Tuesday, July 30, 2002

Alibris Summer Sale
You can find plenty of cheap books at Alibris in their fantasy and science fiction "shelves." For great savings, combine that with free shipping for US orders of in stock books totaling $50 or more.
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Thursday, July 25, 2002

SciFan database update
Sophie has been busy making sure we had a comprehensive database of books for the past two years. We're now past 7,500 authors, 35,000 books and 3,500 series. Also, more than 80% of our books are categorized in at least one theme, so you get an idea what they're about.
7:12 AM (link)

Monday, July 15, 2002

Do you read the the prequel first or after the regular series?
In this thread at rec.arts.sf.written several people argue that it's best to read a series in its publication order, rather than following its internal chronological order (even against the advice of authors,) which is however how we chose to order our series listings. Since we also provide the first date of publication for most books, either choice is fine with us!
9:44 AM (link)

Wednesday, July 10, 2002

Locus Awards Winners
Connie Willis wins the award for best SF novel with Passage, while Neil Gaiman gets the fantasy award for American Gods.
3:52 PM (link)

Saturday, July 06, 2002

Introducing the Baen Free Library
"Baen Books is now making available - for free - a number of its titles in electronic format. We're calling it the Baen Free Library. Anyone who wishes can read these titles online - no conditions, no strings attached. (Later we may ask for an extremely simple, name & email only, registration. ) Or, if you prefer, you can download the books in one of several formats."
9:29 AM (link)