December 2005

NEW TITLE: Prince of Scorpio

by Martyn on December 30, 2005

in New books

The fifth novel in Alan Burt Akers popular Dray Prescot series, Prince of Scorpio, is now available from Mobipocket.com, and will soon be available from Fictionwise.com and eReader.com. You can find out more here. Here is the blurb… Dray Prescot had fought long and hard through perilous lands to claim the hand of the heiress [...]

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ClearType for eBook reading

by Martyn on December 23, 2005

in Technical

I got my new laptop yesterday, but I wasn’t happy with the font display. I turned on ClearType, but it wasn’t much better. So I did a search on Google, and found a ClearType Tuner provided by Microsoft to make your fonts look great. This is highly recommended, especially for reading ebooks on a PC [...]

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Mushrooms on eBooks.com

by Martyn on December 23, 2005

in Announcements

If your favourite eBook retailer is eBooks.com, I am sure you will be very pleased to hear that most of Mushroom eBooks’ titles are now available directly from them. Any missing titles will be added over the next few days.

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Kenneth Bulmer dies

by Martyn on December 19, 2005

in Announcements

I was saddened to learn of the death of Ken Bulmer (aka Alan Burt Akers, among many other pseudonyms). He passed away peacefully in his sleep on 16th December 2005. He had been suffering from a series of strokes which had robbed him of his speech and his ability to write. He was 84. My [...]

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NEW TITLE: Swordships of Scorpio

by Martyn on December 16, 2005

in Announcements, New books

And there’s more… Swordships of Scorpio, the fourth ebook telling the exploits of everyone’s hero, Dray Prescot, is published today by Mushroom eBooks. You can buy it and download it from mobipocket.com immediately, and from other online retailers over the next few days. Here is the blurb: What does a man do when fate makes [...]

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NEW TITLE: Warriors of Scorpio

by Martyn on December 16, 2005

in Announcements, New books

Warriors of Scorpio, the third book in the Saga of Dray Prescot of Antares, by Alan Burt Akers, is now published and available from mobipocket.com. It will be available from other retailers over the next couple of weeks. Here is the blurb: Once again in the grip of the Star Lords of the Constellation Scorpio, [...]

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Fictionwise have discounted The Call of the Sword by Roger Taylor by 60%, so it is available for $2 (or even less if you are a Buywise member). This is another golden opportunity for anyone who has not had the pleasure of reading a Roger Taylor novel to give it a try.

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eBookwise offer extended

by Martyn on December 12, 2005

in Special Offers

Just a quick note to let you know that the eBookwise 1150 Reading Device offer has been extended to 15 December.

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After writing yesterday’s post I noticed on the Fictionwise site that Mushroom eBooks titles are marked “Printing Disabled”. I have made enquiries and will report back as soon as I get an answer. In the meantime, it seems that you are limited to eBookAd.com or Cyberread.com for printable PDFs.

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Printing eBooks

by Martyn on December 7, 2005

in General, Technical

We are often asked how to print an eBook. Well here is my attempt at an answer: You are normally only able to print a PDF file, assuming that printing is not disabled (see below). All the other eBook formats cannot be printed. If you buy your book from somewhere like Fictionwise or eBookAd, you [...]

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Special price for eBookwise-1150

by Martyn on December 4, 2005

in Special Offers

The eBookwise-1150 is on special offer at eBookwise.com until 11th December. If you are after a dedicated eBook reader, now is the time to buy one. The price is only $99.95 (plus $9.95 shipping). It is not available outside of the USA and Canada, which is a big shame. All of the Mushroom eBooks titles [...]

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We have moved

by Martyn on December 4, 2005

in Technical

The Mushroom eBooks Blog has moved to WordPress from Blogger. We were having too many problems with Blogger and WordPress came highly recommended. It took a while to set up, but I think the basics are working well now. It will allow quite a bit more functionality and I will keep you posted as new [...]

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