Anthology Builder
A friend of mine, Nancy Fulda, has created a marvelous website called Anthology Builder. The basic idea is this: you go to the website, pick a bunch of short stories by various authors, and they get printed up in a nice paperback volume and mailed to you. (And the authors get a little money when you do that.) This is the kind of application that print on demand technology was made for.
Five of my stories are currently available on Anthology Builder:
- "Betrayer of Trees"
- "In Memory"
- "The Man Who Moved the Moon"
- "Resonance"
- "Upgrade"
Obviously, that’s not enough stories to fill an entire volume. So I’ve created an anthology titled Eric James Stone & Company, which contains my stories plus stories by friends of mine. Go take a look.
And because the anthology contains a story by one of the featured authors for April, Campbell Award nominee Mary Robinette Kowal, if you buy a copy you’ll get one dollar off the regular price of $14.95.
UPDATE: I left "Resonance" out of the original list.
What a clever idea! I have already ordered a copy, and I look forward to reading some great stories.
That is a great idea. I love when people use a technology for something that couldn’t otherwise be done. For example ordering a pizza online might be cool, but it’s certainly not innovative in the way Wiki or EBay are. So much of what POD is used for is not unique or even especially valuable. But this is just so dang cool.
My Eric James Stone & Company anthology has arrived, and I was happy to see that the quality of the book itself (paper, printing, layout, etc.) was excellent–superior to some paperbound books I have paid more for.
Even though I enjoy reading stories online, there’s something about an actual book that can be carried easily from room to room that still appeals to me. I’m glad at least some of your stories, and those of your friends, are now available in this format.