Arthur C. Clarke Archives

May 24, 2015Exactly how waterproof is the Kobo H2O e-reader? Find out before you hit the beach

Several decades ago Arthur C. Clarke reminded a friend and me that e-book devices might develop amnesia if dropped in the bathtub. Well, time passes. I myself own a dandy waterpoof case for my Kindle Paperwhite. And I keep up with the Kobo world through a waterproof Aura H20. But wait! Exactly how waterproof is […]

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June 5, 2014UK’s Nina Allan wins France’s Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire short story prize

UK fantastic fiction author Nina Allan has won the Foreign Short Fiction category in the prestigious Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire, France's equivalent of a Hugo or Arthur C. Clarke award. The prize was awarded for her collection of linked short stories The Silver Wind (Complications in the French translation), all revolving round the theme of time travel. Her translator Bernard Sigaud also won the Jacques Chambon Award for Translation for his French rendition of her work.

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May 12, 2013 Weekend Roundup: Drug Paraphernalia on Amazon, B&N’s Nook Dilemma

Barnes & Noble’s Nook Dilemma (Dear Author) What’s left if B&N sells the Nook business to Microsoft? (Forbes) Free Books for Mother’s Day (GalleyCat) Now Amazon is selling bongs, nitrous oxide, and deadly hallucinogenic drugs (Business Insider) Kindle Daily Deals: 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke (and 3 others)

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October 2, 2012Author Asks: Can Publishing Really Be Replaced by a Button?

This year our Publishing Business Virtual Conference kicked off with a keynote by Rory O’Connor, blogger, filmmaker, journalist and author most recently of “Friends, Followers and the Future: How Social Media are Changing Politics, Threatening Big Brands, and Killing Traditional Media” (City Lights).

In keeping with his habit of posing challenges, the keynote addressed the question: “Can Publishing Really Be Replaced by a Button?”

September 24, 2012Show Notes: Report from the Digital Book World Marketing and Discoverability Conference

“If you came here looking for a map, good luck,” joked Perseus Book Group's Rick Joyce, noting that figuring out the new world of discoverbility is “not about map following, but about map building.”

While the metaphor might seem extreme, when it comes to marketing and discoverability in the Internet age, publishers really are, like the early explorers, in uncharted territory. This was the theme of opening keynote delivered by Joyce, Perseus's Chief Marketing Officer to the gathered publishing professionals at the Metropolitan Pavilion for the first Digital Book World Marketing and Discoverability conference.

March 18, 2012Five classic books not yet available in e-book form

The Houston Press’s Books blog has a roundup of five classic novels you cannot (yet) read on a Kindle, for various reasons. The reasons are actually the most interesting part: two of them—One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke—have to do with copyright and [...]

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