H. P. Lovecraft could be called the father of modern horror story-telling. He really pioneered the long, slow buildup of suspense that brilliant writers like Stephen King and Dean Koontz use in their novels. The Call of Cthulhu is probably his best known work, and you can find it in a variety of ebook formats at Manybooks by clicking here.
One of the classic adventures of all time, The Lost World by Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has been the subject of many movies and at least one television show. The original was published in 1912 and can be found here at Manybooks, along with many other books by this author.
My ever-expanding eBook library has reached 1500 volumes and continues to grow. Fictionwise, my secondary source to purchase eBooks has had a 50% rebate special, so I’ve bought several new books about publishing. In addition I’ve added quite a few public domain offerings from Manybooks, Feedbooks, Munsey’s, and MobileRead Forums.
Some of my most recent titles are: An Egyptian Princess by Georg Ebers, The Three Strangers by Thomas Hardy, and Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
I have always loved books. In our house, we have a bookshelf (at least one) in every room, including most of the closets. Though I’ve given away most of the paperback books that I’ve read over the years, I love keeping my books, rereading them, looking at them, and smelling them. This may sound weird to you non-bibliophiles, but true book-lovers know of which I speak.
Now that I’m into eBooks, I’m trying to build an impressive eBook library. I’ve added a few books almost every single day. I try to download at least one book a day from Manybooks, Munsey’s, and Feedbooks; and download several from Mobile Read Forums. I check the Finding Free Ebooks blog and the Ebooks Just Published blog every day. Plus I buy books from various eBook sellers– notably the Sony eBook Store and Fictionwise. As yet, I’ve spent less than $100.00.
My goal is to have a library to rival the fabled library of ancient Alexandria. It is supposed to have had up to a million scrolls, representing tens of thousands of books. Call it 50,000 for a nice round number. I’ve got a way to go. I just passed the 1250 mark.
A great deal has been written about how easy it is to purchase and download a book on the Amazon Kindle. The Sony PRS Reader is only slightly less convenient in this regard. On more than one occassion I have seen a book being discussed on TV, went to my computer and purchased it, and then connected the Reader and transfered the book to it before the discussion was over. This week I got an add for a book by email, looked for the book online to see if it was available in eBook form (it was), and then purchased and downloaded it. This may not be the most compelling reason to buy an eBook Reader, but it is so nice, not to have to wait to go to the bookstore or the library to get the book you want.
Regular readers of this blog will recall that I have a deep fondness for the novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Mars (or Barsoom) series is fantastic in both senses of that word. The beginning of the series and Burrough’s first novel, is A Princess of Mars. First published in 1911, it truly is a classic of science-fiction/fantasy adventure. You can pick it up at Feedbooks.com (Click Here) in a variety of eBook formats. It is also available at Manybooks.net and other perveyors of free eBooks. Read it, you’ll be glad you did.
Always on the lookout for sources of free eBooks, I never the less somehow overlooked Munsey’s. Here you can find 20,000 unusual and hard to get titles in a variety of formats. This is an especially good place to find the “racy” detective stories of the fifties and sixties, such as the title pictured above. And they add on average, eleven titles a day. You can find Munsey’s Here.
City of Amathar 