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What's an E-Book?

What's an e-book? How do I get one? How do I read one?

If you're asking yourself these questions, you're not alone. I've gotten these a lot since I announced the upcoming release of Venture Untamed, and it wasn't long ago that I had similar questions myself.

An e-book is a book in the form of an electronic file. Like other files, e-books come in different formats, which you can read on an electronic device that has the right application installed on it. An e-reader is a device made specifically for reading e-books. Popular brands of e-readers are Amazon's Kindle and Barnes and Noble's NOOK.

BUT—You don't need an e-reader to read most e-books. You can read them on your Mac, your PC, or your smart phone. Pretty cool, huh?

You be able to buy my e-books through Amazon.com, Amazon UK, and Amazon DE, as well as BarnesandNoble.com and through i-books. When you purchase an e-book through these online stores, it will download instantly onto your computer or e-reader.

If you don't have an e-reader, you'll be told that you need to download a free app to read the book.

For example, you can get Amazon Kindle for your Mac, for your PC, or for your smart phone. Then you can read any Kindle book you buy without buying a Kindle e-reader. Here's the Amazon page where you can find these free apps and learn more about how easy it is to read Kindle eBooks without a Kindle. Browse the Kindle Store on the Amazon site to find more e-books. Amazon calls its e-books Kindle eBooks, and they are in a different format than other e-books.

Barnes and Noble calls its e-books NOOK Books, and you can get apps to read books that are in that format right here.

More questions? Feel free to post them in the comments or on the Facebook page.

The Venture Series Begins!

The first book in my Venture series, Venture Untamed, is coming to e-book format September 27, 2011.

Venture Delving is a bonded servant, a member of the lowest class in the world. Already fatherless, when he loses his mother, he veers from energetic to out of control. But when Venture's rage saves the life of Jade, his best friend and his master's daughter, Venture finds himself in the last place he ever expected–a center renowned for training  young boys to be  professional fighters. In spite of his status, Venture has always secretly dreamed of becoming a prize fighter, and now, though a powerful, hidden reason keeps him from voicing his dream, let alone pursuing it, Venture knows he has what it takes to be best prize fighter in the world, to become Champion of All Richland.

When Venture realizes he's fallen in love with Jade, he knows that the only way he'll ever have her, the only way he'll ever be free to live the life he's meant to live, is to defy convention, common sense, the trust of those he cares about  most—and sometimes the law—and become Champion of All Richland. Venture must battle not only rival fighters, but the ghosts of his past and the members of a privileged warrior class who stand between him and his dream.

Read the opening of Venture Untamed here.

The VENTURE Series Begins!

The first book in my Venture series, Venture Untamed, is coming to e-book format September 27, 2011.

Venture Delving is a bonded servant, a member of the lowest class in the world. Already fatherless, when he loses his mother, he veers from energetic to out of control. But when Venture's rage saves the life of Jade, his best friend and his master's daughter, Venture finds himself in the last place he ever expected–a center renowned for training  young boys to be  professional fighters. In spite of his status, Venture has always secretly dreamed of becoming a prize fighter, and now, though a powerful, hidden reason keeps him from voicing his dream, let alone pursuing it, Venture knows he has what it takes to be best prize fighter in the world, to become Champion of All Richland.

When Venture realizes he's fallen in love with Jade, he knows that the only way he'll ever have her, the only way he'll ever be free to live the life he's meant to live, is to defy convention, common sense, the trust of those he cares about  most—and sometimes the law—and become Champion of All Richland. Venture must battle not only rival fighters, but the ghosts of his past and the members of a privileged warrior class who stand between him and his dream.

Read the opening of Venture Untamed here.