FREE/BARGAIN — Science Fiction & Fantasy

[cc_in_oh]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Without ADE, you cannot buy or download any ePub with DRM. To me, it makes no sense to limit yourself.

My frustrations with the abominable Flash have made me a less-than-ardent fan of Adobe. I use their reader only for product documentation and tax forms.

With a dozen large library memberships I have no interest in owning books other than a handful of classics. I mostly only read borrowed Kindle books. If a book isn't available in Kindle format, e.g. a few in the Maigret series, I read it with the Overdrive app on a tablet or listen to it with the OD app on my phone. But that costs me the ability to save notes and highlights so it's a last resort. I've bought a handful of Kindle books that aren't available to borrow, but don't foresee ever paying for an epub.

[lxpose]

For those fortunate enough to take advantage of it, Lost Mars is available to read for free on Kindle Unlimited in the UK

[Difflugia]

Originally Posted by cc_in_oh

...I read it with the Overdrive app on a tablet...

The Overdrive mobile app will open ADE .acsm files, including the one for the University of Chicago ebook. If your browser doesn't offer you the option, you may have to download the file and then find it in a file manager, but I just verified that it does indeed work on an Android tablet.

Another alternative to ADE, Bluefire Reader will open the book. It still uses Adobe's SDK, but so does Overdrive and you don't seem too fussed about that. There are versions for Windows, Mac, Android, and iWhatever.

If you were never interested in the book in the first place and are instead looking for someone to argue with, maybe head over to the Politics & Religion forum.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by lxpose

For those fortunate enough to take advantage of it, Lost Mars is available to read for free on Kindle Unlimited in the UK

Different publishers. The edition on Amazon UK matches a paperback edition on Amazon.ca ( https://www.amazon.ca/Lost-Mars-Gold.../dp/0712352406 ).

[cromag]

Originally Posted by DNSB

For December, 2020, the University of Chicago free ebook is Lost Mars: Stories from the Golden Age of the Red Planet edited by Mike Ashley.




One of the few science fiction/fantasy ebooks they have offered.

Is anyone else having trouble with this download? I get the .acsm file, but ADE complains that it can't open it -- it suggests the file might be damaged.

I've downloaded other ebooks from the University of Chicago before without difficulty.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by cromag

Is anyone else having trouble with this download? I get the .acsm file, but ADE complains that it can't open it -- it suggests the file might be damaged.

I've downloaded other ebooks from the University of Chicago before without difficulty.

I had no problem with the .acsm on Mac OS X 10.14.6 and ADE 2.0.1

[lkmiller]

No issues here on Windows 10 and ADE 2.0.1.

[cromag]

Thanks! I'll check my version number when I get back to my windows computer.


EDIT: Apparently my Adobe Digital Editions was out of date. The error about the downloaded file being corrupted was ... less than helpful. I uninstalled the old program and installed the new one. All's well now.

[salty-horse]

Bullettime by Nick Mamatas is $1.99 on Amazon.com, B&N, Apple Books, Kobo, and elsewhere.

Every day, Dave Holbrook runs the gauntlet of high school in northern New Jersey, complete with racial tensions, bullying, and outright violence. His home life isn’t so great either. His mother’s an alcoholic and his father can’t be bothered. So Dave subsists on over-the-counter cough syrup and his love for her . . .

She’s a transfer student, a waitress, a goddess of discord named Eris. And she offers Dave a way out of his miserable existence—and into an infinite number of tragically short lives. In one, he dies of bronchitis as a baby. In another, he has a job installing lottery machines until a fatal car wreck. And in the darkest one of all, he arms himself with an Uzi and walks into his school. No matter what happens, it seems, Dave is trapped on a never-ending ride of infinite possibilities—with Eris at the wheel.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by cromag

Is anyone else having trouble with this download? I get the .acsm file, but ADE complains that it can't open it -- it suggests the file might be damaged.

I've downloaded other ebooks from the University of Chicago before without difficulty.

No problem with Firefox, Windows 10, and ADE 2.0.1.

[lkmiller]

Originally Posted by cromag

Thanks! I'll check my version number when I get back to my windows computer.


EDIT: Apparently my Adobe Digital Editions was out of date. The error about the downloaded file being corrupted was ... less than helpful. I uninstalled the old program and installed the new one. All's well now.

If you want to be sure it will work with Alf's tools, stick with 2.0.1. Shouldn't be a problem with this one, but for future.

[Tarana]

Darkwalker on Moonshae By Douglas Niles $1.99

First book in the Forgotten Realms collection.

[Tarana]

Sailing to Byzantium By Robert Silverberg $1.99 Amazon, Kobo and B&N.
Collection of 6 novellas.

[Tarana]

Swords Against Wizardry By Fritz Leiber $1.99 Amazon, Kobo and B&N

Sorry, still can't copy and paste the links. Trying to get a new bluetooth mouse.

[binaryhermit]

Last week an omnibus of the first 3 books from that series was $1.99 and the other omnibus with books 4-6 was $5.39. So if you're interested in this it might make sense to throw those on your wishlist.
Omnibus 1: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0741VJC4D
Omnibus 2: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07L8WP9LR

And all 8 books other than book 1 are available for me on Amazon for $2.99 or less right now https://www.amazon.com/dp/B087M1G9DM