity trailer to commemorate the event — happy anniversary, everyone!
Voyager 15th Anniversary Trailer (Thanks, Sarah!)
Jonathan Worth, the photographer who produced an extraordinary limited-edition run of portrait photos of me, has but a second batch on sale. Each one is accompanied by a signed manuscript page from my next novel, FOR THE WIN.
Argon Verlag, publishers of the German audiobook edition of my novel Little Brother, are fed up with all the man-the-barricades talk about audiobook piracy. So they commissioned a very high quality reading of the German text, read by Oliver Rohrbeck, a beloved German voice-actor (star of the long-running radio drama Die Drei ??? and overdub voice of Ben Stiller). The abridgement is being sold on six CDs for €19.95.
Fans of the abridged reading and everyone else who is interested in the audiobook are being asked to pay in towards a full, free, unabridged release, also read by Rohrbeck. Once the total of €9000 is raised, the unabridged recording will also be released, free of charge, without DRM, under a Creative Commons BY-NC-ND license, free for all comers (if the total sum isn’t raised by a set time, all the money is refunded).
What’s even cooler is that the audiobook (and the German print book, from Rowohlt), co-exist happily with a free fan-translation of the novel by Christian Wöhrl and a free fan audiobook reading by Fabian Neidhardt. Fans are free to promote the work to other fans, for free, while commercial operators produce commercial editions.
I’m going on a multi-city tour of Germany in September and I’m hoping to meet Christian and Fabian so that I can thank them in person. I’m also hoping that fans of the free editions support my cool, sharing-friendly German publishers and reward them for their open attitude towards free and paid media.
Argon Verlag, publishers of the German audiobook edition of my novel Little Brother, are fed up with all the man-the-barricades talk about audiobook piracy. So they commissioned a very high quality reading of the German text, read by Oliver Rohrbeck, a beloved German voice-actor (star of the long-running radio drama Die Drei ??? and overdub voice of Ben Stiller). The abridgement is being sold on six CDs for €19.95.
Fans of the abridged reading and everyone else who is interested in the audiobook are being asked to pay in towards a full, free, unabridged release, also read by Rohrbeck. Once the total of €9000 is raised, the unabridged recording will also be released, free of charge, without DRM, under a Creative Commons BY-NC-ND license, free for all comers (if the total sum isn’t raised by a set time, all the money is refunded).
What’s even cooler is that the audiobook (and the German print book, from Rowohlt), co-exist happily with a free fan-translation of the novel by Christian Wöhrl and a free fan audiobook reading by Fabian Neidhardt. Fans are free to promote the work to other fans, for free, while commercial operators produce commercial editions.
I’m going on a multi-city tour of Germany in September and I’m hoping to meet Christian and Fabian so that I can thank them in person. I’m also hoping that fans of the free editions support my cool, sharing-friendly German publishers and reward them for their open attitude towards free and paid media.
Danielle Mathieux, an MFA student, produced an alternate cover for my novel Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom as part of her degree. She’s released it under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike. I think it’s just swell!
Danielle Mathieux, an MFA student, produced an alternate cover for my novel Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom as part of her degree. She’s released it under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike. I think it’s just swell!
Here’s an interview I recorded with the ResonanceFM Little Atoms show last week in London, talking about privacy, game mechanics, creativity, the genome, and many other subjects.
I’m reading and signing book at the fantastic University Book Store in Seattle this Monday, April 5 at 7PM. Also on the bill are Mark Henry, Jeanne Stein, and Jaye Wells. Hope to see you there!
I’m headed to Seattle this weekend to be one of the guests of honor at Norwescon, along with (among others), Vernor Vinge. If you’re in Seattle and you can make it, I’d love to say hi! Here’s my programming schedule for the event:
Thursday, 7:00 p.m., Opening Ceremonies
William Sadorus (M), Dr. John G. Cramer, Cory Doctorow, David Hartwell, John Jude Palencar, Vernor Vinge
Thursday, 8:00– 10:00 p.m., Artist/Pro Guest Reception
Dr. John G. Cramer, Cory Doctorow, David Hartwell, John Jude Palencar, Vernor Vinge
Friday, 11:00 a.m., Computer Misconceptions in Science Fiction Literature and Film
Ted Butler (M), Cory Doctorow, Brian David Johnson, David Shoemaker
Friday, 2:00 p.m., Intellectual Property and Creative Commons
Eileen Gunn (M), Ben Dobyns, Cory Doctorow, Elton Elliott
Friday, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m., Autograph Session #1
Friday, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m., Lifetime Dinner
Dr. John G. Cramer, Cory Doctorow, David Hartwell, John Jude Palencar, Vernor Vinge
Friday, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m., PK Dick Awards
William Sadorus (M), Carlos Cortes, Dr. John G. Cramer, Cory Doctorow, Daryl Gregory, David Hartwell, Ian McDonald, John Jude Palencar, Vernor Vinge
Saturday, 10:00 a.m., Writing For Young Adults
Steven Barnes (M), Alma Alexander, Cory Doctorow, Lisa Mantchev
Saturday, 1:30 p.m., Autograph Session #2
Saturday, 4:00 – 5:30 p.m., Keysigning Reception
Saturday, 6:00 p.m., Surveillance in the 21st Century – is it Good or Bad?
Cat Rambo (M), Cory Doctorow, Eileen Gunn, Ian McDonald
Sunday, Noon, Law and the Virtual World
Cory Doctorow, Andrea Howe, Burt Webb
Sunday, 5:00 p.m., Closing Ceremonies
William Sadorus (M), Dr. John G. Cramer, Cory Doctorow, David Hartwell, Tracy Knoedler, John Jude Palencar, Vernor Vinge
