Free anthology of quality sci-fi & fantasy
Detective thrillers, political satire, family drama, fables, fable deconstructions, the mysteries of debugging: there’s something in this anthology for every fan. Contains nine original stories and five original artworks.
We found awesome fiction, bought it, and released it online under a Creative Commons license. We learned a lot, so the appendix, “How To Do This And Why,” has submission/rejection statistics, our budget, and some behind-the-scenes musings on process, supply and demand.
Some excerpts from the stories that got us over four stars on GoodReads:
Day-to-day life with a sponge golem was pleasant.
-“Daisy” by Andrew Willett (audio version)
Anyone who’d ever seen the Martian Ambassador would recognize it, the way he wielded it like his staff of office.
I frowned at Seeth. “So how does the Ambassador’s staff wind up broken on a street in the Crops, when the Ambassador is dying peacefully in his hotel room?”
“I guess that’s what I need you to find out.”
-“The Ambassador’s Staff” by Sherry D. Ramsey
Sarita kept feeding her, one bite after another. “You were the one who insisted on breast-feeding. Joshua and I would have been fine using formula. They’ve duplicated the ingredients found in breast milk, you know. Perfected it two decades ago.”
“It’s not the same,” Kate insisted. “I can’t prove it, but I’m sure it isn’t.”
-“Jump Space” by Mary Anne Mohanraj
Xanathan Kurtler didn’t die because of greed. Not his own, anyway. It wasn’t greed that made him plant those trees.
-“Goldenseed” by Therese Arkenberg
The technically proficient could breach the best software security systems by deliberately inducing errors in the hardware. Couldn’t the rational induce faith in themselves the same way?
-“Single-Bit Error” by Ken Liu
The crack of leather that followed hurt more than my own whipping.
You might think we’d never be dumb enough to eat Jilly Jallys again.
-“Friar Garden, Mister Samuel, and the Jilly Jally Butter Mints” by Carole Lanham
Those and more, available as HTML, PDF or print-on-demand physical book. Plus mobile editions:
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Have a great idea for an iPhone app but don’t know any programming? Inside Secrets to an iPhone App tells you exactly how to tap into the lucrative iPhone app market.
The books offer page after page of practical advice … via the author’s own personal journey. Carla White created the popular Gratitude Journal app, which has been praised by well known sites such as Macworld and Life Hacker. Apple even secured the rights to feature my app in their advertising.
The book is available for download at iphoneappsecrets.com for $13.99, along with two free bonus books: “Interviews with the Best”, which shares conversations with the makers of iSteam, Classics, Weightbot, and the best-selling app of all time, Koi Pond; and, “How to Successfully Promote Your App”, which is full of tips and tricks on how to market an app on a shoestring budget.
For several months, Carla spent every morning from 5 to 7 a.m. working on “Gratitude Journal” before heading to her day job. The total cost for her project? Just $500, an amazing feat when you consider that it can cost upwards of $100,000 to create an iPhone app.
“Gratitude Journal” (happytapper.com) was released in December 2008 and immediately shot up to No. 2 in the Lifestyles category of iTunes’ App Store, where it remains a popular download with nearly all five-star reviews from users.
Over eighty pages of insight written by someone who created a successful iPhone app without learning a bit of programming. You also recieve two free gifts.
$13.99
82 pages + two free books
(2 votes, average: 7.00 out of 10)
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50 Benefits of Ebooks: A Thinking Persons’s Introduction to the Digital Reading Revolution
50 Benefits of Ebooks is a lively introduction to the brave new worlds of ebooks and electronic publishing. In 21 chapters, the book explores five essential aspects of ebook reading, writing and publishing:
A. Benefits of Ebooks and Paper Books
B. Reading Ebooks
C. Ebooks for Authors and Publishers
D. The Value of Reading; and
E. The Education of An Ebooklover (resources)
Ebook newcomers will find all the basics here. And ebook experts can debate and debunk the author’s wild predictions for the rosy and thorny future of ebooks, by reading the essay, “Publishing Ebooks: Ten Tremendous Trends in 20009.” Authors will discover tips, tricks and resources for ebook publishing; and library professionals will enjoy the book’s glossary, index, links to leading-edge ebook sites, and sections about how and why ebooks are good for libraries.
The paperback edition of this book is pocket-sized, 320 pages, about 40,000 words — and sells for $20. The ebook editions (in formats ePub and PDF) contain all the same content as the paperback — except the paper. The ebook editions are 1/20th of the paperback price, and sell for one dollar.
Pastore writes that he loves paper books, and hopes that they are never replaced by their electronic progeny. Nevertheless, every day, ebooks are growing in use, in sales, and in significance. After years of sputtering, the digital reading revolution has at last arrived.
50 Benefits of Ebooks is your friendly guide.
For more information, and additional updates and resources, visit the book’s companion website: EpublishersWeekly.net
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The Woork Handbook is a free eBook about CSS, HTML, Ajax, web programming, Mootools, Scriptaculous and other topics about web design… directly from Woork!
Most awesome information and I’ve printed it out for the staff to read up on. I think I’ll create a test based on it 
– Scott “Snerdey” Lawrence
Thank you so much. I have been a backend programmer for many years and recently was asked to redesign the UI for an application and I really am not a UI person – my experience is not with HTML or CSS. This book has been so helpful. Better than ones that I have paid for. I would gladly donate a few dollars in thanks to you.
(1 votes, average: 10.00 out of 10)
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This second edition of our best-selling book offers 100 new tips. Instructions throughout have been rewritten to offer commands in either Excel 2003 or Excel 2007. Screenshots throughout have been recaptured for Excel 2007.
Each featured topic has a problem statement and description, followed by a broad strategy for solving the problem. MrExcel then walks readers through through the specific steps to solve the issue. Alternate strategies are also provided, along with common “gotchas” that might trip you up, leaving readers with not only answers to their specific dilemmas, but also with new and quicker ways to use formulas and spreadsheets.
“His no-nonsense approach and “Everyman’s’ explanation help those of us who are not ‘propeller heads’, but still need to harness Excels power to do what we want & need it to do. I’ve saved countless hours of aggravation and fustration through his guidance, in turn, saving our shop $ and LOTS of user hours. There is no substitute for MrExcel!!”
Note: The free version of this ebook has low resolution screen shots. It’s fine for reading from the screen but if you want to print the ebook you may prefer to purchase the high resolution version.
Low-res Free, Hi-res $9.95
926 pages
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