Category Archives: Books

What I’ve Been Doing For the Last Month

Posted on Monday, June 29, 2009 by Keith

Sorry for the lack of interesting content but for most of the last month or so I’ve been spending every spare moment prepping my book. Above is the final cover, and as you can see I’ve gone back to the … Continue reading →

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What Books Would Jesus Burn?

Posted on Monday, June 15, 2009 by Keith

Guardian UK: In a scene which appears to have been lifted straight out of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, a group of Christians in Wisconsin has launched a legal claim demanding the right to publicly burn a copy of a book … Continue reading →

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Coming Soon (New and Improved Version)!

Posted on Saturday, May 2, 2009 by Keith

So, it turns out I can’t use the cover with Yuri Gagarin’s face on it because it’s copyrighted. This is not so bad a development, as I realized after designing it that it looks like a cheep rip off of … Continue reading →

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Coming Soon

Posted on Friday, April 24, 2009 by Keith
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There’s A Little Amazonfail In All Of Us

Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009 by Keith

Clay Shirky has written a thoughtful essay on the fallout of #amazonfail and our collective culpability in it: Though the #amazonfail event is important for several reasons, I can’t write about it dispassionately, because I was an enthusiastic participant in … Continue reading →

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Amazon Meets the FAIL Whale

Posted on Monday, April 13, 2009 by Keith

So, this whole Amazonfail thing is pretty wacky. For those of you not emersed in the Internet, the short version goes like this: A bunch of LGBT/feminist and sex ed books listed on Amazon were reclasified as “adult” and omitted … Continue reading →

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Book News!

Posted on Saturday, April 11, 2009 by Keith

In these tough times, we need to find joy and escape wherever we can, and preferably, on the cheep. So I’ve lowered the price of my first book, The Machine of the World to $10. You can purchase it at … Continue reading →

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The Universe Has Gone All Wobbly

Posted on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 by Keith

So, Joaquin Phoenix has apparently quit the film industry to become a rapper. I… hold on. Wait, let that sink in a moment…You know that scene in Being John Malkovich where Malkovich tells his agent he wants to be a … Continue reading →

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The Great Typo Hunt

Posted on Sunday, March 22, 2009 by Keith

I’ve just printed up the galley proof for my next novel, The Lives of Perfect Creatures. I’m looking for extra eyes to hunt for typos. So, if you’ve got a few hours and want to read the next bestseller before … Continue reading →

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A Message From Our Sponsor

Posted on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 by Keith

Over at Locus, Cory  Doctorow has a column in which he praises the expertise of the professional sales force: Hardly a day goes by that I don’t get an e-mail from someone who’s ready to reinvent publishing using the Internet, … Continue reading →

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