{"id":2197,"date":"2009-06-09T09:23:20","date_gmt":"2009-06-09T14:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/?p=2197"},"modified":"2009-06-10T10:27:59","modified_gmt":"2009-06-10T15:27:59","slug":"steampunk-tales-issue-1-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/?p=2197","title":{"rendered":"Steampunk Tales Issue #1 NOW AVAILABLE!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.steampunktales.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2212  alignleft\" title=\"cover_shot\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/cover_shot.jpg\" alt=\"Click to view\" width=\"194\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/cover_shot.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/cover_shot-164x300.jpg 164w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Steampulp Publishing LLC<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0 has released the world&#8217;s first electronic pulp fiction magazine created exclusively for the <strong>iPhone <\/strong>and<strong> iPod Touch<\/strong>. Emulating the style of the pulp adventure magazines of the 1920s and &#8217;30s, <strong><em>Steampunk Tales #1<\/em><\/strong> contains first-run and original fiction written by an A+ list of award-winning authors. Issue #1 contains 10 short stories (between 4,300 and 11,000 words) for the unbelievably low price of <strong>$1.99<\/strong>. Get a first look <a title=\"Steampunk Tales #1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.steampunktales.com\/\" target=\"_self\">here<\/a> or buy it at the Apple App store <a title=\"Apple App Store\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/itunes\/download\/?itmsUrl=itms%3A%2F%2Fax.itunes.apple.com%2FWebObjects%2FMZStore.woa%2Fwa%2FviewSoftware%3Fid%3D312861158%26mt%3D8%26ign-mscache%3D1\" target=\"_self\">here<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s right from the press release. This too: &#8220;We stand at the beginning of a revolution in the distribution of print,&#8221; says John Sondericker III, founder of Steampulp Publishing. &#8220;The combination of low distribution costs and the potential for high volume sales allows us to provide an astounding value for the consumer. The timing is perfect to re-introduce the world to the &#8216;Penny Dreadfuls&#8217;, and the iPhone is a platform that can truly do them justice.&#8221; (<em>Why paraphrase what Mr. Sondericker said so well?)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I\u00c2\u00a0added that quote because I&#8217;m in total agreement. The same is true for eBooks that should really be seen as\u00c2\u00a0the new incarnation of reasonably priced pulp paperback editions intended for wide distribution and large volume sales. I checked out <strong><em>Steampunk Tales Issue #1<\/em><\/strong>, it&#8217;s got a unique look that you should click over and see. It feels perfect for iPhone, <em>yah<\/em>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steampulp Publishing LLC\u00c2\u00a0 has released the world&#8217;s first electronic pulp fiction magazine created exclusively for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Emulating the style of the pulp adventure magazines of the 1920s and &#8217;30s, Steampunk Tales #1 contains first-run and original fiction written by an A+ list of award-winning authors. Issue #1 contains 10 short stories &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/?p=2197\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2197"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2197"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2214,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2197\/revisions\/2214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}