Fiction DB Is Now Free
By Jane • May 22nd, 2008 • Category: Publishing News • •Fiction DB, a one stop resource of authors, titles, publication dates, and even purchasing, is free. FictionDB used to cost money to see entire backlists of authors and take advantage of its 200,000+ book database. As of Tuesday, May 20, 2008, the entire database is free. This site contains a comprehensive backlist of over 50,000 authors. It tracks upcoming releases.
There is still a subscription service that offers the following services:
- Advertising Free
- Organizing tools such as a bookshelf, wishlist, archive and bookstore
- Ratings for the books
- Advanced search
- Tagging
- Mobile access
- Improved layout (faster access)
You can sign up for a free three day trial. Annual subscriptions cost $29.99.
Jane is a long time romance reader whose passion is, you guessed it, reading. Jane also does not like to talk about herself in the third person, but apparently this is the way that this biography thing works (although in a true biography, someone else would be writing this blurb). Anyway, currently Jane loves urban fantasy authors Patricia Briggs and Ilona Andrews. She's really excited about this year's crop of historicals including Joanna Bourne's The Spymaster's Lady and Sherry Thomas' Private Arrangements and the upcoming Loretta Chase Her Scandalous Ways.
She's looking for a good contemporary author. Email her with a recommendation!
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I just looked up Nora Roberts’ bibliography. Fiction DB has her at 164 titles published since 1981.
Stephanie Laurence: 37 since 1992.
Loretta Chase: 17 since 1989.
This is fun…
FictionDB is without doubt a great source, I have been using it for years. However, during that time I have also come upon quite a number of mistakes, especially where the genre and time period was concerned.
Thanks for letting us know, I love this website to look up books by authors.
I love that Nora Roberts is the default example in the search window!
OMG I am so happy! Now I can find even more books for my growing TBR pile.
Hmmm maybe this isn’t a good idea for me. LOL
Thank you so much! Now I have an easy way to find/track new releases, rather than begging Amazon for the information.
I started subscribing to Fiction DB in early 2007. I love this site. I have entered all the books that I recorded on paper that I have read.
The lists for series romances are a great source. Every book that I had read is not in the database, but I can email the site about them.
Fiordiligi,
I have contacted the administrators about errors. They have followed up very efficiently.
Kay
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