Choosing a name for the world was an interesting experiment that involved not just finding something different, unique, and appealing, but also ensuring that we could get the URL for the domain and (hopefully) not infringe on an existing trademark.
Erth Chronicles
Just stumbled on an interesting site, Erth Chronicles, where Richard (James Johnson) is allowing artists to submit their original works for posting on the site. He’s the author behind the Erth Chronicles fiction (Book I, The Enemy’s Son, is available for purchase now), and he’s inviting artists to submit their works to him for posting […]
Scribd v. Rowling
Techcrunch is reporting J.K. Rowling’s latest lawsuit, this time against Scribd.com. Apparently some Scribd users have been uploading illegal copies of Rowling’s works, which is, clearly, not right. Suing Scribd, however, doesn’t seem like the appropriate response, either. DMCA/safe harbor would appear to apply, meaning Rowling should be going after the users who have uploaded […]
Making of Gallidon, Part 6 – “Free Means Free”
One of the earlier realizations I had about handling content on the site was that if content can be digitized, the upsides of offering free digital copies far outweighed the downsides of not monetizing digital copies. Just the idea of trying to lock up the content seemed counter-productive to building an audience, if not outright […]
Making of Gallidon, Part 5 – Genre
Although Tony and I knew we wanted to limit the world to either fantasy or sci-fi, we still had to decide which one, as well as which sub-genre. High fantasy or low fantasy? Dark fantasy? Star Trek or Star Wars? Dune? Firefly? After a bit of research and Tony’s offer to use a future universe […]