I Buy a Kindle
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Anyone who read my previous blog entries regarding tech already knows I’m a “late-adapter”. I have a desktop computer which uses the Windows XP OS and WORD 2003, and a cell phone they stopped making in 2007. As long as my current way of doing something techie still works, you have to drag me kicking and screaming to a shop or website selling some new-fangled replacement.
Consequently, -I’m- even shocked by the fact that I now own a Kindle. I’ve been thinking about buying one for the last two months. I kept rejecting the idea because I’ve been burnt by several purchases of (semi)cutting-edge hardware, like the smart phone that I never learned how to use or my shiny new laptop that buffaloed me because it’s powered with Windows 7. (A friend is giving me “laptop lessons” this summer.)
What if the same thing happened again with an eReader? What if nothing I wanted to buy was available? What if I made a mistake buying the Kindle when I should have purchased a Nook, a Kobo or a Sony? What if I simply couldn’t figure out how to upload book files, no matter how hard I tried? What if I understood how to work the thingie, but then never used it?
I thought about all of this carefully, and spent a ridiculous amount of time cruising the more negative Amazon reviews for the Kindle, the various covers made for it, and for the Kindle books that I most wanted to read. For instance, Bibles in Kindle format are all over the map when it comes to ease of use on a Kindle. After a while, I found that looking at 2 star & 3 star reviews often provide more of the information I need than 5 star reviews do. Maybe in an effort to scare myself out of the whole idea, I made a tentative list of books I might purchase-with an estimate of how much the Kindle, its jacket, and these books would cost. Many of the books I most wanted were written by the Inklings: C. S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and J R. R. Tolkien, along with the proto-Inklings George MacDonald & G.K. Chesterton. Only the latter two are fairly inexpensive.
This checking on performance & costs was not necessarily a good move for me. In the past, doing so much research about other possible purchases has often just locked me into the purchase before I was ready. You see, I have a thing about this-once I’ve spent a certain amount of time thinking about a possible purchase, I can’t seem to back out of actually making it even if I still have doubts.
Thanks to all those hours in the Kindle shop, I discovered that:
1. Books which often appear to be missing their tables of contents or covers aren’t always lacking them. Some kind soul writing an Amazon review pointed out that when a user opens a new book the Kindle queues up to the first chapter. So the reader thinks, What? No table of contents? Yup, there is. But you need to back up to see what comes before the first chapter.
2. Under no circumstances should readers-especially non-techie readers like me-purchase a cover for their Kindle which fastens hinge-like to the left edge of the reader. Evidently, this arrangement often makes a Kindle freeze or crash. If that happened to me, my pitty-pat little heart would freeze or crash.
3. Amazon has a -wicked- number of books I already love or want very much to read. Many of these I read in my childhood but I still love them. Since my childhood was way long ago, these books tend to be much cheaper than current children's & YA books. See the list immediately below.
Besides the Inklings & my childhood favorites, I'm also faunching for all the ebooks written by my fellow members of the Lost Genre Guild-writers of speculative fiction with a subtle Christian worldview. That list may be found at the very end of this entry.
Back to favorite YA & children's books--and also "classics":
Many of the older ones are free or cost just 99 cents. For instance: many of George MacDonald’s books for children & young adults like The Princess & the Goblin; Kipling’s Jungle Book; Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland; The Secret Garden; Little Women; Anne of Green Gables; Grimm’s Fairy Tales; Andersen’s Fairy Tales; Stevenson’s Kidnapped; Sidney’s Five Little Peppers series; Kingsley’s Water-Babies; and The Wind in the Willows. Plus Sherlock Holmes.
Other goodies cost money: Narnia, The Hobbit; Susan Cooper’s The Dark is Rising sequence; Madeleine l’Engle’s series; the Nancy Drew books; The Hardy Boys; Harriet the Spy; Artemis Fowl; The Phantom Tollbooth; Island of Blue Dolphins; Witch at Blackbird Pond; Tuck Everlasting; A Series of Unfortunate Events; Graceling; The Hunger Games; some of Brian Jacques’ Red Wall, etc. (Roald Dahl and Lloyd Alexander’s books are only available as pricey Kindle audios for some reason.)
And then there’s Project Gutenberg or Smashwords books that I’ve looked at from time to time but have never downloaded their PDF files. Fellow writers--frequently Lost Genre Guild or Written Remains members-- have offered me advance PDFs of their manuscripts for review. I’ve turned down these offers in the past. Why? I loathe PDF and I didn’t want to read a whole book on the computer screen. I’m at the computer much of the day as it is.
Here it comes, ready or not!
Anyway, I ordered my Kindle, and it came, and there I was opening the package with fingers crossed. (Somewhat hard to do, that.) Fingers still pretty much crossed, I managed to charge my Kindle all by myself. In the meantime, I read the quick start booklet. It mainly identified which key is which. Helpful, but not that helpful. The booklet promised that there were more instructions loaded on the Kindle itself. But would I be able to find them? (I have absolutely no confidence left when it comes to tech these days.)
I turned the Kindle on-it went on!--and found the in-depth directions right away. Phew! So I started to read. I read for a while-understanding most but not all of what I was reading & immediately forgetting most of the previous paragraph-until I noticed a tiny bit of data at the bottom of the screen. It said that I had read 3% of the document so far. Only 3 per cent? How long were these instructions, anyway? I read for a few more minutes, advancing about two screens. The percentage was now 4%. Hm. Assuming my math was correct, that made the entire file of instructions 200 screens long. Yack!
Believe it or not, I actually sat & read the whole file at one sitting-except for the fiddly bits at the end where Amazon has all the legalese absolving them from practically everything. Done. Huge sigh of relief. Too bad it hadn’t been a book.
Books! Urk! Time to start uploading books from Amazon. Well, the Kindle hadn’t exploded--yet. It was probably waiting for this to do so. Or freeze. Or just stare blankly with its little screen. (“Come on! Open up! It’s good for you! I mean, I mean, it tastes yummy! Open a’ready!”)
Long story, short. I was able to upload approximately 30 books. They really do transmit them only a minute after purchase. The only delays I experienced was from the response time of my ancient computer, the time taken to find the Amazon page or, rarely, waiting for the Kindle to catch up. I even created my own categories (like Inklings; Bibles & devotionals; fantasy; non-fiction) and then stored my purchases by type. Now understand, none of this was as easy for me as it sounds. I still have to randomly try the “Menu”, “Home” and “Back” buttons for instance before I find which one I need to go to in order to perform some operation or other. But, hey, I have 30 books on the critter, a whole list of freebies to install, and a wish list of LGG titles I’m itching to get!
Score: Sherry = 1. New tech = 0.
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Lost Genre Books on Kindle after the break
Lost Genre Books on Kindle
(Please note that I tried to include everyone's book but almost certainly missed some. If you were skipped, please make a comment with the missing information & I'll do my best to add it to this entry.
LGG Author eBooks with Links
P A Baines
Alpha Redemption 4.5 stars $6.99
http://www.amazon.com/Alpha-Redemption-ebook/dp/B0044UHWVW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307167040&sr=1-1
Brandon Barr (& Mike Lynch)
American Midnight 4.5 stars $7.99
http://www.amazon.com/American-Midnight-ebook/dp/B003FGWRJ8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307136614&sr=1-3
Grace Bridges
CyberDublin (forthcoming)
Faith Awakened 4 stars $5.99
http://www.amazon.com/Faith-Awakened-ebook/dp/B004GNFLQ0/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307167134&sr=1-6
Legendary Space Pilgrims 4 stars $6.99
http://www.amazon.com/Legendary-Space-Pilgrims-ebook/dp/B004GNFM5A/ref=ntt_at_ep_edition_2_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2
Maurice Broaddus
The Knights of Breton Court series:
King Maker 4 stars $4.69
http://www.amazon.com/King-Maker-Knights-Breton-ebook/dp/B0042JSOWG/ref=pd_sim_kinc_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2
King’s Justice $4.79
http://www.amazon.com/Kings-Justice-Knights-Breton-ebook/dp/B004J4WJSO/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2
King’s War $4.79
http://www.amazon.com/Kings-War-Knights-Breton-ebook/dp/B004LROUX6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307168022&sr=1-1
Orgy of Souls 4 stars $3.99
http://www.amazon.com/Orgy-of-Souls-ebook/dp/B0046REKZ4/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307167478&sr=1-4
Frank Creed
Books of the Underground series:
Flashpoint 4.5 stars $4.99
http://www.amazon.com/Flashpoint-Book-UNDERGROUND-Books-ebook/dp/B002U829UE/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307168891&sr=1-3
War of Attrition (only pb?) 5 stars $9.95
http://www.amazon.com/War-Attrition-Frank-Creed/dp/1934284068/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1307168946&sr=1-3
Rick Copple
The Reality Chronicles:
Reality’s Dawn 5 stars $5.99
http://www.amazon.com/Realitys-Dawn-Reality-Chronicles-ebook/dp/B004QGYHS0/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307168337&sr=1-6
Reality’s Ascent 5 stars $5.99
http://www.amazon.com/Realitys-Ascent-Reality-Chronicles-ebook/dp/B004YDNZZG/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307168337&sr=1-7
Malcolm Cowen
Lady of Foxdale (Western Lands) 5 stars $6.99
http://www.amazon.com/Lady-Foxdale-Western-Lands-ebook/dp/B004S7F0QU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307168548&sr=1-1
Laura J Davis
Come to Me 5 stars $8.99
http://www.amazon.com/Come-to-Me-ebook/dp/B004CLYOBY/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&qid=1307172147&sr=1-5
Steve “S. P.” Dorning
Heavy Metal Cowboy series:
Stars of the Kanri 5 stars $4.00
http://www.amazon.com/Stars-Kanri-Heavy-Cowboy-ebook/dp/B003FSU74S/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307168681&sr=1-3
Spheres of the Ryk-tar $4.00
http://www.amazon.com/Spheres-Ryk-Tar-Heavy-Cowboy-ebook/dp/B004F9PANO/ref=pd_sim_kinc_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2
Mike Duran
The Resurrection: a Novel 4.5 stars $9.89
http://www.amazon.com/The-Resurrection-A-novel-ebook/dp/B004UFT02A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307169098&sr=1-1
Karina Fabian
Neeta Lyffe, Zombie Exterminator 4.5 stars $5.95
http://www.amazon.com/Neeta-Lyffe-Zombie-Exterminator-ebook/dp/B004EHZSOI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307169231&sr=1-1
Magic, Mensa & Mayhem 5 stars $3.99
http://www.amazon.com/Magic-Mensa-Mayhem-ebook/dp/B004I5BVWE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307169231&sr=1-2
Adam & Andrea Graham
Tales of the Dim Knight 4.5 stars $2.99
http://www.amazon.com/Tales-Dim-Knight-ebook/dp/B004C43H8C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307169467&sr=1-1
Nick Giannaris
Relics of Nanthara forthcoming?
Dylan Higgins
The Emblem & The Lantern series:
Awakening (Book One of series) (not yet reviewed) $9.99
http://www.amazon.com/Awakening-Emblem-Lantern-ebook/dp/B004CFB7HO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1290094299&sr=1-1
Caprice Hokstad
Ascendancy Trilogy:
Duke’s Handmaid 4.5 stars $4.99
http://www.amazon.com/Dukes-Handmaid-Ascendancy-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B00102936Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307169825&sr=1-1
Nor Iron Bars a Cage 4.5 stars $4.99
http://www.amazon.com/Iron-Bars-Ascendancy-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B0011UBWIW/ref=pd_sim_kinc_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2
Pete Koziar
Dauntless Homecoming 4 stars $2.99
http://www.amazon.com/Dauntless-Homecoming-ebook/dp/B003Z0D2L6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307170086&sr=1-1
Mike Lynch (& Brandon Barr)
American Midnight 4.5 stars $7.99
http://www.amazon.com/American-Midnight-ebook/dp/B003FGWRJ8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307136614&sr=1-3
Terri Lynn Main
Dark Side of the Moon 4.5 stars $5.99
http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Side-Moon-ebook/dp/B004LX0BRY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307170250&sr=1-1
Ellen C Maze
Rabbit Trilogy:
Rabbit: Chasing Beth Rider 4.5 stars $2.99
http://www.amazon.com/Rabbit-Chasing-Rider-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B004GXB4HK/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307170452&sr=1-4
Greg Mitchell
The Coming of Evil series:
The Strange Man $9.99
http://www.amazon.com/Strange-Man-Coming-Evil-ebook/dp/B004UFTSKY/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307170586&sr=1-5
Keven Newsome
Winter 5 stars $6.99
http://www.amazon.com/Winter-ebook/dp/B0053D5S4C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307170720&sr=1-1
Carol Parsons
Journals of the Peregrine:
Dictates of Conscience 5 stars $2.99
http://www.amazon.com/Dictates-Conscience-Journals-Peregrine-ebook/dp/B003U2TKBA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1307170812&sr=1-1-spell
Donita K Paul
Dragon Keepers Chronicles (5 so far):
Dragon Spell 4.5 stars $9.99
http://www.amazon.com/DragonSpell-Dragon-Keepers-Chronicles-ebook/dp/B001A0NP6K/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307170961&sr=1-3
Travis Perry & Mike Lynch:
The Crystal Portal $6.99
http://www.amazon.com/The-Crystal-Portal-Portals-ebook/dp/B004UVR11G
A M Roelke
The Space Station Murders 4 stars $3.50
http://www.amazon.com/The-Space-Station-Murders-ebook/dp/B0050678YK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307171178&sr=1-1
Bryan Thomas Schmidt
North Star Serial pt.1 (pb) 5 star $7.49
http://www.amazon.com/North-Star-Serial-Part/dp/1452822808/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1307171401&sr=1-1-catcorr
Sherry Thompson
Narentan Tumults series:
Seabird 4.5 stars $2.99
http://www.amazon.com/Seabird-The-Narentan-Tumults-ebook/dp/B00127SJRG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307171726&sr=1-1
Earthbow vols. 1 & 2 5 stars $2.99
http://www.amazon.com/Earthbow-Volumes-Narentan-Tumults-ebook/dp/B003EEN16Y/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1
Fred Warren
The Muse 4.5 stars $5.99
http://www.amazon.com/The-Muse-ebook/dp/B004GNFJ26/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307171980&sr=1-3
Did you notice how many 4 & 5 star books we're written? LGG writers rock!
Anyone who read my previous blog entries regarding tech already knows I’m a “late-adapter”. I have a desktop computer which uses the Windows XP OS and WORD 2003, and a cell phone they stopped making in 2007. As long as my current way of doing something techie still works, you have to drag me kicking and screaming to a shop or website selling some new-fangled replacement.
Consequently, -I’m- even shocked by the fact that I now own a Kindle. I’ve been thinking about buying one for the last two months. I kept rejecting the idea because I’ve been burnt by several purchases of (semi)cutting-edge hardware, like the smart phone that I never learned how to use or my shiny new laptop that buffaloed me because it’s powered with Windows 7. (A friend is giving me “laptop lessons” this summer.)
What if the same thing happened again with an eReader? What if nothing I wanted to buy was available? What if I made a mistake buying the Kindle when I should have purchased a Nook, a Kobo or a Sony? What if I simply couldn’t figure out how to upload book files, no matter how hard I tried? What if I understood how to work the thingie, but then never used it?
I thought about all of this carefully, and spent a ridiculous amount of time cruising the more negative Amazon reviews for the Kindle, the various covers made for it, and for the Kindle books that I most wanted to read. For instance, Bibles in Kindle format are all over the map when it comes to ease of use on a Kindle. After a while, I found that looking at 2 star & 3 star reviews often provide more of the information I need than 5 star reviews do. Maybe in an effort to scare myself out of the whole idea, I made a tentative list of books I might purchase-with an estimate of how much the Kindle, its jacket, and these books would cost. Many of the books I most wanted were written by the Inklings: C. S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and J R. R. Tolkien, along with the proto-Inklings George MacDonald & G.K. Chesterton. Only the latter two are fairly inexpensive.
This checking on performance & costs was not necessarily a good move for me. In the past, doing so much research about other possible purchases has often just locked me into the purchase before I was ready. You see, I have a thing about this-once I’ve spent a certain amount of time thinking about a possible purchase, I can’t seem to back out of actually making it even if I still have doubts.
Thanks to all those hours in the Kindle shop, I discovered that:
1. Books which often appear to be missing their tables of contents or covers aren’t always lacking them. Some kind soul writing an Amazon review pointed out that when a user opens a new book the Kindle queues up to the first chapter. So the reader thinks, What? No table of contents? Yup, there is. But you need to back up to see what comes before the first chapter.
2. Under no circumstances should readers-especially non-techie readers like me-purchase a cover for their Kindle which fastens hinge-like to the left edge of the reader. Evidently, this arrangement often makes a Kindle freeze or crash. If that happened to me, my pitty-pat little heart would freeze or crash.
3. Amazon has a -wicked- number of books I already love or want very much to read. Many of these I read in my childhood but I still love them. Since my childhood was way long ago, these books tend to be much cheaper than current children's & YA books. See the list immediately below.
Besides the Inklings & my childhood favorites, I'm also faunching for all the ebooks written by my fellow members of the Lost Genre Guild-writers of speculative fiction with a subtle Christian worldview. That list may be found at the very end of this entry.
Back to favorite YA & children's books--and also "classics":
Many of the older ones are free or cost just 99 cents. For instance: many of George MacDonald’s books for children & young adults like The Princess & the Goblin; Kipling’s Jungle Book; Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland; The Secret Garden; Little Women; Anne of Green Gables; Grimm’s Fairy Tales; Andersen’s Fairy Tales; Stevenson’s Kidnapped; Sidney’s Five Little Peppers series; Kingsley’s Water-Babies; and The Wind in the Willows. Plus Sherlock Holmes.
Other goodies cost money: Narnia, The Hobbit; Susan Cooper’s The Dark is Rising sequence; Madeleine l’Engle’s series; the Nancy Drew books; The Hardy Boys; Harriet the Spy; Artemis Fowl; The Phantom Tollbooth; Island of Blue Dolphins; Witch at Blackbird Pond; Tuck Everlasting; A Series of Unfortunate Events; Graceling; The Hunger Games; some of Brian Jacques’ Red Wall, etc. (Roald Dahl and Lloyd Alexander’s books are only available as pricey Kindle audios for some reason.)
And then there’s Project Gutenberg or Smashwords books that I’ve looked at from time to time but have never downloaded their PDF files. Fellow writers--frequently Lost Genre Guild or Written Remains members-- have offered me advance PDFs of their manuscripts for review. I’ve turned down these offers in the past. Why? I loathe PDF and I didn’t want to read a whole book on the computer screen. I’m at the computer much of the day as it is.
Here it comes, ready or not!
Anyway, I ordered my Kindle, and it came, and there I was opening the package with fingers crossed. (Somewhat hard to do, that.) Fingers still pretty much crossed, I managed to charge my Kindle all by myself. In the meantime, I read the quick start booklet. It mainly identified which key is which. Helpful, but not that helpful. The booklet promised that there were more instructions loaded on the Kindle itself. But would I be able to find them? (I have absolutely no confidence left when it comes to tech these days.)
I turned the Kindle on-it went on!--and found the in-depth directions right away. Phew! So I started to read. I read for a while-understanding most but not all of what I was reading & immediately forgetting most of the previous paragraph-until I noticed a tiny bit of data at the bottom of the screen. It said that I had read 3% of the document so far. Only 3 per cent? How long were these instructions, anyway? I read for a few more minutes, advancing about two screens. The percentage was now 4%. Hm. Assuming my math was correct, that made the entire file of instructions 200 screens long. Yack!
Believe it or not, I actually sat & read the whole file at one sitting-except for the fiddly bits at the end where Amazon has all the legalese absolving them from practically everything. Done. Huge sigh of relief. Too bad it hadn’t been a book.
Books! Urk! Time to start uploading books from Amazon. Well, the Kindle hadn’t exploded--yet. It was probably waiting for this to do so. Or freeze. Or just stare blankly with its little screen. (“Come on! Open up! It’s good for you! I mean, I mean, it tastes yummy! Open a’ready!”)
Long story, short. I was able to upload approximately 30 books. They really do transmit them only a minute after purchase. The only delays I experienced was from the response time of my ancient computer, the time taken to find the Amazon page or, rarely, waiting for the Kindle to catch up. I even created my own categories (like Inklings; Bibles & devotionals; fantasy; non-fiction) and then stored my purchases by type. Now understand, none of this was as easy for me as it sounds. I still have to randomly try the “Menu”, “Home” and “Back” buttons for instance before I find which one I need to go to in order to perform some operation or other. But, hey, I have 30 books on the critter, a whole list of freebies to install, and a wish list of LGG titles I’m itching to get!
Score: Sherry = 1. New tech = 0.
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Lost Genre Books on Kindle after the break
Lost Genre Books on Kindle
(Please note that I tried to include everyone's book but almost certainly missed some. If you were skipped, please make a comment with the missing information & I'll do my best to add it to this entry.
LGG Author eBooks with Links
P A Baines
Alpha Redemption 4.5 stars $6.99
http://www.amazon.com/Alpha-Redemption-ebook/dp/B0044UHWVW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307167040&sr=1-1
Brandon Barr (& Mike Lynch)
American Midnight 4.5 stars $7.99
http://www.amazon.com/American-Midnight-ebook/dp/B003FGWRJ8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307136614&sr=1-3
Grace Bridges
CyberDublin (forthcoming)
Faith Awakened 4 stars $5.99
http://www.amazon.com/Faith-Awakened-ebook/dp/B004GNFLQ0/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307167134&sr=1-6
Legendary Space Pilgrims 4 stars $6.99
http://www.amazon.com/Legendary-Space-Pilgrims-ebook/dp/B004GNFM5A/ref=ntt_at_ep_edition_2_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2
Maurice Broaddus
The Knights of Breton Court series:
King Maker 4 stars $4.69
http://www.amazon.com/King-Maker-Knights-Breton-ebook/dp/B0042JSOWG/ref=pd_sim_kinc_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2
King’s Justice $4.79
http://www.amazon.com/Kings-Justice-Knights-Breton-ebook/dp/B004J4WJSO/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2
King’s War $4.79
http://www.amazon.com/Kings-War-Knights-Breton-ebook/dp/B004LROUX6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307168022&sr=1-1
Orgy of Souls 4 stars $3.99
http://www.amazon.com/Orgy-of-Souls-ebook/dp/B0046REKZ4/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307167478&sr=1-4
Frank Creed
Books of the Underground series:
Flashpoint 4.5 stars $4.99
http://www.amazon.com/Flashpoint-Book-UNDERGROUND-Books-ebook/dp/B002U829UE/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307168891&sr=1-3
War of Attrition (only pb?) 5 stars $9.95
http://www.amazon.com/War-Attrition-Frank-Creed/dp/1934284068/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1307168946&sr=1-3
Rick Copple
The Reality Chronicles:
Reality’s Dawn 5 stars $5.99
http://www.amazon.com/Realitys-Dawn-Reality-Chronicles-ebook/dp/B004QGYHS0/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307168337&sr=1-6
Reality’s Ascent 5 stars $5.99
http://www.amazon.com/Realitys-Ascent-Reality-Chronicles-ebook/dp/B004YDNZZG/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307168337&sr=1-7
Malcolm Cowen
Lady of Foxdale (Western Lands) 5 stars $6.99
http://www.amazon.com/Lady-Foxdale-Western-Lands-ebook/dp/B004S7F0QU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307168548&sr=1-1
Laura J Davis
Come to Me 5 stars $8.99
http://www.amazon.com/Come-to-Me-ebook/dp/B004CLYOBY/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&qid=1307172147&sr=1-5
Steve “S. P.” Dorning
Heavy Metal Cowboy series:
Stars of the Kanri 5 stars $4.00
http://www.amazon.com/Stars-Kanri-Heavy-Cowboy-ebook/dp/B003FSU74S/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307168681&sr=1-3
Spheres of the Ryk-tar $4.00
http://www.amazon.com/Spheres-Ryk-Tar-Heavy-Cowboy-ebook/dp/B004F9PANO/ref=pd_sim_kinc_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2
Mike Duran
The Resurrection: a Novel 4.5 stars $9.89
http://www.amazon.com/The-Resurrection-A-novel-ebook/dp/B004UFT02A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307169098&sr=1-1
Karina Fabian
Neeta Lyffe, Zombie Exterminator 4.5 stars $5.95
http://www.amazon.com/Neeta-Lyffe-Zombie-Exterminator-ebook/dp/B004EHZSOI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307169231&sr=1-1
Magic, Mensa & Mayhem 5 stars $3.99
http://www.amazon.com/Magic-Mensa-Mayhem-ebook/dp/B004I5BVWE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307169231&sr=1-2
Adam & Andrea Graham
Tales of the Dim Knight 4.5 stars $2.99
http://www.amazon.com/Tales-Dim-Knight-ebook/dp/B004C43H8C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307169467&sr=1-1
Nick Giannaris
Relics of Nanthara forthcoming?
Dylan Higgins
The Emblem & The Lantern series:
Awakening (Book One of series) (not yet reviewed) $9.99
http://www.amazon.com/Awakening-Emblem-Lantern-ebook/dp/B004CFB7HO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1290094299&sr=1-1
Caprice Hokstad
Ascendancy Trilogy:
Duke’s Handmaid 4.5 stars $4.99
http://www.amazon.com/Dukes-Handmaid-Ascendancy-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B00102936Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307169825&sr=1-1
Nor Iron Bars a Cage 4.5 stars $4.99
http://www.amazon.com/Iron-Bars-Ascendancy-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B0011UBWIW/ref=pd_sim_kinc_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2
Pete Koziar
Dauntless Homecoming 4 stars $2.99
http://www.amazon.com/Dauntless-Homecoming-ebook/dp/B003Z0D2L6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307170086&sr=1-1
Mike Lynch (& Brandon Barr)
American Midnight 4.5 stars $7.99
http://www.amazon.com/American-Midnight-ebook/dp/B003FGWRJ8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307136614&sr=1-3
Terri Lynn Main
Dark Side of the Moon 4.5 stars $5.99
http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Side-Moon-ebook/dp/B004LX0BRY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307170250&sr=1-1
Ellen C Maze
Rabbit Trilogy:
Rabbit: Chasing Beth Rider 4.5 stars $2.99
http://www.amazon.com/Rabbit-Chasing-Rider-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B004GXB4HK/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307170452&sr=1-4
Greg Mitchell
The Coming of Evil series:
The Strange Man $9.99
http://www.amazon.com/Strange-Man-Coming-Evil-ebook/dp/B004UFTSKY/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307170586&sr=1-5
Keven Newsome
Winter 5 stars $6.99
http://www.amazon.com/Winter-ebook/dp/B0053D5S4C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307170720&sr=1-1
Carol Parsons
Journals of the Peregrine:
Dictates of Conscience 5 stars $2.99
http://www.amazon.com/Dictates-Conscience-Journals-Peregrine-ebook/dp/B003U2TKBA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1307170812&sr=1-1-spell
Donita K Paul
Dragon Keepers Chronicles (5 so far):
Dragon Spell 4.5 stars $9.99
http://www.amazon.com/DragonSpell-Dragon-Keepers-Chronicles-ebook/dp/B001A0NP6K/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307170961&sr=1-3
Travis Perry & Mike Lynch:
The Crystal Portal $6.99
http://www.amazon.com/The-Crystal-Portal-Portals-ebook/dp/B004UVR11G
A M Roelke
The Space Station Murders 4 stars $3.50
http://www.amazon.com/The-Space-Station-Murders-ebook/dp/B0050678YK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307171178&sr=1-1
Bryan Thomas Schmidt
North Star Serial pt.1 (pb) 5 star $7.49
http://www.amazon.com/North-Star-Serial-Part/dp/1452822808/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1307171401&sr=1-1-catcorr
Sherry Thompson
Narentan Tumults series:
Seabird 4.5 stars $2.99
http://www.amazon.com/Seabird-The-Narentan-Tumults-ebook/dp/B00127SJRG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307171726&sr=1-1
Earthbow vols. 1 & 2 5 stars $2.99
http://www.amazon.com/Earthbow-Volumes-Narentan-Tumults-ebook/dp/B003EEN16Y/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1
Fred Warren
The Muse 4.5 stars $5.99
http://www.amazon.com/The-Muse-ebook/dp/B004GNFJ26/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1307171980&sr=1-3
Did you notice how many 4 & 5 star books we're written? LGG writers rock!