Charles Sheehan-Miles

Home | Media/Speaking Events | Order | Blog | About Charles | Activism | MySpace | Subscribe

Podiobooks -- authors distributing novels in podcasts

This morning a post by M.J. Rose caught my eye -- a nice write-up in the New York Times about the growing phenomena of authors distributing their work in free podcasts.

Now this is interesting. I'm intrigued more than just a little by many of the new ways information technology is changing the landscape of publishing. While self-published authors are never going to compete one-on-one with the big baddies in New York, the fact is that increasing numbers of authors are actually making a living publishing and promoting their own work -- especially given the ability to launch a publishing company, print cheaply and quickly through Lightning Source, and get distribution through Ingram as a result. It means that the initial cost of launching into publishing is practically free, with the usual caveats (which I learned all too well from my first effort) of not putting your work out there without a good editor.

So there it is. My first thought on seeing this was to seriously considering podcasting Prayer at Rumayla. The good news is that I've found a wonderful, excellent editor who is currently working her way through Murphy's War and who has agreed to edit Prayer at Rumayla as well. Which means when I bring it back into print, all the nagging stuff in the book should be dealt with. The new print version, which I'll be bringing out through my own house, Cincinnattus Press, should be out later this year.

Related entries

• Will Amazon destroy the Indy-Publishing Industry?
• Worth Checking Out
• NAS finally catches up with 17 years ago
• Wrong Door Drug Raid
• Times Under Fire for Vets article