Spec-tacular: Fantasy Favorites from Raven Electrick Ink, edited by yours truly, is now available as a Kindle e-book for the bargain price of $2.99. Please note that you do not need a Kindle device to read the book. Amazon.com has free Kindle reading apps for the PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, etc. Spec-tacular brings together editor and reviewer ( Read more... )

Can't say I'm enjoying e-book formatting for the Kindle. It reminds me of the time my mom was making Christmas cakes when I was a child. (Yes, believe it or not, I, who have not used my oven in 15 years, have a baking analogy!) She'd bought special Christmas tree-shaped cake pans, but was a bit distracted because some workmen were doing a job in ( Read more... )

Just an FYI, because some folks apparently think that you need a Kindle to read Kindle e-books. Amazon offers free Kindle reading apps for PC, Mac, iPhone, etc. Thus, when my new book Spec-tacular: Fantasy Favorites from Raven Electrick Ink comes out, you should be able to read on your computer or other device without buying a Kindle. (I don't have ( Read more... )

Raven Electrick Ink's second planned publication for 2012 (in addition to Spec-tacular: Fantasy Favorites from Raven Electrick Ink) is The House of Forever: Selected Poems by Samantha Henderson. My plans are to make Sam's first poetry collection available in both trade paperback and Kindle e-book editions during the first half of next year. Get ( Read more... )

I've just sent out the first contract for Spec-tacular: Fantasy Favorites from Raven Electrick Ink. Spec-tacular is planned as a "best of" Kindle edition for selections from the first four "Spec" anthologies. I never published e-book editions of Sporty Spec, Cinema Spec, Retro Spec, or Jack-o'-Spec, so Spec-tacular will bring the Spec anthologies ( Read more... )