Brian and Michelle Guthrie liked the forum thread, Co-Authorship on Inkshares

Hello Inkshares Authors and Readers!

I have a question for Inkshares and the Inkshares community about co-authorship and how it’s represented/integrated into the Inkshares site.

First off I have been really loving the updates to the Inkshares online platform, including these forums! Thanks so much @Thad @Jeremy Thomas Inkshares is looking/feeling really great and the new additions have deeply enhanced the online experience! In that vein of improvement, I offer the following observation and question:

So far, (and please correct me if I am wrong) I seems that only one Inkshares account can be the "author" of a book project, but as we know many books have two or more authors. While RUNE OF THE APPRENTICE only has one author (me!) I have co-written another book which am very excited to begin funding on Inkshares in the next month or so. (I will spare you the details because promoting that book is not the purpose of this post.)

The briefest of backgrounds:

This book is a memoir of another’s life and we therefore want him to be the "primary" face of the book project here on Inkshares, with me listed as co-author. To serve this end, we will be hosting the book under his name and Inkshares account, but also very much would like my account to be officially associated with the project here within the integrated Inkshares site. Currently, I have 553 followers on Inkshares and feel that it would best serve everyone involved to have all of my books (co-authored and otherwise) to be officially associated with my meta account.

It seems that due to the current framework of the Inkshares site, this is not directly possible and we will have to have this new book hosted under my co-author’s account solely, with the only connection that I am a co-author shown in the "About" section, again, without any official connection felt through the interconnected Inkshares site. Is this correct, or am I mistaken?

Current workarounds:

It seems that there are several ways other authors have dealt with this co-author disconnection:

Some people have created a joint account like:
@Nick Scott and Noa Gavin , @Adam Greven and Matt Deller , @S.T. Ranscht and Robert P. Beus , @Jesse and Sylvia Medlong , @Abigail Burton and Autumn Gass , @Julian Green and Finn Mcrae , @David Michael Slater-author and Andy Catling-illustrator etc.

While others have their book listed under a solo author’s account like @Paul Inman and Patrick Ryerson (can’t link him because I can’t find his account), @Alexander Barnes and Christopher Preiman (Again, cant link because I can’t find account.) @Richard Saunders and Mykle Walsh. I’m sure there are others here I am missing--I know of at least two, but can’t remember their names.

And others who have a brand associated with their book like @HERB , @Papercuts J.P. and @Little Fiction | Big Truths

The plot thickens:

For me, one of the most exciting aspects of Inkshares is the interconnection of the community felt and performed through the meta Inkshares website. It saddens me that this new project will miss out, in part, on one of the most innovative aspects of publishing with Inkshares--the online interconnection and social community of our growing user base. While co-authored books are certainly a minority here, I feel that as Inkshares attracts new authors, there will be more and more experiencing a similar disconnection between their co-authored works.

Also, I can attest to the many relationships I have made with other authors because of Inkshares, and I would be VERY surprised if we did not start to see some very exciting collaborative projects (short story anthologies and full on book authorship) created by Inkshares authors begin to pop up in the near future. I already know of one by @Richard Saunders and feel that this is an arena where an official, fully integrated co-author function on the Inkshares site would really help push the needle in funding and continuing to strengthening our community. @Richard Heinz @John Robin @JF Dubeau @Jim McDoniel @Brian Guthrie @G. Derek Adams @Richard Saunders @Andrew J. Ainsworth @Joseph Asphahani @Paul Inman @Dave Barrett @Zachary Tyler Linville @Craig Munro @Joseph Terzieva @Tal Klein @Matthew Isaac Sobin @A.C. Weston @Amanda Orneck @Tom Merritt @Janna Grace @Vincent Lim are a few who come to mind who might be interested in collaboration :)

My suggestion and question:

To solve this problem, I’d love to see a way where multiple accounts can be listed as an author so that there is continuity across the online system. Whether it be for co-authored books, short story anthologies, or even co-authored articles or journals, I feel it would greatly assist our community.

What are other’s thoughts on this? Please chime in, I’d love to hear what everyone else thinks, both on the "official Inkshares team" and users (authors/readers!)

TL;DR
Should Inkshares have an integrated co-author function for book projects?

I’d love to hear everyone’s thoughts. Thanks!

Jamison Stone

author of RUNE OF THE APPRENTICE and Inkshares fanboy

P.S.

Huge thanks to everyone else on the Inkshares team for making this place so special! Truly happy to be an author here, and that is because of all of your hard work and dedication! Thanks @Adam Gomolin @Angela Melamud @Matt Kaye @Avalon Marissa Radys @Elena Stofle @Larry Levitsky

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Brian and Michelle Guthrie liked an update for Deus Hex Machina

So something happened overnight that I wasn’t expecting. We hit the light publishing goal. No matter what, this book is getting published, and I have you generous, handsome, intelligent, marvelous people to thank for it.

I can’t stop smiling.

On the writing front, I am one scene away from finishing chapter 5, and then I’ll send it out to all the backers. Isidore has left Ess-Dee behind, and next she’s heading into the heart of Oh-See, the house of mouse. It’s going to be a blast to write, especially as someone who used to work there.

I want you to know I won’t stop hustling on this project. I still have the Machina Crew rewards for those that refer people to buy the book. Those referrals might be easier now that it’s guaranteed that they will get their book in their hands. I still have 57 days to see if I can get this book fully funded. But even if I don’t, the book you receive will be professionally edited, with a professional cover and all the love I have for Orange County poured into its pages.

Today though, no hustle. Just writing. Well, writing and smiling.

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Brian and Michelle Guthrie liked an update for The Amaranth Chronicles: Deviant Rising

Hey guys,

Sorry its been so long since I posted. Chris and I finished our rewrite of the manuscript about 3 weeks ago and I was double timing it on finding a new UI/UX contract. Don’t even get me started with that...

I’m finding myself feeling bizarrely empty since then... Not working on the manuscript everyday has left me with this strange sense of purposelessness. I’ve been reading over what we have on the 2nd books manuscript and already see where i’d begin to make adjustments based on our first book but i’m hesitant to do anything on it until we get some Fan feedback on the first one. Stay tuned for more updates!

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Brian and Michelle Guthrie liked an update for The Life Engineered

Whoa! My fellow thinking beings, what a ride the last few weeks have been.

In case you haven’t heard, my second book, A God in the Shed, on Inkshares has funded successfully and will be seeing publication in a few months. It’s pretty exciting stuff but unfortunately I have no time to dwell on it. What else is taking up my thoughts?

DragonCon is starting its own awards. I won’t bury the lead; I want to see The Life Engineered nominated. I mean, I’ll be happy if any Inkshares book gets a nomination but obviously I’d be deliriously happy if The Life Engineered got a nod in there. So this will fusion reaction powering my communications with you for the next little while: Let’s get Inkshares a Dragon Award. Have a look at the nomination page and please consider putting in The Life Engineered for the Science Fiction category. While you’re there, here are some suggestions for other categories if you feel like supporting the Inkshares platform:

Fantasy: Asteroid Made of Dragons
Horror: An Unattractive Vampire

Click here for the nomination page.

Next up: one of my friends is nearing the end of her funding campaign and she is so very close to her goal of 250 pre-orders. I know I’ve been asking a lot from you guys lately, but if you have a few credits rolling around or you’re just curious about her book, check out A.C. Baldwin’s The Traveller’s Cup. It’s a great book and A.C. is a tremendously promising author and a tireless artist. She deservers this.

Finally, while I’m still asking for favours, currently The Life Engineered is sitting at 80 reviews on Amazon.com. That’s awesome and I love to read the comments and critiques of readers. However, if I can get to 100 reviews, magical things start happening on Amazon. If you’ve read The Life Engineered and enjoyed it, consider leaving a review on Amazon. It helps me more than you can imagine and I’d love you forever.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go prep the funding campaign for Arch-Android.

JF

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Brian and Michelle Guthrie liked an update for A God in the Shed

Hello friend!

It’s with dark joy in my heart and the lingering effects of celebratory scotch that I come to you this day.

First, I have an announcement! The winner of the ’I Want to Kill You’ raffle has been decided. He’s accepting the ’honour’ of having his likeness murdered in A God in the Shed and while I can reveal his identity, we have yet to discuss the manner of his demise. Congratulations to Brad Ludwig! I can’t think of a better dude to murder... in a book. Fiction. I’m not really killing Brad.

In more serious business, I want to ask for your help again. Don’t worry, your wallet and credits are safe this time, however...

Drag onCon is starting its own awards. I won’t bury the lead; I want to see my first book; The Life Engineered nominated. I mean, I’ll be happy if any Inkshares book gets a nomination but obviously I’d be deliriously happy if The Life Engineered got a nod in there. So this will fusion reaction powering my communications with you for the next little while: Let’s get Inkshares a Dragon Award. Have a look at the nomination page and please consider putting in The Life Engineered for the Science Fiction category. While you’re there, here are some suggestions for other categories if you feel like supporting the Inkshares platform:

Fantasy: Asteroid Made of Dragons
Horror: An Unattractive Vampire

Click here for the nomination page.

Last but not last, I have yet another favour to ask, but this time it’s for my friend A.C. Baldwin. She’s is nearing the end of her funding campaign and she is so very close to her goal of 250 pre-orders. I know I’ve been asking a lot from you guys lately, but if you have a few credits rolling around or you’re just curious about her book, check out A.C. Baldwin’s The Traveller’s Cup. It’s a great book and A.C. is a tremendously promising author and a tireless artist. She deservers this.

Thanks friends. Inkshares has already sent me documents to fill out so we can prepare the first production meeting for A God in the Shed. The wheels start rolling. The book is being made.

JF

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