Recently I bought some e-short story collections from Amazon to read via my browser (I don't own a Kindle). I buy them electronically rather than physically because they're less expensive that way, the individual stories tend to be hit or miss, and the library generally doesn't get copies. What this also means is that I generally spread out my ( Read more... )

I don't have enough in mind to make an entry with a single topic, so I'll just write bits of various ones ( Read more... )

So through the Zeboyd Games (maker of Breath of Death VII and Cthulu Saves the World) Twitter feed, of all places, I found out about a company called Bento Books, an e-publication/print-on-demand company founded by several of my favorite translators and localizers to bring over Japanese fiction. Past efforts at bringing over Japanese books have ( Read more... )

I knew Diana Wynne Jones passed away last month. I'd heard she had cancer, so while it was no less sad to hear of her passing, it wasn't entirely surprising ( Read more... )

About a month ago, one of Greg's friends told us about Author Alerts, which is similar to a service Amazon used to have. It basically scans Amazon's upcoming release listngs and compiles a list for each author you specify, then sends an e-mail the week that the book is due out. While it's something I can do myself, there'd be long periods of time ( Read more... )

Thanks to the magic of the internet, my copy of the UK edition of sarahtales' new book, The Demon's Covenant, arrived today (or possibly yesterday, as I didn't get a chance to check the mail until this afternoon). Why the UK edition? Well, I bought the first book when I was over in Ireland on our honeymoon, and I was even able to attend a book signing in ( Read more... )

I am reading Jonathan Carroll's latest novel, The Ghost in Love, and it is strongly reminding me of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. There's the surrealism, and the focus on memories, and the second chance for a romantic relationship that maybe shouldn't be getting a second chance (though the protagonist in Ghost has a much, much better ( Read more... )

Right now, Amazon is recommending me books that have extremely purple covers. Obviously, it knows me well.

He's a traveling merchant! She's a lupine god of the harvest! Together, they fight crime have adventures in capitalism and politics ( Read more... )

There was a minor avalanche in one of my closets today. Nothing was damaged, though, and on the plus side I found some books. I'd been wondering where I'd put them ( Read more... )