My Novel: There's An App for That!
Publishing Perpectives

David Carnoy originally released his mystery/thriller Knife Music as an iPhone app, which was first rejected on grounds of obscenity. It eventually went on to sell 30,000 copies on Kindle, as well as in a paperback from Amazon's BookSurge. The book's success attracted the attention of Peter Mayer at The Overlook Press, which has just released it as a hardcover. Here, Carnoy discusses negotiating the leap from DIY digital publishing to conventional print publishing.

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Is Apple Guilty of Censorship?

Carnoy describes how his original submission of his novel as an iPhone app was rejected on the grounds of censorship. After some pruning of "F-bombs" from the novel, it was accepted. Apple's Steve Jobs has been quoted as saying that his company's iPhone and iPad platform offers the world "freedom" from smut. But rejecting a novel on the basis of foul language and racey content -- isn't that censorship?

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