The Third Podcast is Up!

Hi all,

Sheesh. To think, only two months ago the first Podcast was going up. How young and naive we were. We thought we were changing the world. We thought we knew the lot. Now, two months on, we're putting up the third podcast, and we're older. Wiser. More seasoned. Makes you look back on old times and get all nostalgic.

Yes, you heard it right! The third Abaddon & Solaris Books Pocast is even now on your iTunes Store! Point your iTunes to this link, or search "Abaddon" (or "Solaris") in the "Search Store" box at the top-right corner of iTunes, to check it out. As usual, if you reeeeeeally luff us and have subscribed to the 'cast, iTunes should find and upload the new episode automatically.

Jenni, Jon and David, at Abaddon Books and Solaris Books thrill with the "most insanely groundbreaking instalment yet"* of their much-loved, widely-discussed podcast.

The Abaddon & Solaris Books Podcast #3: Staples of Horror! is introduced by desk editor David Moore, who they didn't let do any real interviewing this time as he scares authors. Editor-in-Chief Jon Oliver interviews Greg Staples, cover artist and comics legend, about his inspiration and his thoughts about different art media, and junior editor Jenni Hill runs around the World Horror Convention at Brighton interviewing our authors. Andy Remic gets in there, being a cheeky little so-and-so. And apparently "not hard."

Nice try, Andy, but we're still a little bit scared of you.

Or maybe of your rubber panties.

Now, this one's a doozy. It's, like, an hour and a quarter. We're going to try and rein that in next time, but basically, this is how much good stuff we had this month! Think of it as, like, two podcasts. Listen to Jon and Greg, put the podcast away, then come back later and listen to Jenni and various drunk authors. So you're getting two podcasts for the price of one. How cool are we?

Please listen to it, and once again, we'd love feedback. We got some great feedback last time, and have tried to make completely different mistakes this time.

Cheers,

David


PS. It's the panties, definitely.




*2010, noted talking head and vox pop specialist, David Moore's mum.

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Andy Remic releases 'Hardcore' promotion video

There aren't many authors who would dress up in a rubber nurse's outfit to promote their military SF novels.

I'm just sayin'.




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Thanks, Google!

Okay, this is a little odd...

Does anyone know the Google Analytics tool? It's like an uber-hit-tracker. It doesn't just count hits; it breaks them down into unique and repeat hits, gives you statistics on where visitors came from, what they were looking for, compares statistics month-by-month. Generally a really interesting tool. Debatable value, unless you're working in marketing, but there you go.

Anyway, we use it to show our bosses how useful these blogs are, what sort of posts work, what doesn't. We love talking to you guys 'n' gals, but to justify doing it at work, we need to show that it's getting the message out.

So I was combing through the statistics just now. 47 out of the 229 direct visits the blog has received in the past 10 days come from Google. Fair enough. Of those, 6 were from a search for "rubber underwear."

*ahem*

Thank you, Andy Remic. Your rubber panties brought 6 people to our site who might not have visited otherwise. Not sure they're book-buyers, but it's good to reach out to new people.

David