Bradbury

Amazon.com is already doing it with CDs. Now, it's turning its focus to books. The Seattle online retailer today unveiled a new service called Kindle MatchBook. Basically, it allows customers who've purchased books via Amazon.com over the past 15 years to convert those titles into Kindle copies, allowing readers to enjoy them in the new format.

From a article by Staci K. Kramer in PaidContent.  The full article is well worth reading.  Evidently Bradbury changed his mind about ebooks as he got older. HarperCollins is in the midst of preparing itsRay Bradbury backlist for digital publication, paidContent has learned. Bradbury’s longtime editor Jennifer Brehl talked to me about the plans and the [...]

Martians, robots, dinosaurs, mummies, ghosts, time machines, rocket ships, carnival magicians, alarming doppelgängers who forecast murder and doom — the sort of sensational subjects that fascinate children are the stuff of Ray Bradbury’s fiction. Over a 70-year career, he used his fecund storytelling talents to fashion tales that have captivated legions of young people and inspired a host of imitators.