Interview: Jason Chen on StoryBundle

What is StoryBundle? StoryBundle offers collections of DRM-free ebooks where readers select the price they want to pay for the bundle, and can choose to donate a percentage of the portion of the proceeds to charity. At a certain price threshold, “bonus” books are unlocked. Readers download the books directly to their tablet, ereader, computer,…

Story spotlight: “Fox and Hound” by Leah Cutter

    Gou, a peddle cab driver in modern-day Beijing, gets more than he bargained for with his latest client. “Fox and Hound” is Leah’s first story to feature Huli Transport, a company that specializes in rides and transportation for those who aren’t completely human.       “Fox and Hound” is in the Fantasy…

Story spotlight: “Monkey Sea, Monkey Do” by Robert Jeschonek

When Ida got her wish to become a Sea Munky, she didn’t realize the greatest drought of all time was about to dry up the bodies of water she needed to survive. Now, in one of the last pools of water on Earth, she and her fellow aquatic creatures fight to survive an attack by…

How-to: Use BundleRabbit’s Ebook Marketplace to find ebooks to bundle

BundleRabbit is a story bundling platform where authors can collaborate on either bundles of ebooks or collaborations, which may be offered in ebook and/or print. A collaboration can be anything from an anthology to a book co-written by multiple authors. One capability unique to this site is the ability to upload your stories to BundleRabbit’s…

Story spotlight: “The City Trees” by Jamie Ferguson

Giulia moved to the city after her husband’s death, but the city trees won’t talk with her – even though she’s a dryad. One evening, while attempting to speak with the trees in a park, she finds herself caught in the middle between a thief and his pursuer. The thief stole something magical and dangerous,…

Story spotlight: “The Wishing Ring of Old Queen Maab” by Steve Vernon

A tale about a very young farmer named Ramsey who, although his heart was as good as one million pieces of gold, had not a single ounce of good luck to his name except his beloved wife Glorinda.   One day an old woman appeared, her face as wrinkled as a field filled with dried-up…

Interview: Mark Leslie on the “Books Gone Bad” bundle

Meet Mark! Mark is an author, professional speaker, and bookseller, with more than a quarter century of experience in writing, publishing, and bookselling. He started writing at 13, and has written three novels, a number of non-fiction books on locations where ghostly and eerie things occur, published numerous short stories, and edited quite a few…

Story spotlight: “The Storyteller” by P. D. Cacek

Telling stories is Walter Book’s responsibility and his joy, just like it’d been his daddy’s, and his granddaddy’s and his great-great grandaddy’s before him. Because what good’s a Book without a story? Every night he tells the children their bedtime story, and this evening he tells one called “The Princess,” the tale of a little…