(Good) Stuff Happens

Finally, the news I've been waiting to post, about e-formats for A Wind in Cairo. Next month, it will be available at BVC, as well--all formats,DRM-free. :)

This is my Arabian Nights horse novel, with magic and adventure and a girl and her (very opinionated) horse. It has a beautiful new cover by our own neutronjockey.

Here's the official word:

Book View Cafe to Partner with Kobo Inc.

Book View Café, the Internet's largest professional authors' cooperative, has announced a new partnership to distribute its growing ebook catalogue. Book View Press titles will now be carried by international ebook powerhouse Kobo Inc.

Book View Café will make the majority of their current ebooks available through Kobo's online stores. This will include titles by award-winning and bestselling authors such as Judith Tarr, Sarah Zettel, Steven Harper, Vonda N. McIntyre, Amy Sterling Casil, Deborah J. Ross, and Patricia Rice.

To celebrate the new partnership, Book View Cafe will be making four new titles available from Kobo: A Wind in Cairo by Judith Tarr, along with new omnibus editions of The Starfarers Quartet by Vonda N. McIntyre, The Silent Empire Saga by Steven Harper and The Complete Paths to Camelot by Sarah Zettel will be released through Kobo for a special thirty-day exclusive period.

Also coming to Kobo will be original offerings from the newly formed Book View Press, including Rocket Boy and the Geek Girls, an anthology of rare and classic science fiction stories, and The Shadow Conspiracy, an all-new steampunk collection. A fantasy anthology, Dragon Lords and Warrior Women, with contributions from Judith Tarr, Sherwood Smith, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Deborah Wheeler, and a book on writing and the publishing industry are being planned for this year.

Although Kobo offers digital rights management (DRM) for their e-book publishers, all BVC content will be made available DRM-free at their site (bookviewcafe.com) as well as at kobobooks.com.

And now, some more fun in cyberspace

I have been laboring under the delusion that I had access to the domain, judithtarr.com. Communications did not happen and it appears that the domain has been taken by a cybersquatter posing as a fan. As far as I can determine, I am legally entitled to that domain because it's a "brand" i.e. I make my living off the byline. There are laws in the US against cybersquatting, which this appears to be.

I've sent a polite note through the contact form on the site, and we can all hope he responds that oh yes, I can have my domain, so sorry. It expires, btw, on June 5th.

Just in case this is not a cooperative fan but a squatter, what does one do to get possession of one's domain?

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• 10:23 A "fan" has co-opted my domain name, I come to find out as I try to set up a website. judithtarr.com is NOT authorized or approved by me. #
• 10:49 @ceffyl1 How would I go about that? #
• 10:49 @autojim Good point. Once I'm clear on some concepts, I'll drop him an email. #
• 10:50 .@green_knight Good, then. I'll give him a couple of days to answer my message. Then sic the sharks on him. #
• 11:36 I have to go out for several hours, so if I don't respond, I'm not ignoring you. #
• 16:18 @ceffyl1 I thought it was illegal to use the SSN for corporate ID's now? At least that's what the bank told me. #
• 16:54 As ye sow, so shall ye weep. RT @ ggreenwald One can smell the fear here: is.gd/bBgvA #
• 16:55 RT @ bookviewcafe Book View Cafe to Partner with Kobo Inc. tinyurl.com/y3awckh - Including A WIND IN CAIRO! #

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