e-books

[Shroomster]

anyone have any suggestions for good e-books? I say e-books because not all regular books are available in electronic formats.....yet.

THANKS!

[Black Yaris]

wife has 15,000 on DVD for her Kindle

[Shroomster]

Lol, don't have a kindle. Got an e-reader for free on my phone

[BailOut]

It would help if you let us know what genres you enjoy.

[Shroomster]

It would help if you let us know what genres you enjoy.

I'm actually open to any suggestions from anyone from hop on pop to war and peace.

just really wondering what is good to read now that I have an easier way to do it.

[BailOut]

Here is my bookshelf list from eReader, in no particular order. I'm obviously into Sci/Fi and Fantasy. While I liked them all some are definitely better than others. For example, with the Dune books don't expect the quality of writing that you got from Frank Herbert... his son just isn't up to it.


First King of Shannara [Shannara Epic Book 1]
by Terry Brooks

Origin [Manifold Series Book 3]
by Stephen Baxter

Space [Manifold Series Book 2]
by Stephen Baxter

The Elfstones of Shannara [Shannara Epic Book 3]
by Terry Brooks

The Sword of Shannara [Shannara Epic Book 2]
by Terry Brooks

The Wishsong of Shannara [Shannara Epic Book 4]
by Terry Brooks

Time [Manifold Series Book 1]
by Stephen Baxter

Armageddon's Children [Genesis of Shannara Series Book 1]
by Terry Brooks

Coraline
by Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean

Hominids
by Robert J. Sawyer

Humans: The Neanderthal Parallax
by Robert J. Sawyer

Hybrids: The Neanderthal Parallax
by Robert J. Sawyer

Neverwhere
by Neil Gaiman

Smoke and Mirrors
by Neil Gaiman

Space Trails
by Darrell Bain

American Gods
by Neil Gaiman

The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge
by Vernor Vinge

Darwin's Children
by Greg Bear

Darwin's Radio
by Greg Bear

Lost in Space
by Greg Klerkx

Space Stations and Graveyards
by Jason Brannon & Eric S. Brown & John Grover

Judas Unchained
by Peter F. Hamilton

Orbit
by John Nance

Across a Billion Years
by Robert Silverberg

Magic Time
by Marc Zicree

The Labyrinth Key
by Howard V. Hendrix

Morning Child and Other Stories
by Gardner Dozois

Interface
by Neal Stephenson & J. Frederick George

The Cobweb
by Neal Stephenson & J. Frederick George

A Second Chance at Eden [A Collection of Night's Dawn Stories]
by Peter F. Hamilton

Pandora's Star
by Peter F. Hamilton

Burn
by Jonathan Lyons

Legacy
by Greg Bear

The Naked God [Night's Dawn Book 3]
by Peter F. Hamilton

The Neutronium Alchemist [Night's Dawn Book 2]
by Peter F. Hamilton

A Clash of Kings [A Song of Ice and Fire #2]
by George R.R. Martin

A Storm of Swords [A Song of Ice and Fire #3]
by George R.R. Martin

Broken Angels [Takeshi Kovacs Series Book 2]
by Richard K. Morgan

Altered Carbon [Takeshi Kovacs Series Book 1]
by Richard K. Morgan

Forty Signs of Rain
by Kim Stanley Robinson

The Martians
by Kim Stanley Robinson

Dune: The Machine Crusade
by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson

The Diamond Age
by Neal Stephenson

The Zenith Angle
by Bruce Sterling

The Reality Dysfunction [Night's Dawn Book 1]
by Peter F. Hamilton

Nebula Awards Showcase 2003
by Nancy Kress

Science Fiction: The Best of 2002
by Robert Silverberg & Karen Haber

All Tomorrow's Parties
by William Gibson

Dune: The Butlerian Jihad
by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson

The Year's Best Science Fiction (2001)
by Gardner Dozois

Cryptonomicon
by Neal Stephenson

Beholder's Eye [Web Shifters #1]
by Julie E. Czerneda

Dune: House Corrino
by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson

Hidden in Sight [Web Shifters #3]
by Julie E. Czerneda

Dune: House Atreides
by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson

Dune: House Harkonnen
by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson

Star Wars: A Forest Apart
by Troy Denning

The Furthest Horizon
by Gardner Dozois

Assumed Identity
by David Morrell

The Year's Best Science Fiction (1997)
by Gardner Dozois

[lowsushi]

Can't you just use a torrent program to download some, like Bit Comet and use a torrent search site like BT Junkie? That is how I got most of my audio books, besides Librivox which is a free public domain site. I have seen Word and PDF formats for books as well as audio books.

[BailOut]

Can't you just use a torrent program to download some, like Bit Comet and use a torrent search site like BT Junkie? That is how I got most of my audio books, besides Librivox which is a free public domain site. I have seen Word and PDF formats for books as well as audio books.
The eReader service has a great layout, indexing, searching, recommendations, and has stored every book I've purchased across a decade, a format change and 4 owners (it started off as Peanut Press, then was bought by Palm and renamed Palm Reader, then spun off as eReader, which was eventually bought by Barnes & Noble). When things are this easy to use and priced well (just avoid new releases) I am much more likely to use them, and an author's royalties for their ebooks are what I feel are proper and fitting.

Everyone gets paid, I pay a fair price and get a good interface and great customer service. I feel no desire to pirate the books.

[lowsushi]

not when audio books cost $200
i'd rather go public domain. I dont need a Hollywood star to read it out, just regular folks who enjoy the books are good enough. And when you are paying to take care of you parents money saved anywhere is a blessing.

[BailOut]

I hear you regarding audio books, but we're talking about ebooks here, which are a whole different animal.

To indulge the audio book theme a bit, I check them out from our local public library system, rip them to MP3 and play them for my carpool. It takes us about a month to go through a novel. I find this to be less hassle than P2P.

[lowsushi]

I could see that. I had thought about getting a Kindle. But I did not like the idea of emailing books to myself. They were a bit cheaper than I currently pay, but I don't read that much. maybe a book a month or two. Working nights reading more than often puts me to sleep rather than keeping me awake.

[Shroomster]

thanks for the suggestions!

[bobselectric]

One of the things that i like about my Kindle is that if i have trouble sleeping, (which is more often than i care to admit), I can by a new book at 2 am. I've also found a lot of public domain books that I've always wanted to read are free on Kindle and many other e-book sites. Some people feel that the 9.99 price for new "hardcover" books is too much- me, meh, I've bought books for less, and I've bought books for more- it really depends on who the author is and what the book is-- Remember most students buy "textbooks" for college classes that are in the hundreds--certainly not worth the price when you consider the "duration of use" and the "narrowness of topic"

BTW- just finished "Fight Club" -two thumbs up!