Hey, Londoners! A reminder that I’ll be signing the UK edition of Charlie Stross’s and my novel Rapture of the Nerds, tomorrow at 1PM at Forbidden Planet. Charlie can’t make it, so I have fashioned a cunning 3D printed Space Marine Stross to accompany me, which you may rub for good luck if you attend.
Hey, Londoners! A reminder that I’ll be signing the UK edition of Charlie Stross’s and my novel Rapture of the Nerds, tomorrow at 1PM at Forbidden Planet. Charlie can’t make it, so I have fashioned a cunning 3D printed Space Marine Stross to accompany me, which you may rub for good luck if you attend.
The UK Bookseller WH Smith has been experiencing some kind of bug in its ebook store, whereby it adds DRM to all of the Kobo ebooks it sells, even the ones that are supposed to be DRM-free (like mine). Apparently, this is a metadata-parsing issue. I spoke to my agent and publisher, and WH Smith/Kobo came up with a good workaround while they fix the bug:
Kobo/WH Smith have come up with a solution that enables your
e-books to still be on sale. The DRM wording has been manually
removed from the WH Smith site and when readers click to purchase
the book it forwards them to the Kobo site where it clearly states
the e-books are DRM-free until WH Smiths is able to update their
website which will be at the end of April.
The UK Bookseller WH Smith has been experiencing some kind of bug in its ebook store, whereby it adds DRM to all of the Kobo ebooks it sells, even the ones that are supposed to be DRM-free (like mine). Apparently, this is a metadata-parsing issue. I spoke to my agent and publisher, and WH Smith/Kobo came up with a good workaround while they fix the bug:
Kobo/WH Smith have come up with a solution that enables your
e-books to still be on sale. The DRM wording has been manually
removed from the WH Smith site and when readers click to purchase
the book it forwards them to the Kobo site where it clearly states
the e-books are DRM-free until WH Smiths is able to update their
website which will be at the end of April.
My novel Pirate Cinema is the current TechDirt Book Club selection, and we’re kicking it off today with a Google+ hangout in about five minutes. I’ve never done a Hangout before — I don’t have a G+ account because I object to its “real names” policy, but I’ve created a throwaway account for the occasion.
Live Video: Cory Doctorow Talking With Techdirt About Pirate Cinema, Copyright Law & More
My novel Pirate Cinema is the current TechDirt Book Club selection, and we’re kicking it off today with a Google+ hangout in about five minutes. I’ve never done a Hangout before — I don’t have a G+ account because I object to its “real names” policy, but I’ve created a throwaway account for the occasion.
Live Video: Cory Doctorow Talking With Techdirt About Pirate Cinema, Copyright Law & More
Last fall, while on the Pirate Cinema tour, I stopped in at the Library of Congress to give a talk called “A Digital Shift: Libraries, Ebooks and Beyond,” which was an amazing treat. The LoC people were delightful and the building and its collections were outstanding. Now, they’ve put the video online!
Hey, Londoners! A quick reminder that I’ll be signing the new UK edition of Rapture of the Nerds this Saturday at Forbidden Planet on Shaftesbury Ave at 13h. Come on down and say hi!
As I mentioned in my March Locus column, I’m celebrating the tenth anniversary of Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by planning a prequel volume. As part of that planning, I’m going to read aloud the entire text of that first book into the podcast, making notes on the book as I go. Here’s part one.
Mastering by John Taylor Williams: wryneckstudio@gmail.com
John Taylor Williams is a audiovisual and multimedia producer based in Washington, DC and the co-host of the Living Proof Brew Cast. Hear him wax poetic over a pint or two of beer by visiting livingproofbrewcast.com. In his free time he makes “Beer Jewelry” and “Odd Musical Furniture.” He often “meditates while reading cookbooks.”
As I mentioned in my March Locus column, I’m celebrating the tenth anniversary of Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by planning a prequel volume. As part of that planning, I’m going to read aloud the entire text of that first book into my podcast, making notes on the book as I go. Here’s part one.
Mastering by John Taylor Williams: wryneckstudio@gmail.com
John Taylor Williams is a audiovisual and multimedia producer based in Washington, DC and the co-host of the Living Proof Brew Cast. Hear him wax poetic over a pint or two of beer by visiting livingproofbrewcast.com. In his free time he makes “Beer Jewelry” and “Odd Musical Furniture.” He often “meditates while reading cookbooks.”
