Best Books of 2011

by Spencer Baum on January 1, 2012

My two favorite novels of 2011:

Ready Player One – An unapologetic nostalgia trip for 30-something men who played Adventure on their Atari 2600′s. I particularly enjoyed the scene where Ultraman had it out with Mechagodzilla.

The Art of Fielding – Love, life, and college baseball. I don’t like baseball, but I loved this book.

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Amazon Feeling the Hate

by Spencer Baum on December 17, 2011

Seems like Amazon is unseating Wal-Mart (who unseated Microsoft, who unseated Exxon..) as the most hated corporation. Interesting tumblr tracking the backlash against their success.

I have mostly fond feelings for Amazon, who has connected me with 95% of my readers.

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The Power of FREE

May 11, 2011

Amazon has put The Demon Queen and The Locksmith on free promotion for a limited time. In the past 8 hours, total downloads on the novel are six times what they were during all of last month!

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Reading the Paranormal Review of Demon Queen

April 30, 2011

“The entire book is interesting and imaginative.  It’s different enough from what I’ve been reading lately that it caught my attention from the first page and kept me hooked…” Read the whole review on Reading the Paranormal

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One Fall on 411mania

April 16, 2011

Pro wrestling and pop culture megasite 411mania.com is releasing One Fall as a free weekly serial with some new chapter notes from me. First installment is up today.

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The Demon Queen and the Locksmith – 5 Stars From BigAl’s Books and Pals

April 7, 2011

Do you know Big Al? You should. Long a cult favorite among us heavy readers, in the past month readership on his site went from a respectable but indie-sized audience to major grade status. It happened when Big Al wrote a fair, but critical review of a woman’s error-ridden manuscript. From that review: spelling and [...]

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Demon Queen 5-Star Review From Chilli Tween Reads

March 10, 2011

“With Great pace in his dialogue and a style reminiscent of early Stephen King I became enthralled. The story slowly unwinding itself in a complex origami of plots and subplots that came together in the final chapters to reveal an original tale filled with horror and suspense.” Read the entire review here.

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Demon Queen Podcast Crosses 25,000 Downloads

January 23, 2011

26,000 and change as of today. Thank you everyone who has listened! http://www.podiobooks.com/title/the-demon-queen-and-the-locksmith

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New Interview Up at Ereader-Feebies

January 8, 2011

New interview with Christian Graham at Ereader-Freebies about Demon Queen. http://ereader-freebies.blogspot.com/2011/01/young-adult-fantasy-kindle-free-book.html

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Looking For a Place to Buy Demon Queen?

October 18, 2010

The Demon Queen and the Locksmith is available at all the online resellers for eBook, and in paperback on Amazon or thedemonqueen.com. You can also buy it at The Coffee Maker store.   Sadly, no, I wasn’t contacted by an espresso enthusiast eager to sell the book alongside a custom Tingley 2000 machine complete with clever [...]

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