E-book stores get a massive Star Wars update

[Dasquian Belargic]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20075187-1/e-book-stores-get-massive-star-wars-update/


he expanded Star Wars universe, which spans thousands of years through books, video games, TV shows, and other media, sheds further light on many additional compelling sagas that occur around the original story. However, many of those writings have never been available in e-book format, testing the patience of Jedi everywhere.

As of yesterday, owners of Amazon Kindle, B&N Nook, Sony Reader and Apple iOS (via iBooks) devices can purchase a larger selection of books from the expanded Star Wars canon that were previously unavailable in their respective stores.

More than 100 books ranging from the Old Republic to a time well past the new Jedi Order can be purchased for $7.99 (or higher). Noted Star Wars publishers LucasBooks and Random House have unleashed a massive collection of titles from famous authors such as Timothy Zahn, Michael Reaves, Kevin Anderson, A.C. Crispin, Michael A. Stackpole, and many others.

Each book comes with some light bonus content, including a timeline, excerpts from other books, and an overview of the major eras from the Star Wars story.

:eee

[Sanis Prent]

About damn time. I'm not much of an ebook guy but I had been looking for SW stuff for lazy browsing

[Dasquian Belargic]

There's still a lot of the newer books that aren't available yet, sadly. I was hoping to pick up the tie-in series for the Old Republic MMORPG but there's no sign of that for Kindle yet.

One thing I did notice that was pretty cool was that Heir to the Empire has a 20th anniversay edition coming out that includes "a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years."

[Yog]

A lot of these books are simply not available in normal bookstores here, and with the low distributing cost and low prices of Amazon, and the fact you don't have to clutter your bookshelf with sci-fi, rather just instantly purchase / download it, I'd expect there to be some kind of renaissance in popularity of SW EU books. About 95% of the EU is still terrible though, e-book or not. :p

[Rutabaga]

I finally gave in and bought a Kindle 2 or 3 weeks ago, but I quit reading SW EU basically around the time of the New Jedi Order books. Chewie getting a moon dropped on his head kind of turned me off. :p

So, just what good EU books are there out there?

[Dasquian Belargic]

The books I've enjoyed are the most are X-Wing series by Michael Stackpole, the Darth Bane trilogy by Drew Karpyshyn. Unfortunately I don't think either of those series are on Kindle yet.

[Rutabaga]

The Bane Trilogy is. :)

[Dasquian Belargic]

It is? huh, I didn't see it on amazon.co.uk

oh well, get that :D

[Sanis Prent]

I may get the first bane book and try it on. I hear good things regularly

[Rutabaga]

It is? huh, I didn't see it on amazon.co.uk

oh well, get that :D

Done! :D

[Dasquian Belargic]

Hey, did you manage to read any of the Bane books yet, Rutabaga? Just wondering how you liked em :)

[Rutabaga]

Not yet, it will be a while...working on Game of Thrones right now. :)

[Peter McCoy]

Star Wars: Heir to the Empire (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Star-Wars-Empire-Anniversary-ebook/dp/B00513HWXO/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1312395170&sr=1-1) by Timothy Zahn

My favourite EU book. Available on Kindle from 6th September.