http://http://www.worldswithoutend.com WWEnd Forum - Publishers http://http://www.worldswithoutend.com/mbbs22/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=513 Book 1 in my trilogy is at 154,000(+/-) words and I plan on writing the second book at around 158,000 and the third at about 160,000.
So my question is: Should I complete the trilogy and then send the entire manuscript containing all three books? Will the emailing option be able to handle the sizable content?
What would be the best way to go about submitting my manuscript(s) to Roc?

I would also like to know if Roc has any policies regarding submissions from other countries outside the USA?
Please help - I'd greatly appreciate some answers. Thanks.]]> http://http://www.worldswithoutend.com/mbbs22/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=1360
Small presses are a short half-step from self-publishing. They have small advertising budgets and, so, promotion falls upon the author. One tremendous advantage, however, is that small presses tend to have the best of all in the industry of editors -- they know the competition with Big Houses and have a point to prove. This happened with my novel and its May 18, 2015, review that found it to be the most enjoyable SF that the retired editor of Reader's Digest had read in several years. Still, small consolidation given the likely reality that few others will find out about the story, or about the great quality of works produced by small presses.

Do you think that we will see the demise of small press publications in our lifetimes? (My lifetime is likely much shorter than yours. But, then again, I never thought that I would see same sex marriage take off; or, the likely legalization of marijuana nation-wide. These are both causes that I support, but never in my imagination....)

If small presses die, I guess that we can all settle for reading John Scalzi's products from his 3.4 million dollar advance into our foreseeable futures.]]> http://http://www.worldswithoutend.com/mbbs22/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=3106
Is there a process to nominate a publisher for the database? I would like to nominate Brick Cave Media: https://brickcave.media/]]> http://http://www.worldswithoutend.com/mbbs22/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=1999
I'd like to recommend Standard Ebooks - a volunteer-driven project devoted to taking public domain works (from Project Gutenberg) and publishing high-quality ebooks (with modern typesetting, checked against page scans of the original and proofed by users). They have produced many sci-fi classics, including Wells, Verne and many others:
https://standardebooks.org/tags/science-fiction

They have a bunch of fantasy novels as well:
https://standardebooks.org/tags/fantasy

The ebooks are a joy to read and you can contribute as well, either with small corrections or producing a whole book yourself.]]> http://http://www.worldswithoutend.com/mbbs22/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=1687 http://robbostew.ga/uncategorized/sci-fi-fiction-book-covers/]]> http://http://www.worldswithoutend.com/mbbs22/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=1560 http://http://www.worldswithoutend.com/mbbs22/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=688 http://http://www.worldswithoutend.com/mbbs22/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=668
http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/4/4300932/piracy-not-an-issue-after-one-year-of-selling-drm-free-ebooks-says

]]> http://http://www.worldswithoutend.com/mbbs22/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=563 this is pretty cool, thought you, guys, would like to know about this - http://savethescifi.com/index.php/about/our-big-idea
Our Big Idea is a simple one, but we think it’s pretty great.
Written by Ash. Posted in Frontpage We love books. A lot. And we love sci-fi books, new and old. But mostly old. And there are a lot of great old sci-fi books out there that are out of print, out of circulation, and, worst of all, not available in any sort of digital format. Given the subject material, that’s just not right. So here’s what we’re going to do. We’re going to open a bookshop, both online and and in real life, in Brooklyn, NY where we live and work. It doesn’t have to make much money. It doesn’t have to make any money at all, since our day jobs cover our rent. But what it will do is let us choose one great out of print work of classic and/or obscure sci-fi a month, track down the people that hold the copyright (if they are still around), and publish that work online and on all the major digital book platforms for little or no cost. Every month on this website visitors will get to vote on the next great but not so well remembered work we will rescue from the obscurity of the past. We’re going to take some of the greatest works of imagination of the 20th Century, and bring them into the 21st, and you can help, by subscribing today!
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No!!!

As the article (see link) points out, it is dumb to lose money when your alternative is to make money. Since science fiction is not 'serious' work it will join the other garbage (i.e. mysteries, thrillers, romance, fantasy) in the "only available in e-book" category. Only autobiographies and history and how to lose weight, serious books will be hardcover.

This may well be all fine with everyone else but since I only buy and read hardcover books (I am building a little library and paperback just doesn't look good... yes, I am judging a book by its binding) this is bad news for me!!!!! I am sad.

"Physical books will surely become much rarer in the marketplace. Mass market paperbacks, which have been declining for years anyway, will probably disappear, as will hardbacks for mysteries, thrillers, "romance fiction," etc. Such books, which only rarely end up in permanent collections either private or public, will probably only be available as e-books within a few years. Hardback and trade paperbacks for "serious" nonfiction and fiction will surely last longer. Perhaps it will become the mark of an author to reckon with that he or she is still published in hard copy."]]> http://http://www.worldswithoutend.com/mbbs22/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=355
http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2011/03/good-show-sir-2-years-old/

]]> http://http://www.worldswithoutend.com/mbbs22/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=245 There's a new site presenting classic book covers from Penguin's science fiction selection:
The Art of Penguin Science Fiction
]]> http://http://www.worldswithoutend.com/mbbs22/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=210 From Finding Dulcinea:
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Forrest J. Ackerman died of heart failure on Thursday at his home in Los Angeles.

Ackerman’s mark on science fiction was wide-ranging and dated back to the genre’s early development.

“He was really considered the godfather, or what I call the Pied Piper of science fiction and horror,” said Kevin Burns, president of Prometheus Entertainment and a trustee of his estate, to Reuters.

He is widely credited with coining the word “sci-fi,” and was a literary agent to prominent science fiction authors including Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, A.E. van Vogt, Curt Siodmak and L. Ron Hubbard. He edited Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine, created the Vampirella comic book franchise, and wrote more than 2,000 articles and short stories for magazines and anthologies, including the first lesbian science-fiction story ever published. He edited and co-edited several books, including “A Book of Weird Tales” and “365 Science Fiction Short Stories,” and appeared in more than 50 films, including Dante’s “The Howling” and Landis’ “Innocent Blood.”
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http://www.randomhouse.com/bantamdell/index.html

Very cool idea! Anyone else seen Second Life readings like this?



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