Writer 2.0
Pirates have copyright notices, too [screenshots]
A couple of months ago I discovered some guys illegally published their edition of my book at Amazon. They took a content of a free book shared with a CC licence probably at Wattpad or Smashwords and are selling it for $11. Hell with them,… no, wait, they made it to #38 in Humor / Jokes Riddles.
I took screenshots of their copyright and legal notices. And, yeah, IT IS A JOKE. They claim they own all rights. What’s more:
You should assume that the author and the publisher have an affiliate relationship and /or another material connection [...].
The original Amazon Password Incorrect is here ($0.99), the second part of the series, Failure Confirmed – here. Please visit book sites, leave a review, download free samples or even buy the books. I’d love to be as good as the guys who have fun while robbing me.
And if you want a free download of what they sell for $11 – go and take it from Feedbooks. »»»
Creating one picture story – a step-by-step example
One picture stories are extremely easy to create. Just shoot a picture and type your story using TypeDrawing application. This post is to share with you some tips on how to achieve a more advanced look. If you know what you want, it’ll take no more than 20 minutes.
When you have an iPhone 3G the pictures are, to be polite, average. This one was shot at the Spectrum Museum in Berlin. I knew I had to deeply rework it. »»»
15 questions to Google Editions
The e-reader price war has started. In a couple of hours the prices of major e-reading devices, Kindle and Nook, have dropped under $200. It’s not a coincidence that this is happening right now.
Google Editions will launch in a couple of days, weeks at latest. And when it happens, the world will receive a simple message: you don’t need to buy an extra device to read books, use your current one as long as it has a browser.
Opposite to iBooks/iBookstore which was a blank page with a list of 5 publishers, Editions will start with a strong context created by existing Google service: Books.
Google announced that at the beginning 4 million books will be available via Editions. Nobody has started a new book venture this big. One day the biggest number of books will be available at the service which is a combination of a search engine, a catalog of 12 million digitized books and a biggest e-bookstore in the world.
This is making people think. In this article I will not ask about Editions’ impact on the e-book market, others will do it better. But there are many questions from a point of view of an average reader and self-publisher, which stay unanswered. »»»
Create your own one picture stories
If you own an iPhone and want to share with the world more than just pictures, try this: one picture stories.
They’re extremely easy to create – and fun to do. What you need is one great application from the AppStore – Type Drawing. The app is definitely worth its price – 1,99 USD/1,59 EUR (download link here). The program lets you literally paint with words. The recent update has an enhanced, intuitive interface; a choice of 22 fonts, ability to zoom, eyedropper and many other features.
What’s most important – as a background you can use pictures from your iPhone’s photo library.
How to create one picture story?
1. Pick up a photo.
2. Open it in Type Drawing.
3. Write/paint your text. Do it the way you want, it’s all up to your imagination. A useful tip here is that if you don’t want a text to be painted in a loop just enter several spaces at the end in a text input box.
4. Save picture to photo library.
5. Share with the world. If you use a tag #1picstory it’ll be easier found in the Twitterverse. »»»
“Hasło niepoprawne” – centrum pobrań
Hasło niepoprawne to zbiór opowiadań tech-absurdalnych, będący wizytówką mojej twórczości. Książkę udostępniam bezpłatnie, na licencji Creative Commons.
Zachęcam do jej pobierania i dzielenia się ze znajomymi. Zapraszam również do przeczytania angielskiego tłumaczenia. »»»
Like Bees to Honey – Chapter 20
I’m greatly honoured to host a chapter of the new book by the acclaimed author Caroline Smailes – Like Bees to Honey. The book will be released in 7 days and I can’t wait to it. Just read the chapter below and you’ll feel the same.
What I love about the book’s blog tour is a fantastic idea which corresponds with the book itself – in order to follow the story readers change places, travel, fly. We all need somebody to tell us where to go, we all need directions. And we will never stop. We will fly and follow those who we believe in, wherever they take us: to Malta or London or Warsaw.
Later in this post you’ll find all the information you need to fly to Like Bees to Honey.
Like Bees to Honey – Chapter 20
Click on an image to read the book in a full screen mode.
The Book
Nina, her son Christopher in tow, flies to Malta for one last visit with her aging parents.
Her previous attempt to see them ended in tears. Disowned for falling pregnant while at university in England, she was not allowed into the house.
This will be her final chance to make her peace with them.
But Malta holds more secrets and surprises than Nina could possibly imagine. What she finds is not the land of her youth, a place full of memories and happiness. Instead she meets dead people. Lots of them. »»»
Ukazała się antologia literatury na Twitterze [notka]
Poniżej tekst informacji, jaką za chwilę będę rozsyłał do mediów. Myślę, że stanie się to dobrym zwyczajem na blogu – zanim wyślę, opublikuję na blogu z opisem [notka]. Będzie można samemu zestawić sobie atrakcyjność informacji tu publikowanych z tym, czy za takie zostały uznane przez profesjonalistów.
Kilka dni temu ukazała się antologia mikroprozy publikowanej w serwisie mikroblogowym Twitter – #VSS Anthology Volume 1. Składa się na nią ponad 150 utworów napisanych przez 37 autorów z całego świata. Inicjatorem i wydawcą książki jest Brent Millis, tworzący pod pseudonimem Made in DNA.
Literatura tworzona na Twitterze jest jednym z najciekawszych przejawów literatury cyfrowej. Paradoksalnie, ograniczenie jakim jest 140 znaków, nie doprowadziło do zaniku ale wybuchu energii twórczej. Wpisy literackie na Twitterze można odnajdywać posługując się znacznikami (tagami) takimi jak #sixwords, #6wordstory, #haiku czy #twitfic.
Olbrzymią popularnością cieszy się tag #vss (very short story). Został on po raz pierwszy użyty przez jednego z najbardziej cenionych autorów twitteratury, Seana Hilla (@VeryShortStory). W porównaniu z innymi formatami, wpisy z tagiem #vss nie są złotymi myślami, do czego łatwo sprowadzić może 140-znakowe ograniczenie, ale historiami, często zaskakująco bogatymi. »»»
Fan of Twitter fiction? Check #VSS Anthology
It’s a great news for Twitter fiction lovers. #VSS Anthology Volume 1 has just been published, thanks to the big effort of Made in DNA, who initiated the anthology, called for entries and edited the stories into this great book.
Twitter fiction is a fantastic literary phenomenon. It shows how well writers can cope with such a limit as 140 characters. And it brings great results. Many people write fiction on Twitter and the most popular way to follow it is #vss tag. It was originated by the Twitter fiction guru, Very Short Story and quickly adopted by his fans and fellow writers.
This anthology has one outstanding benefit I was not aware until I read it – opposite to Twitter stream, where you read great stories accidentally, you have all the best of it presented the way it should be: organized. Every author in this book has his exceptional voice and brings his unique world to the reader. Just read a couple of his stories in a row and you’re there completely.
Having in mind that Twitter just makes you blink and you’re away in the archives, anthologies like this one have an incredible value.
The book is available for free from Smashwords. You can read it on-line or download to your device. There are many formats available, including ePub, mobi, rtf, pdf and plain text, so I’m sure there is one to fit you e-reading device.
#VSS Anthology is out, but the authors are on. Check what they’re writing about right now on Twitter.
PS. I’m really glad I’m part of this anthology and was helpful in designing the book’s cover. »»»
Seria poradników dla pisarzy 2.0
Przedstawiam (i zapraszam do pobrania) serię książek poradnikowych dla autorów, którzy planują samodzielnie wydać e-książkę.
Poradniki są zbiorem artykułów, które wcześniej publikowałem na blogu, a które zdążyły przepaść w jego otchłaniach. Mam wrażenie, że zainteresowanie niezależnym publikowaniem e-książek będzie rosło z biegiem czasu (i trudno nawet powiedzieć w jakim tempie), dlatego nadanie materiałowi formy książkowej pozwoli na łatwiejsze jego odnalezienie. Jest to jedna z kolejnych zalet publikowania książek w formie elektronicznej.
Wszystkie trzy poradniki dostępne są bezpłatnie. Można je pobrać z serwisu Feedbooks – w formatach na komputer, czytnik lub komórkę. »»»
Hashtagstories – a literary memoir of social media trends
It’s almost a year since I started hashtagstories – microstories written with current Twitter hashtags.
Sorry? Stories written with what? A year ago this was weird even to me. But it was just so inspiring to combine the world of hashtags into a piece of a literary fiction that I gave it a try. I also wanted to use it as a way to enter English writing. It was looking like a pretty easy job to do – just collect meaningful, emotional hashtags and scrabble them into a story.
After a year I can tell you – hashtagstories are not easy. They are a hard work. I had to go through many Twitter-based services to find the best source of hashtag info. Previously I was using Hashtags.org, now it’s What the Trend. »»»
Recently updated Polish tech-absurdist and mobile fiction writer 3.0 beta. Addicted to ebooks and technology. Guest writer at 
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