free free free THE CROOKED LETTER free free free

[ladnews]

ETA The files have now been removed pending the ebook version, coming soon. Also due soon: the ebook of the final novel in the series, so if you've missed that one, it won't be for much longer. Cheers

Comments

[halspacejock]

Good stuff! It really makes sense to release the first book in a series for free like this, because it can only serve to hook in new readers.

[seanwilliams]

I am following in your footsteps. :-)

[halspacejock]

Many others came before me, that's for sure. Cory Doctorow has been pushing the freebie ebook for ages, and he's not the only one.

I'm just glad more publishers are getting on board.

[seanwilliams]

Cory is a legend, of course. And I was very pleased to see this news up on Boing Boing already:
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/02/28/sean-williamss-darwi.html

Hot off the press!

[cheshirenoir]

Excellent! I already own this book in paperback, but i'm more likely to read it as an e-book. Any idea if they are likely to release it in formats other than PDF? Something more PDF friendly would be nice (MS Reader or better yet Mobipocket?)

[ladnews]

PDF it is, at the moment, but I'll make sure they hear your request!

[bluetyson]

In the interim, one possibly is to download mobipocket desktop reader or creator, and convert yourself a mobipocket version with that.

[cheshirenoir]

*Looks around furtively*
What makes you think I'd do something like that, guvnor...

[paulhaines]

Interesting! Luckily I have a flesh and blood copy of this brain-hurting-expanding-busting book (thank you, kind sir, it is simply amazing in its vision) because I still no like reading electronically, but I find myself quickly becoming an old person these days.

Do you get anything out of this arrangement?

[cheshirenoir]

I'd be curious too.

Mind you if I was Sean, I'd be letting the Boing Boing crowd know which would be good for a couple of million downloads and the resulting "surge" in sales. Baen consistently report a massive upswing in sales of a Dead Tree Edition book shortly after the e-book version has been released.

Cheap, wide publicity, and how many of us grab a friend and say "Hey I just read a GREAT book. You should BUY it!".
(Hint: I pimped several Stross books at a recent con on the grounds I'd read them as e-books before buying them. It may not work on everyone but I am certainly a sucker for it)

[halspacejock]

I let BoingBoing know when the first Hal book came out as a freebie download last year (as mentioned further up this comment thread), but no joy. I'm not an internationally recognised author, so it probably wasn't much of a news story outside Australia.

[cheshirenoir]

Eep! Here come the BB crowd, right on time :-)

[bluetyson]

Thanks!

You could also say for the first one, Weird by way of Mark Chadbourn.

[seanwilliams]

Yet another author I really must read. You recommend him?

[bluetyson]

Yeah, unreservedly.

[bluetyson]

Or, if you like you, you should like him, so to speak. :) His fantasy novels sort of led me to giving yours a shot, actually.

He apparently has some horror novels I've never seen, but I'd read those too if I found 'em!

SU-N-4.0 Chadbourn, Mark : Always Forever
SU-N-4.0 Chadbourn, Mark : The Burning Man
SU-N-4.0 Chadbourn, Mark : Darkest Hour
SU-N-3.0 Chadbourn, Mark : The Devil in Green
SU-N-3.5 Chadbourn, Mark : The Hounds of Avalon
SU-N-3.5 Chadbourn, Mark : Jack Of Ravens
SU-N-3.0 Chadbourn, Mark : The Queen of Sinister
SH-S-3.5 Chadbourn, Mark : Straight No Chaser
SU-S-4.5 Chadbourn, Mark : Who Slays The Gyant Wounds The Beast
SU-N-4.0 Chadbourn, Mark : World's End
SH-S-3.5 Chadbourn, Mark : The King Of Rain - FREE

Couple of interviews :-

http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/nonfiction/intmchad.htm

http://www.sfsite.com/10a/mc209.htm

[emily_shore]

Here via Boing Boing, will give it a try. Thanks. :)

[seanwilliams]

My pleasure! I hope you enjoy it.