The Visiting Suit - Arrest

Here is the first chapter from Xiao's memoir-in-stories, The Visiting Suit: Stories From My Prison Life. And below are two more paintings from his series that coincide with the book: 'Arrest,' which is from the first chapter of the book; and 'In the Women Inmate's Farm,' which is from a story where the male inmates were sent to assist the female inmates, who worked in the fields, during the busy harvest season.



We are currently printing galleys for Xiao's The Visiting Suit. If you would like to receive one, please write to brian[at]twodollarradio.com.

Termite Parade - An Excerpt

The People Who Watched Her Pass By - Chapter 1

Scott Bradfield's fifth novel, The People Who Watched Her Pass By, is due out April 2010 in the U.S. and May 2010 in Europe. Here is the first chapter:

Interested media or booksellers can request a galley by writing to brian[at]twodollarradio.com.

First Chapters, Take 2

Thanks to the tip from our guardian angel, Bud Parr, we re-posted the first chapters of all our available books using Issuu, which should make the experience that much more readable.

Random Musings and Relevent Links.

As of yesterday, we have the first chapter from each of our available books free to read or download as a PDF. You can find each of these on the individual web-page of each book title.

Richard Nash and I share our comments with John Mesjak at his My3Books blog: Nash and Mesjak feel that "the real world of digital download reading is far more indie and personal than it is corporate and impersonal"; I disagree.

Advertising Age examines how Amazon will develop advertising on their Kindle readers.