I'm an avid used book buyer. It's the only way to support my biblioholism. Some say that buying secondhand books is bad for authors because they see none of that money. Others say it gets their work in front of more readers. We posed the following question to this week's panelists: Q: There are argu...

We talk to folks a lot about genre books and movies, but what do they have to say about books from outside the field? Q: SF conventions often have panels on "What sf books would you recommend to someone who hadn't encountered the field before?" Let's turn that around: "What non-sf/fantasy books woul...

Just as readers are sometimes influenced by the fiction they read, so, too, are writers. This week, we asked a bunch of writerly types: Q: The ever-changing landscape of science fiction literature is said to be formed by the ongoing conversation between books; one book influences another, which infl...

I'm not a writer, nor do I play one on TV, but I have read enough writers' blogs to know that it's a tough field to succeed in. And being published does not necessarily mean you're living on Easy Street. So we asked this week's writer panelists: Q: What's the most difficult part of being a writer? H...

Some of SF Signal's readers are aspiring writers, so we thought we take this week to ask some published writers in the genre to dispense with some useful writerly advice. Here's what we asked them: Q: What's the best writing advice you ever received and who gave it to you? And here are their collect...

After a brief respite from our Mind Meld interview feature, we're back! This week we accosted the good folks over at Book View Cafe, a group blog made up of more than 20 professionally published authors seeking to reach a wider audience by distributing their work directly to readers. We asked them a...

[See also Part 1 and Part 2.] We're late in wrapping up out 'Best Of' list for this year, but better late than never. Today, just in time for Christmas, we bring you bloggers' perspectives on the 'Best of 2008'. Q: What were the best genre-related books, movies and/or shows you consumed in 2008? Pau...

[See also: Part 1] "Best of the Year" lists start appearing as early as November, so we are perhaps a little late in asking folks around the community: Q: What were the best genre-related books, movies and/or shows you consumed in 2008? [We also added this note: They don't have to have been released...

"Best of the Year" lists start appearing as early as November, so we are perhaps a little late in asking folks around the community: Q: What were the best genre-related books, movies and/or shows you consumed in 2008? [We also added this note: They don't have to have been released in 2008. Feel free...

It's official, the U.S. economy is in a recession and may be heading for a depression. This means that the average consumer of SF will have to make some tough choices on how and where to spend their money. With people spending less the science fiction publishing industry could be hit hard. Q: What c...