There are so many different ways to read these days! That can be crazy frustrating, but it can also be crazy cool. Here’s one that I think has the potential to fall into that second category- Storybundle.com.

I first learned about Storybundle.com back in February, and then it kind of disappeared until a few days ago, when I got an email telling me they were live. The idea behind it is kind of neat- not new, but new to the book business. Basically, Storybundle offers a preselected collection of books by independent authors to us (readers) and we decide how much we want to pay for the entire collection (there’s a minimum of $1). Each person gets to decide how much of the purchase goes to the authors, how much goes to running Storybundle, and whether to give to a charity Storybundle is spotlighting. If you pay at least $7 you get some extra books. And it’s all DRM free. I like it.

I guess the same thing has been done with indie videogames, but since I don’t play video games, I had never heard of this concept. I think it’s a good one. It’s not as if an author can ONLY sell their book at Storybundle, so even if participating doesn’t make the author any money, it gets some name recognition going. And with all the independent authors out there it’s nice to see someone making an attempt to highlight the GOOD books out there for us, the tired readers.

They’re only offering one bundle at a time, but this first one looks interesting. Maybe I’ll try it out.