I’ve received a number of emails from potential readers out there griping that my books aren’t available in electronic format. You’re
writing about a digital future where people can call up any text in the
world instantly and project it holographically on their retinas, they say. So how come I’m stuck reading your work on this crummy hunk of pulped wood, jackass?
Until now, my answer has always been,
It’s not my decision, pal. I don’t own the electronic rights. And don’t call me a jackass, punk.
To which they reply… well, you get the picture.
But as of today, I can now join the ranks of the electronically published. Yes, via the
Pyr-o-mania blog, I see that
Infoquake is now available on the Amazon Kindle.
Go check it out on Amazon.
Not only is it available, but it’s one of the first five titles
available on Kindle from Pyr. (For the record, the others are: Justina
Robson’s
Silver Screen and
Going Under, Mike Resnick’s
Starship: Pirate, and Lou Anders’ anthology
Fast Forward 1.)
I’m told there are a lot more Pyr titles in the works — including, yes, MultiReal
— but there’s no telling exactly when they’re going to hit the street.
So hopefully by some point next year, you’ll be able to read the entire
Jump 225 trilogy electronically. You won’t be able to project
it holographically on your retinas yet, unless you’re Ray Kurzweil, but
here’s hoping we’ll be able to do that in our lifetimes too.
(And by the way… yes, I would love to be able to post a picture of what Infoquake
actually looks like on the Kindle. But unfortunately, I don’t own one
and don’t anticipate buying one anytime soon. So if anyone does get a
chance to email me a nice high quality digital photo of Infoquake on the Kindle, I’d really appreciate it.)