The newest "hit" genre, historically based fiction is a true historian or scholar's worst nightmare. Facets of the story become entangled loosely as fact. Readers who don't know the topic or study further are unable to gather which parts are "fiction" and which are true history. Social media and online blogs don't often help either.
Writers have been writing historical fiction as long as books have been written. When historical fiction is a springboard for further research it is a blessing. When it's not it becomes a huge problem later when it becomes part of the myth (see Henry VIII).
I personally don't care for the genre (as I've written). You won't see it mentioned here or in my twitter picks of the day.
My daily twitter offerings will be three and simple.
I will pick a "Free" book available in e-format. These are copyright expired (or released) books available from various groups. If you have a program like Calibre you can search all of the various databases at once when you have a title or author. Most are available in any format or for any e-reader.
I will pick a historical book not available in e-format (specifically for Kindle). This will be a book I've contacted the publisher (or author about). If I hear back, you'll see it noted there. If you have a book you'd like to see (or have contact for the authors mentioned) please let me know. In some cases the digital rights for the book were not firmly established (at least for these older books) and the rights may have reverted to the author. In this case, the publisher may not be interested in passing along interest or even have contact with the author or his/her estate.
I will also pick a book already on Kindle. Often if the book is on Kindle it will also be available for Nook and on Google Books for other readers. This won't always be the case in smaller print books about royalty (in particular when some authors only use small targeted hard copy) but it will be true for major authors.
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