This week’s news is that Michael and I have finally begun the process of getting Dead Man’s Trigger (DMT) down from the digital clouds and into a real, physical paperback book. We’d like to apologize for the wait to those of you who have been faithfully awaiting the paperback version, and to let you know it won’t be much longer […]
Hi, everyone. Alesia, here. It feels good to be able to say that, after two long, dark years, Michael and I have resumed the work on book three of the Raven & Iris trilogy. He and I spent this last weekend reassembling the notes in paper and electronic form, and then used most of our off-time this past week to […]
Hey again. This is Alesia, checking in with a little progress report. Here’s the tl;dr version: We’re still here, alive, kicking, swinging for the fences. That’s huge. We’ve had to restructure MetPub to get through this interregnum. Our goals as publishers are changing, and the company needs to change to reflect them. More on this as we actually get “nails […]
As you likely know, if you’ve been by here at all in 2016, we’ve been MIA. That’s because we’ve had to restructure everything here in order to keep functioning at all – gotta have money here in this western world – and having to go outside for income means exactly what you know it means, if you’ve been around or […]
For readers and publishers both, the EPUB format has everything one could want in a 21st century digital publication — except for one thing: Uniformity of presentation as described by the IDPF Standard. This post looks at some of the more common failings to be found in the EPUB reader ecosystem, and proposes changes that the IDPF could make to the EPUB Standard that would help it live up to its goal of being "the industry standard" for digital publications.
Some good news for indi authors! According to this infographic dated September 2015, self-published authors are selling more: http://publishingpush.com/blog/self-published-authors-are-selling-more-than-the-big-five-publishers/
We’re into the final hours, and Dead Man’s Trigger is still holding its own at #2 in Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure > Fantasy – but we’d sure like to see it go back to #1 on the last day of its KDP Select promotion. Have you read the reviews? 4.8 stars overall! “The overall tension […]
Have a sample chapter from Raven’s Tears. Here’s one from Dead Man’s Trigger. The reviews have begun to come in, and they’re fabulous! There’s just about a day and a half left on the ebook giveaway. You’ve got that long to get your free copy of Dead Man’s Trigger from Amazon, and use the coupon code you’ll find inside to download a free […]
Metaphor Publications is pleased to present Uncommon Catalysts a series of guest articles sourced in the catalytic intersection between fantasy fiction and role playing games (RPG, or RPG’s). Irregularly, we’ll be reaching out to irregular writers and gamers and getting their irregular perspectives on how fantasy/speculative fiction and RPG’s compare, contrast, overlap – and lead to new ways to enjoy both. […]
In our frantic search for replacement beta readers for Dead Man's Trigger a few months ago, I was asked about making advance reader copies, or ARCs, available to a selected audience before publication. At the time - neck-deep in a troublesome manuscript edit that I wasn't sure I could complete on schedule - it wasn't a prospect I could entertain with any […]
