Please, take a moment to look at the pages I’ve created for each book. The link below takes you to the main page for the series, where you can jump to each individual book. From there, each one has links to the most popular outlets for purchasing each one, including Kindle and Nook. Please, let me know what you think and help me spread the word about the re-launch of the series.
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Friday Morning Ramblings
So the good folks at Tor, one of the largest publishers of science fiction and fantasy literature, have a Readers’ Choice Awards that is open to any author. However, despite it being an open contest, there has been a lot of grumbling about my good friend, Stephen Zimmer, receiving so many votes because he’s an “unknown” author, and the implication has been that he has been faking the votes himself to garner attention. The reality is that Stephen has built a pretty strong readership through hard work and networking and, through Seventh Star Press, has built a street team of supporters that help promote his works.
Somehow, this offends the defenders of the status quo. How dare this upstart from Kentucky write a better book than an “established” writer at a major house! Doesn’t he know that “real” writers can’t come from small presses or self-publishing? To me, this represents where we are as a nation as a whole right now. The ones who favor maintaining the status quo revile those of us who still believe in ingenuity and entrepreneurship and go to great lengths to keep us out of the party. I wonder why they are so afraid of true competition and free market enterprise?
The publishing industry is at a crossroads, like the rest of our nation. The outdated business models that reward the few and disenfranchise the majority are dying, but those in power are fighting with all their might to preserve their status. New business models are emerging that don’t need the old infrastructure for success. Via the internet, a publisher no longer needs a central distribution channel through New York to reach an international audience. With print-on-demand and e-book technology, a publisher no longer needs warehousing and distribution through New York to reach bookstores. But as in all revolutions of industry, the old powers will fight to prove their relevance for as long as they can.
For my readers, I ask you to follow the link below and nominate The Fall of Dorkhun if you believe it worthy. I know I have virtually no chance of winning because I don’t have a large enough audience, but I would like to make a little noise myself and let the old guard know that just because we follow the new business model and are changing the industry forever, we are just as valid as and probably offer a superior product to the status quo. Support small press and independent business!
http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/01/vote-in-the-torcom-2011-readers-choice-awards
Tuesday Morning Ramblings
To all my friends and readers, book three is now available for pre-order. Let’s make the limited edition disappear! Here is the press release from my publisher:
Seventh Star Press proudly announces The Fall of Dorkhun, Book Three of the Brotherhood of Dwarves series by D.A. Adams.
The Fall of Dorkhun is now available for pre-order in both limited edition hardcover and softcover versions, both of which include special packages of collectibles. The limited edition hardcover run of 75 signed and numbered copies marks the newest addition to a growing line of affordable, high quality hardcover editions published by Seventh Star Press. The limited edition hardcover features an exclusive illustration commission not found in any other version, as well as a special signature page and unique ISBN number.
The Fall of Dorkhun also marks the debut of Seventh Star Press’ newest artist, Bonnie Wasson. Bonnie created the cover art and illustrations forThe Fall of Dorkhun, as well as for the forthcoming reissues of book one and book two in the series, The Brotherhood of Dwarves, and Red Skies at Dawn. She joins Matthew Perry in producing some of the finest quality presentations in the small press world, creating an exciting and fast-growing collection of speculative fiction artwork in the process.
The Fall of Dorkuhn continues the story of the dwarf Roskin. In the newest adventure of the series, Roskin returns home to a kingdom divided by war with the ogres. On one side, his father desires to restore peace, but on the other, Master Sondious, seeking revenge for having been crippled, seeks to escalate aggression against the ogres Roskin and his friends make a desperate attempt to resolve the growing rift, but unknown to the dwarves, new and powerful menaces threaten to destroy the entire kingdom…
Living and working in East Tennessee, D. A. Adams is an established novelist, a farmer, a professor of English, and has contributed writing to literary as well as fine art publications. He also maintains an active blog, entitled “The Ramblings of D. A. Adams”.
Limited edition hardcover and special softcover collectors packages include an assortment of collectible extras, such as a 14X20 art poster, bookmarks, a set of glossy art cards, a magnet, and a pair of buttons. Packages are scheduled to be shipped the second week of December, when the trade paperback will be made available everywhere, along with several eBook formats, including the Kindle, iPad, Nook, and Sony eReaders and other electronic reading devices.
The Fall of Dorkhun was edited by Philip Hopkins. Book One, The Brotherhood of Dwarves, and Book Two, Red Sky at Dawn, will be reissued by the end of 2011, with two more books remaining in the series.
Those wanting to reserve one of the 75 limited edition hardcovers, or pre-order a softcover collectors package, should visit Seventh Star Press’ online store at http://www.seventhstarpress.com/documents/books.html
Updates and additional information can be obtained at the official site for Seventh Star Press, at www.seventhstarpress.com
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