Along with the rest of the world, I've been gearing up these past few days for the upcoming release of the next installment of everybody's favorite young wizard. In the process of delving into the fantastical, I happened across an online serial fantasy tale from Lawrence Watt Evans, being released under the auspices of Schneier's Street Performer Protocol.
This is interesting, because it's the first book from a published author that I've heard being released in this fashion (feel free to correct me if this is in error) - the "blender" software proved the model with software, but the developer went out of business afterwards, so we didn't get to see how it worked out long-term. This is interesting experiment to watch to see how this concept works with books.
So, how's it working out so far? According to the author, he's paid through several chapters ahead and the system is working better than he anticipated.
Score one for Bruce.
Posted by Ed at July 6, 2005 12:09 PM