All Blog Posts Tagged 'books' (14)

Free Short Story Writing Contest TRAVEL STORIES – win cash with your story

While traveling we always have new experiences, whether they are amazing, life changing or just disillusioning. Tell us your travel story. It may deal with a travel journey to a new place, time traveling, revisiting one's past, visiting a lost love or a new one, or an inner journey. Travel reports can be as much about one's internal navigation of their emotions as a physical voyage. There is currently running a free-to-enter short story contest on BookRix for writers and readers. The theme is "… Continue

Added by Nils on November 4, 2009 at 1:15pm — No Comments

Angry Robot Books - Vibrant Fantasy and SF Publisher

ANGRY ROBOT BOOKS is a vibrant new imprint its mission to publish Fantasy, SF & in its own words 'WTF?!' genre fiction with crossover flair. Great to have new offshoots like this one, the more the better!

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Added by Nick on September 27, 2009 at 5:59pm — No Comments

Writing contest RAIN STORIES – win cash with your story

Summer is about to end? Autumn is knocking at the door? Take advantage of the unpleasant rainy weather and enter the latest BookRix Short Story Writing Contest for free: Tell your rain story and turn your wordsmith powers into positive cashflow and fame. Key Facts: - Write a story that has anything to do with rain, or Mr. Rain, or a dog named Rain, whatever. - Authors can win up to $1000 - Readers have the chance to win a Amazon voucher - No entry fee required – It’s free! Visit the… Continue

Added by Nils on September 15, 2009 at 1:59pm — No Comments

BookRix - community connects writers to readers

www.bookrix.com - a social network for writers and readers, where everyone can convert novels, non-fiction, poetry, comics, poems etc public as an e-book in own design. You can edit your books with a special tool, or simply upload your doc and pdf-files. It's free to read books online. You can even download e-books for e-reader or smartphones for free. Find community features like individual user profiles, forum, groups etc and make new contacts, discuss with like-minded people or just read. Aud… Continue

Added by Nils on August 25, 2009 at 2:25pm — No Comments

Interview - Alma Alexander - Author of Worldweavers and The Secrets of Jin-Shei

Another in my Wacky Interview Series. This time my ~~victim~~...err....participant is Alma Alexander! Interview - Alma Alexander - Author of Worldweavers and The Secrets of Jin-Shei Enjoy! Continue

Added by Mulluane Lonewolf on May 30, 2009 at 4:50pm — No Comments

Too many rooms...

Social networking is becoming like a party at a mansion. There are lots of rooms and you get around to a few of them and then realize that you've forgotten to make it to some of the others! B.R. Stateham reminded me that I should drop over to the Wonderlands room! A few updates: The spring issue of Tales of the Talisman will be shipping this coming week. It features stories by Janni Lee Simner, J Alan Erwine, Mark Anthony Brennan, and Nebula-nominated author Mike Allen. Stories are illus… Continue

Added by David Lee Summers on April 26, 2009 at 10:34pm — No Comments

Writers community BookRix offers free print-on-demand program

Hi everybody! You should check out www.BookRix.com, the new community for writers and readers. Create your books online using your own design and make your novels, short stories, poems, comics etc available to the public. Meet like-minded people in the BookRix forum, make new friends and reach new readers. Your books can even be embedded on your website, MySpace or Facebook profile via code! Promote your works online! It’s free! Current campaign on BookRix… Continue

Added by Nils on April 3, 2009 at 10:40am — No Comments

ARE BOOKS LIKE A GLACIER GLOBAL DUMBENING MIGHT MELT?

In the most recent issue of Cemetery Dance magazine, British horror editor Stephen Jones repeats his assertion that 'almost no one reads books any more.' In fact, he repeats it at length, opining that, because of competition from the visual media, mass market books will go 'the way of the vinyl record,' reading will revert to being 'a gentleman's pursuit,' and there'll only be the independent presses left to pander to it. Now, I've known Steve for more than twenty years. He generally goe… Continue

Added by Tony Richards on March 22, 2009 at 12:30am — 9 Comments

An excellent resource for readers and writers of fantasy and science fiction

Finding good ways to publicize your new title is rarely easy, but every once in a while you find a real gem. That's what I found in SciFiMatter. This free, human edited directory of scifi and fantasy related sites is a treasure trove for readers and writers alike. For readers, you get a nice resource where you can find new sites of interest. For writers, it is a great place to list you site, blog, and books (just don't overwhelm them with submissions). Wh… Continue

Added by Brian Rathbone on February 15, 2009 at 5:31am — No Comments

Free Books

Am so excited - although it's going to be hard work - the full leaflet and details are now up for the massive children's free books competition Mark and I are running over at www.myfavouritebooks.blogspot.com. Publishers' response has been great - we've got the good, the best and the bestest, donating books: Bloomsbury Atom (Little Brown) Random House Kids MacMillan Kids Walker Books It's the most amazing show of hands I've ever received from publishers and they are all so very keen to see th… Continue

Added by Liz on January 20, 2009 at 12:36pm — No Comments

JUST IN FROM NEWCON PRESS!

Ian Whates, a long-time friend & member of Wonderlands, just sent me this latest on a special deal for Wonderlanders from NewCon Press... SPECIAL OFFER ON BOOKS!!! Okay, it's nearly Christmas, so I'm doing a special offer on all NewCon Press titles. Buy one and get a second half price!! This includes limited editions signed by all sorts of authors, the just-released Subterfuge, the award-winning disLOCATIONS (only a couple of the hardbacks left) the BSFA's 50th an… Continue

Added by Deborah J Miller on November 13, 2008 at 12:14pm — No Comments

Chapter One - The Sweet Scent of Blood - Now available to read online

Read chapter one here! Chapter one is now posted on my website, feel free to drop by and read, and I hope you enjoy ;) The Sweet Scent of Blood is released on the 4th September in the UK - less than a week away - Whoo Hoo!! *mega happy dancing here* It is my first book and I'm both thrilled and excited that my story has made it into print. I had a lot of fun creating my characters and… Continue

Added by Suzanne McLeod on August 28, 2008 at 3:21pm — No Comments

100 Books 2008

It's that time again. Has the Reading Sqrl reached her total of 100 books for 2008 or will you all be forced to sit through this again in August? Let's see! Reviews and possible spoilers below. First up is a book I bought some years ago and never got around to reading until now. It's somewhat outdated, as KAL007's cockpit voice recorder was found, and a transcript has since been released. It seems to indicate that the crew had no idea… Continue

Added by Debbie Moorhouse on August 3, 2008 at 9:29am — No Comments

"Last Dragon" by J.M. McDermott

"Last Dragon", published as the first of the Wizard of the Coast Discoveries, is like no Fantasy novel I've ever read. It's non-linear, told as a series of letters? reminiscences? campfire tales? that flit about events and times yet slowly and inexorably bring the reader to the book's conclusion. To sum up the principal narrative, primary narrator Zahn is on the verge of qualifying as a Rider, a warrior who fights on bison-back, when news comes that her putative grandfather has murdered her mot… Continue

Added by Debbie Moorhouse on July 14, 2008 at 12:11pm — 2 Comments