From the press release: In response to requests from the public library community, ebrary today announced that it has added popular fiction e-books to Public Library Complete™. The collection now includes more than 3,200 e-books in romance, science fiction, mysteries, children’s fiction, and other types of fiction published in 2010 and earlier.
Entries Tagged as 'fiction'
Dehydrated books, or how to make money off of fan fiction and unauthorized sequels
January 13th, 2011 · No Comments · opinion
By Chris Walters Imagine that this evening I follow a friend’s link to a new Harry Potter book, one that essentially replaces “The Sorcerer’s Stone” in the canon with a Year 1 adventure that’s darker and closer in tone to the final few books, but that wasn’t written or authorized by J. K. Rowling. The [...]
Tags:books·dehydrated·fan·fiction·money·sequels·unauthorized
Interactive Fiction comes to the Kindle – Dusk World
December 14th, 2010 · 1 Comment · apps & games
Do you recall when I told you about KindleQuest, a website that runs adventure games like Zork for your Kindle? Amazon just released an app that removes the need for an internet connection. It’s called Dusk World, and after playing with it for a few minutes I’d say it’s closer to the old Choose-your-own-Adventure books [...]
Tags:dusk·fiction·interactive·kindle·world
First enhanced fiction ebook now in iBookstore (video)
October 20th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news, video
I’ve just heard via Twitter and Liz Castro’s blog that the first fiction ebook with video has been uploaded to the iBookstore. The title is Awkward 2, and it was created by the indie publisher Awkward Press. It’s a collection of short stories, and the videos are rather odd. Here’s one:
Tags:ebook·enhanced·fiction·ibookstore·video
Mifiction introduces Mooks – interactive fiction
May 8th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
From the announcement: Interactive fiction books are now available on mobile phones as new technology transforms the traditional novel into a contemporary format. Mobile books or ‘moooks’ are designed for instant viewing across a wide range of mobile networks worldwide, with first service availability in the UK. … Ten brand new ‘moooks’ have been written [...]
Fiction in the Age of E-Books
April 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
The Atlantic just posted an interview of Paul Theroux, and like most all of his work it’s worth reading at least twice. Here is the intro: For better or for worse, the age of the e-book is upon us. Analysts estimate Americans will buy on the order of 6 million e-readers this year—and by 2014, [...]
Galaxy Press Releases New Pulp Fiction Audiobooks
March 18th, 2010 · 2 Comments · ebookstore news
From the press release: As part of the re-launch of the Stories from the Golden Age site (www.goldenagestories.com), book publishing company Galaxy Press has created its own radio station that will feature unabridged, multi-cast audiobooks of pulp fiction short stories and books written by author L. Ron Hubbard in the 1930s and 1940s, and offering [...]
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