Ebook Store
EBOOK PAGE
Here is a complete-as-possible list of my works available in e-formats. I’ll be uploading new books and stories all the time, so if you can’t find something you want, check back in a few weeks or months and see if it’s become available.
I’m sorry that not every format is represented. I do not control the electronic rights to all my work— in some cases, publishers paid me good money for those rights, and if they choose to limit the formats in which my books are available, there’s nothing I can do about it. (You, however, have every right to complain to the publisher.)
For those books that I control and uploaded myself, I’ve tried at the very least to make them available for Kindle, Nook, iBooks, Kobo, and on Smashwords, the latter of which makes them available in a wide variety of formats, including the Sony Reader, .pdf, and HTML.
I’ve had a hard time finding my own works on iBooks. Just so you won’t have to go through the all the annoying fiddly procedures I do, here’s a link to everything I have on iBooks.
And here’s my link on Google.
(Actually I’d prefer if you downloaded from Smashwords rather than the iBook and Google stores, because I get a bigger cut of the proceeds. It’s the exact same file in any case. But whatever works for you, my friends.)
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THE BEST OF WALTER JON WILLIAMS (NEW!!!)
 | NEW!!! THE BEST OF WALTER JON WILLIAMS 200,000 words of short fiction, including all the award nominees that would fit! A beautiful hardback from Subterranean Press, illustrated by Lee Moyer. |
Quillifer! (NEW!!!)
An epic fantasy about a cheeky young hero trying to make his mark on the world while dodging bandits, battles, and angry husbands.
 | QUILLIFER! |
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 | QUILLIFER THE KNIGHT |
 | LORD QUILLIFER |
The Second Book of the Praxis
(New!!!) Continued from the First Book of the Praxis (Dread Empire’s Fall), this second trilogy continues the adventures of the star-crossed lovers Martinez and Sula as they face war and revolution.
 | NEW!!! The first book of the new series finds Martinez and Sula caught up in a war that nobody wanted, no one planned, no one expected, and no one knows how to stop.Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Google Play, Kobo, Apple Books, |
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 | NEW!!! The Accidental War is heating up, and star-crossed lovers Martinez and Sula must overcome their thorny history in order to face the dangers of an overwhelming attack.Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Google Play, Kobo, Apple Books, |
 | NEW!!! Just as the enemy attacks, a shocking act of violence tears Martinez and Sula apart. Yet their partnership is vital to the Fleet's success--- will the Restoration survive?Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Google Play, Kobo, Apple Books, |
The First Book of the Praxis
(Dread Empire’s Fall)
An epic space opera, war and revolution as seen through the eyes of a pair of star-crossed lovers.
 | THE PRAXISFirst book of Dread Empire’s Fall [kindle] [nook] [iBook] [Kobo] [Google]Outside North America: Amazon.co.uk, iBooks, Kobo, and Google |
 | THE SUNDERINGSecond book of Dread Empire’s Fall [kindle] [nook] [iBook] [Kobo] [Google]Outside North America: Amazon, Kobo, iBooks, and Google |
 | CONVENTIONS OF WARThird book of Dread Empire's Fall [kindle]nook] [iBooks] [Kobo] [Google]Outside North America: Google Books, Amazon, iBooks, and Kobo |
 | INVESTMENTS |
 | NEW!!!Exiled to Earth and expecting a vacation, Caroline Sula discovers that a deadly conspiracy has followed her all the way from the Empire's capital. |
NOVELS
NOVEL BUNDLE:
(Baen exclusive, contains Ambassador of Progress, Angel Station, Aristoi, Aristoi (French edition), Days of Atonement, Knight moves) [Baen]
 | METROPOLITAN [kindle] [nook] [Smashwords] [Baen] [iBooks][Google] [Kobo], |
 | ARISTOI[kindle] [nook] [Smashwords] [Baen], [iBooks], Kobo, Google, |
 | HARDWIRED |
 | CITY ON FIRE (Metropolitan 2) [Amazon] [Barnes & Noble] [Smashwords] [Baen] [iBooks] |
 | DAYS OF ATONEMENT |
 | IMPLIED SPACES |
 | THE RIFT |
 | KNIGHT MOVES |
 | AMBASSADOR OF PROGRESS |
 | SOLIP:SYSTEM |
 | ANGEL STATION [kindle] [nook] [Smashwords] [Baen] [iBooks] |
 | VOICE OF THE WHIRLWIND [Kindle] [Nook] [Smashwords] [Baen] [iBooks] |
Dagmar
A bleeding-edge series of thrillers, set the day after tomorrow, featuring game designer Dagmar Shaw, exploring the shifting line between computer-mediated fiction and computer-mediated reality.
 | Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Google, iBooks, Smashwords, Baen |
 | Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Google, iBooks, Smashwords, Baen. |
 | Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Google, iBooks, Smashwords, Baen. |
 | Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Google, iBooks, Smashwords, Baen. |
Maijstral
PG Wodehouse meets Jane Austen— in Space! These comedies-of-manners are unlike anything else I’ve written. Actually they’re about the same things as a lot of my other books (class, money, crime) but in this case they’re funny.
 | THE CROWN JEWELS(Maijstral 1) [kindle] [nook] [smashwords] [Baen} ) [iBooks] |
 | HOUSE OF SHARDS(Maijstral 2) [kindle] [nook] [smashwords] [Baen] [iBooks] |
 | ROCK OF AGES(Maijstral 3) [kindle] [nook] [smashwords] [Baen] [iBooks]BAEN EXCLUSIVE:DRAKE MAIJSTRAL BUNDLE (contains Crown Jewels, House of Shards, Rock of Ages) [Baen] |
Star Wars
 | STAR WARS: DESTINY'S WAY[kindle] [nook] [iBooks] |
 | STAR WARS: YLESIA(Novella) [kindle] [nook] [iBooks] |
Historical Novels
(originally published as by “Jon Williams”) I began my career writing these sea-adventure tales taking place in the American Revolution and War of 1812. If you’re fond of CS Forester or Patrick O’Brian, you might want to give these a try.
 | TO GLORY ARISEPublished by Dell as THE PRIVATEER.My first published novel. While it has its virtues, it's still a journeyman work, and I feel obliged to point out that I got better. [Amazon] [Barnes & Noble] [Smashwords] [Baen] [iBooks] |
 | BRIG OF WARPublished by Dell as THE RAIDER. [Amazon] [Barnes and Noble] [Smashwords] [Baen] [Smashwords] [iBooks],[Kobo], and [Google Play] |
 | THE MACEDONIAN[Amazon] [Barnes & Noble] [Smashwords] [Baen] [iBooks] |
 | THE TERN SCHOONERPublished by Dell as THE YANKEE. [Amazon] [Barnes & Noble] [Smashwords] [Baen] [iBooks] |
 | CAT ISLAND[Amazon] [Barnes & Noble] [Smashwords] [Baen] [iBooks]PRIVATEERS & GENTLEMEN BUNDLE(Baen exclusive, all five historical novels in one package!) [Baen] |
COLLECTION
 | THE GREEN LEOPARD PLAGUE AND OTHER STORIES[kindle] [nook] [Smashwords] [kobo], [iBooks] |
| NEW!!! THE BEST OF WALTER JON WILLIAMS 200,000 words of short fiction, including all the award nominees that would fit! A beautiful hardback from Subterranean Press, illustrated by Lee Moyer. |
SHORT FICTION
 | THE BOOLEAN GATE (Novella) Mark Twain and Nikola Tesla are friends--- and deadly opponents in a fight over the fate of the world.Apple, Amazon, Smashwords, Google, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, Baen |
 | DADDY'S WORLD(Nebula winner FREE AT) [Smashwords.] [Amazon] [Barnes & Noble] [Baen] [iBooks] |
 | DINOSAURS |
| INVESTMENTS |
 | THE LAST RIDE OF GERMAN FREDDIE |
 | NO SPOT OF GROUND |
 | PRAYERS ON THE WIND[Kindle] [Nook] [Smashwords] [Baen] |
| SOLIP:SYSTEM(novella, sequel to Hardwired) [kindle] [nook] [Smashwords] [Baen] [iBooks]SHORT FICTION BUNDLE(Baen exclusive, contains Daddy's World, Investments, and Prayers on the Wind) [Baen] |
| STAR WARS: YLESIA(Novella) [kindle] [nook] [iBooks] |
 | SURFACING |
 | THE TANG DYNASTY UNDERWATER PYRAMID |
 | VIDEO STAR |
 | WOLF TIME |
 | WALL, STONE, CRAFT |
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OMG! Please, please, please … Metropolitan and City on Fire ebooks? In .epub format (or, really, anything that I can get on my iPad)?
I’d happily give you a number of my hard-earned US Dollars in exchange for that.
Metropolitan and City on Fire will be made available as soon as I clear the rights. Please stay tuned.
It’s really unfortunate that the Kindle versions of your Night Shade Books are only available from Amazon in North America, I hate dealing with another vendor due to lack of credit card and I never do business by using the likes of paypal. Likewise true for dealing with fictionwise.
I notice that Rock of Ages has the [nook] label, but it’s not a link. I’m guessing that’s not deliberate.
Right on all counts, Glenn! Fixed now . . .
Scotoma, if you don’t have a credit card, and you won’t work with Paypal, then I don’t know how I can help you.
IMHO, making your fiction available on the biggest platform, worldwide, which I think is Amazon at the moment. I like your books, I’m happy to see you bringing your old books to Amazon and I’m happy to buy them. But I’m also a lazy, and won’t try to get a credit card just to buy stuff on sites like Baen or Fictionwise. It’s not like I run out of books to buy on Amazon. And I doubt I’m the only one whose thinking like that.
Still, I’m happy for what I get and I have to say the Maijstral books were an utter delight to read.
Scotoma, Authors don’t always get to choose what format a book is published in. There are factors we as readers don’t always know. The other option? Mr. Williams does not want to publish on Amazon because they are evil and destroying the publishing market. Either way, we can’t have everything in every format. Just hand a friend some cash and get them to purchase it in your name.
Mr. WJW, I look forward to Aristoi. If you need to borrow any devices of mass destruction to motivate the publishers, talk to me privately using a non traceable method.
THERE’S A DAGMAR 3!!! Thank you thank you. I actually put down Dancing with Dragons in the middle and started re-reading TINAG because I just needed something that got to an end within my life time. (Please don’t tell George, I really do like the series but he’s gotten almost as bad as P.C. Hodgell)
IMHO, making your fiction available on the biggest platform, worldwide, which I think is Amazon at the moment. I like your books, I’m happy to see you bringing your old books to Amazon and I’m happy to buy them. But I’m also a lazy, and won’t try to get a credit card just to buy stuff on sites like Baen or Fictionwise. It’s not like I run out of books to buy on Amazon. And I doubt I’m the only one whose thinking like that.
+1
Glad to see your books becoming available as ebooks. Hardwired is one of my favourite novels. I’m hoping Angel Station gets a release soon, I read that almost twenty years ago, and a long time before I read Hardwired, although I didn’t mentally connect it to the same author until quite recently.
Glad to see so many electronic editions available – I actually came here to check and make sure they were authorized editions on the Barnes and Noble site before buying (some authors have had bad experiences with rip-offs). From a Taoseno reader, thanks for making great stories!
Any chance of seeing “Investments” from the “Between Worlds” anthology?
“Investments” should be up some time this year, but I can’t give you a firm date yet.
Will we possibly see a sequel to Metropolitan and City on Fire at some point? I was sort of under the impression you had put that series on hold because there was no demand from your publisher–but doggone it, consider this a (polite) demand from a reader!
Michael, I’m going to make Metropolitan and CoF available as ebooks, and then if sales justify it I’ll either publish the sequel myself or find a publisher for it.
I haven’t given up on the series yet, not by a long shot.
wondering if AMBASSADOR OF PROGRESS will come out as a ebook I have wore out 2 copies already over the years.
Everything will be an ebook eventually, jec. I’m throwing up my most popular books first, then working my way down the list.
Have you considered doing a Kickstarter for a M/CoF sequel? I’d be prepared both to contribute and to publicize insofar as I can …
It’s under consideration. It even lets me make a living while writing, which is something I sort of need.
IMPLIED SPACES is also available from Baen ebooks. Just like Smashwords, one purchase gets you every format you might need, including “Read online”, “email to Kindle”, EPUB. (And no DRM)
Polite second demand for Metropolitan and COF #3. We have to have it at some point. It’s worth waiting for.
How come the Dread Empire’s Fall novels are not available on Kindle from Amazon UK, but are in the US? Investments is available in the UK though?!
Dean>> I don’t know. Apparently Harper UK hasn’t made them available.
I’ll check and see if I can get the rights reverted.
Here’s hoping then, thanks!
Please I need the rest of Privateers and Gentlemen! Where is Cat Island?
Guy, Bubonicon and Worldcon kinda slowed things down, but Cat Island should be available within six weeks at the latest. (Some other works first, but that’s just how the scanning jobs turned out.)
I’ve just realised that Implied Spaces and The Green Leopard Plague and Other Stories are not available for Kindle in the UK either! This is putting a real crimp in my collection 😉
Mr. Willaims, is “The Rift” planned for an ebook deployment in the near future?
thank you for all your great writing!
“The Rift” should be up within a few months, I suspect early in the New Year. That one’s a beast, and will be saved for last.
Would love to see more novels in the Dread Empire universe, I know plenty of fans would be interested in supporting them through a Kickstarter project or something similar!
Just finished Hardwired audiobook from Audible. What an experience – the narrative and the format seem made for each other.
I must have more – which exist and will you please offer audioboks here?
Your question inspired a search on my part— I know where I sold audio rights, but it’s not like they bother to inform the author when the books become available.
Voice of the Whirlwind is available on CD and via Audible, and Audible also has Deep State and the Fourth Wall— and I’ve sold the rights to This Is Not a Game as well, though this doesn’t seem to be available yet. (Are they working in reverse order, or what? Makes no sense.)
Hey
I’m not one to get gushy as a rule but just finished Dread Empires Fall and absolutely loved it. Easily the best series if its kind I’ve ever read.
Only problem I have…… are there no more coming?
Sula’s “Drive On” was like a kick in the ribs !!
Hi,
I just found this site while searching for The Rift as an ebook. Any chance it will be available soon? Thanks. Jane
The Rift should be available in the next month or two. But it’s a big project to get off the ground.
Craig, whether there are more Praxis books depends on the publisher, and so far they’ve been noncommittal. No idea why, since they’ve all been through multiple printings.
Any chance of a ebook of the Facets collection?
The stories will be available individually, for sure. I’m thinking of putting together some theme collections, like putting the Dead Romantics stories in one place—- or, given how long they are, in two volumes.
I absolutely loved the Dread Empire’s Fall trilogy but I had no idea there was another short novel until now. I just bought it and will likely read it this weekend…once I finish studying for this law exam of course!
I’ve just reread my tattered copies of metropolitan and CoF. Seeing the discussion around a sequel has given me a huge buzz. I’ll start my lobbying for continuing the series by buying everything you have in ebook format that I haven’t bought already! In hope everyone else does the same 🙂
Hi,
How about a sequel to ARISTOI? I just read it and was very impressed. Also intrigued by the mystery Voice: deus ex machina or something significant?
When you’ve finished that, maybe a prequel to IMPLIED SPACES, which I am just enjoying.
Thanks for the great work,
Mark Downing
This is great. I not long ago got Hardwired and Voice of the Whirlwind as MP3 audiobooks. And long ago I got a signed copy of Solip:System. And of course I’ve read no few of the others. But I discover there are some I have not. And that they can be had for my Nook. So I know what I’ll be doing when next I’m at B&N. Glad I stumbed over the link on that review of the Jack Vance fan fiction book.
I had bought translation rights into Esperanto for Hardwired once. Got four chapters into it but then my life got complicated and the contract time limit ran out. One day I hope to renew and finish it up. May have to win the lottery, though. But if I should, expect that call. Thanks for writing so many fine works.
I had wondered what had become of my Esperanto translation!
Best of luck with finding some free time, and in the meantime, I’m happy you’ve found something to read!
Any news on if and when the Dread Empires Fall series might be available on ebook (preferably Kindle for me) in UK/Ireland?
Soonish. I’ve got the UK rights back, so all I have to do is prepare the ebooks and get them out.
Oh, right. And get rid of the DRM, somehow . . .
Brilliant! I have the hard copies, but I’m wedded to the kindle now for the convenience.
Any way to get the Praxis books DRM-free in the US? I’m guessing that Harper Collins still has the rights. A pox on the publishers and their Digital Rights Mania.
Dick, I’m afraid Harper still has the North American rights. The versions I’m uploading outside the U.S. and Canada are DRM free, so if you could get an account in Britain or Australia or someplace, you could buy the DRM-free versions there.
But I don’t know how to do that, and in any case you didn’t hear it from me . . .
Suggestion: If you were to do the sequel of “City on Fire” as a Patreon project, I’d pay a dollar per chapter, and I think many others would, too…
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