Secret History of Star Wars- The Audio Book, An OT.com Production? — Page 2

Heilemann said:

Zombie seems to be off the grid these days.

So, you're saying we should check with Flynn?

Sup guys. Yeah, I've pretty much been busy being an OT.com hermit the last 9 months. Long story short, other things have been more important uses of my time. I'll probably be jumping back into the game in the next month or so.

Anyway, as far as any permissions go, personally I think it's cool people care enough to do this, although on the flip side I don't think audio-books are suited to anything like this (e.g. academic books). My publisher might not be as nice about this, but I can pretty much guarantee you that my publisher would never even consider an audio book, so it's not like any business would be lost. I guess the only concern would be over the quality. That would be my main concern too, because it's hard for to envision an audio version of this book that isn't boring, but maybe I lack imagination.

I think the main thing though is that I am knee-deep into the second edition of the book. The core of the book would be the same, but I imagine about 15% would be altered or changed. I don't know if this would actually end up changing the project timeline here, or if it would get me into trouble if I were to hand out the updated manuscript to anyone involved (probably it would), but it may be worth mentioning. Off the record, the second edition manuscript is due from me at the end of July for a print date for February 2013.

Otherwise, hey, if we asked permission for anything we did here we might as well not have this forum at all. The world of fandom will do what it wants.

Incidentally Zombie there's some weird stuff going on with the main site of Secret History of Star Wars, and my browser's warning me not to go there due to certain risks. Might just be me, but I wanted to mention it just in case it was happening with anyone else. 

CWBorne said:

Incidentally Zombie there's some weird stuff going on with the main site of Secret History of Star Wars, and my browser's warning me not to go there due to certain risks. Might just be me, but I wanted to mention it just in case it was happening with anyone else.

You're not the only one getting the warning.

doubleofive said:

I also need a copy to read from. ;-)

I see what you tried there.

doubleofive wrote: I also need a copy to read from.

Then you are stuck reading from the free first 100 pages:

http://www.legacybookspress.com/Books/The%20Secret%20History%20of%20Star%20Wars%20-%20Free%20Sample.pdf

...until your wallet decides to reward good works...

http://www.legacybookspress.com/books.html#Star_Wars

http://www.amazon.com/Secret-History-Star-Wars/dp/0978465237/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1227368583&sr=1-3

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Secret-History-of-Star-Wars/Michael-Kaminski/e/9780978465230/?itm=1

DuracellEngergizer wrote: You're not the only one getting the warning.

Both zombie sites have at times given these warnings even as the pages haven't changed.  I've clicked through the warnings which allows you to then give feedback that the site is not a bad site.  Maybe if that happens enough the malware warning could automatically be dropped.  There maybe a problem, (doubt it) but only the site owner can get that info from these automated systems. (if you get the details zombie, let us know)  I think any site can get on these lists just by someone submitting their name or something in the wordpress theme got compromised.

*EDIT*

The site behind the block is http://www.stopbadware.org which is an outfit sponsored by Mozilla and Google who are attempting to be helpful.  They have suggestions for what to fix, then after the site owner has done that, you can 'request a review' which will determine if the site gets off the block list.

xhonzi wrote: Zombie- where do we send the clips once we're done?  Do we post links here, or do you want them somewhere more private?

I suggest not relying on zombie at all, as he's unsure where his partners in the book may stand.  Plus as it's a fan production, the fans should take care of all aspects; production thru distribution.

Some past fan readings of books have used soundcloud.com.  For example:

http://soundcloud.com/magnusedlund/cory-doctorow-printcrime

another place to house the project is the Internet Archive: http://archive.org/

Another method of working is instead of giving whole chapters to people, go page by page.  Some people might be interested in reading a certain section, then others can contribute by reading the pages in between.  But this approach requires more work on the person who's coordinating the files.  The page by page reading will provide some variety to those listening, and lead more towards this being a public production.

Me, snarky?

;-)

Oh. Didn't realize he was on here too.

xhonzi said:

Gaffer, Akwat, (and 005)- Are you all saying you don't have the print version of the book?  Does this mean that you just have the .pdf that Zombie was sending out pre-release?  If so, Shame on you!

Yeah, way to support possibly the best thing to come out of this community, guys. Lame! It isn't like you have any awesome Star Wars DVDs or Blu-rays to burn your money on.

IGNORED!

;)

Who let you out of off-topic?

Wow, it derails off topic discussion too!

I was posting in these parts long before you came along, little yellow turd. ;)