Stay classy Science Fiction Book Club

No, really, this place rocks. Yeah, it harks back to the day of Columbia music club, but damn if I don’t like to get a new book eleven days before it hits the shelves.

I pre-ordered Destined by P.C. and Kristen Cast at the beginning of October, it shipped on the 26th and arrived today, Halloween. Yep, a vampire book on Halloween. I like it. I don’t think the book is actually due out for another week or so. Very nice.

Then there’s the Parasol Protectorate by Gail Carriger and Reamde by Neal Stephenson. Protectorate really impressed me in the packaging because it’s got one of those silky nylon book marks glued into the binding. I don’t know why, but I think that’s pretty damn classy, myself. Now, this might be something the original publisher did, I don’t know. I haven’t had a chance to compare the two. Either way, it’s cool.

Reamde is bound the same way as Anathem, super slick pages, ultra-thin and HEAVY. If more publishers spent the time and care to bind and present their books like this, I think they’d do better. I like cool books with neat binding and extra stuff thrown in, like the silky, nylon book mark. Call me a sucker, I don’t care. It’s neat.

All in all, I’ve been really impressed with the Science Fiction Book Club and plan on staying a member for years to come. Stay classy guys and I’ll keep coming back.

Cybergenesis published

So, I have a new book available on Nook, Kindle, and Smashwords. The title is Cybergenesis. It is, obviously, a cyberpunk book. Think Ghost in the Shell meets the Matrix, well, the good ones anyways. Lets pretend Reloaded and Revolutions never happened, k?

Here is the cover. I think it’s quite shiny myself.

It is available on:

Amazon – 4.99
Barnes and Noble – 4.99
Smashwords – 4.99

And will be coming soon on Diesel, Sony, Kobo, and iPad, but all of my other titles are already available at those outlets.

Step it up, Barnes and Noble

So, Amazon just made their huge announcement about all the lovely eReaders/tablets they have coming out…right on time for Christmas. With their most affordable eReader coming in at 79$ and their most expensive tablet coming in at 199$, Amazon’s new line up is pretty tempting. They’ve under priced Barnes and Noble big time. Even I’m tempted by the new Kindle Fire and I’m a die hard Barnes and Noble girl.

No really. I like my brick and mortar stores, despite what everyone thinks about them. I don’t think they’re going away, but Barnes and Noble seriously needs to step up their game. Amazon has even dropped the price of their 3G devices. The Kindle Touch 3G drops in at 149$ and their Kindle Keyboard 3G is 139$. What gives B&N? 199$ is pretty damn nice for a tablet. Granted, I’d probably root it, upload Honeycomb and be done with it, provided the innards are forgiving, but come on. 249 bucks for the Nook Color is gonna hurt you guys big time. That’s 50 extra dollars I could spend on books. E-books, at least 10 if not more.

Come on B&N, tell me you’ve got a big bomb to drop in November. Pretty please? So you can stay in the game?