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New Release! A Consortium of Worlds #2

Aaron Pogue — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:08:16 +0000

We’re proud to announce the release of A Consortium of Worlds #2, a short story anthology by our Consortium Writers! A Consortium of Worlds is your window into Consortium Books’s outstanding stable of speculative fiction authors. A Consortium of Worlds is a showcase of new and innovative voices in all types of fiction from a [...]

New Release! TEEN Agents in The Plundered Parent Protocol by Joshua Unruh

Aaron Pogue — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:50:23 +0000

Consortium Books is proud to announce the digital release of TEEN Agents in The Plundered Parent Protocol, by Joshua Unruh. Mourning, Noone, and Knight. These girls fight evil 24/7! Best friends Elly Mourning, Hea Jung Noone, and Saturday Knight are about to celebrate their thirteenth birthday. But just before the party starts, a small [...]

The Dragonswarm Now Available in Paperback!

Aaron Pogue — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:16:02 +0000

If you’ve been waiting anxiously for a paperback copy of The Dragonswarm, you can get it now! The sequel to the bestselling epic fantasy Taming Fire by Aaron Pogue is now available for $12.99 from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Click here to find out more about the book.

First Impressions

Allison Scott — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:54:12 +0000

E-authors face a lot of competition. Even though they have a pricing advantage over traditional publishing companies, there are already many inexpensive and free e-books available. This means that low prices are not enough. E-authors have to find additional ways for readers to notice their books and become interested in reading them. E-authors create a [...]

New Release! The Dragonswarm (The Dragonprince Trilogy, #2) by Aaron Pogue

Aaron Pogue — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:27:56 +0000

Consortium Books is proud to announce the digital release of The Dragonswarm, sequel to the bestselling epic fantasy Taming Fire by Aaron Pogue. The Kingdom of the Sarianne teeters on the brink. While its tyrant king plays out his petty vendettas, rebellion foments on the edges of his domain. Politics and power struggles gamble [...]

Review: Cow Boy (Graphic Novel)

Joshua Unruh — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:10:47 +0000

Joshua Unruh is a writer with the Consortium. He’s also a fan of comics, graphic novels, and tabletop games, and he’s offered to share that experience with our readers in a regular column. You can read more of Joshua’s work at his site, JoshuaUnruh.com. Cow Boy is a tremendous read that I’m having a hard [...]

Coming Soon: The Dragonswarm (The Dragonprince Trilogy, #2) by Aaron Pogue

Aaron Pogue — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:32:49 +0000

We’re excited to announce an official release date for The Dragonswarm by Aaron Pogue, book two in the Dragonprince Trilogy. The sequel to the bestselling Taming Fire will be available in digital editions on Tuesday, December 20! As many of you know, we teamed up with KickStarter to let our supporters contribute to this book’s [...]

An Excerpt from The Dragonswarm, a Novel by Aaron Pogue

Aaron Pogue — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:58:31 +0000

From the much-anticipated sequel to bestselling fantasy novel Taming Fire. We’re excited to provide a sneak peek at The Dragonswarm, available in digital formats Tuesday, December 20! We’d like to thank everyone who contributed to The Dragonswarm‘s successful KickStarter campaign for making this happen. In this selection from chapter 2, Daven’s back, riding south of [...]

The Rise of the E-author and Inexpensive E-books

Allison Scott — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:11:21 +0000

Allison Scott is an editing intern with the Consortium. She’s also an English/Writing major at Oklahoma Christian University and a member of Sigma Tau Delta. Today many authors, sometimes called e-authors, are self-publishing e-books instead of signing contracts with large publishing companies. Some established authors have switched to self-publishing because they want more decision-making power [...]

From the Office of the President

Aaron Pogue — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:09:31 +0000

I just shared a post over at Unstressed Syllables describing in a thousand words what I really want the Consortium to be and do as a company. “Supporting the Arts” at Unstressed Syllables You can find that information in the About pages here, and if you’re visiting this website maybe you already know it all. [...]