Chris Howard's Writing & Art

Nanowhere is back!

The second edition of my tech thriller Nanowhere is out, although the official release--in print--won't be until next month or early 2012.  The ebook's available right now at Amazon and B&N on the Kindle, Fire, Nook, and any device with the Kindle or nook apps.  (More eBook formats and channels to follow).

This edition has a bunch of edits over the original version, which came out in 2005, and includes two of the research reports by the character John Andreden at the back of the book.

The eBook cover is on the left and the print book is below.

Here's some of the back cover copy:

Nanowhere... it's a love story with all the usual elements: rogue soldiers, computer hacking, tyranny, cryptography, hit-men with an affinity for rolled adhesives, rebellious skateboarders, and sentient billion-node self-organizing nanotech ghosts.

Here's a clip of Cory Doctorow's kind words on Boing Boing:

Chris Howard has released an...interesting and well-written...sf thriller called Nanowhere along with a bunch of supplementary materials that purports to be the lab notes and publications of one of the book's characters ...

 

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WINTERDIM

My novel Winterdim is now available in ebook and very soon in print.  It hasn't shown up everywhere yet, but I see it at Amazon and B&N.  In the iBookstore I think it will get a release date of 11-11-11, which is cool.

Winterdim @ Amazon

Winterdim @ Barnes & Noble

Front cover below, text from the back cover:

Theodora Viran has a way with forests, blossoms, creeping vines, composting, paranoia, and sudden death.  She sees deception in every shadow, a trap in every word, and the universe has always been someone else's  manipulative game,  but when she makes a promise to save the life of a childhood friend,  it becomes a promise she cannot break without breaking her view of the world.

Saltwater Witch Comic in ePub

Chapter 1 of Saltwater Witch is now available in ePub format!  Open in it iBooks, Nook, Adobe, Stanza, or any of the ePub readers out there. I will be following up with the rest of the available chapters--1 through 11 with a bit of 12.

 Saltwater Witch Chapter 1   (7.5 MB)

 

iPhone app for Seaborn

Finally. It's months late but I submitted it to iTunes Sunday night, and expect to see it in the app store soon—within the next couple weeks. I'll keep you posted. 

This is pretty much a straight port of the Seaborn iPad app to iPhone.  The main difference is the "Art Portfolio", which points to my online portfolio. (One collection to maintain and it's always up to date).

I was halfway through development of a Seaborn "universal app" which covers iPads, iPhones, iPod Touches, but dropped that path a couple months back and moved to two separate apps because there are different features and presentation methods--some of them significant--I will be adding for each platform.  (e.g., I may move the iPhone version to the Cocos2D framework and include games and other cool things).

Seaborn iPad app

Ebook numbers—preliminary

I'll post about this with a bit more depth with numbers from another month or two. 

So far here's what I have:

I put up Saltwater Witch, Seaborn, and Sea Throne on Amazon.com, B&N (Nook), Apple iBooks, and Smashwords around the middle of March.  Here we are twelve days into May—so roughly 7-8 weeks of sales, and I've sold just under 600 books.

Saltwater Witch has been hovering in and out of the Top 100 of "Bestsellers in Books > Fantasy > Magic & Wizards" at Amazon.com, which is pretty cool.  All three books have been in the Top 100 in "Kindle Store > Books > Fiction > Fantasy > Contemporary" on Amazon.co.uk, getting down into the 40's.  So not too bad.

Details when I get the time!

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New on Kindle: The Complete Seaborn

Okay, all three books--Saltwater Witch, Seaborn, and Sea Throne--are now available under one "cover"--along with some all new transitional material from Michael Henderson, an extra story, and dramatis personae.  $7.99 on the Kindle.

Get The Complete Seaborn on the Kindle

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That's pretty cool...

Saltwater Witch is number 91 in "Bestsellers in Magic & Wizards Fantasy" at Amazon.com.

Cover for Seaborn Omnibus

I designed and painted the new cover and art for all three books, Saltwater Witch, Seaborn, and Sea Throne, all under one cover.  (See links down left side of page).  See the full cover--front, back, and spine--at the bottom.

Click for the full view! 

CLICK FOR THE FULL VIEW:

Saltwater Witch Launch Contest

Saltwater Witch, Seaborn, and Sea Throne book covers:

I'm giving away 20 signed and numbered limited edition accordion folded prints (signed series of 100).  See the images of the contest art at the bottom of this post. Each comes with a signed info document (see the single green-shaded image below).
 
Here's how to play—it's easy, there are only two steps:
 
1. Do one of these:
 

• Buy a copy of Saltwater Witch, Seaborn or Sea Throne through any of the stores, services, or platforms linked below. 
• Post a review of Saltwater Witch, Seaborn or Sea Throne on any of the stores, services, or platforms linked below.
• Spread the word about any or all the books through your blog, Facebook, or site.

 
2. Let me know:
 
Send me an email or comment here, telling me which of the three things above you did and that you want to be entered into the drawing.  Just say, "I got Saltwater Witch for the Kindle. Enter me in the drawing for a print.", or "I reviewed Seaborn here..." (My email is [email protected])
 
I will draw five names a week for the next four weeks.
 
A few more rules:  you can enter multiple times. For instance, you can enter once for each book, once for each review, once for each spread-the-news post. Unless you win one of the prints, you remain in the pool for the next drawing.

Happy reading!

Saltwater Witch | Seaborn | Sea Throne

Saltwater Witch | Seaborn | Sea Throne

Saltwater Witch | Seaborn | Sea Throne

Saltwater Witch | Seaborn | Sea Throne

Seaborn (Juno Books Print Edition)
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Onward and downward!

Click the pics for the full view:

 

 

Okay, it's official... It's a trilogy

With Saltwater Witch (the novel) going live, it's now three books, "The Seaborn Trilogy". New cover art (see below), new book (Saltwater Witch), and an even newer (still in the works) omnibus edition with all three books in one, with transitional stories, journal entries, and other good oceany stuff.

How do you read?

Saltwater Witch | Seaborn | Sea Throne

Saltwater Witch | Seaborn | Sea Throne

Seaborn (Juno Books Print Edition)

Amazon.com | Barnes & Noble
Mysterious Galaxy | Google Books
Alibris | BookFinder | WorldCat

 

What do you think of the new covers?