Mike and Mike talk more about the fight between Amazon and Hachette, continuing from Show 468 and including comments from your feedback via Facebook.They talk more about how different authors are taking sides, how the monies are being distrib

Cover to Cover #469: Talking with Kevin J. Anderson

Jun 23rd, 2014 45m 7s

Kevin J. Anderson joins Mike and Mike to talk about his newest novel, The Dark Between the Stars. It's the first of his new series, "Saga of Shadows", which takes place 20 years after the events of his "Saga of the Seven Suns" series, with revi

Cover to Cover #468: Amazon vs Hachette, Or Who Moved My Marketing?

Jun 16th, 2014 25m 24s

The contract dispute between Amazon and Hachette has Mike Stackpole a little fired up, and the conversation revolves around the details some of the blowback that midlist and new authors are feeling because their books can't be pre-ordered or or

Cover to Cover #467: Talking About "Reading Rainbow"

Jun 10th, 2014 32m

Sam Roberts joins Mike and Mike to talk about LeVar Burton's Kickstarter efforts to bring "Reading Rainbow" to new audiences using newer technologies and methods that weren't available when the show was still airing on PBS, and about the grumbl

Cover to Cover #466: Changes in Book Selling

Jun 2nd, 2014 26m 47s

Mike and Mike recap the technological and book-selling shift since they last talked shop in 2012, including the shift from big format bookstores to local stores & specialty stores that promote events more than book sales, the shift to authors m

Cover to Cover #465: Catching Up and Moving Forward

May 19th, 2014 27m 25s

Mike and Mike pop in for a quick visit, and have fun with not remembering anything they talked about or did for the show 2 years ago.They chat about what's been going on since then, and the changes that happen with stories as the writers get

Cover to Cover #464: Understanding Character Growth

Mar 5th, 2012 29m 31s

Discussing the News: Mike S talks about Amazon's Kindle Select program that allows Kindle owners to borrow ebooks, and the payment method they're using to compensate authors for the loans, but it's an Amazon exclusive program. The discussion sw

Cover to Cover #463: Techniques for Managing the Details

Feb 20th, 2012 25m 10s

Mike S also recommends that everyone go out and purchase digital picture frames, scan in the covers of all their books, sit it on your shelf and have it display your book covers as slideshows.Writing Discussion: Mike M talks about the difficu

Cover to Cover #462: Deconstructing the Story

Feb 7th, 2012 35m 59s

Mike S points out that the real kidney punch to B&N was done by Apple a few weeks ago with their ebook textbook deals, and the guys talk about how these deals could change how teachers teach and how people learn.Rewrite Update: Mike M details

Cover to Cover #461: Building Your Audiences

Jan 30th, 2012 31m 32s

Discussion: Mike S talks about the importance of developing a private audience, separate from the groups you're cultivating on Twitter, Google+, Facebook, and other social networks.What's your favorite site for book reviews? Send them in, or

Cover to Cover #460: Information Management and Story Questions

Jan 16th, 2012 33m 22s

Mike S brings up some salient points about the legal tussle going on between HarperCollins and Open Road Media over the definition of "ebook" because of a new electronic version of Julie of the Wolves.Rewrite Status update: Mike M has cracked

Cover to Cover #459: How and Where to Get Started

Dec 26th, 2011 26m 58s

Would you be interested in receiving PDFs of sample chapters from authors, writing prompts or assignments or items of that ilk? Let us know your thoughts on that!Mike S lays out some steps to keep in mind when you start your 2012 writing proj

Cover to Cover #458: Prepping and Planning A Story

Dec 12th, 2011 29m 30s

Listener Questions: Tad from Mesa is one of the few who has an old edition of Mistress of Dragons and he's interested to see how the new version evolves, really enjoyed Stackpole's At the Queen's Command, and wants to know if there's an update

Cover to Cover #457: Listener Questions

Nov 28th, 2011 28m 11s

The new "Cover to Cover" will be switching to an every other week schedule, mostly to give the guys and the listeners time to do the actual work required... MRM doing the writing for Mistress of the Dragon, and the listeners doing the assignmen

Cover to Cover #456: DIY EBooks (We're Not Dead Yet!)

Nov 14th, 2011 31m 14s

Mike M and Mike S jump back in the saddle, chatting about what they did on their extended summer vacations: Stackpole went to a few conventions (Gencon, Origins), and published his first digital original book, Perfectly Invisible, while Menneng

Cover to Cover #455: M D Lachlan

May 30th, 2011 33m 1s

Interview: This week, Mike and Mike chat with MD Lachlan about the first book in his new series from Pyr Books, Wolfsangel. What happens when you take a werewolf story and combine it with Norse mythology and legends? This series is one look at

Cover to Cover #454: Bradley Beaulieu

May 17th, 2011 31m 48s

Interview: This week, Mike and Mike chat with Brad Beaulieu about his new novel, The Winds of Khalakovo, an epic fantasy series from Night Shade Books in the same vein as George R. R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire". [Read more...]Source

Cover to Cover #453: Ian Fydell

May 10th, 2011

This week, Mike and Mike chat with Ian Fydell about the first book in his Exodus Trilogy, "Breathing Space". Ian talks about his trilogy, the message about environmentalism he wanted to get out there through his fiction, how his publisher, Legw

Cover to Cover #452: Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris

May 3rd, 2011 32m 32s

Interview: This week, Mike and Mike chat with Tee Morris and Pip Ballantine about their new collaborative novel, Phoenix Rising: A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Novel, sort of a steampunk flavored adventure in the fashion of "The Avengers" o

Cover to Cover #451: Listener Feedback

Apr 26th, 2011 39m 42s

It's an all voicemail episode! Hopefully everyone who's had questions or comments will have them answered here. [Read more...]Source

Cover to Cover #450: William F. Nolan

Apr 19th, 2011 32m 32s

Interview: This week, Mike and Mike chat with legendary SF author William F. Nolan (Logan's Run) about his latest collection of novellas, Kincaid: A Paranormal Casebook. The stories are a blend of mystery and paranormal horror that are certain

Cover to Cover #449: Alex Bledsoe

Apr 12th, 2011 33m 18s

Interview: This week, Mike and Mike chat with Alex Bledsoe about his new book, Dark Jenny from Tor Books. While it's the third book set in this universe featuring many of the same characters, it's not a "trilogy" by the standard sense of the wo

Cover to Cover #448: Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson

Apr 5th, 2011 35m 1s

Interview: Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert join us this week in the middle of their book tour to talk about Hellhole, their most recent collaboration and the first in a trilogy set in a new original universe.They talk about their collabor

Cover to Cover #447: Justin Gustainis

Mar 22nd, 2011 34m 52s

Interview: This week, Justin Gustainis joins Mike and Mike to discuss his new projects, including the recently released Those Who Fight Monsters, an occult detectives anthology he edited for EDGE SF. Justin talks about why he put together this

Cover to Cover #446: Patricia Briggs

Mar 15th, 2011 33m 35s

Interview: This week, Patricia Briggs joins the guys to talk about her newest book, River Marked, the 6th and newest book in her Mercy Thompson series. In this story, she not only explores Mercy's Native American heritage, but also delves into