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Posté : mar. mai 18, 2010 3:50 pm
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The search for a new publishing model that takes advantage of the
internet continues. Author Peter Riley is giving out $3,000 in prizes
to people who'll read his book, Universes, and answer some questions
about it.
Riley, a former editor with the London Free Press in Ontario, has
posted his novel online for free, and he hopes that running contests
with cash prizes will "stir up interest on the Internet in order to
get the book ultimately noticed and published." He's been looking for
a publisher since he finished the novel in 1999.
The contest starts July 4, with prizes range from $50 to $100 each.
"They're questions, most of which you'd have to have read most or all
of the book to be able to answer," explains Riley. "The best answer
gets a prize." He'll post a new question every couple of weeks. Here's
a synopsis:
Ozzie, a hotshot physicist with more neuroses than a camel has fleas,
gets a chance to test his avant-garde version of string theory when he
dies – and pops up in an alternate universe. This one happens to be
populated by cannibals.
Lucy, his lovely young wife, thinking he may have been murdered, gets
entangled in bizarre intrigues involving an ambition-crazed physicist,
a crooked FBI agent and a mad scientist who uses human guinea pigs.
You can read Riley's book here. [via London Free Press]
http://www.universes.ca/universes.html
The search for a new publishing model that takes advantage of the
internet continues. Author Peter Riley is giving out $3,000 in prizes
to people who'll read his book, Universes, and answer some questions
about it.
Riley, a former editor with the London Free Press in Ontario, has
posted his novel online for free, and he hopes that running contests
with cash prizes will "stir up interest on the Internet in order to
get the book ultimately noticed and published." He's been looking for
a publisher since he finished the novel in 1999.
The contest starts July 4, with prizes range from $50 to $100 each.
"They're questions, most of which you'd have to have read most or all
of the book to be able to answer," explains Riley. "The best answer
gets a prize." He'll post a new question every couple of weeks. Here's
a synopsis:
Ozzie, a hotshot physicist with more neuroses than a camel has fleas,
gets a chance to test his avant-garde version of string theory when he
dies – and pops up in an alternate universe. This one happens to be
populated by cannibals.
Lucy, his lovely young wife, thinking he may have been murdered, gets
entangled in bizarre intrigues involving an ambition-crazed physicist,
a crooked FBI agent and a mad scientist who uses human guinea pigs.
You can read Riley's book here. [via London Free Press]
http://www.universes.ca/universes.html