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Category Archives: e-books
It’s Time for Smashwords’ Read an Ebook Week 2024!
Hey, book lovers! Today’s the day when e-retailer Smashwords launches its annual Read an Ebook Week Sale, during which you can purchase tens of thousands of digital books at special prices! It runs March 3–9—and yes, you’ll need to set up an account … Continue reading
Posted in Dark Urban Fantasy, e-books, e-tailers, Fantasy, Gaming, Nonfiction, Pandora Zwieback, Richard C. White, StarWarp Concepts, Steven A. Roman, Writing Reference Books, Young Adult
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Happy National Tell a Fairy Tale Day 2024!
No one seems to know where it came from, or whose idea it was, but today is National Tell a Fairy Tale Day, a time “to celebrate those beloved stories that we all loved as children, those fictional stories that told … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Fiction, e-books, Fantasy, Holidays, Illustrated Classics, Snow White
Tagged brothers grimm, e-books, fairy tales, Fantasy, holidays, illustrated classics, national tell a fairy tale day, snow white
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StarWarp Concepts Joins Ebook Distributor Draft2Digital
Last year, major publishing news was made when it was announced that e-book distributor Draft2Digital had acquired competitor Smashwords and, over time, would migrate Smashwords’ client publishers into D2D’s ever-expanding stable, while also making Smashwords available to D2D’s clients as a … Continue reading
Posted in e-books, e-tailers, Publishing, Publishing Announcements
Tagged draft2digital, e-books, e-tailers, Publishing, publishing announcements, smashwords
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DriveThru’s New Year, New Comics 2024 E-book Sale Is On!
Holy unexpected promotions! I just happened to drop by the home of DriveThru Comics, one of our e-book distributors, and saw they’re currently running a New Year, New Comics Sale, in which the first volumes of all publishers’ graphic novels are … Continue reading
Posted in Blood Feud, Bob Larkin, Comic Books, Dark Urban Fantasy, Digital Comics, e-books, e-tailers, Eliseu Gouveia, Events, Horror, Lorelei, louis small jr., Pandora Zwieback, Steven A. Roman, Young Adult
Tagged blood feud: the saga of pandora zwieback book 1, bob larkin, chainsaw chuck majewski, comic books, digital comic books, dwight jon zimmerman, eliseu gouveia, events, john pierard, juan carlos abraldes rendo, lorelei, lorelei presents: house macabre, lou manna, louis small jr., Pandora Zwieback, steven a. roman, uriel caton, young adult fiction
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King Kong at 90: The Long-lost Horrors of the Spider Pit
As 2023 comes to a close, we also reach the end of our yearlong celebration of King Kong, who made his cinematic debut 90 years ago, on March 3, 1933. The creation of movie producer Merian C. Cooper and author Edgar … Continue reading
Posted in e-books, Horror, Illustrated Classics, movies, Publishing
Tagged delos w. lovelace, e-books, edgar wallace, famous monsters of filmland, forrest j ackerman, illustrated classics, james a. creelman, king kong, king kong 1933, king kong 90th anniversary, merian c. cooper, movies, novelizations, paul tuma, ruth rose, spider pit scene
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Smashwords’ 2023 End of Year Ebook Sale Is Underway!
Hey, book lovers! Today’s the day when e-book distributor Smashwords launches its annual End of Year Sale, during which you can purchase thousands of digital books at special prices! It runs from December 15 to January 1, 2024—and yes, you’ll need to set … Continue reading
Posted in Dark Urban Fantasy, e-books, e-tailers, Events, Fantasy, Holidays, Nonfiction, Pandora Zwieback, Richard C. White, Steven A. Roman, Writing Reference Books, Young Adult
Tagged blood feud: the saga of pandora zwieback book 1, blood reign: the saga of pandora zwieback book 2, chasing danger, Dark Urban Fantasy, e-books, e-tailers, events, Fantasy, fantasy adventure, for a few gold pieces more, harbinger of darkness, holiday shopping, holidays, noir fantasy, nonfiction, richard c. white, smashwords, smashwords end of year sale, steven a. roman, terra incognito: a guide to building the worlds of your imagination, world building, writers reference, writing reference, young adult fiction
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DriveThru’s 2023 Black Friday Sale Is Underway!
The Christmas shopping season officially kicked into overdrive, with Thanksgiving Day here in the United States arriving yesterday. Now Black Friday—the biggest shopping day of the year—is upon us, when stores discount prices to generate sales, and Cyber Monday is … Continue reading
Posted in Carmilla, Dark Urban Fantasy, e-books, e-tailers, Eliseu Gouveia, Holidays, Illustrated Classics, Nonfiction, Richard C. White, Steven A. Roman, vampirella
Tagged black friday, carmilla, chasing danger, chronicles of the sea dragon, cyber monday, delos w. lovelace, drivethru fiction, e-books, e-tailers, eliseu gouveia, from the stars a vampiress, holiday shopping, illustrated classics, j. sheridan le fanu, king kong, nonfiction, richard c. white, starwarp concepts backlist, steven a. roman, troubleshooters incorporated
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It’s Children’s Book Week 2023 (Part 2)!
Established in 1919, Children’s Book Week is an annual celebration of reading that actually runs for two weeks—one this past May, and one now. This week, of course, is the Fall Edition, with the theme of 2023 being “Read Books. Spark … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Books, e-books, Events, Fantasy, Illustrated Classics, Reading
Tagged brothers grimm, children's book week, events, Fantasy, illustrated classics, reading, snow white, starwarp concepts backlist
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Get a Head Start on Halloween with a Holiday Classic
When the spooks have a midnight jamboreeThey break it up with fiendish gleeGhosts are bad, but the one that’s cursedIs the Headless Horseman, he’s the worst—“The Headless Horseman,” from Ichabod and Mr. ToadSung by Bing Crosby Halloween is just five days … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Fiction, e-books, Halloween, Holidays, Horror
Tagged classic fiction, e-books, halloween, headless horseman, holidays, horror classics, horror fiction, ichabod crane, swc horror bites, the legend of sleepy hollow, washington irving
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Richard C. White Fantasy Titles Available for Libraries Through Palace Marketplace
A few months back, Smashwords—one of the e-book distributors we use—announced they were expanding their distribution reach to a site called Palace Marketplace, “a new, fast-growing platform used by about 400 public library systems in the United States to acquire e-books,” … Continue reading
Posted in e-books, e-tailers, Fantasy, Nonfiction, Richard C. White, Writing Reference Books
Tagged e-books, e-tailers, for a few gold pieces more, harbinger of darkness, libraries, library distribution, nonfiction, palace marketplace, richard c. white, smashwords, starwarp concepts backlist, terra incognito: a guide to building the worlds of your imagination, writers reference, writing reference
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