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You will appear in the next printing of the book. </a> </li> </ul> </div>  <div id="content">  <div id="nav-above" class="navigation"> <div class="nav-previous"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/page/2"><span class="meta-nav">←</span> Older posts</a></div> <div class="nav-next"></div> </div> <div id="post-376" class="post-376 post type-post hentry category-news"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/2011/01/update-on-limited-edition-availablity" title="Permalink to Update on limited edition availablity" rel="bookmark">Update on limited edition availablity</a></h3> <div class="entry-content"> <p>My binder just delivered another order of <em>With a Little Help</em> hardcovers, and I’ve got 20 in inventory. Going fast, though! <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/paper-books/buy-hardcover">Get one while you can</a>!</p> </div> <div class="entry-utility"> <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/2011/01/update-on-limited-edition-availablity#respond" title="Comment on Update on limited edition availablity">Leave a comment</a></span> <span class="meta-sep">|</span> <span class="cat-links"> <span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links">Posted in</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/category/news" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a> </span> <span class="meta-sep">|</span> <span class="entry-meta"> <span class="meta-prep">Posted on</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/2011/01/update-on-limited-edition-availablity" title="1:43 pm" rel="bookmark"><span class="entry-date">January 31, 2011</span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div id="post-370" class="post-370 post type-post hentry category-news"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/2011/01/scott-siglers-walh-podcasting-promo" title="Permalink to Scott Sigler’s WALH podcasting promo" rel="bookmark">Scott Sigler’s WALH podcasting promo</a></h3> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Scott Sigler was kind enough to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/Doctorow_WALH_60-second_promo.mp3">create an awesome 60-second promo</a> for <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh">With a Little Help</a>.</p> </div> <div class="entry-utility"> <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/2011/01/scott-siglers-walh-podcasting-promo#respond" title="Comment on Scott Sigler’s WALH podcasting promo">Leave a 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width="600" height="475"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/c6M6Tp_2lR4?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500oe_/http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/c6M6Tp_2lR4?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="600" height="475"></embed></object></p> <p> Michael Sauers was so pleased with his <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/paper-books/buy-hardcover">limited-edition copy of With a Little Help</a> that he produced an <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6M6Tp_2lR4">unboxing video</a> and a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://www.flickr.com/photos/travelinlibrarian/sets/72157625687809504/">photoset</a>.</p> </div> <div class="entry-utility"> <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/2011/01/with-a-little-help-unboxing#respond" title="Comment on With a Little Help unboxing">Leave a comment</a></span> <span class="meta-sep">|</span> <span class="cat-links"> <span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links">Posted in</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/category/news" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a> </span> <span class="meta-sep">|</span> <span class="entry-meta"> <span class="meta-prep">Posted on</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/2011/01/with-a-little-help-unboxing" title="2:58 pm" rel="bookmark"><span class="entry-date">January 11, 2011</span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div id="post-366" class="post-366 post type-post hentry category-news"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/2011/01/give-with-a-little-help-to-a-library-or-school" title="Permalink to Give With a Little Help to a library or school" rel="bookmark">Give With a Little Help to a library or school</a></h3> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Last month, I launched my DIY short story collection <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh">With a Little Help</a> and invited librarians and teachers to send in their addresses so that I could publish a list of worthies to whom copies of the book could be donated. Due to a technical cock-up, these emails went awry and I only figured this out during the Christmas break. The good news is that the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/contribute/give-a-copy">list is now online, and ready for your donations</a>. And of course, if you’re a librarian or teacher who’d like to be added to the list, email <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/mailto:givewalh@gmail.com">givewalh@gmail.com</a>.</p> </div> <div class="entry-utility"> <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/2011/01/give-with-a-little-help-to-a-library-or-school#respond" title="Comment on Give With a Little Help to a library or school">Leave a comment</a></span> <span class="meta-sep">|</span> <span class="cat-links"> <span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links">Posted in</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/category/news" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a> </span> <span class="meta-sep">|</span> <span class="entry-meta"> <span class="meta-prep">Posted on</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/2011/01/give-with-a-little-help-to-a-library-or-school" title="2:51 pm" rel="bookmark"><span class="entry-date">January 11, 2011</span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div id="post-364" class="post-364 post type-post hentry category-news"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/2011/01/hugo-award-nominations-are-open" title="Permalink to Hugo Award nominations are open" rel="bookmark">Hugo Award nominations are open</a></h3> <div class="entry-content"> <p>The Hugo Award nominations are now open; attendees at last year’s World Science Fiction Convention in Melbourne or next year’s in Reno are eligible to nominate. I usually wait until the annual Locus List of notable publications to help me make my choices and jog my memory, but in case you’re wondering, yes, indeed, I <em>do</em> have some items eligible for this year’s ballot:</p> <p> * Novel: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/ftw">For the Win</a> (Tor, 2010)<br/> * Novella: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh">Chicken Little</a> (Gateways, edited by Jim Frenkel, Tor, 2010)<br/> * Novella: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh">Epoch</a> (published in With a Little Help, Sweet Home Grindstone press, 2010)<br/> * Novella: There’s a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow Now is the Best Time of Your Life (published in Godlike Machines, edited by Jonathan Strahan, Science Fiction Book Club, 2010)<br/> * Short story: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://shareable.net/blog/the-jammie-dodgers-and-the-adventure-of-the-leicester-square-screening">The Jammie Dodgers and the Adventure of the Leicester Square Screening</a>, (Shareable.net, 2010)<br/> * Short story: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://subterraneanpress.com/index.php/magazine/summer-2010/fiction-ghosts-in-my-head-by-cory-doctorow/">Ghosts in My Head</a> (Subterranean Press, 2010)</p> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://www.renovationsf.org/hugo-intro.php">2011 Hugo Award Nomination Period is Open</a></p> </div> <div class="entry-utility"> <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/2011/01/hugo-award-nominations-are-open#respond" title="Comment on Hugo Award nominations are open">Leave a comment</a></span> <span class="meta-sep">|</span> <span class="cat-links"> <span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links">Posted in</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/category/news" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a> </span> <span class="meta-sep">|</span> <span class="entry-meta"> <span class="meta-prep">Posted on</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/2011/01/hugo-award-nominations-are-open" title="2:18 pm" rel="bookmark"><span class="entry-date">January 11, 2011</span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div id="post-361" class="post-361 post type-post hentry category-news"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/2010/12/unboxing-a-with-a-little-help-hardcover" title="Permalink to Unboxing a WITH A LITTLE HELP hardcover" rel="bookmark">Unboxing a WITH A LITTLE HELP hardcover</a></h3> <div class="entry-content"> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500im_/http://craphound.com/images/no8.jpg"><br/> Hal Stern got one of the first batch of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/paper-books/buy-hardcover">limited edition hardcovers of With a Little Help</a>, and he received it in time for Christmas. He’s lavishly documented his unboxing experience, and is clearly delighted with the book! I’m about to leave for Christmas holidays but I’ll be back to shipping new batches after January 10. Thanks to everyone who ordered the book so far — about 70 copies of the 250 have been sold!</p> <blockquote><p> My first thought, like any kid with a wrapped present in hand, was to tear open the packaging. However, the burlap sack is just wonderful. “Fondled” is too strong; I slowly unrolled the sack ensconcing my book, stopping to take pictures and note the defects in the burlap, the dyes and paints announcing its provenance, and to wipe up the floatsam left behind on my desk. I’ll never look at Amazon’s shrink wrap or packing peanuts with only minor disdain again. This was a labor of love. I saved the burlap sack for reasons that will (I hope) become clear when we finally move out of this house and I have to clean up my office.</p> <p> What’s inside? Goodness, oh goodness. And a surprise. </p></blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://snowmanonfire.com/2010/words/unboxing-cory-doctorows-with-a-little-help">Unboxing Cory Doctorow’s “With A Little Help”</a></p> </div> <div class="entry-utility"> <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/2010/12/unboxing-a-with-a-little-help-hardcover#respond" title="Comment on Unboxing a WITH A LITTLE HELP hardcover">Leave a comment</a></span> <span class="meta-sep">|</span> <span class="cat-links"> <span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links">Posted in</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/category/news" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a> </span> <span class="meta-sep">|</span> <span class="entry-meta"> <span class="meta-prep">Posted on</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/2010/12/unboxing-a-with-a-little-help-hardcover" title="7:05 am" rel="bookmark"><span class="entry-date">December 26, 2010</span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div id="post-357" class="post-357 post type-post hentry category-news"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/2010/12/with-a-little-help-paperbacks-now-at-14-50" title="Permalink to With a Little Help paperbacks now at $14.50!" rel="bookmark">With a Little Help paperbacks now at $14.50!</a></h3> <div class="entry-content"> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500im_/http://craphound.com/walh/wp-content/themes/walh/gui/book-paperback.png" align="right"><br/> When I created the Lulu.com store for the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://tinyurl.com/34p8ze3">With a Little Help paperbacks</a>, I discovered that adding an ISBN to the books automatically raised the minimum price on the book from $11 or so to more than $17 (that’s because adding an ISBN makes the book available to retailers like Amazon, and Lulu wants to have some margin to use for a wholesale discount).</p> <p> I wasn’t happy about this, but I figured it’d be worth trying a launch-high/discount-later pricing strategy until I could figure out how to get the price down. Now, with help from Lulu, I’ve figured out how to get the paperback price down to a much more reasonable $14.50. The present book interior features some 75 typo-fixes, crowdsourced from early readers (each typo is commemorated with a footnote thanking the eagle-eyed reader).<br/> <p><br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/paper-books/buy-paperback">With a Little Help paperback</a></p> </div> <div class="entry-utility"> <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/2010/12/with-a-little-help-paperbacks-now-at-14-50#comments" title="Comment on With a Little Help paperbacks now at $14.50!">2 Comments</a></span> <span class="meta-sep">|</span> <span class="cat-links"> <span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links">Posted in</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/category/news" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a> </span> <span class="meta-sep">|</span> <span class="entry-meta"> <span class="meta-prep">Posted on</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/2010/12/with-a-little-help-paperbacks-now-at-14-50" title="10:29 am" rel="bookmark"><span class="entry-date">December 20, 2010</span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div id="post-353" class="post-353 post type-post hentry category-news"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/2010/12/interview-with-mur-lafferty" title="Permalink to Interview with Mur Lafferty" rel="bookmark">Interview with Mur Lafferty</a></h3> <div class="entry-content"> <p>I did an interview about <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh">With a Little Help</a> with Mur Lafferty of the <em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://isbw.murlafferty.com/2010/12/isbw-175-conflictcory-doctorow-interview/">I Should Be Writing</a></em> podcast. Mur is a great writer and a killer podcaster; she reads one of the stories on the WALH audiobook.</p> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://media.rawvoice.com/fpm_shouldbewriting/media.farpointmedia.net/isbw/isbw_show175_101217.mp3">MP3 Link</a></p> </div> <div class="entry-utility"> <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/2010/12/interview-with-mur-lafferty#respond" title="Comment on Interview with Mur Lafferty">Leave a comment</a></span> <span class="meta-sep">|</span> <span class="cat-links"> <span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links">Posted in</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/category/news" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a> </span> <span class="meta-sep">|</span> <span class="entry-meta"> <span class="meta-prep">Posted on</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/2010/12/interview-with-mur-lafferty" title="9:43 pm" rel="bookmark"><span class="entry-date">December 19, 2010</span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div id="post-350" class="post-350 post type-post hentry category-news"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/2010/12/interview-with-the-command-line-podcast" title="Permalink to Interview with The Command Line podcast" rel="bookmark">Interview with The Command Line podcast</a></h3> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Earlier this week, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://thecommandline.net/2010/12/15/cory_doctorow-walh/">I chatted with Thomas Gideon of the Command Line podcast</a> about my <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh">With a Little Help</a> project; he’s just put up the audio!<br/> <p><br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://feeds.thecommandline.net/~r/cmdln/~5/oNtiwmbV-_o/cmdln.net_2010-12-15.mp3">MP3 Link</a></p> </div> <div class="entry-utility"> <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/2010/12/interview-with-the-command-line-podcast#respond" title="Comment on Interview with The Command Line podcast">Leave a comment</a></span> <span class="meta-sep">|</span> <span class="cat-links"> <span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links">Posted in</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/category/news" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a> </span> <span class="meta-sep">|</span> <span class="entry-meta"> <span class="meta-prep">Posted on</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/2010/12/interview-with-the-command-line-podcast" title="1:16 pm" rel="bookmark"><span class="entry-date">December 16, 2010</span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div id="post-347" class="post-347 post type-post hentry category-news"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/2010/12/prints-of-rick-lieders-with-a-little-help-cover" title="Permalink to Prints of Rick Lieder’s WITH A LITTLE HELP cover" rel="bookmark">Prints of Rick Lieder’s WITH A LITTLE HELP cover</a></h3> <div class="entry-content"> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500im_/http://craphound.com/images/WaLH_500.jpg" class="right bordered" align="right"><br/> Rick Lieder, one of the four talented artists who produced covers for my new DIY short story collection <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh">With a Little Help</a>, is selling prints of his cover-art, which illustrates the story “The Right Book,” (which Neil Gaiman narrates on the audiobook edition).</p> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://www.bugdreams.com/archives/cory-doctorow-2/">With a Little Help by Cory Doctorow</a></p> </div> <div class="entry-utility"> <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/2010/12/prints-of-rick-lieders-with-a-little-help-cover#respond" title="Comment on Prints of Rick Lieder’s WITH A LITTLE HELP cover">Leave a comment</a></span> <span class="meta-sep">|</span> <span class="cat-links"> <span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links">Posted in</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/category/news" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a> </span> <span class="meta-sep">|</span> <span class="entry-meta"> <span class="meta-prep">Posted on</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/2010/12/prints-of-rick-lieders-with-a-little-help-cover" title="7:20 am" rel="bookmark"><span class="entry-date">December 11, 2010</span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div id="nav-below" class="navigation"> <div class="nav-previous"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/walh/page/2"><span class="meta-nav">←</span> Older posts</a></div> <div class="nav-next"></div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div id="footer">  <p>Cory Doctorow's craphound.com is proudly powered by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://wordpress.org/">WordPress</a> <br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/?feed=rss2">Entries (RSS)</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110206145500/http://craphound.com/?feed=comments-rss2">Comments (RSS)</a>. </p> </div>  </div>  </body> </html>