Michael A. Stackpole
Michael A. Stackpole
Michael Austin Stackpoleis an American science fiction and fantasy author best known for his Star Wars and BattleTech books. He was born in Wausau, Wisconsin, but raised in Vermont. He has a BA in history from the University of Vermont. From 1977 on, he worked as a designer of role-playing games for various gaming companies, and wrote dozens of magazine articles with limited distribution within the industry...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth27 November 1957
CountryUnited States of America
It has been aptly noted that web browsers are less Internet navigation tools than they are ebooks with highly diverse content.
Paying a royalty to someone for prepping an ebook is akin to paying the kid who cuts your grass a percentage of the purchase price when you sell your house. It makes no sense.
If someone is going to profit from your work, they need to earn it.
There is no denying the aesthetics of a well-made, well-loved book.
Higher ebook prices only benefit one group: publishers.
Higher ebook prices don't benefit me, booksellers or readers, and that means something is really wrong.
Choosing to publish work electronically myself is really a no-brainer.
I certainly knew of 'World of Warcraft'; I had never actually played because I knew that if I started playing, I would never get any work done - because it would just totally absorb me.
In reality, a person questioning the existence of the Satanic conspiracy is merely pointing out that the emperor is wearing no clothes. In that case, one can understand why the emperor's tailors get upset and suggest the person doing the pointing is a tool of the devil. Then the question comes down to one of whether the crowd will believe the evidence they have before them, or if they will buy into the tailors' fantasies.
Note to the wise: whenever someone insists that he wants to buy something from you, but tells you there's no real value in it yet, two things are happening: he's lying, and you're being taken.
If you can't recognize the man in the mirror, it is time to step back and see when you stopped being yourself.
Even being a Jedi is something where you look for more. At first you acted as if Jedi was synonymous with hero. It isn't. Being a hero isn't what all these folks are here to do. They're here to do their jobs." -Jaina Solo
I am so glad I found you and didn't kill you" - Mara Jade Skywalker to Luke Skywalker
As long as I'm fighting, I'm not dying." - Mara Jade Skywalker