Reading/Books Links (Originally posted September 25, 2009)

So I love reading but don't get to do it as often as I like. I wanted to share some sites with you that I like going to. There is also a site to a great place to pick up books inexpensively. Enjoy.

A Kindle World Blog  Great blog that has every thing you could possible want to know about Kindles. Run by a very knowledgable lady.

C2E2   Short for the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo – is a convention spanning the latest and greatest from the worlds of comics, movies, television, toys, anime, manga and video games. From a show floor packed with hundreds of exhibitors, to panels and autograph sessions giving fans a chance to interact with their favorite creators, to screening rooms featuring sneak peeks at films and television shows months before they hit either the big or small screen, C2E2 brings the best of popular culture to downtown Chicago! That was the official blurb. In my words, just awesome. See my post about it. Loved the show!

Delete Censorship.Org What does All Quiet On The Western Front, Brave New World, Tom Sawyer, The Catcher In The Rye and Anne Frank: The Diary Of A Young Girl all have in common? They're all books that have been banned at one time or another. Delete Censorship.Org is a website set up by Half Price Books promoting the freedom of speech and freedom of literature. "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - Friends of Voltaire 1906

Good Reads  Goodreads is the largest social network for readers in the world. They have more than 3,400,000 members who have added more than 100,000,000 books to their shelves. A place for casual readers and bona-fide bookworms alike, Goodreads members recommend books, compare what they are reading, keep track of what they've read and would like to read, form book clubs and much more. Goodreads was launched in December 2006.

Half Price Books This place is great I stop there ALOT. Probably more than I should but it's a great place for avid readers. They have exactly what they say, books at half the cover price but sometimes you can find hard cover best sellers for as little as $1. I have found many and I'll keep going back. Check the store locator for a location near you. Also have great deals on music and DVDs.

E Readers Site Get your Kindle ebook reader right now. Great gadget for the reader who wants to move into the future. Also has lots of Kindle related items.

Dagon Bytes This is an incredible site for those who enjoy horror fiction. The website has tons of older, classic horror in their complete text online. Just to name a few, Mary Shelby's Frankenstein, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Phanthom of the Opera, The complete works of Edgar Allen Poe, and the complete works of H. P. Lovecraft. Kudos to the maker of the site.

Boom! Studios Publishers of comics, trade paper backs (TPB) and graphic novels, sporting titles like Farscape, Diehard, 28 Days Later and my two favorites; Cthulhu Tales and Fall of Cthulhu.

Dark Horse Comics Publishers of comics, trade paper backs and graphic novels for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Aliens, Predator, Star Wars and much more.

Dynamite Entertainment Publisher of comics, TPBs and graphic novels with titles like Stargate, Xena, Painkiller Jane, Battlestar Galactica and many more.

Gauntlet Press Yet another publisher of graphic novels that specialize in classic stories. Titles include, The Exorcist, Psycho and a large collection of works by Richard Matheson, a master of sci-fi/horror fiction.

IDW Publishing (Idea+Design Work) Another publisher of comics, TPBs and graphic novels that cover titles like, Angel, Star Trek, Doctor Who and Transformers.

Moonstone Books This publisher of comics, TPBs and graphic novels tend to cover a lot of retro comics as well as some off the wall ones. Their line of books have The Green Hornet, Doc Savage, The Phantom, Buckaroo Banzai and Kolchak: The Night Stalker to name just a few.

Top Cow Productions Publishers of comics such as Cyberforce, The Darkness, The Magdelena and Witchblade are just some of their titles.

Transfuzion Publishing Another publisher of comics etc. that have some off beat titles. Their line up includes titles like Zulunation, H.P. Lovecraft, Jack the Ripper and Vietnam Journal. I have yet to check these out but they sound interesting.

Amazing Fantasy Books Chain of comic shops in the South Chicagoland area that has a large selection of books by just about every publisher. They have 4 local locations that you can visit and they have online ordering as well. They are the sister company to Moonstone Books listed above.

TFAW (Things From Another World) Online comic shop with a large selection of books that can be ordered. They are a sister company to Dark Horse listed above.

There are other comic publishers, of course the big two DC and Marvel but those are known by most. For book stores and ordering on line there are the big chain stores like Barnes & Nobel and Borders but Amazon is what I use. On the purchase of books or DVDs they offer free shipping on orders that exceed $25. Whatever your fancy is, go with it and read something.

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