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I totally missed this thread... *smacks forehead*I shall paste here:
Let's not forget the little guys here... the indie authors who are producing some amazing books!
David Estes
Born in the US, David moved to Australia and married his Aussie wife. He's currently travelling around the globe and writing copious amounts of awesome YA/Dystopian/Sci-Fi books and catching up with his fans on Goodreads.
Archangel Evolution (Book 1 of Evolution Series)
The Moon Dwellers (Book 1 of The Dwellers Series)
Fire Country (Book 1 of The Country Saga)
Tahlia Newland
Award winning author Tahlia Newland writes contemporary fantasy and magical realism with a metaphysical twist.
Two of her novels have received the Awesome Indies Seal of Approval for excellence in independent fiction and her young adult magical realism novel ‘You Can’t Shatter Me’ was awarded a B.R.A.G Medallion for an outstanding independent novel in 2013.
A Matter of Perception
Lethal Inheritance
Stalking Shadows as well as a number of others.
Ann Somerville
Ann Somerville grew up in one of Australia’s prettiest small cities. In 1989, she left Australia with a BA and a burning ambition to see more of the world and its people, and to discover this ‘culture’ thing people kept telling her about. In 2006, she returned home to Southeast Queensland with two more degrees (this time in science and IT), an English husband and a staggering case of homesickness, vowing never to leave Australia again.
Unnatural Selection - (Book 1 of her M/M Paranormal romance. They're the only ones I've read of hers, but I enjoyed them).
Georgina Anne Taylor
Hailing from Tassie, her books are a little creepy, gothic and usually fairytales. Great fantasy writing. A couple of her books I've read:
Fairy Tales for Freya
The Taint: Sorrow's Child
Dianne F. Gray
Originally from the capital of Aus, Dianne has recently taken off to sunny QLD and shares her writing, house revamping and run ins with creepy crawlies on her blog. She writes a range of genres her books with paranormal or sci-fi themes include:
Wolf Pear
Soul's Child
The Eleventh Question - mysticism/fantasy twisted with contemporary fiction.
The Everything Theory - listed as sci-fi
Hope this helps some of you with your lists :)
Let's not forget the little guys here... the indie authors who are producing some amazing books!David Estes
Born in the US, David moved to Australia and married his Aussie wife. He's currently travelling around the globe and writing copious amounts of awesome YA/Dystopian/Sci-Fi books and catching up with his fans on Goodreads.
Archangel Evolution (Book 1 of Evolution Series)
The Moon Dwellers (Book 1 of The Dwellers Series)
Fire Country (Book 1 of The Country Saga)
Tahlia Newland
Award winning author Tahlia Newland writes contemporary fantasy and magical realism with a metaphysical twist.
Two of her novels have received the Awesome Indies Seal of Approval for excellence in independent fiction and her young adult magical realism novel ‘You Can’t Shatter Me’ was awarded a B.R.A.G Medallion for an outstanding independent novel in 2013.
A Matter of Perception
Lethal Inheritance
Stalking Shadows as well as a number of others.
Ann Somerville
Ann Somerville grew up in one of Australia’s prettiest small cities. In 1989, she left Australia with a BA and a burning ambition to see more of the world and its people, and to discover this ‘culture’ thing people kept telling her about. In 2006, she returned home to Southeast Queensland with two more degrees (this time in science and IT), an English husband and a staggering case of homesickness, vowing never to leave Australia again.
Unnatural Selection - (Book 1 of her M/M Paranormal romance. They're the only ones I've read of hers, but I enjoyed them).
Georgina Anne Taylor
Hailing from Tassie, her books are a little creepy, gothic and usually fairytales. Great fantasy writing. A couple of her books I've read:
Fairy Tales for Freya
The Taint: Sorrow's Child
Dianne F. Gray
Originally from the capital of Aus, Dianne has recently taken off to sunny QLD and shares her writing, house revamping and run ins with creepy crawlies on her blog. She writes a range of genres her books with paranormal or sci-fi themes include:
Wolf Pear
Soul's Child
The Eleventh Question - mysticism/fantasy twisted with contemporary fiction.
The Everything Theory - listed as sci-fi
Hope this helps some of you with your lists :)
Liam wrote: "Hmm it's hard to find a cold-looking YA book that doesn't look absolutely terrible."
does that count? It's got bare trees... I didn't mind it and David is Aussie too :) The second book in the series would be a better fit because it's blue, but there you go.
- The protagonists are after a cure to a disease to bring about new life to a post apocalyptic world
by Annie Seaton
6. Melbourne Cup Not Wisely but Too Well
by Pauline Montagna - Pauline was born in Melbourne.
by Victoria Collins - Victoria is an Aussie too for those who need an Aussie author.
- Fantasy is only one of my favourite genres... there are too many to pick from.
- also a YA Aussie author. 
- Young Adult, paranormal and Aussie.
by Jaye Frances
by John Elwood
by Angela HornI really seem to be digging the Aussie authors this challenge! Go Aussie!!
Hehe! And mine took a hit not that long ago, it's under 1600 now!
Liam wrote: "I don't know if that is possible."I assure you Liam that it is entirely possible to have a TBR list as big as or bigger than Brenda's :)
Brenda wrote: "Why are you "unimpressed" Lynxie? O_O!!"Hehe! I, personally, am not unimpressed. The new photo is of a Lynx and s/he looks unimpressed.
My TBR took a pretty nasty blow today! I cleared out 100 books that I just won't get around to, so it's now down to a still rather unruly 1608.
I haven't tried it on the app. I don't use it. I found it too glitchy on the iPhone. I just use the website instead on the iPhone. It's tiny, but it works :)
Kathryn, it annoys me too, which is why I have a large number of shelves. You can add private notes in the advanced view when reviewing the book, but that might not be useful before you've read the book.
It's currently at 1710, I still have 40-odd left to go on my reading challenge this year so if I don't add any more I should get it below 1700 for the first time in ages!It is a neverending battle :) a good one though.
Wrestling mine back into submission... It will not get above 1750!! It will not!!
I didn't finish either... oh well. I'll polish off the last three in the next few weeks and try out for the next challenge (after the winter one!) Thanks again Brenda for constantly coming up with these fantastic challenges for us all!Time for an update:
CURRENTLY READING 3. RECYCLE - the library: Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King
Occupation: Policeman
7. Colours of Autumn:
Forgotten Fox by Lena HornReason: Hunters are prevalent in the book, one must be a good hunter to get all the easter eggs!
10. Mothers Day: Partials by Dan Wells - not sure about this Mother connection, but unless I find something else this will probably be it.
Time for an update:3. RECYCLE - the library: Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King
Occupation: Policeman
7. Colours of Autumn:
Forgotten Fox by Lena HornReason: Hunters are prevalent in the book, one must be a good hunter to get all the easter eggs!
10. Mothers Day: Partials by Dan Wells - not sure about this Mother connection, but unless I find something else this will probably be it.
May not finish, but I've given it a good go :)
And I'm finished my Irish one (although now I'm not sure how it classified as Irish...) A Thirty-Something Girl
by L.M. Stull ★★★☆☆My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Yay!!! Finally finished my latest book!
Cloud Atlas ★★★My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Just some clarification with the other formats on the kindle. You can use PDFs and .mobi files on the kindle fairly easily outside of the .azw files from Amazon. The only down side I've had with PDFs sometimes is the formatting where the text size can't be changed or you end up only seeing part of the page (annoying!) most PDFs seem to be ok, but .mobi format is much better!
You also don't have to connect your device to your computer to do it if you don't want to (although if you want to send a bulk number to your kindle that would be the easiest way).
You can email the attachments directly to your kindle email and they appear in a few minutes, just like if you purchase/download the books through Amazon.
Lit Bug, as you can see, I'm a kindle fan too. I've had one from every generation of kindle e-reader (not the Fire tablet). This isn't because they have broken or I didn't like them, but because each new generation of kindle far surpasses the previous on clarity of reading and features.
I've tried other eReaders and none of them compare with the kindle in my opinion.
In answer to your original questions:
Once you buy it, how many books can you read for free? If you have to buy e-books, how much does that cost?
On Amazon alone there are thousands of books listed for free, and many many thousands more for $0.99 or $1.99. These are mostly indie published and while some of them are rather poor, I've managed to find quite a number of rather enjoyable books this way.
Also, of course you have your well known titles too, you can expect to pay anywhere from Free up to about $16.00 or so for an ebook depending on the author or publisher. These prices are for fiction only.
You can also look on places like smashwords that offer books in a variety of formats (including .mobi) again there are a number that are free or $0.99 and up.
On top of that of course, there are a vast number of authors on Goodreads who are looking for readers and reviewers and who are willing to provide electronic versions of their books to reviewers for free. Simply ask for a .mobi format from them and off you go. (I've had more than 100 free books sent to me that way in the last year).
In terms of the kindle apps, I've only used them infrequently, but the iPhone app works well. You connect up with your Amazon account and any item you've sent to your kindle is available for re-download to your iPhone for reading. I imagine it is much the same on the computer or other electronic device.
Having said that, the convenience and size of the kindle has meant the only times I've used the apps is when I've forgotten to take my kindle with me (it's only happened once!!) My kindle goes with me EVERYWHERE!
If you have any other questions please don't hesitate to ask. :)
Happy reading!
ETA: notes on why I've upgraded my kindles.
Finished another one:1. Strong women: Tough Girl by Libby Heily ★★★
My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Finished my first! Next of Kin by Ann Somerville ★★★My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Whoop! Let's get started guys!
