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ATDrake · 01-13-2011, 09:32 PM

BookViewCafé: previously published backlist sf/fantasy plus some historical, romance, mystery, direct from the authors themselves.

First book of Vonda N. McIntyre's Starfarers quartet is currently available as a time-limited promotional free download, if you'd like to give her a try (she used to write Star Trek novels).

Fictionwise also has some good stuff in their MultiFormat selections. Both newer and older authors, from Golden Age classics like Frederick Pohl and Poul Anderson to more modern ones like Greg Bear and Ted Chiang. Every so often they offer a 40%+ discount coupon which some nice person who still gets the newsletter is kind enough to post in the Deals forum here.

E-reads is an imprint that sells through Fictionwise, and while their formatting is sometimes a bit lacking, they do a pretty good job bringing back into "print" a lot of fairly high quality older works across all the genres.

They've got plenty of sf, fantasy, and mystery, among other things, and seem to be expanding their historicals lately. But their books are a touch pricey and the formatting can sometimes be mildly messed up, so I only buy them during Fictionwise coupon sales.

Small Beer Press is another imprint that sells through Fictionwise and you can also buy from them direct. They're a small press which publishes some very high quality sf/fantasy, and they've generously offered a few e-reader formatted freebie Creative Commons books to try on their website.

I especially recommend Maureen F. McHugh's Mothers and Other Monsters story collection (CC-licensed free) and Ted Chiang's Stories of Your Life and Others (not free, but well worth it).

There's also Mundania Press, which does some mid-quality light fantasy/sf + horror/mystery/romance. They do 25% off coupon sales every so often and while some of their books are only PDF on their website, you can get many of them MultiFormat via Fictionwise. They reprint some Piers Anthony and other previously established authors, as well as publish new ones.

Hope this helps, and welcome to MobileRead!

01-13-2011, 09:32 PM	#6
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	BookViewCafé: previously published backlist sf/fantasy plus some historical, romance, mystery, direct from the authors themselves. First book of Vonda N. McIntyre's Starfarers quartet is currently available as a time-limited promotional free download, if you'd like to give her a try (she used to write Star Trek novels). Fictionwise also has some good stuff in their MultiFormat selections. Both newer and older authors, from Golden Age classics like Frederick Pohl and Poul Anderson to more modern ones like Greg Bear and Ted Chiang. Every so often they offer a 40%+ discount coupon which some nice person who still gets the newsletter is kind enough to post in the Deals forum here. E-reads is an imprint that sells through Fictionwise, and while their formatting is sometimes a bit lacking, they do a pretty good job bringing back into "print" a lot of fairly high quality older works across all the genres. They've got plenty of sf, fantasy, and mystery, among other things, and seem to be expanding their historicals lately. But their books are a touch pricey and the formatting can sometimes be mildly messed up, so I only buy them during Fictionwise coupon sales. Small Beer Press is another imprint that sells through Fictionwise and you can also buy from them direct. They're a small press which publishes some very high quality sf/fantasy, and they've generously offered a few e-reader formatted freebie Creative Commons books to try on their website. I especially recommend Maureen F. McHugh's Mothers and Other Monsters story collection (CC-licensed free) and Ted Chiang's Stories of Your Life and Others (not free, but well worth it). There's also Mundania Press, which does some mid-quality light fantasy/sf + horror/mystery/romance. They do 25% off coupon sales every so often and while some of their books are only PDF on their website, you can get many of them MultiFormat via Fictionwise. They reprint some Piers Anthony and other previously established authors, as well as publish new ones. Hope this helps, and welcome to MobileRead!