Gather 'round, kids, it's story time.

Or, at least, it's the start of a new month, and that means it's time for me to share a link or two to help you find new books of interest.

If you like apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic, and/or horror stories, and if you're a Kindle Unlimited subscriber, the Apocalypse & Horror Reads bundle has over 50 titles to browse.

If you'd rather have a free book that you can keep, not just borrow, and if you like fantasy stories, the Free Fantasy Books bundle has over 120 titles to browse.

Either way, these books won't cost you anything more than you've already spent. In the unlikely event that you're not familiar with Kindle Unlimited, you can read about it on my site.

#books #reading #ebooks #e-books #free #freebies #kindle #kindle-unlimited

For a limited time, you can get my children's ebook for free.

Have you heard of the ebook I wrote, the science fiction novella intended primarily for readers in the fourth and fifth grades? No worries if you haven't, you can read up on it here. And if it seems like something you (or your kid) would be interested in, you can now get it free while supplies last! A review of the book by you (or your kid) would be most appreciated, of course. See instructions on how to do so here.

#ScienceFiction #SciFi #Books #EBooks #Novellas #Literature #ChildrensBooks #ChildrensLit #KidsLit #KidsBooks #MiddleGrade #GuysRead #BoysRead #BooksForBoys #ShortFiction

For about five years, I have been searching for, and properly formatting short stories by Haruki Murakami that can be found for free on the Internet (I won't even add stories that all you have to do is register). I add the proper meta-data for the publication and/or website. Currently, there are over 25 stories. If there are any errors in the text, (a few were from odd websites and I just ended up retyping because the HTML was so bad), formatting, or meta-data, please let me know, so I can correct them. You are welcome to share the link! If you have any troubles getting the books onto your eReader, or need a different format, just ask.

https://cloud.disroot.org/s/gbB4Q68TjgF33nP

#harukimurakami #murakami #japaneseliterature #ebooks #shortstories #kindle #kobo

Several years ago, my oldest prompted me to enter a writing contest on Reddit. The end result was Wolf Block. Readers often complain about the ending being too abrupt, a lesson I have tried to learn and apply in later work. I'm considering continuing the story via Kindle Vella, the new/upcoming serial fiction platform that Amazon is rolling out.

If you would like a free copy of Wolf Block, despite knowing the ending is abrupt, you can grab a free copy via BookFunnel. That offer is valid for the rest of this month (April 2021).

#sciencefiction #science-fiction #scifi #sci-fi #free #freebie #freebies #ebook #books #ebooks

Open Libraries: How Long Will They Last

I noticed this article at Torrent Freak. https://torrentfreak.com/brein-cracks-down-on-open-directory-piracy-but-what-is-it-201115/

Seems there's a coming crackdown on Open Libraries. These are libraries you discover by searching for "index of" epub. For example

https://html.duckduckgo.com/html?q=%22index%20of%22%20epub

It works with other types of files as well: e.g., "index of" mp4.

If these are going to start disappearing, we might want to save what we can first. Here's a library with a fair amount of SF and crime fiction.

http://www.lesatkins.com/books/epubfiles/

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Libraries on the Internet overlay networks are less easy to censor, as are torrents.
- http://xfmro77i3lixucja.onion/search/?q= The Imperial Library of Trantor
- http://127.0.0.1:43110/zeropub.bit/?page=1&sort=updated&lang=en zeropub
- http://ebooks.i2p/

#library #ebook #ebooks #books #sf #crime-fiction #downloads #file-sharing

The New Yorker just published a new short story by Haruki Murakami, The Kingdom that Failed. I've taken the liberty of cleaning up the formatting and converting it to common eBook formats. It can be found here https://cloud.disroot.org/s/gbB4Q68TjgF33nP
As always, if you need assistance in transferring it to your eReader or if there are any inaccuracies, feel free to contact me.

#murakami #harukimurakami #thenewyorker #thekingdomthatfailed #shortstories #ebooks #japan #japaneseculture

If it's got #DRM on it you never own it

Microsoft screws over its ebook "purchasers"

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4497396

at least unlike some other companies they get refunds, although if you've got thousands of notes in them they'll compensate all your hours of work with $25.

#microsoft #drm #ebooks