February’s free eBook giveaway is now available for purchase via Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble! A lot of people downloaded Witchcraft & Satyrs when I gave it away to members of my email list, but now I’ve uploaded it to Amazon and B&N and I’m selling it for $0.99. Description: When it came to...
January’s free eBook giveaway is now available for purchase via Amazon.com! A lot of people downloaded Consumption when I gave it away to members of my email list in January, but now I’ve uploaded it to Amazon and am selling it for $0.99 – and the reviews are in! 4.0 out of 5 stars:...
The smallest things can sometimes turn us off. At least, that’s what I have always found. Take Borders, for example. They announced today they are closing 200 stores costing them $2million a week. These unprofitable locations are spread out across the U.S. and the long reaching effects on the publishing industry won’t be known...
So. World Fantasy had this fantastic dealers room. I didn’t buy anything in there. The reason I didn’t buy anything is actually logistics, not finances; I brought plenty of money with me so I could buy what I wanted, but the convention gave me a stack of books (see this earlier post for details)...
This past weekend, I flew to Columbus, Ohio to attend the World Fantasy Convention. I knew from past conventions that I’ve attended, that you usually get a bag of goodies. It never occurred to me that this convention would give me a bag full of books. Holy cow. Don’t get me wrong, I was...
I bought this one because I’d read something about the author, Steven Erikson, that was intriguing. Here was a guy who plotted out 10 novels set in a world he co-created. That’s simply amazing. So, the official stuff: The Malazan Empire simmers with discontent, bled dry by interminable warfare, bitter infighting and bloody confrontations...
No one is better than I am at buying tons of books that sit around waiting to be read. Last week, I started talking about some of these books, but then life distracted me and I never finished so I’m picking it up again this week. Believe me, I have plenty of books that...
This week I’m talking about books that I’ve shelled out the cash for, but haven’t yet cracked open to read. Let’s talk about: Merlin Ok, so – if you’ve been hanging out here for a while, reading my stuff, maybe following me on twitter or listening to the podcast… Hey, ARE YOU STALKING ME?!...
I never want to get bored. To that end, I buy a lot of books. I can’t walk into a bookstore and walk out empty handed. I think it’s genetic. This means that I have a lot of unread books lying around. This week, I’m going to talk about some of those books and...
I hate shopping. Well, that’s not true – I like shopping for certain things like DVD’s, music, video games, gadgets – but groceries, clothing, toothpaste – I hate it. Especially the toothpaste. I mean, do we REALLY need a hundred different versions of Crest? Anyway, what I want to know is this: How do...
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Patrick Hester is an author, blogger and Hugo Nominated Podcast Producer/Host who lives in Colorado and writes science fiction and fantasy (mostly)...[click to read more]
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