Get The Love Book on iPhone's Kindle App

Now that you've jumped hip deep into the pool of iPhone enabled e-book reading, courtesy of Amazon's new Kindle app, go ahead and download a fantabulous collection of gritty, dark, and funny short stories: namely, The Love Book by yours truly. Consider it a value impulse buy. The Love Book is only $7.99 in the Kindle format, saving you $8.00 over the printed price (and it's under Amazon's recommended $9.99 e-book price).

Way back in January 2008, when The Love Book was released, one of the things I made sure of was that it would be available in the Amazon Kindle format. Having already seen the first edition Kindle at that time, I knew it would have an impact on the book buying market. As I write this, the web (blog posts, tweets, news articles) has been lit up with talk of the Amazon Kindle app and now, B&N's move to purchase FictionWise which works with Stanza.

Speaking of which, if you're more of a Stanza fan, you can download for free "Taking the Happy Bus on Home," the last story from The Love Book. Just follow these simple steps in the Stanza app:
1. Select "Online Catalog"
2. Select "Original Books & Stories (new authors from Feedbooks.com)"
3. Click the magnifying glass icon in the upper right, search for "happy bus" and select the story once it comes up.
4. Click the download button

Or, if you want the story in any of the other eBook formats (epub, Sony e-reader, etc.), you can grab it here.

"Happy Bus" now available as a free eBook for iPhone, Sony Reader and more.

I'm proud to announce that I've made "Taking the Happy Bus on Home," a short story from my collection The Love Book, available as a free eBook for the iPhone, Sony Reader, Kindle and a just about every other device on the planet.

For iPhone users you will need the Stanza app (which is free). Get it here as an app for the iPhone or here as a desktop app.

Once you have the app installed on your iPhone, open it up. Then:
1. Select "Online Catalog"
2. Select "Original Books & Stories (new authors from Feedbooks.com)"
3. Click the magnifying glass icon in the upper right, search for "happy bus" and select the story once it comes up.
4. Click the download button

If you would prefer to download it to your desktop or use it on any other device, you can do so via these links:
ePub | Mobipocket/Kindle | PDF | Sony Reader | iLiad| Custom PDF

I've been playing around with Lexcylce's Stanza application for the iPhone over the past few months and have to say it is pretty damn impressive. Sure, there are nitpicks: you can't just drag and drop books on to the phone from you desktop. But for the most part, the interface is easy to use, the files download fast, and the people at Lexcyle have done a great job of partnering with publishers to make plenty of content available for portable devices.

I actually used Feedbooks to upload the story, which then automatically reformats it for all the devices. Kudos to them for also creating a great platform that allows authors (especially indepedent ones like myself) to get their stories out to the people.