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Every time I see yet another article about the Amazon vs. Hachette stand-off that paints Amazon as a bully, I wonder if we really have become too lazy to think, or if it is just too tempting for even renown websites to give in to the temptation of sensationalism it creates, because when you look at what is really happening,… Continue reading "Amazon doesn’t need Hachette, but Hachette needs Amazon"
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As many of you know, I’ve been a game developer for most of my life, and my career in the industry goes back over 30 years. As such, I have seen trade shows come and go, and I was there when the Electronic Entertainment Expo, now universally known as E3, was first conceived as the industry’s replacement for the Chicago… Continue reading "E3 exhibitors afraid to show you their games?"
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I honestly had not expected how much work it would be, putting together my book Zen of eBook Formatting. After all, I had the blog tutorial to build upon, and yet, it took me many months to flesh out the final book, add in all the little details and additions, and tweak it to make sure it is as accurate… Continue reading "Double-stitching code to fight eReader incompatibility"
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The past months I kept myself busy completing a new book on the subject of eBook formatting, as many of you may know. I am happy to announce that the book is finally available! For only $5.99 you can now benefit from the years of experience I have had as a professional eBook formatter, learning the ins and outs and… Continue reading "<b>Zen of eBook Formatting</b> is now available!"
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Over the past three years or so since I first published my “Take Pride in your eBook Formatting” series of tutorials here on the site, a lot of people have asked if I would make the tutorials available as an eBook as well. For a number of reasons I never created an eBook on the subject, %%% % % %… Continue reading "“Take Pride in your eBook Formatting” turns into a book"
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We are heading into year six of the digital book revolution and while there have been tremendous advancements in the sector, one thing has not changed a bit. There still is no magic bullet for eBook formatting. It’s not even anywhere on the horizon. In a time where eBook readers have become increasingly powerful and capable, and where more authors… Continue reading "The magic bullet for eBook formatting still doesn’t exist"
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While I was going through materials and documents I just stumbled across this 1999 interview with GameWeek Magazine. The magazine is no longer around and folded in 2002. It’s a bit of nostalgia and one of the interviews I like and remember most coming out of my “Planescape: Torment” era. Since many of you may never have seen this, or… Continue reading "Look what I found…"
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If you’ve been following the development of my current game project, “Deathfire: Ruins of Nethermore,” you may be aware of the fact that we are currently trying to find this project on Kickstarter. Here is a short trailer for the game, which taken from the full Kickstarter pitch video. Check it out and see if this is something you like.… Continue reading "The Deathfire Kickstarter is live!"
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I know that I have been remiss on this, and I apologize, but we opened the official website for my current game project “Deathfire: Ruins of Nethermore” a little while ago and have transferred all the Development Diary entries over there. Instead of updating both blogs constantly, I think I will stop posting these updates here and will do them… Continue reading "The Deathfire Development Diary has moved"
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While venturing through the catacombs somewhere in the depths of the Ruins of Nethermore the other day, we stumbled across a strange set of notes. They seem to be coming from the pages of a diary. In fact, someone suggested, they might be a diary entry from the great elven wizard Tesselar. Long and heated discussion broke out over this… Continue reading "Mysterious notes discovered in the Ruins of Nethermore…"
