Awesome Machine

Audiobook for Simple Machines

2011-09-21T07:02:00.000-07:00

Huge thanks to the 125 people Stephanie Barber and PGP recorded yesterday and today at the Literature Party and Betascape.

Artist/poet Stephanie Barber and Publishing Genius Press began recording the audiobook for Michael Bible's Simple Machines on Friday and Saturday in Baltimore, at the Literature Party and at Betascape. Visitors to the events were given one sentence from the book to read. It will be released as a free MP3 download at this site soon.

For people who weren't near Baltimore, the recording session was also webcast via PGP's uStream channel on Saturday.

Questions can be directed to adam@publishinggenius.com.

Simple Machines by Michael Bible

2011-06-15T14:32:00.000-07:00

Ruth's old canary is still alive.

The scientist picked a peach.

I am dangerous.

64 pages
Fiction
4.25 x 6"
Perfect bound
$8 ($6 + $2 shipping)
Goodreads
eight pages of drawings

RedFez review

Praise for Simple Machines:

“Is Patty? Did Fred? You will never know. Let the sentence be your guide.”

Marvin K. Mooney, uncredited author of The Complete Works of Marvin K. Mooney

“It doesn’t matter what happens in fiction. Understanding this, Michael Bible has created an amazing document.”
Andy Devine, Author of Words

Featuring drawings by Lauren Bender, Sommer Browning, Zach Dodson, Craig Griffin, Dina Kelberman, Tao Lin, Ian White and John Dermot Woods.

Coming August 16.
Request a free discussion copy by emailing adam at publishinggenius. (While supplies last.)

Add to Goodreads

2010-08-02T10:40:00.000-07:00

What People Are Saying About ORANGE JUICE

"I didn't want the book to end"
Herocious at The Open End

"It is a very subtle book"
Stephen Tully Dierks at HTMLGIANT

"best book of 2010"
Zachary German at his blog

"a pretty good read"
Dave Kiefaber at his blog

"the writing is delivered in vivid gulps"
Matt Cook at PANK

Giving books away

and

Also selling them

for FUN

that is the Awesome Machine Promise

Orange Juice by Timothy Willis Sanders

2010-05-25T11:36:00.000-07:00

Not for sale.

About the book:

9 short shorts and short stories
52 pages
Cover design by Justin Sirois
$8, pre-order with free shipping

"Timothy Willis Sanders has style and nowhere is that more apparent than in the nine stories found in Orange Juice. Reading them is like watching secret footage of unremarkable people in unremarkable moments—you watch and at first you don't know why you cannot look away, but then, as one moment folds into another, you start to feel like you know the people you're watching. You start to care. When you read this fantastic, almost obsessive collection, you will keep wanting to know what happens next. You will care."

-Roxane Gay

read "You Have a Crush on Kells" at Japanese Baseball

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT ORANGE JUICE

Say, Poem by Adam Robinson

2010-04-06T11:11:00.000-07:00

poetry, 72pp, 5x8.5", a few typos, design by the author
cover photo, "rental car office!" by Stephanie Barber

Review at Cow Heavy by David Blomenberg
Video Review at Wing Chair by Michael Filippone
Review at Mungo by Cami Park
Bookslut Interview with Blake Butler
Review at Otoliths by Tyler Gobble

Say, Poem contains two long poems, "Say, Poem" and "Say, Joke." The first wraps several shorter poems in meta-textual reference, as if it was being read and explained by the author. "Say, Joke" is a collection of mis-fired jokes that weave a few loose stories in their telling.

It is out of print but a new, improved version is forthcoming from Mitzvah Chaps?

Here are the known issues:
* I failed to give photo credit to Stephanie Barber
* There's a bad typo in the bio. It says ". . . lives in Baltimore, where runs Publishing Genius . . ." (omitted "he")
* There should be a comma between "Say" and "Poem" on the spine, but there isn't

What's a Discussion Copy?

2010-01-10T04:53:00.000-08:00

Rather than sending out promo copies to reviewers or journals or high-profile bloggers, the experiment of AMP is to empower readers to participate in the discussion without any sort of "official critic" requirements. So AMP sends out discussion copies on a first-come, first-served basis, and asks only that recipients mention the book at least once, anywhere -- in face-to-face conversation, on their blog, in Facebook, or wherever discussions happen.

Reviewers get tons of books free and can't write about them all. But readers who want them and want to talk about them have to pay. Reviewers do have qualifications that merit this, but in this very small press economy, who cares? Word of mouth between friends is more valuable than reviews. Also, should the time come for critical study, the scholars will be able to access copies somehow.

So if you're interested, check in now by emailing adam -at- publishinggenius dot com and find out if there are discussion copies available.

About AMP

2010-01-01T09:13:00.000-08:00

Awesome Machine Press was founded in 2010. It is an imprint or a series or something from Publishing Genius.

Books are printed in short runs and split between the author and AMP and a bunch are given away as "discussion copies."

After the book sells out it will be available online and for the Kindle and probably the Nook later.

The entire point is fun. Fun writing, fun book making, fun reading, fun talking.

All the other stuff, like work, or caring about stuff, that is not a part of it.

Awesome Machine has fun fast and doesn't accept submissions, though sometimes submissions through Publishing Genius will make it over to Awesome Machine, probably.

If you have any questions, or would like a discussion copy, contact adam at publishinggenius dot com.

People who pre-order AMP books get free shipping. Then it will cost $1 extra to help defray shipping costs.

Sign up for the mailing list. That way you will be the first to know when there are free books available. You will also probably receive an email from PG every month.

If you want to donate you can do that by clicking on the Donate Stack below.

2009-04-28T06:10:00.000-07:00

Get a free copy (6/19/2010)

Say, Poem contains two long poems, "Say, Poem" and "Say, Joke." The first wraps several shorter poems in meta-textual reference, as if it was being read and explained by the author. "Say, Joke" is a collection of mis-fired jokes that weave a few loose stories in their telling. The form is inspired by Joseph Young and Amelia Gray.

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Here are the known issues:

I failed to give photo credit to Stephanie Barber
There's a bad typo in the bio. It says ". . . lives in Baltimore, where runs Publishing Genius . . ." (omitted "he")
There should be a comma between "Say" and "Poem" on the spine, but there isn't