The Million Dollar Bookshop

December 3, 2012 · 5 Comments
Mark Lawrence, author of the Broken Empire trilogy, has set up a promotional site called The Million Dollar Bookshop for authors to advertise their books. The concept is similar to the Million Dollar Homepage from a few years back, with authors buying space on the page at the pixel level. All proceeds from the Bookshop [...]

Worldbuilders Fundraiser – For Fantasy Readers And Writers

November 30, 2012 · 7 Comments
The annual Worldbuilders fundraiser is well underway. If you don't know about Worldbuilders, it's this cool little fundraiser put together by Patrick Rothfuss--himself a very cool fantasy author--to help people less fortunate than ourselves. During the 2011 fundraiser, Worldbuilders brought together fantasy authors, publishers, and readers from around the world and raised more than $310,000 [...]

Amazon Tag Cloud

November 29, 2012 · 3 Comments
Captured this latest from the Amazon Tag Cloud, which represents the most popular tags across the site at the moment. Do you notice that fantasy fiction has the biggest and darkest tag? Hmmm... :)