Canister X – A.P. Fuchs: Zombie, Paranormal Romance and Superhero Novelist, Blogger, Artist, Publisher

My publisher copies of Metahumans vs the Undead: A Superhero vs Zombie Anthology (edited by me) and Bigfoot War 3: Food Chain (by Eric S. Brown) came in the mail today.

Wow.

These books are beautiful. Turned out awesome. I’m really proud to get behind these books and put them out there for readers.

Here are front-and-back pics of the books.

Today I began formatting Canister X Comix No. 1 for the Kindle. I hope to format one issue a week given my current schedule, so over the next 3 weeks or so, Canister X Comix Nos. 1-3 will be available digitally.

This is an avenue to reach readers that a lot of indie cartoonists don’t use and I don’t know why. Some, I suspect, are purists in the sense that they only want paper comics. Okay, fine, but in an ever-increasing digital era, wouldn’t you want to go where the readers go instead of waiting for the readers to come to you?

Just a thought.

Anyway, I’m excited to bring Canister X Comix to the Kindle, but don’t worry, their paper comic counterpart will be published quartely like always. Speaking of which, issues 1-3 are available here.

Thanks.

Recently, VampireBooks.ca did an interview with me. Now that interview is live on their site. We talk about the need to create, my number one advice for writers, a comment to readers, what time of day I feel most creative, and more.

The interview can be accessed here.

Thanks.

As part of my previously-mentioned experiment regarding cover art for books, last night I did up new covers for the two books currently on the market for my Undead World Trilogy (the third’s not out yet, aiming for later this year). At present, these new covers are available for the Kindle and Drivethru Horror only, however will start showing up for the Nook and elsewhere as soon as those distributors update their listings with the new art. If the new covers prove to move more copies in eBook format, then I’ll be updating the paperback versions as well.

To be honest, I really love the original covers to Blood of the Dead and Possession of the Dead. The artists did a fantastic job. I even have promotion posters of both covers in my office. The thing is, my personal tastes fall more into the comic book-style covers, whereas most readers enjoy the photo/traditional covers gracing most books these days. That was kept in mind when making these new covers last night and I’m interested to see how these eBooks fare with the new covers, everything else about them staying the same.

Here they are below, the new covers to Blood of the Dead and Possession of the Dead. Click on the book covers to be taken to their page for Amazon’s Kindle.

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October 23, 2010
Blog: Gnostalgia
Web: http://gnostalgia.wordpress.com/2010/10/23/the-middle-way-by-scott-nicholson/
Comment:

I’d have to disagree with the conclusion of this post, the idea being that “whatever we believe is okay.”

Not really, because that would indicate you’re right, I’m right, she’s right, he’s right, even though the beliefs can be wildly contradictory. More so, are the beliefs even true? If there’s no truth to them and/or they don’t accurately represent reality, then why believe in them? And believing in a fantasy for personal comfort or even the comfort of others can’t work, because that would mean we’re dealing in lies or “untruth.”

The question is: what is real?

I know I’ve found the answer. And thank God it isn’t religion, as religion–of whatever kind–is utterly crippling and useless.

Mine’s in Jesus, the Man, the God, the King of all things. It’s about a relationship with Him, not a set of systems or rigorous rules.

October 24, 2010
Blog: Susan K. Mann
Web: http://susankmann.blogspot.com/2010/10/halloween-week-troubled-by-scott.html
Comment:

It’s interesting that you wrote this based on your “troubled” circumstances. Indeed, it was troubled circumstances that got me writing to begin with and formed the basis for my first book, A Stranger Dead, and my second–though unpublished and for good reason–For the Cause.

To a degree, you can’t help but wonder if there’s a tie between horror and troubled lives aside from the obvious. I know I gravitated to horror in the beginning of my career because it was in darkness that I dwelt at the time and it seemed to be the only place that understood me, while everyone else around me was chirping, “Hey, you’re fine. What your feeling is too glum. Cheer up. We don’t understand your pain, but we want you to be happy anyway, so locked those feelings away and come out singing.”

Hrrrrmmm . . .

Now I’ve learned horror is more than just darkness, but instead can be used as an amazing vehicle to explore the human condition in a very raw sense, in a way that other genres can’t handle.

October 25, 2010
Blog: Ashley’s Bookshelf
Web: http://ashleysbookshelf.blogspot.com/2010/10/guest-blogger-scott-nicholson-author-of.html
Comment:

Awesome, Scott. Glad you have such amazing women in your life.

God bless, my friend.

October 26, 2010
Blog: Kaitlyn in Bookland
Web: http://kaitlyninbookland.blogspot.com/2010/10/guest-post-and-kindle-giveaway-tour.html
Comment:

Book signings are funny beasts, and you’re right, they’re terribly lonely.

I’ve had book signings where I’ve sold a healthy number of books. I think my worst was when I moved maybe one copy (though, perhaps, I might have had one where nothing moved at all; hard to remember as I’ve done a bunch of them).

However, I do them as a self-publisher, so for me, I get more than just a few quarters per book sold, and if I manage to sell three books an hour, and even with bookstore discount built in, I’m making a respectable wage.

To me, signings serve two purposes: a) obviously, to make money selling books. b) to advertise myself and my titles, in the hopes that getting my name seen by customers will lead to sales and readers down the road. Sometimes folks won’t buy a book until the author’s name is familiar to them. Having a signing helps with that.

I also found that where I live, Winnipeg, people are very supportive of local talent and since I always make a point to mention my books are set in my city, Winnipegers tend to pick up the books for that very reason. I’m happy for them, too, because then the locations in the book become even more alive for them because they’ve seen or been to them in real life.

Should an author do signings? I think an author should do whatever it takes to sell their book(s) and get new readers. Even if you did a local signing and sold only one copy, that’s one more reader of your work and, like the saying goes, one is better than none.

October 27, 2010
Blog: Blog with Bite
Web: http://www.blogwithbite.com/2010/10/haunted-computer-books-win-kindle.html
Comment:

What’s my favorite monster? Um . . . Well . . . gee, I . . .

ZOMBIES! Hence the stupid amount of fiction I write about them. I’ve written four zombie novels, working on a fifth, some zombie short stories, have drawn pictures of them, sometimes feel like them (and, in the morning, usually look like them), seen all kinds of movies, read books, and even published a whole slew of them through my company, Coscom Entertainment. (http://www.coscomentertainment.com)

Yeah, zombies. Even started to geek out this past weekend at comic con because they had a zombie makeover table set up and you could get all ghouled out complete with prosthetics. Insane!

Second favorite: werewolves. I tend to look a lot like them.

Coscom Entertainment is proud to announce that starting in the next couple weeks it’ll be releasing a whole new series of books–monster novellas.

In today’s market, readers enjoy quick but fun reading, and writers know this, except normally they can’t find a way to reach readers hungry for novella-format books. Usually publishers want either novel-length works, or short stories for anthologies. Very few cater to the novella crowd, and Coscom Entertainment has decided–and has always been its policy–to give readers what they want.

Now that time has come, and debuting in a couple weeks Coscom Entertainment will release the first of its new line of monster-themed novellas: The Weaponer by Eric S. Brown. Following quickly on its heels will be The Black Cat and the Ghoul by Edgar Allan Poe and Keith Gouveia, a unique mashup unlike anything you’ve ever seen before.

Not only will readers now be able to obtain monster fiction in novella format, but each new book in the series will be affordably released packaged with a standard cover with unique imagery embedded within, making the books both gorgeous and collectible for a reader’s shelf or e-library on their favorite eReader.

Coscom Entertainment is excited to launch this new line and can’t wait to see it grow both in its roster of authors, and especially where it matters most: an audience of readers who enjoy monster tales that are good old-fashioned fun, high-octane stories in a handy and collectible format.

Keep watching www.coscomentertainment.com for new releases in this exciting new line of books, or follow us on twitter @mrcoscom for updates.

Thanks.