First Chapters is a book discovery site where readers can sample the first three to four chapters of great books free of charge.
First Chapters promotes books in all categories and genres, including poetry and short stories. It includes works of both fiction and non-fiction.
There are biographies of contributing authors and recommendations for similar books.
First Chapters uses ‘crowd power’ techniques to publicise the site. Authors and readers are encouraged to promote First Chapters on their own blogs, and on social networking sites.
We thought you’d like to know that on 18th November we are introducing some major new features and improvements at www.FirstChapters.net.
Monday sees the launch of our new online book store. You’ll be able to buy and immediately download many of the books that we feature on First Chapters. If you’d like to have a sneak preview now, you can see the test website at https://firstchapters.mygostore.co.uk/. Don’t forget that this special test URL will disappear on Monday, when it will revert to www.FirstChapters.net.
Every day from 20th November there will be special offers, and there will be some free books too. We’ll keep you posted as new books become available.
We’ll also be revamping our book discovery site with new graphics and many new features.
More details soon.
First Chapters 
Great idea David – all new authors know how difficult it is to promote their books against such a huge tide of other material in the midst of a publishing industry with eyes set only on ‘known names’. This could help a lot of us.
This is a really good, positive thing to do! Thank you!
A brilliant idea, David, thanks for sharing the concept with your fellow writers and readers. Am glad I was able to find you via Kathy Reinhart’s “Ink Drop Interviews”. Off to add an addition to my blog roll. Best regards…
A fantastic idea. Thanks for thinking of it and then doing it!
I agree with all the comments made so far. A great idea. Very best wishes to all the authors. In such a competitive market every bit of help is so welcome.
What a wonderfully creative way to unite writers and readers! Love it 😉
What a great addition to your site: the bookstore. I love its looks!