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All great things must come to an end.

At least that end is a week away—and you can prepare!

Suvudu has offered its Free Library since March 2009, allowing readers to download eBooks of some of the best books in the genre. For five months people could download them for free on a number of different platforms.

Now those books are returning to their authors and publishers and in a week they will drop off of the Free Library.

That means you have a week remaining to download these fine books:

• His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik
• Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
• Settling Accounts: Return Engagement by Harry Turtledove
• Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
• Blood Engines by T.A. Pratt

One week remains for free downloads of those great books.

So what are you waiting for?

Get downloadin’!

Last week I wrote an article highlighting the new addition to our website—the Suvudu Free Book Library! The downloads for our first five books were an immediate hit!

For instance, our Free Library books have conquered the top five downloaded eBooks on the Amazon Kindle!

Immediately we were inundated with pleas—and dare I say a few growls—from eBook fans desiring other formats for these free books beyond .PDF!

Well, we heard you loud and clear. And acted on it!

We have now added different formats of these great books because you demanded it! If you visit the Free Library page, you will notice we have added links to the Kindle, Sony Reader, Scribd.com and Stanza on iPhone! Robin Hobb, Naomi Novik, Harry Turtledove, T.A. Pratt and Kim Stanley Robinson are now brought to you by Suvudu in many different formats, not just one!

Fancy huh? We hope you enjoy these new additions! And in the coming months be watching the Free Library for new free eBooks!

Ask and ye shall receive!

When I began web design in 1996, publicity and marketing were purely print entities for publishers.

Few authors had email. Fewer still had websites. Publishers were just starting to realize the power of the internet(s). They relied on bookstores to spread the word about forthcoming books while releasing hundreds of advanced reader copies into the wild to generate knowledge and discussion among the booksellers—and among the fans.

It is truly amazing how far technology and our use of it has come.

Suvudu.com has been evolving as well since we launched at the San Diego Comic Con last year, slowly upgrading into the initial idea we had for this site. It has been really exciting to be a part of. We started with the blog, moved into a forum and today sees another step in that evolution.

A few more steps remain. But as a reader and fan, today’s step is one I am truly excited about!

Welcome to the Free Library!

Here is the official press release:

The Free Library will allow readers to try these new books. And perhaps more importantly I think, if you’ve read any of these books already and call yourself a true sci-fi/fantasy aficionado, you can now point your friends and family to these books to either find a new favorite author or understand your obsession a bit better. The books are free—spread word around!

This is a section of the site we will be growing into every month. So be sure to check back and see what other books we feature!

But right now, try our new Free Library!

If you don’t know, the last Tuesday of every month is traditionally when new books are released (as opposed to the first Tuesday of the month for DVDs and CDs). Why Tuesday is anyone’s guess. I like to think it has something to do with the idea that books disclose the thoughts of the author, and since, when they are published, their “Voices Carry,” the day is appropriate.

(And you thought we couldn’t get a ‘Til Tuesday reference on Suvudu!)

Well, this past Tuesday was a big one for Spectra, as we had a number of authors with new releases, including some veterans to the game and some wonderful debuts.

The finalists for the World Fantasy Awards for 2008 have been announced and Logorrhea, an anthology of short stories edited by John Klima and released by Bantam Spectra, racked up three nominations. Two stories from the anthology — “The Cambist and Lord Iron: A Fairy Tale of Economics” by Daniel Abraham and “Singing of Mount Abora” by Theodora Goss — were nominated in the Short Story category. In addition, Logorrhea was selected as one of five finalists in the Anthology category.

Also of note, John Klima received a nomination in the Special Award—Non-professional category for his magazine Electric Velocipede. Bantam Spectra author Tim Pratt (The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl) who also has a short story in Logorrhea, received a nomination for his collection Hart & Boot & Other Stories.

Earlier this year, Bantam Spectra made the full text of “The Cambist and Lord Iron: A Fairy Tale of Economics” available for free via Issuu. Click on the book image below to read the story.

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