The Great Absolute Write Spec Fiction Anthology!

[zanzjan]

Thanks! Good to know!

 

[DeleyanLee]

Got my contrib copy in the mail today! Thanks, Mac!

 

[zanzjan]

Got mine the other day too. Regret not asking you to autograph it on its way out the door, but otherwise, very happy. Hope it's doing well for you; much wonderful stuff in there.

 

[MJNL]

Also got mine, thanks!

 

[backslashbaby]

I got mine and I love the note Happy Holidays to Mac!

I won't hear how our book looked at the NYC party thing. I couldn't go to New York for it, which is cool. But I bet it looked great! I have no idea how many people sent in their books published that year or what the set-up would look like. It would have been great fun to go to get a feel for that stuff! Sometime I will

 

[Sage]

Was anyone planning on doing a giveaway on Goodreads? I have an extra copy because I was buying so many for Christmas presents that I got a free copy for myself, so I was considering doing it with my clean contributor copy, but if someone was already on it, I'll wait a while.

 

[Medievalist]

My offer to provide a .pdf or Kindle ebook to reviewers still stands.

 

[Sai]

My offer to provide a .pdf or Kindle ebook to reviewers still stands.

Hmm, I'm not sure how it works with review copies, but I know there is a wishlist of places that I would love to see review Absolute Visions (Strange Horizons, Interzone, Locus). Is it a matter of them contacting you and asking for a copy, or do you offer one to them? I'm willing to track down contact information if its the latter .

 

[Sai]

Oh, and have all the contributor copies gone out? I've moved recently and want to know if I should check my old address to see if it's there.

 

[Medievalist]

Hmm, I'm not sure how it works with review copies, but I know there is a wishlist of places that I would love to see review Absolute Visions (Strange Horizons, Interzone, Locus). Is it a matter of them contacting you and asking for a copy, or do you offer one to them? I'm willing to track down contact information if its the latter .

They were offered copies, but to be brutally frank, most magazines and large review sites perceive it as a self-published anthology, and life's too short.

I sent out a PR email to about 35 reviewers and review sites. (I used to do this routinely for a publisher back in the day.)

 

[Sai]

They were offered copies, but to be brutally frank, most magazines and large review sites perceive it as a self-published anthology, and life's too short.

I sent out a PR email to about 35 reviewers and review sites. (I used to do this routinely for a publisher back in the day.)

Thanks for trying Medievalist . I'm continually amazed at all the work you've put into this.

 

[Sage]

All right, I started a giveaway for AV, but it's pending approval. I'll update when it goes live. The giveaway will run until March 30, 2013. I used the Goodreads description of the book, although now I'm wishing I had picked a few stories and given examples of what a reader would find inside.

My profile says that books are supposed to have been released in the last 6 months (not in the terms of service when I listed the book), so it may be rejected, but it's worth the try.

 

[Sai]

Whoo-hoo! My copy came in the mail today! Thanks again Mac!

 

[timp67]

My copy came over the holidays also. Thanks, Mac! Inside, it couldn't be better. But man, the cover is blurry!

 

[Sage]

The Goodreads giveaway is live, in case anyone wants to advertise it.

 

[Sai]

The Goodreads giveaway is live, in case anyone wants to advertise it.

I just blogged about it on my site, though that doesn't mean anyone will necessarily see it...

 

[Mr Flibble]

81 days? That's a long time to wait to see if you've won! Tweeting it anyway for you though

 

[Sage]

The longer those are up, the more people see it and add it. I see a lot of self-published books up for 3 months with lots of people signing up.

 

[toldyouso]

Late to post my thanks - But it was so nice getting this in the mail Thanks Mac.

 

[Sai]

The Goodreads giveaway is live, in case anyone wants to advertise it.

Hey people! Only 9 nine days til the end of the giveaway!