Virtual Tales, an independent publisher of trade paperbacks, eBooks, and eSerials spanning a variety of fiction genres
and styles, is offering free eBook and eSerial versions of two popular holiday titles at its website — A CHRISTMAS
CAROL by Charles Dickens and A BATCH OF THE BEST HOLIDAY CLASSICS, VOLUME 1.

In his book A CHRISTMAS CAROL, Charles Dickens invented the modern concept of Christmas Spirit. But while the story
is familiar to people from the many stage, film and television adaptations, many people have never actually read the book.
Now in the public domain, Virtual Tales is pleased to offer a complete, unedited eBook and eSerial version of A
CHRISTMAS CAROL, which also contains the illustrations by John Leach from the 1843 first edition. The eBook version
can be downloaded from the website; the eSerial version divides this classic novel into 12 issues, which will be delivered
to your e-mail box or RSS aggregator as 12 daily installments.

A BATCH OF THE BEST HOLIDAY CLASSICS, VOLUME 1 is a collection of timeless holiday short stories by some of
the world's favorite authors, featuring forewords written by Virtual Tales authors, editors and staff. This volume includes
the following 13 public domain stories:

• A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement C. Moore (foreword by VT editor Betty Dobson)
• The Wooden Shoes of Little Wolff by Francois Cullee (foreword by VT editor Karen Webb)
• The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry (foreword by VT Chairman Dave A. Law)
• The Thin Santa Claus by Ellis Parker Butler (foreword by VT co-author David B. Coles)
• The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen (foreword by VT author Kim Baccellia)
• The Christmas Apple by Ruth Sawyer (foreword by VT author Sheri Gormley)
• The Ghost in the Blue Chamber (foreword by VT author P.S. Gifford)
• Christmas by Injunction by O. Henry (foreword by VT author Teel James Glenn)
• The Christmas Thorn of Glastonbury (foreword by VT author Elizabeth Hopkinson)
• Hoodoo McFiggin's Christmas (foreword by VT author B.J. Kibble)
• A Kidnapped Santa Claus by Frank L. Baum (foreword by VT author Kathy Heady)
• A Chaparral Christmas Gift by O. Henry (foreword by VT author Stephen Paul)
• The Ghost of Many Christmases by Henry Lawson (foreword by VT author Jackie Tritt)

The free eBook version can be downloaded from the Virtual Tales website; the eSerial version divides the eBook into 13
issues, which will be delivered to your e-mail box or RSS aggregator as 13 daily installments.

Virtual Tales is a privately held partnership founded in 2006 to publish original works of general and genre fiction in multiple formats, including print, eBooks and eSerials. Trade paperbacks are available through Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble and other outlets throughout the world. eBooks are offered in a variety of formats, including MobiPocket, Microsoft Reader, Amazon/Kindle, ePub and PDA-formatted Adobe Reader files. eSerials are delivered through email as Adobe Reader files suitable for reading on a PC, Mac, PDA, e-reader, cell phone or other devices. Virtual Tales is based in Vancouver, Washington, just north of Portland, Oregon on the west coast of the United States.

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