BookView Cafe is go! I repeat, it is go!

[lagilman]

For the past few months, I've been part of a project that has been equal amounts excitement and frustration. I'm pleased to say that the excitement has just about trumped the frustration when, only a few minutes past our go-live date, we actually managed to go live.

I held off on announcing anything to give the web-gremlins a chance to do their thing, but *takes a deep breath* here we go.

Ladies and LJ-folk, I give you BookView Cafe, a new online publishing venture by a consortium of writers, including Sarah Zettel, Ursula K Le Guin, Vonda McIntyre, our own ramblin_phyl Irene Radford, and a host of others, including myself.

The offerings on BookView Cafe will refresh on a regular basis, and range from novels to flash fiction and include both reprints and new work.

And how much is this gonna cost me, Gilman, you ask?

The charges vary, as each author determines the fee for her own work -- but a large number of the work is available for free.

Yes, free.

My first short story will be up in December, and all it will cost you is the time to log in and download it. But don't wait -- check out what the cafe is serving up now!*

http://bookviewcafe.com


Official Splog: Readers can access new content by visiting the website (http://www.bookviewcafe.com/). RSS feed and an email announcement list will eventually alert readers to new content. In addition, Book View Cafe will be partnering with TextOnPhone to make content available via iPhone and iPod. Daily posts by the authors to the group blog creates an ongoing virtual book conference where readers and writers can interact. Book View Cafe can also be found at social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook, and at LiveJournal, Blogspot, and Wordpress.

Although there is material for sale the site, Book View Cafe itself is not a profit-making organization. This is a cooperative effort between the authors. Book View Cafe welcomes donations to help pay for the site, site management, and upgrade efforts.

For detailed answers to your questions, please our FAQ page.



*(but, y'know, be gentle if you run into a web-gremlin. They can be vicious if cornered...)

Comments

[neutronjockey.livejournal.com]

Who wrangled with the Joomla monster? Much brave souls are these...

[lagilman]

Erica, our Tech Guru, did the heavy wrangling. Once tamed, it's a useful beast....

[theantijoss.livejournal.com]

I signed up. I look forward to taking a look around, because YOU REALLY CAN'T have enough books. Srsly!

[windrose.livejournal.com]

Ooooo! That looks really COOL.

[lagilman]

It's an excellent forum for getting those OP books you've been jonesing for, as well as the new stuff.

[kriz1818.livejournal.com]

Wow. That's an impressive list of authors.

... but, where are the guys? This is not criticism, I'm just startled.

no gender bias, just who was there at the start...

[lagilman]

the project was started on an all-female mailing list and the decision was made to keep the launch list at a set number to minimize start-up chaos. We have a waiting list already...

[havocthecat]

Ooh, that's AWESOME.

[lagilman]

*chortle* I thought you'd like that. Feel free to pimp it far and wide....

[fakefrenchie.livejournal.com]

Heyla. My login is blocked. How do I contact the administrator of Book View Café?

[lagilman]

clicking on the "contact us" tab gets you bookviewcafe@gmail.com


Blocked how? Is it not recognizing your log-in, or...?

[fakefrenchie.livejournal.com]

The message I get is "login is blocked. Please contact the administrator."

[fakefrenchie.livejournal.com]

Sarah fixed it. Yay Sarah!