Archive for the 'Novels' Category

An American Hedge Fund - a 5 minute review

Monday, September 24th, 2007

As you, my regular readers know, I have a soft spot for self-published authors, and when I find an autographed advance copy of “An American Hedge Fund” written by Timothy Sykes and self-published under the “Bull Ship Press” imprint, you know I’m going to take off with it and tear through it on a lazy […]

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Ancestor breaks the Amazon top 10 on first day

Sunday, April 1st, 2007

Currently at #7 on Amazon’s best seller list! This thing has momentum!!!

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Scott Sigler’s Ancestor breaks the Amazon top 100 on first day

Sunday, April 1st, 2007

It’s time to bumrush Amazon, and push Ancestor to the #1 place! Before I bought my copy it was in the 4000s then it jumped to 1076, then 138, and is currently at 93 and fourth place in the New Releases section, and 1st place in New SciFi.
As an aspiring author, I value Scott Sigler’s […]

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The 300

Monday, March 19th, 2007

Short version - Awesome cinematography, interesting action sequences and CGI - the demonization of the Persians and underlying political rhetoric make the movie hard to watch.
spoilers and ranting ahead… click through at your own risk

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Ancestor Bloggers

Saturday, March 17th, 2007

Gearing up for the Amazon.com release of the Ancestor Novel, Scott has convinced Jian and Rhumkorrf to start blogging!
This is a part of a larger guerrilla marketing campaign which focuses on making Ancestor an Amazon.com best seller on April 1st. So if you have a minute, throw a couple links on your blog, and make […]

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FT.com / World / UK - First audio-only novel tells new story for authors

Tuesday, May 30th, 2006

FT.com / World / UK - First audio-only novel tells new story for authors
Now we have a “First audio only novel.” How is that different from what cavemen did around a fire?
Journalists these days… anything for a press release I guess.

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Brave Men Run - 5 Minute Review

Sunday, March 5th, 2006

When I first started listening to podcast novels, I had a hard time getting used to the fact that unlike dead tree books, unless the author decides to tell you how much of the book is left, you have no idea how many chapters are left. When Matthew Wayne Selznick’s performed the final chapters of […]

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