Tuesday, September 25, 2012

The Keeper's Universe is pleased to announce a partnership with Desert Mirage Films. They are a Utah based production company working on creating their first full length film. We will be handling the literary end of the business and sorting through screenplay submissions to pass on to the producer and director.

Monday, September 17, 2012

Pangea Liberation the novel is available in paperback and as an eBook at amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Pangea-Liberation-Keepers-Universe-ebook/dp/B005LIYYB2/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

It is also available as an eBook in multiple formats at smashwords.com: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/87223

Thursday, September 13, 2012

The Keeper-Pedia: A Guide Book to The Keeper's Universe

The Keeper-Pedia is a guide book to all things set in The Keeper's Universe.
It now available for download at amazon.com at this link:

 http://www.amazon.com/The-Keeper-Pedia-Keepers-Universe-ebook/dp/B0098PZ76U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1347485046&sr=8-1&keywords=keeper-pedia

You can also get it in a wide variety of formats here:

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/235698

Everything you need to know about setting your stories in The Keeper's Universe can be found in the guidebook.





Friday, September 7, 2012

Questions and Answers



What is The Keeper’s Universe Publishing Group?
The Keeper’s Universe is a unique science fiction universe originally created by Matthew Mangum as a place to set his stories, the first novel being Pangea Liberation. The universe has been expanded and enriched through a message board role-playing and storytelling site by the same name. The Keeper’s Universe Publishing Group seeks to transform the stories and characters created for the message boards and share them with the world through published eBooks. We also wish to enhance the universe further by adding new stories and characters from additional contributors and up and coming new authors. We are also always looking for fresh art set in the universe as well as cover artists for the books to be published.

How does it work?
Matthew Mangum is the creative director of the Keeper’s Universe. He has created a guide book called the “Keeper-pedia.” It contains a broad history of the universe from the demise of Earth up through about 3000 years later, roughly where Pangea Liberation is set. It also contains a list of planets with a brief history of each; descriptions of major characters that have had influence in the galaxy; as well as a variety of technologies used in the universe. The guide book will give you enough background to set the stories you write using new characters you create as well as drawing on characters that others have created and given permission to use. The Keeper’s Universe publishing House will collect short stories to be published as a collection. We will also publish novellas and full novels. For the time being all books will be published as an eBook available for Amazon’s Kindle, Barnes and Noble’s Nook and in a variety of other eBook formats for the iPad and other tablets and smart-phones. By creating stories set in the Keeper’s Universe you will get your writing published sooner and be part of an overall series. You will also start collecting royalties right away. By being part of a larger overall series you will also gain more publicity and thus make more money.

How do contributing authors get paid?
Authors of full novels set in the Keeper’s Universe will get 100% of royalties from sale of their book. Depending on the price of the novel most royalties will start at $2 per sale and possibly higher. Royalties for contributors to collections of short stories will be divided among the contributing authors. The hope is to earn each other 50 cents per book sale.
How does The Keeper’s Universe Publishing House get paid?
The bulk of the money to going to The Keeper’s Universe Publishing House comes from the sale of the guide books to potential contributing authors. There is also a small editor’s fee for the publication of short story collections.

How does Keeper’s Universe Publishing House distribute the guide book to potential contributing authors?
The “Keeper-pedia” is for sale for $2.99 through a variety of eBook platforms. It can be purchased and downloaded from Amazon.com, Barnesandnoble.com or Smashwords.com

How do contributing authors add to the guide book?
With the publication of each new novel and short story collection the “Keeper-pedia” will be updated with additional back-story, new planets, technology and characters that can be used in further books. Updated versions of the book will be available for free to those who have already purchased it.

How is the copyright of contributing authors protected?
All contributing authors will hold the copyright to their own works. Publishing as part of The Keeper’s Universe requires approval of the creative director, thus under your copyright will be a statement that the book is licensed under The Keeper’s Universe Publishing Group. We also ask that when drawing on characters created by other authors in the group that you acknowledge those individual contributors either on an acknowledgement/thanks page or on the copyright page.

How does The Keeper’s Universe Publishing group market the books?
Most of our marketing is done through social networking and online advertising. We invite all contributing authors to submit to the Keeper’s Universe blog telling us how they came up with their story and some of their writing process. Additional media content will be provided on the Facebook page for The Keeper’s Universe as well as each individual books page. Twitter will be used for announcements. Contributing authors are always encouraged to market their works in any way they see fit.

What services will The Keeper’s Universe Publishing Group provide to contributors?
The Keeper’s Universe Publishing Group will format your manuscript for publication. Some editing will be provided. For additional cost a professional editor will go through you manuscript. We will do our best to market your book to the target audience. Being part of The Keeper’s Universe Publishing Group also gets you contact information with other authors in the group so that you can share work, receive feedback and network. Any author desiring to opt out of sharing their contact information may do so.

Does it cost contributing authors anything to be part of the universe?
Only the cost of purchasing the “Keeper-pedia” guide book. We also recommend that you read the works of other writers set in The Keeper’s Universe.

Who designs cover art?
Authors of full novels set in The Keeper’s Universe will be responsible for creating or acquiring their own cover art. We can refer several excellent graphic designers if needed. The Keeper’s Universe takes care of the cover art for short story collections. If you are an artist interested in having your art featured as part of the Keeper’s Universe and as cover art please submit a portfolio. 

 Address additional questions and manuscript submissions to keepersuniverse@gmail.com