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seanan_mcguire ([personal profile] seanan_mcguire) wrote2011-08-01 07:40 am

When will you rise? COUNTDOWN available now.

Some of you may remember that I did a series of blog posts "counting down" to the release of Deadline, chronicling the days leading up to the Rising of 2014. Some of you may remember asking me whether there would ever be a collected edition. And, well. Some of you may remember getting my standard "I can't say anything right now" reply of "LOOK! A BUNNY!"

Well, look. A bunny. Or more specifically, look, Countdown: A Newsflesh Novella now available for your e-reading pleasure! Countdown retails for $2.99, and is an awesome opportunity to have more Kellis-Amberlee goodness for your very own.

Click here to go to the official Orbit Short Fiction page for Countdown.
Click here to go to Amazon, and the Kindle store.
Click here to go to Barnes and Noble, and the Nook store.
Click here to go to the iBook store.

Now, some people will doubtless ask why they should pay for this when they can (and possibly have) read it for free on my blog. They may not ask me directly, 'cause we're normally more civil than that around here, but I'm going to answer anyway. There are four really good reasons.

1. This is a professionally formatted file, with all thirty days in the same place. No clicking, scrolling, or getting lost in my occasionally quixotic tag system. Basically, it's three dollars for total convenience.

2. I said a few times while writing the original series of posts that errors would creep in because writing live left me no time to go back and revise. Well, the luxury of Countdown becoming something I was paid for allowed me to go back, edit, adjust, and correct a lot of things, some little, some big. It also got a pass through the Machete Squad, making it a much higher-quality work.

3. The novella I want to do next year for Blackout is much larger and more ambitious, and it's really going to need those editorial revisions to be as good as I want it to be. The sales of Countdown will encourage Orbit to buy The Rising 2014: The Last Stand and Final Fall of the California Browncoats.

4. My cats like to eat. My cats like to eat a lot. My cats will, eventually, if unfed, eat me. If the cats eat me, I stop writing. If I stop writing, everyone will be sad. Except for me, as I will have been eaten. Buying Countdown helps me shove gooshy food into the fluffy monsters, and allows me to remain uneaten.

Countdown!

(If you have links to other ebook stores, please kick them over, and I'll add them.)
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[personal profile] deakat 2011-08-01 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
You don't need an ereader; most of the stores have free apps that you can use to read on your computer.

[identity profile] aircrash.livejournal.com 2011-08-01 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
yeah, i just saw that on amazon's ... unfortunately, i have an old os that doesn't seem to be supported. ;~;

[identity profile] aircrash.livejournal.com 2011-08-01 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
OH WAIT I THINK I FOUND ONE

hi i'm a luddite
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[personal profile] deakat 2011-08-01 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
OH WAIT I THINK I FOUND ONE

Yay! I was going to ask what your OS is, because I'm sure there are many of us here who would endeavor to assist. :)

[identity profile] aircrash.livejournal.com 2011-08-01 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
OSX 10.4, and the one i found is eReader Pro? now i just have to figure out which store will give me the file in a format that this reader will read. SOB WHY IS THIS SO DIFFICULT, I JUST WANT TO READ AWESOME THINGS ;~;
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[personal profile] deakat 2011-08-01 05:36 pm (UTC)(link)
If you were to buy it from Google, it appears that they allow you to read it in your web browser.

[identity profile] aircrash.livejournal.com 2011-08-01 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
ahhh, thanks for your help! c: now i just have to wait for my paycheck to go through and i too can join the legion of e-literate kitty food fund supporters. n__n