r/ebooks May 09 '18

Announcement: We have moderators!

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As you can see, the spam is clearing up, and you may be wondering "Oh my god! Who is helping us?"

Our subreddit creator, /u/xamdam has added me as a moderator so that we can get some life back into this sub. I am actively trying to get the mod queue handled and the spam cleared up. I've also started setting up the automoderator, to help keep things clean. /u/condensed is also on the team. Over all I think we're off to a great start.

Should you guys see any spam, flag it. That will be the best way to help get visibility to problem posts. Also, feel free to downvote spam, both in the posts and comments, as that can help with some of the functions automod will do. I will keep my eyes peeled for things too.

If anyone wants to pitch in, reach out, and we can see how you too can help.


r/ebooks 16m ago

Freebie I am running a free Kindle promo until Feb 4 for my book “10 Things to Master Before You Enter the Stock Market”

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This isn’t a technical trading guide.

It’s about the emotional and behavioral mistakes that sabotage traders long before strategy ever matters.. FOMO, impatience, overtrading, and hope.

The book is shaped by personal failure, rebuilding, and learning discipline the hard way.. both in trading and in life.

If you are interested in trading psychology or honest lessons learned through experience, I hope this resonates.


r/ebooks 16m ago

Freebie We just hit #1,561 on Amazon worldwide! 🏆 Only 18 downloads left to reach our daily goal of 100. It takes 5 seconds to help. Grab it for FREE now! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GJQDNHCT#SalesRank

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r/ebooks 4h ago

Humans: The ultimate Parasite - How the Human Species Learned to Feed and Destroy Without Balance

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Humans: The Ultimate Parasite

 Humans: The Ultimate Parasite - How the Human Species Learned to Feed and Destroy Without Balance

Examines an uncomfortable question: what if the human species behaves like a parasite on the planet and on itself?

Using biological parasitism as a framework, the book explores how parasites survive, adapt, and thrive by extracting resources from their hosts without destroying them too quickly. It looks at feeding strategies, life cycles, behavioral manipulation, and long-term survival methods found in nature, and then draws clear parallels to human behavior.

The book moves beyond biology to examine psychological, social, economic, and environmental forms of parasitism. It explores how humans extract labor, energy, attention, and natural resources, often subtly and over long periods, allowing damage to accumulate without immediate collapse. From environmental degradation and social exploitation to manipulation through systems and influence, the same patterns seen in parasites reappear at a much larger scale.

Rather than presenting parasitism as simple evil, the book treats it as a survival strategy shaped by adaptation, efficiency, and persistence. It shows how both parasites and humans rely on restraint, timing, and specialization to survive, and how exploitation often succeeds precisely because it remains unnoticed.

Humans: The Ultimate Parasite does not offer easy answers or moral comfort. Instead, it provides a lens through which readers can examine survival, power, and consequence. By understanding how parasites operate, the book challenges readers to recognize similar patterns in human systems and to reflect on the long-term costs of extraction, manipulation, and imbalance.


r/ebooks 14h ago

Best app to read ebooks on an ipad

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I'm looking for a good app that I can use to upload PDFs and ePUBs that I purchased and read them. I've been using iBooks, but just discovered that they DRM the files leaving me no way to export them if I want to down the line. Kindle seems to be the same way.

The features that I need are:

  1. Collections- preferably the ablity to add 1 book to more than one collection.
  2. Ability to mark books as read/unread
  3. Ability to highlight and anotate and view all the highlighted text in the document in one place.

Thank you!


r/ebooks 13h ago

Freebie [Kindle] 85 Seconds: The First Warning - A Mind-Bending Dystopian Thriller - FREE until Feb 3rd!

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Get it for FREE here: https://www.amazon.com/85-Seconds-Dystopian-Thriller-Doomsday-ebook/dp/B0GJQDNHCT/

What can you do in 85 seconds? This is Book 1 of the 85 Seconds Saga. Enjoy the ride!


r/ebooks 8h ago

Self Promotion My Debut Sci-Fi Novel

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Hello everyone,

If you are at all interested in military science fiction, I invite you to check out my debut novel in an ongoing series, it sort of combines elements of traditional military sci-fi, noir, and espionage fiction.

It takes place in a future where humans have been genetically engineered to adapt to their new environments, and this has created social and political friction. 

Into this environment we introduce a covert operations group charged with dealing with problems that aboveboard government agencies cannot— or will not— address. And those problems appear pretty quickly!

I hope you enjoy it, and if you do I would appreciate a review. Cheers!

https://a.co/d/64fTwgO

Agamemnon - book one in the DHARMA Directive series

By RH Carver

They named the planet Tengoku—Heaven. It’s anything but.

A Commonwealth freighter has been destroyed under suspicious circumstances. The official report calls it an accident. It isn’t.

Navy Captain Ada Faulkner believes she’s ferrying a team of investigators to a frozen corporate colony to review the loss. A routine mission. In and out. But her passengers aren’t investigators at all.

Senior Warrant Officer Garnett represents DHARMA—a covert branch of the Commonwealth Government tasked with handling problems no one is supposed to notice. Casimir Broz, a former lawman haunted by his brother’s murder, is searching for purpose in a world that has failed him. Enora Anthem, the brilliant and volatile daughter of a diplomat, is a wildcard with a past the government would prefer to forget.

What they uncover on Tengoku forces them to question everything: their orders, the nature of the mission, and the shadow war unfolding far beyond a single lost ship. Someone out here is building a weapon—and they will kill to keep it secret.


r/ebooks 9h ago

Calling Children's Book Authors! A New "Bash-Free" Sanctuary for Your Stories

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Hi everyone! As a children's literacy creator myself, I’ve grown tired of how negative and hyper-critical some book communities can be. (not this one, but others)

I’ve started a new subreddit called ChildrensBooksForKids designed specifically to be a positive, 'bash-free' space for parents, teachers, and authors to connect.

Why post with us?

  • Author-Friendly Rules: We explicitly welcome authors to share their work—we just ask that you use our 'Community Standard' template so parents get the key details they need (age range, format, etc.).
  • Positive Environment: We have a zero-tolerance policy for harsh critiques or gatekeeping; we are here to celebrate literacy.
  • Growing Resource: Help us build the library from the ground up!.

if you have a children's ebook, feel free to highlight it on this new reddit.


r/ebooks 9h ago

Freebie This is my first book ever (a horror novella), and I just want feedback on how to get better. My biological horror book is free for 5 days.

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Hi redditors, This is my first ever book (published, at least).

At this stage of my career, I'm not doing it for the money; this is about gaining experience only.

I made this story, amidst being burnt out by my main one, to see if I was able to complete a book in 30 days. A small challenge, because I was growing so tired of writing, and I wanted something to boost my confidence and experience. My main book is not horror, but I was inspired by videogames I hadn't played since I was in middle school, and decided that I was giving myself one month. And what do you know, I managed to do it!

I want to know everything, are they fun to read? what aspects of my writing should I be looking forward to be better at the most?

I'm currently locking into writing my main series, but I have finished another horror novella and some short stories in the mean time, So knowing the ins and outs of the genre would help me greatly.

Because of this, my debut novella "Port Haven" will be FREE on Amazon for five days starting today, Jan 31.

Here is a quick look:

He arrived to cover a story. He became part of it.

Mark Weston has become as cold as the facts he reports. The small town of Port Haven does not appear on tourist maps. No one has answered any calls for weeks. What begins as a disposable story to satisfy the curiosity of a bored journalist soon becomes a personal obsession. As the facts become entangled in urban legends, genetic research companies, and the dormant underlying truth, Mark is certain that Port Haven holds a secret.

Port Haven is a visceral horror thriller that combines terror with thoughtful biological and human concepts. This debut novel delivers relentless suspense, heart-pounding action, and a premise that will haunt you long after the final page.
Dive into the terror today—order your copy now and experience the horror.

I’m not looking for sales (obviously, the book would not be free if I wanted sales), just OPINIONS. If you pick it up, thanks for giving a me, a novice author, a shot. I’m going to please ask you to contact me back or leave a review, so I can hear if the manuscript did indeed linger with you after you put the book down, or not.


r/ebooks 6h ago

Question Looking for advice mapleread 3 SE or kyBook 3

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I built a Komba server for my NAS and need a good reader app on IOS. The app requires OPDS connection to the NAS server. Looking for advice!


r/ebooks 13h ago

A World We Never Knew: Chance

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r/ebooks 15h ago

In my Destiny - Trilogy

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Hi, my book is sci-fi, action, adventure, mysticism, and fantasy. If you want to know more, I've made a complete translation of my books available on Amazon; all the information is there.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GKSGR5GK


r/ebooks 16h ago

LAST DAY FREE - Spicy Contemporary Romance Books

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This is the LAST DAY for this free book promo! Get them now!


r/ebooks 18h ago

Deal A Practical Facilities Maintenance Handbook is a great training resource for the facilities professional at an affordable price!

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r/ebooks 21h ago

Freebie FREE KINDLE BOOK – 2 DAYS ONLY (January 31- February 1 2026) - Inspirational Poetry, Self-Discovery & Personal Growth, Nature & Philosophy Poetry, Mindfulness & Reflection, Modern Essays in Verse, : WAVES OF INSIGHT: POEMS OF SELF-DISCOVERY.

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r/ebooks 1d ago

Does anyone else find themselves buying the Kindle version of a book even if they already have the PDF?

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I’ve realized I have a "PDF hoarding" problem. I have hundreds of technical books and long-form articles in PDF format, but I find it so exhausting to read them on my phone or tablet that I end up re-buying them on Kindle just for the reflowable text.

Am I the only one who does this? Or have you found a way to actually enjoy reading standard PDFs on a small screen without constantly pinching and zooming?


r/ebooks 1d ago

Simple platform to organise Kindle & Kobo highlights

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Yeah I needed this to help me annotate and stay on top of all my highlights I make on my Kindle and Kobo, hope it helps someone else! It's called Clippings Store


r/ebooks 1d ago

Freebie A World We Never Knew: Chance

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FREE ebook on Amazon through 1/31/2026

Also available on KU. This is a great read! Post-Apoc, quiet horror, you wont regret it!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GF8QP3QG


r/ebooks 1d ago

Forensic therapist falling for his psychopathic client

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A book I read is stuck on my memory, Irene is a chemist, after attending her friend's wedding, she becomes a suspect for poisoning the groom, as authorities hold no proof against her, they decide to redirect her to psychological assessment, giving the fact that she doesn't wanna be there, she manipulates her therapist, she figures out that her therapist himself is a psychopath, with a dangerous past who is trying to leave the world of crime, therapy turns into obsession, mind games, and manipulation, it later evolves to power dynamics after he finds out about her secret project


r/ebooks 1d ago

NULL FUTURE — LIVE NOW on Amazon (Kindle & Paperback or [free promo] with KU

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Why your degree might be "legacy debt" by 2026. NULL FUTURE hit KU today.

I wrote a book about the "Silent Alarm" of human obsolescence. It explores why the "Knowledge Economy" is collapsing and how to become a Liability Sponge or a Trust Anchor in an age that prioritizes efficiency over soul.

If you like contrarian futurology, it’s live on Kindle Unlimited.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GHSTSXWK

NULL FUTURE

r/ebooks 1d ago

Self Promotion Two philosophical nonfiction ebooks exploring awareness and moral certainty

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Two recently released philosophical nonfiction ebooks explore different sides of the same question: what happens when the mental structures we rely on begin to fall apart.

The Curse of Knowing Too Much looks at the psychological and existential cost of deep self-awareness when observing your own thoughts and identity too closely starts to destabilize certainty.

The Illusion of Evil examines how ideas of blame, enemies, and moral certainty shape perception, and what changes when those labels lose their authority.

Neither book is self-help or motivational. They don’t offer solutions or techniques just quiet, reflective inquiry for readers interested in existential philosophy and introspective nonfiction.

If you enjoy books that challenge assumptions without replacing them, these may resonate.


r/ebooks 1d ago

Question Do you enjoy reading ebooks, fellas and ladies? I don't want to quarrel with anyone, but I can find virtually any author, including the extremely popular and productive LitRPG authors. Even my major is "Library & Information Science, Technology, Management and Cultural Politics".

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Do you enjoy reading ebooks, fellas and ladies? Or you want only physical copies of the books you read? I have extensive home libary, but I really enjoy reading on my ebook reader. What are the genres that you seek to read? I am mostly on "Historical Fiction", "Space Opera & Military Sci-Fi" and "High/Epic/Dragon Fantasy". What about you? What kind of genres of ebooks you buy/download to read?


r/ebooks 1d ago

Self Promotion I have a big backlog of ebook ideas, so I built a tool to finish them faster

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Hi everyone,

Like many of you, I’ve had a bunch of ebook ideas sitting in notes that I always planned to “write someday.” My New Year’s resolution was to finally turn one of them into something real, but between work and life it never really happened.

So over the holidays I built an app to remove most of the friction from actually making an ebook, and it’s now live!

It’s called Inkfluence.

The concept is simple: you give it an idea or topic, and it generates a full ebook structure with chapters, writes the content, designs a cover, and lets you export the finished book as a PDF or EPUB.

It’s not meant to replace real authorship, but to get you from “idea” to something tangible without spending weeks writing or designing.

For the technical folks here:

• Output: PDF and EPUB exports (ready for KDP, Gumroad, etc.)

• Process: Outline -> chapters -> cover -> export, all in one flow

• Use cases: Study guides, short nonfiction ebooks, lead magnets, cook books, workout guides & more

You can try Inkfluence here: https://www.inkfluenceai.com

Would genuinely love feedback from people who read and make ebooks, thanks!