Several writers I’ve worked with in past and present, plus a number of others I haven’t but have read and admired, have formed an author co-op to provide fiction for free via the website Book View Cafe. One of the instigators is Sarah Zettel, whose novels I had the honor of publishing back at Warner Aspect. Here’s how she describes the new site: “The Cafe serves up fiction for free from published authors in a number of genres such as romance, science fiction, fantasy, and horror.”
In addition to Sarah, the 20 authors involved include Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, Brenda Clough, Kate Daniel, Laura Anne Gilman, Christie Golden, Anne Harris, Sylvia Kelso, Katharine Eliska Kimbriel, Sue Lange, Ursula K. Le Guin, Rebecca Lickiss, Vonda N. McIntyre, Nancy Jane Moore, Pati Nagle (Del Rey author whose sexy vampire-elf fantasy The Betrayal comes out 3/24/09), Darcy Pattison, Phyllis Irene Radford, Madeleine Robins, Amy Sterling, Jennifer Stevenson (whose novels The Brass Bed, The Velvet Chair, and The Bearskin Rug I edited and Ballantine brought out just this last summer), and Susan Wright.
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Sarah reports, "I'm very excited about it, not only because I'm working with a dynamic group of people, but because we're using a new model of Internet distribution for our work. The site will feature new free fiction every day, and before long we will be offering a premium content subscription service."
A cornucopia of riches, just in time for Thanksgiving! Do yourself a favor and check it out.
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