Before he passed, Jim Baen & Co. over at Baen Books did something fairly revolutionary - they made most of their books available via e-copy - pay up and take your choice between HTML, PDA-Friendly Formats, or online reading. YAY! www.baen.com
Then, as a bonus, they created Webscription (a neat system where you get books prior to hardcopy issue) and the Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) system...where you get unproofed copies of your favorite authors books even sooner. YAY x 2!
The latest little bundle of joy is a John Ringo & Tom Kratman novel in the Military SF Posleen universe, Yellow-Eyes. I strongly recommend this one as either a stand-alone or as another volume in a fascinating series that fearlessly takes on social issues from a conservative/libertarian standpoint at the same time it deals with ground level tactical, strategic, and logistical considerations of a world under siege.
Now, if only Glenn Cook would hurry up with the next Garett, PI fix...
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