I hope I don’t need to explain it any more deeply than that

Thank you for this wonderful series. I look forward to picking up print versions!

The difficulty started at the end of 2007 when Apple changed its standard play order on many of its newer devices. By then, the Podiobooks process was already well established. I don’t have this problem when I listen to podiobooks because my Sansa mp3 player has an “audiobooks” setting that plays the files in alpha-by-name and not date sequence. FWIW, my Blackberry plays them in the correct order as well.

The answer to this Apple specific question is an Apple specific answer. Make a “play list” where you load them in the order you want and then use the list, not a default order. The problem with changing the order at the source is that all the people who don’t have a problem now will suddenly get one. Either way we’ll aggravate a significant proportion of the population.

Hope this answers the question, even if it’s not the answer you wanted.

Your podcast books seems to always appear in iTunes in the opposite order as if you had posted the last episode first (and the dates in iTunes even indicate this to be the case although I’m sure it’s not). While this makes the podcast look better in iTunes, it makes it kind of infuriating to listen to on the iPod because after each episode I can’t simply let it go to the next track because it will be going to the previous episode. On the iPod (or at least on my iPhone I should say) the episodes are listed in reverse order from iTunes. So after each one I have to pull it out and switch tracks to the track above the one I just listened to.

While I realize it isn’t your fault that iTunes and the iPod/iPhone list podcast tracks in the opposite order, I do wish you would put them in the correct chronological order in your iTunes feed so that they play in the correct order on my iPhone.

Hughes

I’ve just had the pleasure of listening to your interview with my sister (Abbie) on the Cowry Catchers podcast. I’m currently in the middle of listening to Captain’s Share so I thought I would drop by and say hello. I’ve enjoyed listening to the Solar Clipper books, so thank you for all the hours of hard work you’ve done writing, reading, and producing them. I’m looking forward to reading Ravenwood.

I suspect you must be a Briggs Meyers Idealist (hopefully you know what that means) since Ishmael seems to me to be a real Idealist’s Idealist. He certainly isn’t a traditional archetype, but to me he is almost an archetype in that respect. Although he is a more real character than a typical archetype and he does develop over time, sometimes Ishmael is almost too good in a very Idealisty sense. He’s so great at relationships and seeing through people and figuring out what makes them tick and bringing out their good sides. These are of course all things that Idealists do well, but Ishmael truly excels.

Anyway, thanks for your great work!
Hughes

Thanx for writing the books about Ishmael Wang, I enjoyed them immensley!!! I live and work on a small island in the Med called Cyprus. Since we work with tourists we have a lot to do during the season, but not too mych to do during the wintermonts, que houswork, which is very boooooooring! Anyway with an Ipod in my ears filled with goodies fr podiobooks.com it goes quit well. I listened to mur laffertys heavenseries, scott siglers gruesom infected series, which i liked, christiana elllis nina and space casey which i loved and PJ holyfields murder at avadon hill, which really needs a sequel before I stumbeled on the shares series. I mainly choose it because its looong, I hat eto have to muckh gardenwork to do and no story left, but now I listened to captains share I want MORE!!!!!!! It is really, really good!!!!! So pls,pls pls write some more !!! I feel almost sad when a podiobook is finnished and I have to leave them behind…….
By the way, I never heard anybody in cyprus listen to podiobooks so I will do my best to promote u all over here!!!! now its time to go in search of a new, hopefully loooooooooooong podiobook!!

wish u all the best and greetings from
Millamollan in Cyprus

Thanks!