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I recently alluded to some news about changes at Apodis, so here it is: Apodis Publishing is no longer a subsidy publishing operation, but is now a traditional publisher utilizing print-on-demand technology. Basically, all that means is that there are no longer any charges involved. Aside from that, everything is mostly the same, although there is one new wrinkle that I'm particularly pleased to announce and, not to mention, interested to see what writers think of it.

All new Apodis titles, as well as being released in print form, will be released as a free electronic download under the Creative Commons license. If you're not sure what that is, it means that the end-user can copy or distribute the works as much as they like, so long as they don't try to pass it off as their own, make money from it, or change what's written. I know some people who are vehemently opposed to giving away their work for free (one person I meant early on in my POD journey wouldn't even give copies to her family - she said that made her look unprofessional), but I think most people are smart enough to realize that the real danger facing writers today is not piracy, but obscurity.

I'll also note that Goodbye, Darwin has passed the 40,000 word threshhold, but I won't be satisfied until it's at least between fifty or sixty, so keep those stories coming.


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