{"id":7118,"date":"2013-08-31T20:00:09","date_gmt":"2013-09-01T00:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=7118"},"modified":"2013-08-30T10:46:36","modified_gmt":"2013-08-30T14:46:36","slug":"talkcast-196-jason-chen-of-storybundle-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=7118","title":{"rendered":"TalkCast 196 &#8211; Jason Chen of Storybundle.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Screen-Shot-2013-08-30-at-10.44.08-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7120\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-08-30 at 10.44.08 AM\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Screen-Shot-2013-08-30-at-10.44.08-AM.png\" width=\"249\" height=\"159\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatfallstribune.com\/viewart\/20130828\/NEWS01\/308280020\/Montana-physician-who-told-handling-Roswell-debris-dies\">RIP Dr. Jesse Marcel Jr.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mnn.com\/earth-matters\/space\/stories\/application-deadline-for-mars-one-colony-nears\">Application deadline for Mars One colony nears<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blastr.com\/2013-8-29\/justin-timberlake-campaigning-play-riddler-afflecks-batman\">Justin Timberlake as the Riddler?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dangerousminds.net\/comments\/star_drunk_hilarious_shit-faced_sci-fi_film_written_by_and_starring_drunk_p\">Star Drunk, a seriously funny film.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/open-the-final-door-to-idws-locke-key-series-in-this-1209933241\">Beginning of the End of Locke and Key<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Tonight&#8217;s guest is Jason Chen of Storybundle.com, who has this to say about himself:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>StoryBundle was created to give a platform for independent authors to showcase their work, and a source of quality titles for thirsty readers. StoryBundle works with authors to create bundles of ebooks that can be purchased by readers at their desired price. Before starting StoryBundle, Founder Jason Chen covered technology and software as an editor for Gizmodo.com and Lifehacker.com.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For more information, visit our website at storybundle.com, Twitter us at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/StoryBundle\">@storybundle<\/a>, Like us on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/StoryBundle\">Facebook<\/a>, and Plus us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/110533946067652160891\/posts\">Google Plus<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We talk to him about the process of curating bundles, the currently-available Young Adult Storybundle, and why reading is awesome.<\/p>\n<span id=\"pod_audio_1\">&nbsp;<\/span><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7118-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast196.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast196.mp3\">http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast196.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><a href='http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast196.mp3'>Download<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/castplayer?castfile=http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast196.mp3&id=7118\" rel=\"0\" class=\"newPlayerWindow\" >Open Player in New Window<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=7118\" data-text=\"TalkCast 196 - Jason Chen of Storybundle.com\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=7118\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fscifisaturdaynight.com%2F%3Fp%3D7118&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2F1.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F42248ed2a14add37660e9037700fe744%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dmm%26r%3Dpg&#038;description=TalkCast%20196%20-%20Jason%20Chen%20of%20Storybundle.com\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RIP Dr. Jesse Marcel Jr. Application deadline for Mars One colony nears Justin Timberlake as the Riddler? 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