Jeffrey A. Carver writes that “as the October publication date approaches for my new Tor novel, Sunborn, I’ve begun releasing the first three volumes of “The Chaos Chronicles” as free ebook downloads. Neptune Crossing is now available in a variety of ereader formats from my web site. I plan to follow this with Strange Attractors and The Infinite Sea, to help readers reacquaint themselves with the story—or discover it for the first time.
“When I say ‘plan,'” he continues, “I mean that the house elves (my family and I) are hard at work bringing my computer files up to date with copy-editing changes and so on, so that the ebooks will be as close to the printed books as I can reasonably make them.”
Carver is also planning to release an audiobook podcast, and by “planning”, he means “if I can pull it off, in terms of the time involved. It’s next on the list, though.”
Awesome!
Over on John Scalzi’s blog, “Whatever,” the discussion/debate continues regarding giving fiction away for free. There are still those who believe this negatively impacts the world of science fiction. Read on:
http://scalzi.com/whatever/?p=1456
Cheers,
– marty
For authors, giving away work can hurt others trying to make a living. I think maybe this could encourage people to keep looking for freebies. However, those people would probably never buy a book outright anyway. I think Carver’s purpose is to attract new readers who will hopefully buy his future books.