Speculative Realms

National Year of Reading Special Offer

Admin — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:48:52 +0000

2012 is the National Year of Reading. This means, in very basic terms, promoting reading to people who wouldn’t normally read and raising reading levels for those who cannot read.

The authors of Speculative Realms love reading and encourage others to read a variety of books. And, because we feel passionate about it, we want you to read our stories … so for the month of January, you can download the ebook for free from Smashwords.

Promotional price: Absolutely Free!
Coupon Code: YR74C
Expires: January 31, 2012

All you have to do is head over to the Speculative Realm’s Smashwords page, enter the coupon code (see above), download the version of your choice and add it to your favourite ereader. And then you can start reading! It’s so easy.

When you’ve finished reading the book, feel free to leave a review on Smashwords, Amazon, Goodreads, LibraryThing or even your blog (if you have one). The authors would love to know what you think.

Happy New Year!

Free Review Copies Available

Admin — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 23:51:01 +0000

We would like to give away some review copies of Speculative Realms. This means that we’ll give you a free copy of the digital version of the book in exchange for an honest review at Smashwords and/or Amazon.

If you are interested in this offer, please leave a comment below or use the Contact form — ensuring your email address is correct — and we’ll email you with the details.

2nd Edition of Ebook Released

Admin — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 09:56:25 +0000

Due to a minor problem at Smashwords we have been forced to withdraw the first edition of the ebook. This, however, is not all bad news as it has given us the opportunity to revise and update the digital version. A new ‘clickable’ table of contents has been added and a lot of ‘behind the scenes’ cleaning up has been done.

The second edition was released today. It has a new ISBN number and a new price of only $0.99. This is not a discounted price. It will be the normal price from today onwards.

June Promotion: eBook Half Price

Admin — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:23:14 +0000

During the month of June 2011, the ebook can be purchased for half price by using the following coupon code at Smashwords:

Promotional price: $0.99
Coupon Code: PL93L
Expires: June 30, 2011

Don’t delay. Head over to the Speculative Realms Anthology page at Smashwords now and grab a copy.

Find Out More About the Book

Admin — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 00:58:41 +0000

Speculative Realms:
Where there’s a will, there’s a way
edited by Sasha Beattie

If you want something badly enough, you will find the means to get it. Let demons, mages, technology and love show you the way.

A collection of fantasy, science fiction and horror stories.

Book Details:

ISBN: 978-1-4092-1943-9 (pbk); 978-1-4657-5707-4 (2nd ed. ebook)
Published on: July 2008 (pbk); January 2010 (1st ed. ebook); September 2011 (2nd ed. ebook)
RRP (US Dollars): $15.95 Printed; $0.99 for Ebook
Pages: 192
Formats: Paperback and Ebook
Distributors: Lulu for printed and pdf versions; Amazon for printed version only; Smashwords for ebook versions (for Kindle, iPhone, Sony and other ereaders).

Table of Contents:

Of Bones and Blades by Jeff Parish
Summer of the Widows by Sherry D. Ramsey
Brittle Bones by Lorne Dixon
The Gun by Ian Whates
KARMA by Sasha Beattie
The Widower’s Tale by Davin Ireland
Where Strength Lies by Karen Lee Field
KanjiKiss by Lancer Kind
Shouting at the Stone by TW Williams
Second Chance by David Meadows
To Hell and Back by Rob Rosen
The Guardian by Lyall Henderson
Children of Ba-Seku by Christopher Donahue

Available from:

Want to Know More?

Read a short blurb for each story on The Stories page.
Find out more about the authors and artist and where to find them on the internet on the The Authors/Artist page.
For copyright details go to our Copyright notice.

Buy it from Goodreads

Admin — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 05:07:23 +0000

The anthology is now available from Goodreads. You’ll need to create an account if you haven’t already got one, but that’s easy to do and it’s free.

Buy now from Goodreads in epub format.

Goodreads Giveaway: Australian Reader Special Offer

Admin — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 22:16:58 +0000

Australian readers are disadvantaged because international postage is so high, which makes books from overseas very expensive. This means it’s not usually viable to purchase them unless you buy a truckload at once…and who can afford that?

Speculative Realms acknowledges this and, as the administrator found a spare book in storage, has commissioned Goodreads to give away a book to an Australian reader. For your chance to win, click the “enter to win” link below.

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Speculative Realms

edited by Sasha Beattie

Giveaway ends February 12, 2011.

See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

Enter to win

Anthology Discounted for a Limited Time

Admin — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 21:13:50 +0000

Hurry, Speculative Realms can be purchased for less than a dollars from Smashwords. This great offer is only for a limited time, so you better be quick!

Promotional price: $0.99
Coupon Code: SU84H
Expires: November 22, 2010

Nearly 10,000 Smashwords Ebooks Go Live at Australian iBookstore

Admin — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 12:13:28 +0000

This news was just discovered over at Smashwords and all that can be said is, “It’s about time.”

Speculative Realms is one of the ebooks available through iTunes.

Apple iBookstore Joins Ranks

Admin — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 20:40:28 +0000

With the recent influx of good news regarding distribution channels finally taking on the anthology, here’s some more good news. The anthology is available for purchase through the Apple iBookstore, but…only through the Canadian, US, UK, German and French stores. It is NOT available, yet, through the Australian store. Negotiations are continuing and it is hoped this will be remedied soon.

While Australians are waiting patiently for their opportunity, the rest of the world will now be able to download the anthology straight to their iPhone and iTouch. It’s reported that the iPad can also receive downloads, but this hasn’t been confirmed yet.

There are plenty of reading apps to choose from, a majority of them are free, so do yourself a favour and install one today so that you can discover the glory of ebooks.