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« MP3 Players Top Holiday Wish Lists | Main | Slam Idol Poetry Podcast Interviews Stephen Fry »Ancestor Podcast on Track to Repeat EarthCore's SuccessOctober 20, 2005Author and podcaster Scott Sigler's latest podcast audiobook serialization, Ancestor, looks like it's on track to repeat the success of his popular sci-fi thriller, EarthCore. Podcasting offers authors like Sigler new ways of promoting their work and interacting with listeners. The EarthCore podcast generated thousands of subscribers and landed Sigler a print deal. "I've got thousands of people listening to my story each week," Sigler said. "It's so much fun, and the story's popularity blows me away. My readers are completely hooked on it -- I get emails, blog posts and instant messages every day from fans telling me it's driving them crazy waiting for the story's monster to make its grand entrance." Ancestor is a free audiobook delivered in serialized, weekly format via podcast. Listeners have to tune in each week to hear the continuing story -- they can't buy the book in stores, and they can't peek at the end. Sigler reports that the sci-fi/thriller has 5,000 subscribers, and is adding about 800 subscribers with each new episode. Ancestor tells the tale of Genada, company that bio-engineers a "universal organ donor." Genada's artificial creation will possess human internal organs suitable for transplantation. If successful, the company will save millions of lives, as well as earn billions in revenue. Genada scientists develop the animal, but find it is not the small, harmless creature they expected. EarthCore's podcast success resulted in a print version, which will be released in November from Dragon Moon Press. CommentsPost a comment |
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