Discover Yahoo! With Your Friends

Explore news, videos, and much more based on what your friends are reading and watching. Publish your own activity and retain full control.

To get started, first

YOUR FRIENDS' ACTIVITY

    Ex Parte Press Announces Its First Book in a Way Never Done Before: Simulcast Live to Movie Theatres

    PRWeb – Wed, Feb 8, 2012

    Self-help for Stoners author Robert Chazz Chute and founder of Ex Parte Press, announced the release of his book in a very unusual venue: at the first podcast to broadcast video live to 500 movie theatres across North America at director Kevin Smith's Live from Behind show.

    London, Ontario (PRWEB) February 08, 2012

    Ex Parte Press founder and author Robert Chazz Chute announced the release of his self-published book, Self-help for Stoners, in a very unusual venue recently. The news went out to 500 theatres at once across North America.

    At Kevin Smith's Live From Behind Show in Toronto, Mr. Chute stepped onstage and handed his first paperback to the film director who inspired him to become an author. "Self-help for Stoners is available everywhere electronically, but to get it on paper, you have to order it and wait a bit and it costs more. That's why this is the Titanium Age of Books. We are impatient to fill our brains with more and ebooks deliver. We want our books arriving faster and cheaper. I call this theTitanium Age of Books," he added, "because my weapon of choice is a Mac. I'm glad I didn't keep my life on hold, waiting for someone else to be discovered."

    In 2010, Mr. Chute attended a Q&A with actor, author, podcaster and director Kevin Smith. The director implored artists not to "chase the puck" but to instead follow Walter Gretzky's advice of being where the puck is going to be. "I founded Ex Parte Press to accept that challenge," Mr. Chute said. "I quit my job of twenty years and I'm now podcasting (Self-help for Stoners on iTunes and Stitcher) and writing full-time."

    Mr. Chute continued, "While many bookstores close and others shrink, the digital die has been cast. We can't stuff the clowns back in the clown car. They're out and enjoying autonomy of self and thought. I write online books. No apologies, waffling or worrying about the fall of civilization. The world didn't blow up because we no longer use eight-track tapes. Ebooks are a win for writers and readers. Readers get more choice and we're charging fees for entertainment that are commensurate with the state of the economy. We are writers whose anointment comes from the public. New media are very democratic that way."

    Most traditional media outlets still do not review self-published digital books, a policy Mr. Chute says is now out of date. "We have to make more space and time for online authors working in new, non-traditional media. We're out here. We write, seethe, revise and grow. We are legion and we're getting pissed off about being underestimated," Mr. Chute said.

    Mr. Chute is the author of Self-help for Stoners, Sex, Death & Mind Control and The Dangerous Kind. He has electronically published seven eBooks in all and three novels are coming in 2012. "I used to work in the traditional publishing industry, but that's not where the puck is going. We must not simply adapt. We must embrace change," Mr. Chute added.

    Robert Chazz Chute


    http://www.allthatchazz.com


    519-679-2014


    expartepress(at)gmail(dot)com

    Robert Chazz Chute is the author of: Self-help for Stoners, Sex, Death & Mind Control (for fun and profit), The Dangerous Kind, Asia Unbound, Parting Shots, Vengeance is #1 and Corrective Measures. His podcast is also called Self-help for Stoners.

    ###

    Robert Chazz Chute

    519-679-2014
    Email Information


     

    There are no comments yet

    [ [ [['Connery is an experienced stuntman', 2]], 'http://yhoo.it/KeQd0p', '[Slideshow: See photos taken on the way down]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['Connery is an experienced stuntman', 7]], ' http://yhoo.it/KpUoHO', '[Slideshow: Death-defying daredevils]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['know that we have confidence in', 3]], 'http://yhoo.it/LqYjAX ', '[Related: The Secret Service guide to Cartagena]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['We picked up this other dog and', 5]], 'http://yhoo.it/JUSxvi', '[Related: 8 common dog fears, how to calm them]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['accused of running a fake hepatitis B', 5]], 'http://bit.ly/JnoJYN', '[Related: Did WH share raid details with filmmakers?]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['accused of running a fake hepatitis B', 3]], 'http://bit.ly/KoKiqJ', '[Factbox: AQAP, al-Qaeda in Yemen]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['have my contacts on or glasses', 3]], 'http://abcn.ws/KTE5AZ', '[Related: Should the murder charge be dropped?]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['have made this nation great as Sarah Palin', 5]], 'http://yhoo.it/JD7nlD', '[Related: Bristol Palin reality show debuts June 19]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['have made this nation great as Sarah Palin', 1]], 'http://bit.ly/JRPFRO', '[Related: McCain adviser who vetted Palin weighs in on VP race]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['A JetBlue flight from New York to Las Vegas', 3]], 'http://yhoo.it/GV9zpj', '[Related: View photos of the JetBlue plane in Amarillo]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['the 28-year-old neighborhood watchman who shot and killed', 15]], 'http://news.yahoo.com/photos/white-house-stays-out-of-teen-s-killing-slideshow/', 'Click image to see more photos', 'http://l.yimg.com/cv/ip/ap/default/120411/martinzimmermen.jpg', '630', ' ', 'AP', ], [ [['Titanic', 7]], 'http://news.yahoo.com/titanic-anniversary/', ' ', 'http://l.yimg.com/a/p/us/news/editorial/b/4e/b4e5ad9f00b5dfeeec2226d53e173569.jpeg', '550', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['He was in shock and still strapped to his seat', 6]], 'http://news.yahoo.com/photos/navy-jet-crashes-in-virginia-slideshow/', 'Click image to see more photos', 'http://l.yimg.com/cv/ip/ap/default/120406/jet_ap.jpg', '630', ' ', 'AP', ], [ [['xxxxxxxxxxxx', 11]], 'http://news.yahoo.com/photos/russian-grannies-win-bid-to-sing-at-eurovision-1331223625-slideshow/', 'Click image to see more photos', 'http://l.yimg.com/a/p/us/news/editorial/1/56/156d92f2760dcd3e75bcd649a8b85fcf.jpeg', '500', ' ', 'AP', ] ]
    [ [ [['did not go as far his colleague', 8]], '29438204', '0' ], [ [[' the 28-year-old neighborhood watchman who shot and killed', 4]], '28924649', '0' ], [ [['because I know God protects me', 14], ['Brian Snow was at a nearby credit union', 5]], '28811216', '0' ], [ [['The state news agency RIA-Novosti quoted Rosaviatsiya', 6]], '28805461', '0' ], [ [['measure all but certain to fail in the face of bipartisan', 4]], '28771014', '0' ], [ [['matter what you do in this case', 5]], '28759848', '0' ], [ [['presume laws are constitutional', 7]], '28747556', '0' ], [ [['has destroyed 15 to 25 houses', 7]], '28744868', '0' ], [ [['short answer is yes', 7]], '28746030', '0' ], [ [['opportunity to tell the real story', 7]], '28731764', '0' ], [ [['entirely respectable way to put off the searing constitutional controversy', 7]], '28723797', '0' ], [ [['point of my campaign is that big ideas matter', 9]], '28712293', '0' ], [ [['As the standoff dragged into a second day', 7]], '28687424', '0' ], [ [['French police stepped up the search', 17]], '28667224', '0' ], [ [['Seeking to elevate his candidacy back to a general', 8]], '28660934', '0' ], [ [['The tragic story of Trayvon Martin', 4]], '28647343', '0' ], [ [['Karzai will get a chance soon to express', 8]], '28630306', '0' ], [ [['powerful storms stretching', 8]], '28493546', '0' ], [ [['basic norm that death is private', 6]], '28413590', '0' ], [ [['songwriter also saw a surge in sales for her debut album', 6]], '28413590', '1', 'Watch music videos from Whitney Houston ', 'on Yahoo! Music', 'http://music.yahoo.com' ], [ [['keyword', 99999999999999999999999]], 'videoID', '1', 'overwrite-pre-description', 'overwrite-link-string', 'overwrite-link-url' ] ]

    News For You

    Loading...