Flametoad

Old school book publishers have a love-hate relationship with ebooks. On one hand, it costs less to produce an e-book than it does a paper book (although not THAT much less). On the other hand, even with ebook sales experiencing impressive double-digit growth this year, profits from those sales account for a small percentage of [...]

For the whole time the Flametoad blog was on hiatus, I kept squirreling away links use as blog fodder. The theme for this week’s linkdump is publishing and e-books.
Profit & Loss – If you’ve ever wondered why books cost as much as they do, you’ll want to check out this post on Marion Gropen’s Publishing [...]

I’ve been terribly remiss in talking about all that has been going on with Buried Tales of Pinebox, Texas.
For starters, the book has had two very favorable reviews so far. Jeff LaSalla, New York Speculative Fiction Examiner, wrote an excellent review in which he gave quite a bit of detail without spoiling any of the [...]

I haven’t written about this nearly enough, but the proof for Buried Tales of Pinebox, Texas arrived today. I’m holding a real book in my hands. I can’t describe how excited and incredibly proud I am. I’m also second-guessing myself. Should I have spent more time on the cover? Should I tweek it some more, [...]

One of the things I’ve been planning with regard to our upcoming Pinebox anthology is getting it out not only in print, but also in more mainstream e-book distribution channels.
As an RPG e-book publisher, to date our books have been available through online RPG retailers. Without exception, the RPG publishing world has standardized on the PDF format. Considering the amount [...]