Stuff on my Kindle (be prepared for incredibly long list):
- “A Small Room in Koboldtown” by Michael Swanwick
- Hugo 2008 nominee. Nice conversion from the PDF.
- “After the Coup” by John Scalzi
- Mobi direct from Tor.com’s stories page. A little spaced out but very readable.
- “After the Siege” by Cory Doctorow.
- You know Cory. I owe him a buy of his anthology; I really enjoyed this stuff. The Feedbooks Download Guide helped me find this and download on my Kindle, with nary a stop to USB or email over Whispernet.
- Agent to the Stars, first edition, by John Scalzi.
- He let this out into the wild himself quite a whiles back. I just sent the entire HTML over to the Kindle conversion machine. The links still work, too. Nicely output for the most part.
- All Seated on the Ground by Connie Willis.
- Hugo 2008 nominee. I already bought the book version from Subterranean Press. I must say that Asimov’s managed to employ DRM on an HTML page—it’s so broken that I had to strip it down before it could convert sanely. But hey; the DRM was brilliant.
- Amazon Daily blog subscription
- Mostly just for kicks and to see how a subscription would work—for free. I can visit the links over the Basic Web browser. Good enough for me. Has images too.
- Recovering Apollo 8 by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
- Hugo 2008 nominee. See comments for All Seated.
- The Art of War by Sun Tzu
- Feedbooks Download Guide hitting Project Gutenberg, with nicer formatting.
- The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross
- Bought from Amazon Kindle store mostly to cuddle up with anywhere I go. I already have the paper version.
- Battlestar Galactica TM by Jeffrey A. Carver et al
- Tor.com limited time free books bonanza offer.
- [sample] The Boggart by Susan Cooper
- Never got to read her as a kid. Will try it now. All of Chapter One from the Amazon Kindle store for free, which beats out the length of samples from the Amazon.com “normal” store and Google Library.
- Brasyl by Ian McDonald
- I owe him a buy, but I want this thing in eBook form. Poorly converted from the .rtf files I got from the free eBooks initiative over at John Scalzi’s place as an official Hugo voter.
- [sample] Candle by John Barnes
- Suggested as Heinlein replacement #2. From Amazon Kindle store.
- Hal Spacejock by Simon Hayes
- Full download from his official site. Desperately need funny (as in Discworld funny) science fiction so I can be convinced that not all is doom doom gloom some funny stuff gloom doom world ends…
- Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
- You know Cory. I have the hardcover too. And the ARC. Twice. It’s that good. Passing out the love.
- [sample] The Cosmic Express by Jack Williamson
- I forget why. Impulse download of sample from Amazon Kindle store.
- [sample] The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
- Blame John Scalzi. Download from Amazon Kindle store.
- Darkness of the Light by Peter David
- Tor Free Book Bonanza
- David Copperfield by Charlies Dickens
- Need to study serial work from the best. Feedbooks Download Guide hitting Project Gutenberg.
- The Disunited States of America by Harry Turtledove
- A YA series from him! Tor Free Book Bonanza
- [sample] Double Star by RAH
- Someone said it’s their favorite on Tor.com; Amazon Kindle Store
- Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow
- You know Cory.
- “Down on the Farm” by Charles Stross
- Direct from Tor.com free stories.
- [sample] Dust by Elizabeth Bear
- Why is this just a sample??? Will fix that in less than a minute from Amazon Kindle store. Mmm, much better now.
- The Electric Church by Jeff Somers
- Hi Jeff. We worship you where I work. Also need to read Serial stuff. Amazon Kindle store.
- [sample] “The Excaliber Murders” by J.M.C. Blair
- Hmmm. Think I was on a buy-as-many-short-stories-from-Amazon-Kindle-store jig.
- Farthing by Jo Walton
- Tor.com free book bonanza
- Flash by L.E. Modesitt
- Tor.com free book yadda
- Flatland by Abbot
- Feedbooks Download Guide Proj. Gutenberg
- Four and Twenty Blackbirds by Cherie Priest
- Tor.com free book
- [sample] Galactic North by Alastair Reynolds
- It is not often you see a solid five-star on Amazon.com. Amazon Kindle Store.
- [sample] The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner
- Ferry acquaintance recommended it. He had a paper version. It was good for the few minutes I had. Chapter one from Amazon Kindle store to read.
- The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
- For cuddling purposes. I have the paperback too. Amazon Kindle Store (hereby abbreviated to “AKS”).
- “Green” by Jay Lake
- From his LJ (public entry). Converted on a simple copy-paste-send plain text file very nicely.
- [sample] The Grey King by Susan Cooper
- Curse you Scalzi; AKS
- Halting State by Charles Stross
- The ONLY Hugo 2008 novel nominee to exist in Kindle form; AKS.
- [sample] “the Happy Unfortunate” by Robert Silverberg
- ??? AKS
- [sample] His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik
- Recommendation from someone on Tor.com. I think multiple someones. AKS
- [sample] Hunter’s Run by George R. R. Martin
- Do your worst, man. Although I understand that’s Black, White, and Red All Over. AKS
- “I, Robot” by Cory Doctorw
- YKC
- [sample] In Green’s Jungles by Gene Wolfe
- *squee* Gene Wolfe *squee* although I’ve never read either the Long or the Short Suns before, so am trying it out. AKS
- In the Garden of Eden by Kage Baker
- *squee* Kage Baker’s cyborgs *squee* Tor Free Book
- In the Midnight Hour by Patti O’Shea
- First paranormal action/romance I’ve read ever. Tor Free book
- Ink and Steel by Elizabeth Bear
- Must buy all the others.. but only two of the others are on AKS. Sigh
- “Itsy Bitsy Spider” by James Patrick Kelly
- Hugo winner. Available for free for some reason over Feedbooks DG.
- KDG
- So awesome. Especially after it’s been indexed. You can find stuff like Freud’s The Interpretation of Dreams and download directly. Happy.
- Kindle Fan Guide
- Little tips and tricks. Like accessing the Mine Sweeper easter egg. Also alt-t gives you fuzzy times. AKS
- Original Kindle User’s Guide
- came with Kindle
- The Last Colony by John Scalzi
- Hugo 2008 initiative. Waiting for official eBook, because translation was pretty poor to Mobipocket form.
- Little Fuzzy by Henry Beam Piper
- Hugo winner. Decided to try. AKS
- Logorrhea edited by John Klima
- Looked interesting, plus really loved Cambist (Hugo 2008 nominee). But really… really… stupid flash app for the free Hugo 2008 giveaway gave me freaking headaches. Almost didn’t buy because of that horrible memory. Please, please don’t do that again. AKS.
- Lord of the Isles b David Drake
- tor free book
- [sample] The Lost Fleet: Dauntless by Jack Campbell
- Keeps coming up whenever I search for John Scalzi; what the heck, let’s try it. A lot of Lost Fleet seems to be in the Kindle store. AKS
- M is for Magic by Neil Gaiman
- Cuddle. Gaiman fangirl. AKS
- [sample] The Man in the High Castle by Phillip K. Dick
- Classic. Result of Tor.com comment thread off one of Jo’s columns. AKS
- Mistborn: the Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
- TFB
- “Nimby and the Dimension Hoppers by Cory Doctorow
- YKC
- Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
- cuddle TFB
- Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan
- Really good non-fiction book; AKS
- [sample] On Blue’s Waters by Gene Wolfe
- See above; AKS
- Orphans of Chaos by John C. Wright
- TFB
- The Outstretched Shadow by James Mallory
- TFB
- Fountain of Age by Nancy Kress
- Hugo 2008 nominee; Asimov’s HTML funnily unintentional DRM stripped
- “The Pear-Shaped Man” by George R. R. Martin
- Wanted more Martin while waiting for next SIF book. AKS
- [sample] Perdido Street Station by China Mieville
- Everyone must try a little Mieville. Or so I’m told. AKS
- “A Peripheral Affair” by George R. R. Martin
- See above.
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- FDG – PG. Love this book.
- [sample] Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch
- Nominee for Best New SF Writer; wanted to read one of his 2007/2006 books
- Reiffen’s Choice by S. C. Butler
- TFB
- [sample] Return to the Whorl by Gene Wolfe
- The other reason I haven’t picked up the whole Long/Short sun stuff is that not all of it is there. Do not want to be tricked into pining for the rest. AKS
- Rollback by Robert Sawyer
- Hugo 2008 nominee. Converted poorly. Waiting for eBook.
- “Sandkings” by GRRM
- AKS. I now really, really, really hate ants.
- Saturn’s Children by Charlies Stross
- Curse you Scalzi. AKS
- [sample] Septimus Heap, Book One: Magyk by Angie Sage
- AKS – it could work out. But misspellings of “magic” can sometimes bode ill
- A Shadow in Summer by Daniel Abraham
- TFB
- Tons of Shadow Unit by Elizabeth Bear et al
- Just download HTML one by one and toss at email converter. Works like a charm. Links preserved.
- The Situation by Jeff Vandermeer
- PDF converts nicely. Free eBook from the original source, scoop by io9.
- [sample]The Sky So Big and Black by John Barnes
- Supposed RAH clone #2
- Soldier of Sidon by Gene Wolfe
- Have the other two; really liked despite the weirdness of a daily reset. AKS. Has pictures.
- Sherlock Holmes Volumes I – II by Doyle
- AKS, actually. Nicely formatted, links in ToC all work.
- “Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town” by Cory Doctorow
- YKC
- Soul by Tobsha Learner
- TFB
- Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
- TFB
- Spirit Gate by Kate Elliot
- Will buy the rest of her books now. TFB. Hope they are all on Kindle
- Star Fish by Peter Watts
- TFB. Actually, also free on his website, along with a bunch of other stuff—in Mobi form, too.
- Starlight 3 edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
- I actually like all of it. This is unusual. Where are 1 and 2? Although working out all the rights doesn’t sound like much fun.
- [sample] “The Stone City” by GRRM
- Crossing fingers that book 5 of SIF actually makes it out in 2008. AKS
- Sun of Suns by Karl Schroeder
- TFB
- “Super Man and the Bug Out” by Cory Doctorw
- Apparently there is also an audio version. YKC
- The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate by Ted Chiang
- Dang it. Missed the Subterranean Press edition. Had to munge together all the separate HTML files from SF&F, not too fun but better than Asimov’s, converted like a charm.
- Through Wolf’s Eyes by Jane Lindskold
- TFB
- Tor RSS feed through FeedBooks
- I can update it too without needing to download on a computer, yo.
- Touch of Evil by C. T. Adams and Cathy Clamp
- TFB
- [sample] Uglies by Scott Westerfield.
- Cuddle. But am disappointed that the rest of the series is not on Kindle, so am not sure the investment is worth it for the eBook version; I do have all the books on paper though. Hardcover wherever I could get it, which is hard as a late adopter let me tell you. AKS
- “When Sysadmins Ruled the World” by Cory Doctorow
- YKC
- [sample] Year’s Best Science Fiction, the 19th Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
- Really, really haven’t agreed with him of late.AKS
- [sample] Year’s Best SF 4 edited by David G. Hartwell
- Willing to try because he’s cute
Yes, nothing is stolen. Yes, I expect to buy up half the samples. Yes, I re-bought some stuff though I have the paper versions because I like re-reading them and frankly sometimes I want to re-read, especially after a nasty day. Yes, some of the Hugo 2008 nominees have prompted buying entire collections, despite annoying attempts to stop pirating despite the Hugo 2008 nominees being free.
By the way: every single Terry Pratchett book, I believe, is in AKS.
‘Night.
Great Collection of books dude. But if you need conversion help to kindle or mobipocket and that too professional then you must refer to ebookconversion.com. I have a personal experience of getting my files converted over here….
Hi Jack,
Thanks for the tip, but at the moment I’m pretty good with Mobipocket/etc conversion, and do it at a fairly professional level (and very quickly as well).
(And for authors/organizations I like, if I have time for them, I do it for free.)
This post was early in my career, so to speak.