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More books now available on Kobo

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Bridge Daughter by Jim Nelson, displayed in paperback and ebook editions

As I discussed before, I’ve been slowly moving more of my back catalog to Kobo. Two more books are now available there: Bridge Daughter and In My Memory Locked. If you’re a Kobo reader, or considering trying them out, they’re ready to go.

Praise for Bridge Daughter:

“Bridge Daughter is the sort of surprising gem in a sea of fairly ordinary you occasionally run across as a reader of contemporary speculative fiction—smart, highly original, and emotionally brutal.” – John Blair, author of Bright Angel and American Standard

“The thought-provoking story blends action, introspection, and social commentary in a stark but indirect critique of efforts to control female bodies and restrict reproductive rights.” – Publishers Weekly

Praise for In My Memory Locked:

“Ingenious plot…cyber-noir is the right descriptive, and the read is well worth the while.” – T. Mohr

“First-rate cyberpunk…I had no choice but to finish the book straight through.” – brujaja

In My Memory Locked by Jim Nelson

More books are coming to Kobo—watch my blog for future announcements.


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Kobo & me

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Edward Teller Dreams of Barbecuing People by Jim Nelson

For some time now, I’ve been planning to make my older books available on ebook platforms not named after South American rainforests. After a couple of years of putting it off—I’m a notorious procrastinator—a friend and professional acquaintance in New Zealand asked why he couldn’t get my books from Kobo, his preferred platform. That set me in motion.

(It was not my first time hearing this suggestion. A reader from Canada asked me the same question a few years back.)

Previously, the only books of mine available on Kobo were my short story collection A Concordance of One’s Life, my San Francisco novella Everywhere Man, and my COVID-19 novel Man in the Middle. A few days ago I added my teenage growing-of-age debut Edward Teller Dreams of Barbecuing People to that list. You can expect the list to grow over the next couple of months, as I begin posting books from the Bridge Daughter series and In My Memory Locked.

What’s the hold up? Why not post all of them now?

The remaining novels are enrolled in an Amazon program called Kindle Select, which offers writers a number of nice features. For me, the most desirable benefit is that it places my books into Kindle Unlimited, which is a kind of Netflix-style book buffet, where subscribers can read as many books as they want for a monthly fee. KU was a great way for readers to be introduced to my work, and for awhile there I saw a lot of my books being read through that program.

Unfortunately, Kindle Unlimited readers have dwindled off for my back catalog (it tends to favor newer releases). So, as my older books fall out of Kindle Select, I’ll add them to Kobo. I’ll start moving my back catalog to Barnes & Noble and Apple Books as well. (This is called “going wide” in independent publishing circles.)

Aside from Kindle Unlimited, why did I wait so long to go wide? I’ll answer that question next time.


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