tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835785233541439590.post4422537636411401364..comments2023-10-09T04:48:51.981-07:00Comments on SFR Brigade: Ebooks & Science Fiction Romance: A Match Made In Digital HeavenUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835785233541439590.post-42936537292853380352010-04-13T19:04:06.679-07:002010-04-13T19:04:06.679-07:00Thanks for reading, everyone!
Kaye, love the SFR ...Thanks for reading, everyone!<br /><br />Kaye, love the SFR section! I'll be sure to link to it during my monthly roundup in May.<br /><br />Thanks for the insights, Linnea! Much appreciated.<br /><br /><i>Most major NY houses already do digital</i><br /><br />I should have clarified that I meant for authors to consider going digital-first. Not to bring home the bacon (although it could happen, sizzle, sizzle), but to plant seeds, cross pollinate, and so forth.<br /><br />And I do believe most if not all digital publishers consider agented submissions, bless them! ;)<br /><br />Pauline, I agree, there are some great digital deals out there. Thanks for your input.<br /><br />Writer and Cat--Serials, *I know*. Anyone game for resurrecting the penny dreadfuls, digital style? Maybe a steampunk romance...?! With illustrations and stuff. That'd be kewl.Heather Masseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00913459109753829391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835785233541439590.post-5457061637845402332010-04-13T18:40:35.610-07:002010-04-13T18:40:35.610-07:00Wonderful advice, Heather. Thanks so much for sha...Wonderful advice, Heather. Thanks so much for sharing this here!Leigh M. Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04419221093398839195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835785233541439590.post-13114473146607943962010-04-13T17:53:17.514-07:002010-04-13T17:53:17.514-07:00I love the idea of serials! I would just hope they...I love the idea of serials! I would just hope they would be priced about the same in the end, like you pay the novel's price for the subscription or something.Jody W. and Meankittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13733607365443126784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835785233541439590.post-39832778815994496632010-04-13T15:19:21.695-07:002010-04-13T15:19:21.695-07:00I was lucky that I was already in small press worl...I was lucky that I was already in small press world when I wrote THE KEY because my editor called it the BAB (big a** book). It was wonderful to let the story come and find a place for it. No question the print version is high priced for an unknown author, but the digital edition is a friendly 6.99 (and down if you watch sales, etc.)<br /><br />I've written another BAB and a novella (yes, it really is shorter, comes in at 30,000 wds I believe), so a big YES for Heather's post. <br /><br />And speaking to the audio book thing, Books in Motion jumped on THE KEY (it was like a one week turnaround?) and I'm hoping they'll also go for GIRL GONE NOVA (releasing this month) when I submit it. BIM audio books end up in Audible, so its a route in if you don't have an agent and work with a small press. <br /><br />And speaking as a reader who almost exclusively reads digital, YES! Please get those books into digital! I can't tell you how many times I've headed over to online sites to look up a book and found it not available in digital or just plain hard to find in digital. Make sure you have direct links to your books in ALL formats. Sometimes I'll go the extra mile and sometimes I just don't have time.<br />Go SFR brigade!Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06673963438671468441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835785233541439590.post-86933226360143509192010-04-13T04:12:42.027-07:002010-04-13T04:12:42.027-07:00Excellent stuff! (And Linnea, you do need to post ...Excellent stuff! (And Linnea, you do need to post - your comments are often as informative as the blog)<br /><br />Those of us who have followed the e-revolution (and been in it up to our necks) heard the cries in the wilderness that print books would be a thing of the past. I still think that's not happening - but it's fun to watch the variety of eBook options suddenly blossom and to watch the publishers and distribution giants scramble to adapt.<br /><br />Change is survival, kids. E-volution :)Sandra Stixrudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02422701621985748579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835785233541439590.post-70060011588476438972010-04-13T00:25:36.502-07:002010-04-13T00:25:36.502-07:00A wealth of valuable info in here - thanks to Heat...A wealth of valuable info in here - thanks to Heather and Linnea.Barbara Elsborghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15825994197656747262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835785233541439590.post-58195104703020586892010-04-12T19:19:36.396-07:002010-04-12T19:19:36.396-07:00Thought-provoking and inspiring post, Heather. (Mu...Thought-provoking and inspiring post, Heather. (Must come back to follow all those links.) <br /><br />Hmm, audio...very interesting idea.L. A. Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01198035351359321392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835785233541439590.post-21243647215404090072010-04-12T12:57:01.224-07:002010-04-12T12:57:01.224-07:00I think someone should put Linnea's comment in...I think someone should put Linnea's comment in a post of its own. It's not my day, so I can't. Maybe post her cover art while you're at it.<br /><br />Fellow Skiffy Rommers, graphics are pretty! Put more cover art and stuff in your posts!Kimber Lihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03982239712083114488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835785233541439590.post-23851528964218934202010-04-12T08:23:19.617-07:002010-04-12T08:23:19.617-07:00Very interesting and exciting post, Heather. As a ...Very interesting and exciting post, Heather. As a confirmed and devoted nook owner, I love the digital age. <br /><br />However, two things give me pause. ;-)<br /><br />* Write your SFR stories, as many as you can. Vary the settings, lengths, and heat levels.*<br /><br />May I add a caveat? Study and know reader expectations of both genres (SF and romance) as well as the accepted tropes of both genres BEFORE you "write as many stories as you can." Not all of you are old enough to remember the last "futuristic boom" which damned near killed our subgenre, and what killed it was a vertiable avalanche of "questionably constructed" sf/r novels. <br /><br />I judge several national romance writing contests, okay? I SEE this stuff. It reads like Mel Brooks' SPACEBALLS except the writers aren't trying to be campy or funny. <br /><br />I've said this before and I'll say it again: adding a starship to a scene doesn't make the book SFR any more than adding a horse makes it a western.<br /><br />* Submit, submit, submit to digital publishers (aspiring authors: consider making that your Number One Goal. Midlist authors, don’t rule out this option just yet. Or consider swinging both ways).<br />*<br /><br />Most major NY houses already do digital. Bantam does--aggressively--and they own my digital rights. I can't, contractually, submit to a separate digital house if Bantam has the print book. Small press authors have--and SHOULD have--a lot more leeway and often can, yes, scatter their stories hither and yon to maximize exposure. NY authors already get that, for the most part. <br /><br />Further, if an author is agented, it's the agent's job to place the MS and if for some odd reason the NY house doesn't offer digital (I'm not sure Dorchester does), then an author placing her MS with a digital house without consulting her agent is shooting her/himself in the foot. IMHO and IMHE. Not to mention possibly violating contract.<br /><br />What I would encourage SFR authors to also do here is to look at audio rights. My agent just sold my Dock Five Universe books to Audible, and the talk on the street, as she put it, is that SF and SFR is hot in audio right now and the audio book companies are having a tough time finding it (gee, I wonder why? Maybe because we're rarely categorized properly?). I have no clue how an unagented author would approach Audible but I can't see why a house such as Samhain or Ellora's Cave can't do so. People who like and read SF and it's subgenres are, well, often geeky. Like me. ;-) They like their tech toys and iPods and audio books are tech toys. It's a natural match. ;-)<br />~Linnea, seeking more coffee now...Linnea Sinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03633057411107208569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835785233541439590.post-79465144894763268042010-04-12T07:58:50.127-07:002010-04-12T07:58:50.127-07:00PS Still working on links to my new SFR website. M...PS Still working on links to my new SFR website. My name in the comments on these posts does link back to my blog, but my name in the blogroll will link directly to my SFR website.<br /><br />Link here if you'd like to take a look or click on my name in the blogroll here on SFRB and that should take you there too.<br /><br />http://www.sfr.kayemanro.com/index.htm <br /><br />Again, thanks to Heather for her ever watchful eyes and advice for SFR authors!Kaye Manrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03639814610213100626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835785233541439590.post-67740881761037325812010-04-12T07:45:48.060-07:002010-04-12T07:45:48.060-07:00Yea for Heather! Great post! This is exactly what ...Yea for Heather! Great post! This is exactly what SFR authors and readers need to know-- hear. It took me some time to realize this and go for the epublishing world. But go I did and I plan to continue. I agree with you that this is a golden opportunity for SFR authors. <br /><br />Thanks for the advice and I've already started networking in many of the ways you suggested. <br />I just finished building my new SFR website that will be a sub domain within my original site, but I can link it separately as I have here on the Brigade! <br /><br />Forbidden Love my SFR novella will release at Red Rose on May 20. And I say to all SFR authors out there, the sky is not our limit! Go for the gold in epublishing! <br />KKaye Manrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03639814610213100626noreply@blogger.com