Burgeoning tech options of modern publishing – online, audio and print – made possible the Prometheus Award slate of 2021 Best Novel finalists

Libertarian Futurist Society ^ | 04/10/2021 | Libertarian Futurist Society

[tbw2]

The 2021 Prometheus Awards slate of Best Novel finalists, just announced, reflects an interesting first in the four-decade-plus history of the award.

See if you can identify this first – hint: a reflection of a long-term trend in modern publishing – from scanning this list of the finalist novels, their authors and publishers:

* Who Can Own the Stars? by Mackey Chandler (Amazon Kindle) * Storm between the Stars, by Karl K. Gallagher (Kelt Haven Press) * The War Whisperer, Book 5: The Hook, by Barry B. Longyear (Enchanteds) * Braintrust: Requiem, by Marc Stiegler (LMBPN Publishing) * Heaven’s River, by Dennis E. Taylor (Amazon)

What should leap out from this list of Prometheus finalists above is the absence of the names of major, long-established and long-dominant print publishers. (To borrow a biblical metaphor, think of this as a triumph of David over Goliath.)

For the first time, all five Prometheus Best Novel finalists were either self-published by the authors (through Amazon or their own small presses) or released by small publishers.

[tbw2]

Burgeoning tech options of modern publishing – online, audio and print – made possible the Prometheus Award slate of 2021 Best Novel finalists
http://lfs.org/blog/burgeoning-tech-options-of-modern-publishing-online-audio-and-print-made-possible-the-prometheus-award-slate-of-2021-best-novel-finalists/

[tbw2]

And I recommend Karl Gallagher’s book.

An Interview with Author Karl Gallagher
https://libertyislandmag.com/2019/12/09/an-interview-with-author-karl-gallagher/

[Little Ray]

I have actually read two of those books, Storm between the Stars and Heaven’s River.

[ctdonath2]

Recent two-time winner is a must-read: http://morlockpublishing.com/the-book/

[ctdonath2]

(Sometimes you do judge a book by its cover. I saw that picture, was compelled to find out why there’s a crashed freighter on the Moon. Was not disappointed.)

[a fool in paradise]

“audio” isn’t a book

The Grammy even gives those recordings awards. That’s how Obama got two.

[minnesota_bound]

#5 That must have been quite a storm on Earth to toss a ship to the moon....

[ctdonath2]

Even better than that. https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B005JPPMS6 to find out.

[MissEdie]

Does anyone on here have some advice for someone looking to self-publish? Thanks beforehand.

[tbw2]

What genre is the book?

[MissEdie]

I have 2 actually, one is a Christmas story about the birth of Jesus and the other one is a fable about the relationship between Hippos and the little birds that ride on their backs :0)