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crystalwizard
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  		   Posted 7/15/2008 3:31 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Just thought I would let everyone know that the summer issue has sold 52 copies as of today.

Not bad, considering that Fs 8 only sold 8 copies and that's less than a year ago :)

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Nik
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  		   Posted 7/15/2008 4:08 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
A 650% increase in sales...not bad!

I think if you were able to keep back issues around, they'd keep selling; but I know that's not how Lulu works. I'm glad I have one of the few hard copies of issue 8.

Nicholas Ian Hawkins

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"Knowledge and Dust," in Magic & Mechanica, from Ricasso Press, Spring 2008

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"What Heroes Leave Behind," in Return of the Sword, Flashing Swords Press, March 2008
"The Weald Maiden's Will," in Every Day Fiction, March 5, 2008
"Relativity," in FLASHSHOT, September 28, 2007


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crystalwizard
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  		   Posted 7/15/2008 4:29 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Nik said...
A 650% increase in sales...not bad!

I think if you were able to keep back issues around, they'd keep selling; but I know that's not how Lulu works. I'm glad I have one of the few hard copies of issue 8.


It's not lulu, Nik. It's the contract the authors sign. There's no provision in the contract to keep their story available in print like that. They sign a contract for the story to be printed in one issue and then archived online for a year. The magazine is a quarterly, and industry standards state that a quarterly issue is only available for a quarter, then replaced with the next one.
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Nik
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  		   Posted 7/15/2008 4:33 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Oops. For some reason, I thought it was a cost-savings measure; that publishers had to pay a fee to keep something available through Lulu. Either I was misinformed, or my cynical mind invented it. Thanks for setting me straight.

Nicholas Ian Hawkins

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"Knowledge and Dust," in Magic & Mechanica, from Ricasso Press, Spring 2008

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"What Heroes Leave Behind," in Return of the Sword, Flashing Swords Press, March 2008
"The Weald Maiden's Will," in Every Day Fiction, March 5, 2008
"Relativity," in FLASHSHOT, September 28, 2007


Visit my website, Trampler of Beautiful Phrases, at nihawkins.wordpress.com

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Jared Evers
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  		   Posted 7/15/2008 5:08 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
52 copies? Nice numbers! I might buy a couple more copies myself, just to have some available for others who are interested later.
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von Darkmoor
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  		   Posted 7/19/2008 7:48 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Cool! NICE numbers, CW and FS! Congrats

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  		   Posted 7/22/2008 12:11 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
I bought two hard copies and apparently one of the guys from ADVrider bought a download.

I'll be buying six copies of FS issue #11...two of which I'll be paid for.
My ADVRider mate will doubtless download a copy.

My copies: One goes on the coffee table for anyone to read, the other goes on the shelf for Lin and I alone.

I've mentioned FS and my inclusive stories on a number of forums I'm on...a number of people have mentioned they have or would purchase them.

I've offered a couple of free, autographed copies of Issue # 11 to coincide with a comp I'm running on one website.

You can read some of my stories here:
Skulkers. Jack be nimble, Jack be quick. RAT's. La Carcajou. Jet Bike Boogie...at www.pulpanddagger.com
Swamp Story. Down South. Florida Haze.Wild Justice...
at www.bikernet.com (Plus many of my motorcycle related articles.)
The Covert OP. Chick Prick...at www.milstory.com

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Bill Ward
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  		   Posted 7/23/2008 1:55 AM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Wow, so I have one of 8 copies of Issue 8 . . . and I'm guessing the staff has the rest?

I'm sure the FS contract could be tweaked to allow for issues to remain on POD longer, I wouldn't think a year would be out-of-bounds. I agree with Nik, keeping some back issues available is just good business -- something for Janrae to think about.

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crystalwizard
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  		   Posted 7/23/2008 1:57 AM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
actually, the staff didn't buy copies of FS 8 that I'm aware of. They got freebies.

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Dungeoneer
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  		   Posted 7/23/2008 8:59 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
I got one!  And I was NOT on the staff at the time, so I musta bought it!  Woo-hoo!  I got a hard copy of every ish!  (printed out 1-7 here at home).  Cool!  I got the complete set (to date)!  It might be worth it's weight in paper some day!  lol
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  		   Posted 7/30/2008 8:37 AM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Hearthweru said...
Last night I read Elements by R.F. Long. Loved it. Great story and nice to see an Arthurian tale that owes more to the Mabinogion than French Romance.


Wow - this is what happens when I get stuck into work for a while. I miss things. I'm so glad you enjoyed it. I always feel the "Welsh" legends miss out. :D

Can I quote you?

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  		   Posted 7/30/2008 6:15 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
RFLong said...

Can I quote you?

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Of course.

 
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RFLong
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  		   Posted 7/31/2008 5:33 AM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Yay!

rofl

Prepare to see your name everywhere. *j*

eta: well, on my website and LJ anyway! :D

Available now:
'Carrying Keptara' by R.F. Long, Ruins Metropolis from Hadley Rille Books on Amazon.com
'Elements' by R.F. Long, Flashing Swords Summer Special 2008

Coming soon:
'The Wrecker's Daughter' by R.F. Long, Ocean Magazine, Fall 2008
'The Wolf's Sister: a tale of the Holtlands' by R.F. Long, Samhain Publishing, November 2008

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  		   Posted 8/5/2008 1:27 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
I just received my copy of the Summer issue. Looks nice, but the 8 in 2008 is chopped off. I really wish Lulu employed quality control. It reeks 'amateur' when I pay good dollars and over inflated shipping & handling to receive something that is hit and miss, print wise.

Come visit the Community Forums of CPI's Official Site of Conan author Robert E. Howard

Recently published: Valley of Bones in Return of the Sword, Night of the Meld in Flashing Swords #9, Abuse of Power in Flashing Swords #10, Marathon in Issue #10 of Paradox, Kalini Steel in Freehold: Southern Storm, Fool's Treasure in Freehold: The Protector, Old Havana in When the World Runs Thin and Deluge in the Special Summer Issue of Flashing Swords.

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