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GB PRESS is moving away from focusing on POD to a Digital First, Paper Later publishing standard. I started GB PRESS last year to showcase new writers that I knew, and let them take advantage of the same editors and graphic designers that I was using for my own books. So far, we have only published my three books. We have some others in the pipeline and hopefully they will be coming out later this year.

We initially focused on producing high-quality, Print On Demand paperbacks. These books were professionally edited and designed and were limited to only a handful of writer friends. GB PRESS does not make any money in producing these books. It is to the authors to pay the editors and designers for their work. The press is more of a collaborative union of independent artists. Our goal was first and foremost the creation of beautiful books. But that ideology is shifting away from paper back books and towards e-books.

GB PRESS is moving towards an e-book first and paper back second method of publishing. The costs of creating an e-book are not really that much less than creating a POD book. You still have to have a cover, although only a front cover. You still have to have the book formatted a special way, and you still have to have it professionally edited. However, what makes the e-book market so inviting, is that it’s easier to get readers to notice you in the digital markets. For new authors and artist to get noticed they have to have quality product and they have to be out there on the web engaging the public with Twitter, blogs and other social media.

From now on, when GB PRESS brings a title to the market, we will first debut an e-book and then, when the e-book develops an audience, we will focus on bringing it out in trade paperback. For some titles that may be a short period of time. For newer authors, that may be several months or years. It will be the responsibility of the author to generate interest and a social network for themselves and their books.

Tales From Ocherva, Volume One by Ken McConnell. Ten short stories about Stellar Rangers and Silicant androids set on the barren world of Ocherva. If you enjoyed my Space Opera novel, Starstrikers, you will like this anthology of Space Western short stories set in the same universe.

This e-book only release from GB PRESS is available on the Kindle and from Smashwords. Future releases on the Nook and iBookstore to follow. There are no current plans for a paper edition of this anthology.

You can read more about the making of this e-book and the writing of its stories on my blog: www.ken-mcconnell.com

Reader Reviews for Starstrikers and Tales From Ocherva:

“Kudos to Ken McConnell for creating a space saga that is both new and unique but also embraces the themes we’ve grown to love over the years in movies, books, and television. Starstrikers is indeed out of this world!” – Shannon Yarbrough LL Book Review

“Starstrikers opens up new and inventive ideas while toiling with timelines and emotions in an exciting adventure that keeps you eager to read right to the end.” – Christopher Morgan

“If the author adds more books and makes this into a series, I’ll surely be on board to read ‘em.” – Frontlaven

“…a refreshing as well as nostalgic approach to the realm of space operas.” – D W Country

“His android short stories are actually related to each other while each can be read alone, so the more you read the more you get to know about the characters involved. Yet, each story adds to that character’s history while each story is easily read stand-alone and still gives you a character you get to know.” – Bill Blohm