Most, if not all of Mushroom eBooks’ titles are currently available for free download from wowio.com. You will need to sign up if you are not already registered.

Books are in PDF only.

This may be an excellent opportunity to try out some of our excellent authors.

Hurry — I don’t know how long this will last.

WOWIO.com

Edit Nov 14 2011: This offer has now ended.

Here are the dates for new publications during 2011. It is very likely to change, especially if when the missing Alan Burt Akers manuscripts turn up!

07-Feb-2011    Vallian Cycle by Alan Burt Akers (ebook)
14-Feb-2011    Summermoon Fire by Suzanne Francis (ebook)
21-Feb-2011    Grapes of Laugh by Doug Pike (ebook)
28-Feb-2011    Jikaida Cycle by Alan Burt Akers (ebook)
14-Mar-2011    Lucille and the Healers by Anthony Burns (ebook)
28-Mar-2011    Spikatur Cycle by Alan Burt Akers (ebook)
11-Apr-2011    Splattered on the Road to Wealth by Doug Pike (ebook)
26-Apr-2011    Pandahem Cycle I by Alan Burt Akers (hardback)
10-May-2011    Pandahem Cycle II by Alan Burt Akers (hardback)
24-May-2011    Pandahem Cycle I by Alan Burt Akers (paperback)
07-Jun-2011    Pandahem Cycle II by Alan Burt Akers (paperback)
20-Jun-2011    Pandahem Cycle by Alan Burt Akers (ebook)
04-Jul-2011    Pukka and Fremd by Doug Pike (ebook)
18-Jul-2011    The Keep by Roger Taylor (ebook)
02-Aug-2011    Witch War Cycle by Alan Burt Akers (hardback)
30-Aug-2011    Witch War Cycle by Alan Burt Akers (paperback)
12-Sep-2011    Witch War Cycle by Alan Burt Akers (ebook)
27-Sep-2011    Lohvian Cycle I by Alan Burt Akers (hardback)
11-Oct-2011    Lohvian Cycle II by Alan Burt Akers (hardback)
25-Oct-2011    Lohvian Cycle I by Alan Burt Akers (paperback)
08-Nov-2011    Lohvian Cycle II by Alan Burt Akers (paperback)
21-Nov-2011    Lohvian Cycle by Alan Burt Akers (ebook)

The Vallian Cycle, the fourth omnibus of “The Saga of Dray Prescot”, by Kenneth Bulmer writing as Alan Burt Akers, is now published in ebook format.

eBook formats include Kindle, Sony Reader, PDF, eReader, Mobipocket, Rocket eBook, Microsoft Reader, and others, and can be obtained from all good ebook stores, including Fictionwise.com (14th February), eBooks.com, Scribd, Wowio Sony Connect, and on Amazon.com for the Kindle.

The Vallian Cycle omnibus contains the four books, Secret Scorpio, Savage Scorpio, Captive Scorpio and Golden Scorpio

Here is the “back cover copy”:

Four hundred light years from Earth, Kregen is a marvelous world, peopled by wonderful beings, filled with light and clamor and furor of life lived to the hilt. But Kregen has its darker side, where horror and terror batten on innocent people, where sorceries rend reason, where injustice denies light.

Dray Prescot’s happiness with Delia, the Princess Majestrix of Vallia, is threatened as the notorious Wizard of Loh, Phu-si-Yantong, seeks to destroy Delia’s father, the emperor, and take control of the empire of Vallia. And Prescot is determined to seek the whereabouts of his daughters, alienated from him during a forced absence on Earth. But the brilliant world of Kregen under Antares will always challenge Prescot with new problems and adventures. Dray Prescot knows only too well that he must continue to struggle against himself as well as the malignant fates that pursue him in the mingled streaming lights of the Suns of Scorpio.

For more details about Alan Burt Akers, The Vallian Cycle, and links to available ebook formats, please see The Vallian Cycle page on mushroom-eBooks.com

Firstly, I apologise for the lack of activity at Mushroom eBooks for the last few months. There has been a lot going on in other parts of the business as well as major events in my personal life.

I have a busy publishing schedule planned for 2011, which I will post in a couple of days when I have finalised a few things, so hopefully there will be something of interest to all you Mushroom eBooks customers, whatever your particular interests.

The big hope for the year is that I can complete the Dray Prescot series, but I am still missing a couple of manuscripts that are preventing me from proceeding. I will be making a concerted and sustained effort to obtain those manuscripts as soon as possible. I am also hoping to begin publishing other Ken Bulmer series and standalone titles. Let me know in the comments what you would like to see published.

There is a new title from Roger Taylor coming in the summer, which will be great news for his many fans who have been waiting for over a decade for something new from this brilliant fantasy author. More details soon.

The second book in the excellent “Sons of the Mariner” series by Suzanne Francis will be here in March, and we will be introducing a series of cartoon books from Doug Pike. Also, a rather unusual vampire novel will be appearing soon from Anthony Burns.

We will be introducing new ebook formats, too, including ePub and Apple iBooks, and updating some of our older books to work better and look better in current ebook reading devices.

Back soon…

The paperback and hardback editions of The Spikatur Cycle, the sixth cycle in the Saga of Dray Prescot by Alan Burt Akers, are now available from all good bookshops worldwide.

The Spikatur Cycle contains the four books: Beasts of Antares, Rebel of Antares, Legions of Antares and Allies of Antares.

An ebook edition will appear later in the year.

Here is the blurb:

Four hundred light years from Earth, Kregen is a marvelous world, peopled by wonderful beings, filled with light and clamor and furor of life lived to the hilt. But Kregen has its darker side, where horror and terror batten on innocent people, where sorceries rend reason, where injustice denies light.

The Spikatur Cycle brings Prescot closer to the realization of many of his dreams. He is determined to do what he feels is laid upon him; but he finds it is not so easy, particularly when the Empress Delia and his comrades are determined to keep him out of trouble. But, he is Dray Prescot, Lord of Strombor and Krozair of Zy, and that canny old leem hunter will not be prevented from buckling up the brave old scarlet breechclout and with a sword in his fist hurtling off beneath the Moons of Kregen into fresh headlong adventure.

You can buy from Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com, or any other bookstore worldwide.

Paperback: ISBN 9781843198475, RRP: $31.95/£18.99, 632 pages
Hardcover: ISBN 9781843198468, RRP: $56.00/£36.00, 632 pages

The prices of all Mushroom eBooks titles on Scribd have been reduced by at least 30%, so now might be a good time to catch up with all those books you were going to buy…

Many many thanks for your support and custom over the year, and I wish you all a Merry Christmas and an excellent 2010.

Mushroom eBooks are now available on Scribd. You can buy the books there, and also preview them — up to 40% of each book is available for preview.

You will find that prices for Mushroom eBooks on Scribd are typically lower than most ebookstores, although you may still get a better deal at Fictionwise.

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Please take a look at the new “Moyra Caldecott: author, poet, artist” website at www.moyracaldecott.co.uk. The site promises to be “for all things Moyra Caldecott”. It has been completely re-created, and new articles, excerpts, poetry, art are posted at least once a week.

There is a separate page for each of her books, although these still need some work.

You can subscribe to the site, either by RSS or by email, to get updates. And the site is social, so you can leave comments or discuss the posts.

Please take a look at the new “Moyra Caldecott: author, poet, artist” website at www.moyracaldecott.co.uk. The site promises to be “for all things Moyra Caldecott”. It has been completely re-created, and new articles, excerpts, poetry, art are posted at least once a week.

There is a separate page for each of her books, although these still need some work.

You can subscribe to the site, either by RSS or by email, to get updates. And the site is social, so you can leave comments or discuss the posts.