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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

eBook Editions of Alien Contact Anthology

Alien Contact Kindle EditionI'm pleased to announce that eBook editions of my forthcoming Alien Contact anthology are now available for preorder. Well, sort of...

The Kindle edition (MOBI format) can now be ordered on Amazon.com, and is currently priced at $7.99. Not too shabby for approximately 170,000 words of some of the best "alien contact" stories of the past 30-plus years.

The EPUB format -- for the Nook, Sony Reader, and Kobo eReader -- has been submitted to the respective eReader stores, but is not yet available. If the EPUB edition is your eBook of choice, please keep checking back at your favorite eReader store.

I wish to thank the publisher, Night Shade Books, for making these eBook editions available simultaneously with the print edition.

The cover shown here is for the Kindle edition. If you carefully compare this particular cover with the print edition cover (shown everywhere else on this blog), you will notice one significant difference between the two covers. If you discover the difference please comment below, at which time I would be happy to confirm said difference, and explain why.

One final comment: If you are a book blogger/book reviewer and you would like to review this anthology, I can provide either the EPUB or MOBI eBook editions, or a PDF of the print edition. The caveat: Please contact me via email only at FirstContactStory[at]gmail.com -- and state your request, including a link to your book blog/review site. And feel free to highlight any previous reviews you are particularly proud of. I'd like to give them a read.




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7 comments:

  1. MartinOctober 30, 2011 at 1:20 AM

    I'm in the UK -- any news on when the ebook version will be available from Amazon.co.uk? Also, I checked the US site and couldn't find it in their Kindle store either.

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  2. Marty HalpernOctober 30, 2011 at 2:54 PM

    Hi, Martin,

    I'm checking into the Kindle edition being available at Amazon UK, but all the Night Shade staff are attending the World Fantasy Convention banquet and awards ceremony, so I may not have an answer for another day but do check back here.

    In the meantime, here's the link I found for the Kindle edition on the Amazon.com site.

    Cheers,
    - marty

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  3. Marty HalpernOctober 30, 2011 at 5:56 PM

    Martin,

    According to Night Shade Books, some recent eBook uploads were flagged as US only, even though the rights are broader; this is probably what happened with Alien Contact. NSB is working on fixing the issue with Amazon.

    If you can't wait for Amazon, I've also been informed that you can currently purchase the Kindle edition through www.webscription.net.

    Hope this help.
    - marty

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  4. AnonymousOctober 31, 2011 at 3:54 AM

    The Kindle cover lists Nancy Kress. The print edition cover lists Stephen King.

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  5. Marty HalpernOctober 31, 2011 at 9:33 AM

    To Anonymous, you are correct. We do not have e-rights to the Stephen King story. So the eBook editions are identical in content to the print edition except for the King story, "I Am the Doorway."

    - marty

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  6. BuchgestaltungNovember 7, 2011 at 12:38 AM

    Wow, Fantastic article, it’s so helpful to me, and your blog is very good,

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  7. Marty HalpernNovember 7, 2011 at 10:37 AM

    Hi, Buchgestaltung,

    Thank you for your kind comment. I hope you continue to find useful information and articles on this blog.

    Cheers,
    - marty

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