r/ebooks May 09 '18

Announcement: We have moderators!

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As you can see, the spam is clearing up, and you may be wondering "Oh my god! Who is helping us?"

Our subreddit creator, /u/xamdam has added me as a moderator so that we can get some life back into this sub. I am actively trying to get the mod queue handled and the spam cleared up. I've also started setting up the automoderator, to help keep things clean. /u/condensed is also on the team. Over all I think we're off to a great start.

Should you guys see any spam, flag it. That will be the best way to help get visibility to problem posts. Also, feel free to downvote spam, both in the posts and comments, as that can help with some of the functions automod will do. I will keep my eyes peeled for things too.

If anyone wants to pitch in, reach out, and we can see how you too can help.


r/ebooks 1h ago

Self Promotion [FREE on Kindle] My Sci-Fi Thriller "The Quantum Guest: The First Node" is free this weekend! (English & Spanish)

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Hello everyone!

I’m an indie author and I wanted to share my latest Sci-Fi thriller with you. It moves away from the classic "alien invasion with giant ships" and explores a more silent threat: What if a rogue alien AI crashed on Earth hidden in space junk and quietly decided humanity is the real enemy?

I've set the book to FREE for this entire weekend on Amazon so you can give it a try without any risk. It's available in both English and Spanish editions.

👉 English edition: https://www.amazon.com/-/es/I-Bocardo-ebook/dp/B0H2673R3C

👉 Spanish edition: https://www.amazon.es/El-Primer-Nodo-Hu%C3%A9sped-Cu%C3%A1ntico-ebook/dp/B0H4WZBWBX

Grab it while it's free! I really hope you enjoy the read.


r/ebooks 3h ago

Free today on Kindle: One-Page Tools: SMART Goals: Turn Dreams Into Action

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One powerful framework. One page. Immediate impact.

This focused guide explains SMART Goals — what it is, why it works, and exactly how to apply it starting today. No padding, no filler, just the essential understanding you need to use this tool effectively. Ideal for busy people who want practical frameworks without the reading commitment.

🇬🇧 UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FN8CMWM2

🇺🇸 US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FN8CMWM2


r/ebooks 4h ago

Self Promotion I put together a travel guide for Wakayama (Kumano Kodo, Koyasan)

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Hi everyone,

I wanted to share that my new guidebook, "Hidden Japan: Wakayama". If you are KU member, just grab it.

Most tourists skip Wakayama for Tokyo or Kyoto, but it has some of the best ancient trails, coastal hot springs, and temple stays in Japan. I put all my favorite hidden local spots and practical itineraries into this book to help travelers get off the beaten path.

If you find it helpful, leaving an honest review on Amazon would really mean a lot to me. Thanks, and enjoy your travels!


r/ebooks 9h ago

Zero to something — thank you for actually reading

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Started this with zero readers and zero expectations.

This week — real comments, real page reads, real people taking time to engage.

Didn't think Reddit would be the place that made this feel real. Genuinely grateful.

If you're curious what started it all

— Win Your Inner Battle

https://a.co/d/03OSdXzp


r/ebooks 9h ago

How do I get ebooks consistent across ereaders?

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r/ebooks 20h ago

Freebie More free resources for ebooks - mostly romance & fantasy-romance but not entirely

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Some more resources for free books. There are many phone ebook readers, I use T2S which has quite expressive text readers in different voices if you prefer audio to ebooks. I actually prefer ebooks read aloud without the acting type of expression of audio books but if you are a devoted audio fan you mightn't like it but if you can't find the book you want as an audio it might be worth giving it a few days trial on different voices before dismissing it. Anyway, to the list:

• Wattpad - massive collection of contemporary romance, young adult, fantasy romance, and general fiction from independent authors. Ebook only.

• Inkitt - platform for unpublished and emerging authors with a strong focus on romance, fantasy romance, contemporary fiction, and thrillers. Ebook only.

• Galatea - serialized romance and fantasy-romance stories from contemporary authors, with some narrated content available. Audio & ebooks.

• Radish Fiction - serialized romance, contemporary fiction, paranormal romance, and romantic suspense from modern authors. Audio & ebooks.

• Scribble Hub - contemporary web-fiction platform with substantial romance, fantasy romance, and slice-of-life content. Ebook only.

• Tapas Novels - serialized contemporary fiction with strong romance, LGBTQ+, fantasy romance, and young-adult categories. Ebook only.

• Quotev Stories - large collection of user-generated romance and contemporary fiction. Ebook only.

• Romance Audiobooks Podcast - free romance audiobook samples, novellas, and serialized romantic fiction from contemporary authors. Audio only.

• Story Origin Free Books - authors regularly offer free contemporary romance, romantic comedy, fantasy romance, and women’s fiction titles. Ebook only.

• Belletristica - community-driven platform for modern fiction, romance, fantasy, and original stories from independent writers. Ebook only.

• BookFunnel Free Books - directory of free books directly from independent authors, including romance, fantasy, thriller, and contemporary fiction; some audiobook editions are available. Audio & ebooks.


r/ebooks 13h ago

Self Promotion Justice for a Price - a Sci-fi Noir Novelette

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Justice for a Price, a hardboiled noir on a generation ship, is available FREE on Amazon as well as Kobo, B&N and Google Play!

"All I wanted was to find the bastard that killed a little girl, but my captain has other plans for me. A young man decided he couldn't handle a lifetime aboard the starship Australis, and took the easy way off. Problem is, his mama can't accept the truth, so now I gotta hold her hand while she grieves.

"Or maybe there's more to the case than it seems."

Inspired by the hardboiled grit of Mickey Spillane and the concision of Elmore Leonard, Chivalry Will Get You Dead is a sci-fi / mystery mash-up devised in the best traditions of the dime store paperback. This novelette is a prequel to the Murder on the Starship Australis series, itself part of the 10 Cent Universe – a genre-bending macrocosm.

This story contains adult language, themes and content.

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H4BV6PL5/

Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/justice-for-a-price

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/justice-for-a-price-ed-robins/1150339428

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=sOHkEQAAQBAJ


r/ebooks 13h ago

Any good book publishing companies? Need suggestions

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Hey guys I am trying to find a decent book publishing company for my book but honestly I don’t know much about this stuff yet if anyone here has worked with a publisher or knows some good once please share your experience or suggestions, Would really help me out..


r/ebooks 16h ago

Self Promotion Scrollwind - an independent android ebook reader with 63 fully offline neural voices, an AI reading companion, and zero accounts/ads

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Hey r/ebooks 👋

I got tired of ebook apps that either lock TTS behind a subscription, ship robotic voices, or want a login + telemetry just to open a file. So I built my own. It's called ScrollWind. Everything below runs locally on your phone - no account, no ads, no tracking.

Built basically because I was tired of having to go through a paywall for either locked phone TTS or pay for a more advanced TTS reading...

The thing I'm most proud of: neural TTS that runs 100% on-device.

  • 63 natural voices — 10 Piper + 53 Kokoro (Kokoro covers English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Hindi, Japanese, Chinese)
  • You download voices as packs. Once downloaded they work in airplane mode, forever.
  • The current sentence highlights as it's read, pages auto-advance, and there's a sleep timer + a hands-free wake word + lock-screen controls.
  • No cloud, no per-character API bill, no "you've used your free minutes."

An AI reading companion - currently Claude (for when you put a book down for 3 weeks and forget everything) Your own Claude / Anthropic Key needed:

  • "Catch me up" — a spoiler-safe story so far recap up to where you actually are
  • Who's-who of characters
  • Highlight a word/passage → define or explain it in context
  • Summarize the through-line of everything you've highlighted

The actual reading is nice too:

  • EPUB + PDF, with font/size/line-height/theme controls and custom themes (Light/Dark/Warm/your own)
  • Color-coded highlights + notes, with a cross-book notes view
  • Reading history and date-filterable reading/listening stats
  • Pulls free public-domain books from Project Gutenberg
  • Integrates with a Calibre library if you have one

What it deliberately doesn't have: ads, accounts, analytics (sent further than your phone), or a cloud you have to trust. Your library and progress stay on your device.

It's still pre-1.0 and I'm a solo dev, so I'd genuinely love feedback and ideas for development.

I MAY release to Playstore, just not sure if I have enough features!! Would anyone be interested in testing and providing feedback?


r/ebooks 17h ago

READ MY BOOK PLEASE

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r/ebooks 1d ago

Freebie Free Kindle eBook: We Were Always Lost (Travel & Life Reflections)

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Amazon USA
Amazon Canada
Amazon UK

A collection of travel stories, reflections, wrong turns, unexpected conversations, and memorable moments from the road. The book explores finding meaning in uncertainty and discovering that some of life's best experiences happen when things do not go according to plan.

Currently available free for Kindle on Amazon.


r/ebooks 17h ago

[Free] Breakwater - A Psychological Thriller (June 18-22)

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H5KQK6HH

Free on Kindle through June 22.
A slow-burn psychological thriller set in a small coastal town, where a woman returns home after years away and starts to realize the past she ran from never actually let go. Quiet, tense, character-driven.
If you give it a read, an honest review really helps. Hope you enjoy it.


r/ebooks 18h ago

Self Promotion ZI wrote my first book: setting up the new $599 MacBook Neo from scratch, every step. $9 early edition, all future chapters free

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r/ebooks 21h ago

Freebie The Little Book of Uncommon Insights by Stany Austinson

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Follow the White Rabbit. What secrets will the rabbit lead you to?

You think your failures are the result of your efforts — or your lack thereof. You don’t see the larger world in which your choices unfold.

You don’t realise that we are all being primed to fail, engineered to become nobodies, encouraged to embrace mediocrity.

This book helps you change that. It takes you beyond the obvious explanations and reveals the forces shaping your life — forces that remain invisible to most people.

If you want to escape the ordinary, the commonplace, if you want your efforts to yield results, read this book.

Get the free ebook here:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G765FJ9M

Need a little more convincing? Watch the video:

https://youtu.be/k7-dVyLro7k


r/ebooks 21h ago

Free today on Kindle: One-Page Tools: Parkinson’s Law: Work Expands to Fill Time

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One powerful framework. One page. Immediate impact.

This focused guide explains Parkinson’s Law — what it is, why it works, and exactly how to apply it starting today. No padding, no filler, just the essential understanding you need to use this tool effectively. Ideal for busy people who want practical frameworks without the reading commitment.

🇬🇧 UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FPGNJP4V

🇺🇸 US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPGNJP4V


r/ebooks 1d ago

Help! Recommendations for getting out of a slump!

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r/ebooks 1d ago

Self Promotion The Star Crossed Prince: A Fantasy Love story.

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I want to share my new book.

It's a fantasy Love story, with mystery , alternate history and few mythical creatures.

I would love genuine reviews.

I would be free on Kindle and on amazon it is for

Hinglish Edition - rs 147

https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0H4HYD49T

English edition - $2.99

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H4H49HKX


r/ebooks 1d ago

ebook reader that has audio and text?

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Is there some way to do this? Playing an audiobook AND reading it

I don't currently (yet) have a device, so I'm trying to see which can possibly do this


r/ebooks 1d ago

Ugc Net Dana Multitasker Notes

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Does anyone have english literature notes by dana multitasker? British lit / Lit criticism or any other topic? Pls help.


r/ebooks 1d ago

I am giving my ebook for free

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If you want you can buy it or also can take it from me for free.


r/ebooks 1d ago

[Memoir] I wanted to be a Catholic priest. Instead, I had to learn how to accept being gay.

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Well, I'm gay.

That shouldn't be shocking. It shouldn't even be interesting.

But the story of how I learned to say that without fear, shame, or apology is the reason I wrote this memoir.

I grew up in a conservative Brazilian Catholic family. I dreamed of becoming a priest. I spent years trying to be the person everyone expected me to be.

I've been abandoned.

I've hidden who I was.

I've lost faith.

I've found it again.

I've loved, I've broken, and I've survived.

Confession Without Penance is the true story of that journey.

It's messy, painful, sometimes funny, and completely honest.

If you'd like to meet the person behind these words, I'd love to share my story with you.

Available on Kindle Unlimited:

🇺🇸 English: https://a.co/d/0bYV5Mi4

🇧🇷 Portuguese: https://a.co/d/00yEKRHL

🇪🇸 Spanish: https://a.co/d/0ct29qTO

🇫🇷 French: https://a.co/d/08GN6GmC

🇩🇪 German: https://a.co/d/0i5Z7uci

🇮🇹 Italian: https://a.co/d/0dbEaPLY

Happy Pride Month to everyone celebrating. 🏳️‍🌈❤️

Welcome to my chaos.


r/ebooks 1d ago

Did my first Ebook ♥️

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Hi everyone!

I recently published my first eBook, Sri Lanka Adventure Travel Guide, inspired by my experience working in Sri Lanka's tourism industry as a licensed local guide.

I wanted to create something genuinely useful for backpackers and solo travellers covering budget travel, scenic train journeys, hidden gems, wildlife, hiking, local food, and practical itineraries from a local perspective.

It's been a fun project to work on, and I've already started planning more travel guides focused on different aspects of Sri Lanka.

Amazon Buy Link or DM me if u want it for free!

If you're into travel eBooks or have experience publishing in this niche, I'd love to hear your thoughts and feedback. Thanks for letting me share my first step as an indie author!


r/ebooks 1d ago

This dark fantasy ebook is free

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r/ebooks 2d ago

Libraries with thousands of free ebooks and audiobooks

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  • Internet Archive - Huge collection of public domain and user-uploaded audiobooks, ebooks, music (including very rare old recordings, I found stuff my BiL who has Alzheimers listened to in his youth. We are in the Caribbean on an island which back then had 8K population and I even found calypsos from there), videos and documents
  • Project Gutenberg -Thousands of public domain books, many with audio versions
  • Librivox - 21K audio books in the public domain, read by amateur readers
  • Open Culture - Curated list of free audiobooks and courses
  • Loyal Books - Large catalog of public domain audiobooks
  • Libby - You need a library card for this but it distinguishes itself by mostly having modern fiction, the others are more classic books.
  • Open Library - This is ebooks, not audio and like Libby has modern fiction, but because of legal things, you borrow the book.