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Princess of Amathar back on Kindle
After a brief hiatus, Princess of Amathar is back in the Kindle Store at Amazon. You can download it right ot your Kindle or Kindle App for $1.59.
Barnes and Noble Nook
And speaking of Barnes and Noble, they just announced their own ebook reader, the nook. It has an eink screen like the Sony and the Kinndle, but also a color touch screen like the iphone. You can read more about it here.
Library of Alexadria Update
Well, back in march I blogged about my intention to build my ebook library up to the level of the famed library of Alexandria– 50,000 books. I’m not there yet, but I just passed 2000 ebooks*. Coincidentally this happened on the same day that Google announced it will begin selling ebooks to be read online. They have said that they don’t see ebooks tied to a specific device. I hope this doesn’t mean they won’t be available for ereaders, because if that is the case, I think they are missing the boat. If you are a reader and you haven’t tried a Sony PRS or a similar device, you should.
* During the same period, I’ve read 18, but my “to be read” list is really growing.
The Ease of eBooks
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.
Finding Free eBooks
As I’ve mentioned before, Finding Free eBooks is a great resource for locating… guess. Free eBooks! If you look to the right, just below the City of Amathar books, you will find a little button linking to this site. If you are smart, you’ll check it at least once a day, because it is updated OFTEN.
And don’t forget to download the free PDF books right here on this page. More will be forthcoming– hopefully on a monthly basis.
Sony PRS-505 and Feedbooks
I’ve mentioned Feedbooks http://www.feedbooks.com/ before. It is a great source for free ebooks. As I click over today, I see the four featured books are Moonfleet by J. Meade Faulkner, Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells, and On the Origin of the Species by Charles Darwin. Pretty cool, huh? You can of course find tens of thousands of other books on the site as well. But if you click on one of these titles, you will be given the choice of downloading them in one of six different formats– epub, Mobipocket/Kindle, PDF, SonyReader, iLiad, Custom PDF. Now the Sony Reader will read the epub, and both types of pdfs, but if you have one, you would naturally click on the SonyReader choice. This in fact does not give you a native Sony file. It gives you a pdf formatted for the Sony Reader. This is fine, and it works great, but by using Calibre (see yesterday’s post) you can convert the file into a native Sony lrf.
Sony PRS-505 Reader
I posted not too long ago about my interest in the Amazon Kindle. Well my birthday came along and I had my choice of gadgets. What did I get?… The Kindle’s main competitor, the Sony Reader PRS-505. I don’t know why I decided to go with the Sony over the Kindle. It was just kind of a gut decision, but I’m not having any buyer’s remorse… at least no more than I would have for spending three Franklins on anything. So far I am loving the little Reader. I keep waiting for someone to ask me what I have there, so I can say “a book”. And then when they ask me which book, I’ll say “All of them.” You can expect that I’ll be posting a lot about the Reader over the next few weeks, but here is a quick rundown.
The reader is primarily a book reader. It’s screen is not backlit and it really is like reading a book. It also plays mp3 music though, and it sounds as good as my late lamented mp3 player. It displays pictures as well, though they are in black and white. It has a bit of memory built in– enough to hold 160 books, but not much if you want a bunch of music. However it has two memory slots: one for a Sony memory stick duo, and one for an SD memory card. It does support SDHC. I have a 4 meg SDHC and a 2 meg Sony stick in right now. You can buy ebooks using the supplied library software from the Sony/Borders website. You get 100 free classic books when you buy the reader. Free books can be found all over the web– from manybooks.com, feedbooks.com, and publishers’ websites. Baen books has a ton of great sci-fi for free download. You can’t pay to get newspapers delivered to your Reader like you can with the Kindle, but you can get the equivalent for free from feedbooks.com using their feedbooks News Stand software gadget.
Stay tuned for tips, tricks, and goodies as I discover them. I will surely post them.
Princess of Amathar – Audio Book
Princess of Amathar is available, as you can see along the right hand side of this screen in trade paperback, hardcover with dust jacket, pdf download, and Amazon Kindle format. One of my next projects will be to create an audio book version. Audio books can be created and published using Lulu.com and other similar POD services. I’ll let you know as soon as it’s ready.
Manybooks
Manybooks.net is another great place to get your fix of free ebooks. You can download them in a variety of formats including .pdf, Mobipocket, and Kindle. There are thousands to choose from, including a great selection of classics. More are added each day. Visit www.manybooks.net.
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