![]() ![]() Podium is an independent publisher specializing in audiobooks within the genres of fantasy, mystery, romance, and sci-fi. In the end, Alanson chose to publish with Podium, a company that is nontraditional in another respect. Don’t get me wrong considering the market share of the big publishers, they have a hugely successful business model. “I don’t want the shelf space and cost of printing to dictate the length of my books, and I like to price my e-books below the cost of a paperback. “The focus on print in the traditional publishing space is problematic for me,” he says. ![]() ![]() The series has grown to 12 titles, with Breakaway, the latest installment from Alanson, publishing earlier this month and immediately debuting at #1 on Audible.Īlanson likes to have creative control over his stories, which is a big reason he’s taken an indie publishing route. The series charts the course of an intergalactic war between humans and a technologically advanced alien species called the Ruhar-and a second alien race that comes to assist Earth. ![]() His conclusion? “There is no way humanity could survive a real invasion,” he says, “not without a lot of outside help.” The question of who would step up to help humans on the receiving end of an alien attack would ultimately lead Alanson to write Columbus Day, the first installment in his Expeditionary Force series of humorous military sci-fi books. As a connoisseur of alien invasion movies, author Craig Alanson has given a lot of thought to the logistics of potential encounters between humans and extraterrestrials. ![]()
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