If you happen to read from right to left, you might want to check out the forthcoming Hebrew editions of Hardwired and The Green Leopard Plague and Other Stories.  And if you happen to be in Tel Aviv this coming Monday, you should definitely attend the launch party for the books, which will take place alongside the […]

My sometime publisher HarperCollins has quietly re-entered online retail by relaunching its online site, hc.com, and announcing that writers would earn an additional 10% royalty for ebooks sold through the site. Bully for them!  Ebook royalties offered by major publishers are, let’s face it, low.  25%, maybe, against 70% or more for self-publishing.  So 35% is […]

Episode Three of the Hardwired serial is now live at iBooks, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and Smashwords. If you have the first two installments, you’ll want this one! Episode Three comes with special bonus content, an essay explaining why the term “panzerboy” has to do with Belgian butter smugglers.

Here’s the Strati, the first car created by a 3D printer. Well, except for the mechanical bits.  The parts that actually make it drive an’ stuff.  The parts that make it an actual car.  Those aren’t printed, those are manufactured elsewhere. But still.  Pretty, no? In the old days, people would buy a frame and engine, […]