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Enteruy / zero ncr cjcncDi C" V— THE POLTJER OF PEOPLE The Battalion ^Vggielife isBatial ioi Sci-fi in cyberspace Faculty member becomes online autl OVII ontinut BY MEREDITH MIGHT The Battalion Although he is currently researching food safety and a new kind of wound-repair material. Dr. Douglas R. Miller, an animal science research associate at Texas A&M, recently published his first book. Advertised with the teaser, “Intelligent life has been observing mankind for millennia. It’s not alien. It's here. And it’s not going to take it anymore.” the novel de scribes how cetaceans — large sea animals — may take over the world by 2005 out of frustration over the pol lution and depletion of their fishing grounds. No, his work did not appear in a scientific journal that will spend most of its life on a library shelf gath ering dust. And it was not published by an academic- oriented press only to be read by scholars in his field. Instead, Miller’s new science-fiction novel, Sole Ownership, was published online after the traditional method of submitting manuscripts to print publishers led to a series of rejections and disappointments. “It took one publisher a year to send me a rejection letter,” Miller said. “1 had had enough of that. In 1995, when I first started submitting it, a number of things were being published online. So I looked up electron ic publishers and found one that was looking for new authors in science fiction,” he said. Miller discovered Hard Shell Word Factory, an on line publisher that was willing to publish his novel. Hard Shell offers beginning authors advantages that print publishers do not such as no agent is required, editing and artwork are provided by the publisher and often the percentage the author earns from profits are greater than from traditional publishers. Tom Retell, director of the University Press, said online publishing is becoming an important aspect of publishing. “It’s unusual, but it is happening. Online publish ing is a viable method for publishing books these days. Some books lend to this medium better than others,” Rotell said. But that does not mean mainstream book sellers are left out. Hard Shell books are sold through the indus try’s biggest online bookseller, Amazon.com, as well as the on-line version of Barnes & Noble. Borders Bookstore also carries Hard Shell products online. Through Hard Shell Word Factory, and other com panies like it, books can be downloaded over the In ternet or mailed by disk at a substantially lower price than the average paperback. Sole Ownership, for instance, costs $3 to download or $4.50 on disk. There are some downsides to the on-line publishing. BRANDON BOUOV Dr. Douglas R. Miller, a Texas A&M researc is the author of So/e Ownership, an onl r :« The science fiction novel describes how stir may take over the world by the year2005.1 “My only concern is that it might befcj out of the millions of Websites out there,k L be equally as lost on the science fictionslifii Jtion Hastings or any large bookstore,” Millersa Rotell also said there may besomeditt "The question is, do people want ton on a computer? Even if the percent | earns is greater, if no one reads it, the pro Rotell said. Some literary critics, however, seem: book despite its non-traditional medium. An Under the Covers book review tte \ Ownership as "logical, well-researched,, disturbing read...a must read for moreth of science fiction.” WHAT: WHEN: WHERE: Co-op Career Fair Monday, Oct. 5 I uesday, Oct. 6 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m,| Zachry Lobby Monday. Oct. 5 Motorola Mobil Corporation Union Carbide Fidelity Investments Toyota Motor Mfg. M&M Mars, Inc. Wilsonart Int’l. 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