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By: The Intergalactic Academy’s Long Range Scan (July) – The Intergalactic...

[...] up. By the way, have you heard about Strange Chemistry’s parent company, Angry Robot’s, new indie ebook initiative? From July 4th, Customers who buy Angry Robot novels from Mostly Books will be...

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By: Tom Loock

Excellent idea. Sort of … I think it’s generally yet another good idea/initiative by one of my favourite publishers, but it would really make sense in combination with collectible editions. Word is you...

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By: Angela Korra'ti

This is an amazing step to take and if I were a resident of the UK, I’d make a point of patronizing that particular shop just to show my support. :) I’ve been saying for ages that I’d absolutely pay a...

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By: Angela Korra'ti

Oh, what an AWESOME idea. :D I’ve been saying for ages that I’d totally pay a little bit more for the privilege of being able to buy both the print and electronic editions of a book. If I were a...

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By: Angela Korra'ti

Oops, sorry about the previous double comment! I didn’t see the first one go through so I thought I had a browser cookie problem. *^_^*;; (Or um yeah you can take it as a sign of how awesome I think...

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By: Diane L Urbanec

I’m sure plenty of people will be excited about this. Arthritis troubles make my Kindle easier on my hands, so I mostly stick with Ebooks. Angela, I got a great book light from M-edge and use...

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By: Stuff and nonsense - part 2 (July 6, 2012) - Pathetic Fallacy | The...

[...] Books (pub­lish­ers of The Damned Busters, one of the books I recently grabbed on a whim) about their new plans to sup­port inde­pend­ent book stores by offer­ing free (as in beer and as in [...]

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By: Publishers, You Are in a Matter of Life and Death Situation!

[...] book idea and, if selected for the site, set a financial goal and gather pledges from readers. And Angry Robot’s Clonefiles gives buyers of their paper books free access to the ebook [...]

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By: Publishing News: Subscription experiments and the dangers of paving cow...

[...] a few examples of attempts at innovation, including HarperCollins’ Authonomy, Unbound, and Angry Robot’s Clonefiles, but says these efforts are focusing on “incremental improvements of existing...

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By: Interesting Articles for a New House | The Open Window

[...] of the e-book market is bundling — putting print and electronic material together for sale. Angry Robot Books outlines how they are now doing a bundling program and doing it in partnership...

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By: Tim Baker

I have two questions; What can Indie authors do to help? How much support are you offering to Indie Authors?

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By: Lee

Hi Tim, You can buy from Indie stores – that would help. And what are we doing to support Indie authors? If you mean unagented authors, or authors not currently under contract by the major publishers,...

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By: Deborah

Yes! Go, you good things! That is such a sensible idea. So when you get to doing this in Australia, may I suggest Gleebooks, and Better Read Than Dead, in Sydney?

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By: Kim

If we are not in the UK can we get the e-book and donate the hardcopy book to a library or other reading scheme?

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By: Darren

Hi Kim – That’s a lovely thought, but not quite how the Clonefiles system works just at the moment – the paper edition has to be bought from an indie bookstore here in the UK, and the store then sends...

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By: Anne Lyle

Awesome initiative! I like to have paper editions of my favourite authors’ books to add to my collection, but ebooks are often more convenient (especially in a wet UK – ereaders are somewhat more...

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By: The 2012 Clonefiles Experiment | The Robot Watcher

[…] “We’ve always been champions of DRM-free eBook publishing and have always been eager to experiment with new business and distribution models,” writes Lee Harris of Angry Robot. […]

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By: Why Do the Indies Matter to AR? | The Robot Watcher

[…] series mentioned that Angry Robot titled their post announcing Clonefiles “Supporting Independent Booksellers.” Why did AR decide to include this additional party in their crucial experiment? Is […]

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