eBook bargain thread

[rshetts2]

For the month of November you can get Terry Pratchetts first discworld novel The Color of Magic for only .99  awesome deal!

You can also get the first of Brent Weeks Night Angel Trilogy, The Way of Shadows, for $2.99 

ps:  These are from Barnes and Noble,  not sure if theres similar pricing from Amazon

[Misguided]

A disclaimer: I'm the publicist for this book.

Shadowlander is a fantasy romance novella by Theresa Meyers, and it is the Kindle Nation Daily bargain book, on sale for 99 cents (down from 2.99). It is close to breaking into the top thousand paid books on the Kindle store.

http://www.amazon.com/Shadowlander-Shadow-Sisters-ebook/dp/B0061GHXYI/ref=zg_bsnr_158569011_5

[Crusis]

My book Among the Living is currently FREE on all platforms but only for another day or two. It's had over 5,000 downloads in the past 2 weeks. 

Kindle
Nook
iBook

[Isgrimnur]

Bought. Here's hoping I can get to it soon.

[Arnir]

My book Among the Living is currently FREE on all platforms but only for another day or two. It's had over 5,000 downloads in the past 2 weeks. 

Kindle
Nook
iBook

Just picked it up for Nook.

[Canuck]

Downloaded it from Kobo where it is also available free.  Gonna add it to the list-it looks good though!

[disarm]

My book Among the Living is currently FREE on all platforms but only for another day or two. It's had over 5,000 downloads in the past 2 weeks.

Crusis...I finished your book last night and really enjoyed it.  The characters were all very interesting, the action was well written, and (without giving too much away) I love the way you wrote parts of the book from a different perspective than we usually see in a zombie story.  I think it's a great read from start to finish and can't wait for the follow-up.

I also liked it enough that I'll be checking out some of your other books soon

[Canuck]

Im reading it right now and while I'm enjoying it I think it would really benefit having a good editor going over it.

[Crusis]

Im reading it right now and while I'm enjoying it I think it would really benefit having a good editor going over it.

I hope you aren't reading the old 2009 version. ACK! If you are I will be happy to send you an updated one.

As for the new version, it was edited by a professional editor with over 12 years of editing experience - this would be the version that was free for a few weeks last year. Can you share any specifics? Thanks, and thanks for checking out the book. 

[Crusis]

My book Among the Living is currently FREE on all platforms but only for another day or two. It's had over 5,000 downloads in the past 2 weeks.

Crusis...I finished your book last night and really enjoyed it.  The characters were all very interesting, the action was well written, and (without giving too much away) I love the way you wrote parts of the book from a different perspective than we usually see in a zombie story.  I think it's a great read from start to finish and can't wait for the follow-up.

I also liked it enough that I'll be checking out some of your other books soon

Many thanks! I am almost done with the sequel. I thought I would finish it over the weekend but I couldn't quite wrap up all of the threads. I have been working on this book off and on for 2 years. Sheesh, that's a long time to work on a book LOL!

[Canuck]

Hi Crusis, I was probably overly harsh there. The book doesn't need a good editor, it's just that the start of the book had a few sentences that I had to reread to get straight but that's to be expected when you don't know what's going.
There are two things that I'm not sure that I like but please take this as constructive criticism. First I want to say that I know absolutely nothing, NOTHING about creative writing so these are just my thoughts as a reader and secondly, I think the book in general is great. The content is great, the different characters are great and the interaction between characters is great (good love scenes too!) The couple niggles that I have is that firstly, I personally don't like the switching back and forth between first person narration and third person narration. Perhaps as I get further into the book I'll come to see why that is but right now I would have preferred if every one was narrated the same way. I know that it's sometimes done that way (the Bartimaeus Trilogy was excellent-way better than Harry Potter in my opinion) but they're rare. My second little niggle is that I really have a tough time the present tense choice of third person narration. I guess I'm just so used to it being in the past tense. Except for those two things I'm really enjoying the book. Looking forward to the next one.

[Crusis]

In the mood for more zombie action? My friend Tonia Brown's new book Badass Zombie Road Trip is free for a few days.

I got to preview this one a few months ago and it's pretty freaking funny. I even had a hand in the title but that's another story. Anyway, it's free so add it to your back log.

[Crusis]

Hi Crusis, I was probably overly harsh there. The book doesn't need a good editor, it's just that the start of the book had a few sentences that I had to reread to get straight but that's to be expected when you don't know what's going.
There are two things that I'm not sure that I like but please take this as constructive criticism. First I want to say that I know absolutely nothing, NOTHING about creative writing so these are just my thoughts as a reader and secondly, I think the book in general is great. The content is great, the different characters are great and the interaction between characters is great (good love scenes too!) The couple niggles that I have is that firstly, I personally don't like the switching back and forth between first person narration and third person narration. Perhaps as I get further into the book I'll come to see why that is but right now I would have preferred if every one was narrated the same way. I know that it's sometimes done that way (the Bartimaeus Trilogy was excellent-way better than Harry Potter in my opinion) but they're rare. My second little niggle is that I really have a tough time the present tense choice of third person narration. I guess I'm just so used to it being in the past tense. Except for those two things I'm really enjoying the book. Looking forward to the next one.

No worries at all. I know the present tense isn't everyone's cup of tea. I did it to really put readers in the moment. My books are always like movies playing in my head. I want the action to be visceral. I know some hate it and can't get into it but I suspect the same would be true if I had written the book in past tense.

The sequel continues the bouncing viewpoints but I went strictly past tense. I hope I don't get too much crap for that. One of my favorite writers, SG Brown, always writes in present tense and I am the same way. It really takes me a few pages to get into the flow of the narrative.

Anyway, thanks for your feedback and I hope you enjoy the book.

[Crusis]

Free for a few days - The Zombie Wilson Diaries. This is my zany zombedy set on a deserted island. This books been called 'the most fun you can have with a corpse in a coconut bra.'

[Azhag]

Cool, I've picked it up, thanks for the heads up! Probably won't have time to read for a couple weeks though.

[disarm]

Free for a few days - The Zombie Wilson Diaries. This is my zany zombedy set on a deserted island. This books been called 'the most fun you can have with a corpse in a coconut bra.'

Thanks for the heads up...will definitely check it out after enjoying 'Among the Living' quite a bit. I actually just picked up 'Wacktards of the Apocalypse' a couple nights ago but haven't read past the first few pages yet...looking forward to a bit of bizarro

I finished 'Badass Zombie Road Trip' a couple weeks ago and thought it was a fun read...not quite what I expected, but a fun story none the less. Please pass on my compliments to your friend on a very entertaining story.

[Caine]

sweet.  Crusis, any word on "among the dead" yet?

[Crusis]

Free for a few days - The Zombie Wilson Diaries. This is my zany zombedy set on a deserted island. This books been called 'the most fun you can have with a corpse in a coconut bra.'

Thanks for the heads up...will definitely check it out after enjoying 'Among the Living' quite a bit. I actually just picked up 'Wacktards of the Apocalypse' a couple nights ago but haven't read past the first few pages yet...looking forward to a bit of bizarro

I finished 'Badass Zombie Road Trip' a couple weeks ago and thought it was a fun read...not quite what I expected, but a fun story none the less. Please pass on my compliments to your friend on a very entertaining story.

Thanks for checking out Zombie Wilson. Since it went free yesterday it's been downloaded almost 6,000 times. It is #26 on amazon kindle free. # 2 in horror and #1 in humor.

I'll let Tonia know. Her books crack me up. I think she has a very natural writing style that really flows well no matter what she writes. Her book Lucky Stiff is a lot of fun. If you get a chance check out her free web serial Railroad! - it's steampunk in the old west.

[Crusis]

sweet.  Crusis, any word on "among the dead" yet?

I just finished the 4th draft yesterday so it's going out to beta readers. PHEW! This book has been in the works for a long time. I sure hope it doesn't suck!

Once I read my critiques, make and make changes it will go to the publisher and editor. I'm hoping it will be out in about 6 months. With any luck they will fast track it since Living is such a strong seller.

[Crusis]

Another free book for the weekend. My ridiculous tale of the end of the world is 0.00 until Monday. The Apocalypse and Satan's Glory Hole.

"If this is how the world ends--sign me up."
-- Jonathan Maberry, NY Times bestselling author of The King of Plagues and Patient Z

[Pyperkub]

I saw that book one of the Patrick Bowers series.- The Pawn, was only$ 1.99 on kindle the other day.  Fun fbi agent series that I've enjoyed.  Creepiest opening sequence I've read in awhile.

[CeeKay]

Another free book for the weekend. My ridiculous tale of the end of the world is 0.00 until Monday. The Apocalypse and Satan's Glory Hole.

"If this is how the world ends--sign me up."
-- Jonathan Maberry, NY Times bestselling author of The King of Plagues and Patient Z

I was slightly confused at the beginning, I knew I had read it before and thought Amazon had made a mix-up, then I noticed on the Amazon page:

NOTE: The first half of this book was re-released as Wacktards of the Apocalypse.

which reminded me I had that book archived and forgot to finish reading it. 

[Crusis]

Another free book for the weekend. My ridiculous tale of the end of the world is 0.00 until Monday. The Apocalypse and Satan's Glory Hole.

"If this is how the world ends--sign me up."
-- Jonathan Maberry, NY Times bestselling author of The King of Plagues and Patient Z

I was slightly confused at the beginning, I knew I had read it before and thought Amazon had made a mix-up, then I noticed on the Amazon page:

NOTE: The first half of this book was re-released as Wacktards of the Apocalypse.

which reminded me I had that book archived and forgot to finish reading it. 

That was our attempt to boost sales by making a shorter bizarro book. We recut the chapters to make them shorter but it's still the first half of TASSGH.

I'm not sure what we are going to do with the two books now because we've been offered a deal to bring Apocalypse and Satan's Glory Hole to audible.com.

[Caine]

sweet.  thanks for posting this Crusis. 

[Crusis]

sweet.  thanks for posting this Crusis. 

I hope you grabbed a copy. Jon and I are happy, we had about 700 downloads. I don't really understand the difference in freebies. A few weeks ago I did a give away of Zombie Wilson Diaries and it was downloaded over 14,500 times in 4 days. I mean, it's not even a in the same ball park. Weird.

[CeeKay]

just noticed that Amazon is doing 100 Kindle books for $3.99 or less each, just like they do with $5 MP3's.  this month's sale is almost over, so I'd shop quickly.

[Isgrimnur]

Like I needed more reason to spend money...

[EngineNo9]

The problem with book sales is that unlike music I can't quickly sample them and find which ones I want to hear more of.

[CeeKay]

The problem with book sales is that unlike music I can't quickly sample them and find which ones I want to hear more of.

it's usually a chapter or two,shouldn't take too long 

[Canuck]

Lord this thread. My book backlog is actually bigger than my game backlog at this point! Kobo keeps handing out 40% and 50%off coupons like candy!

[rshetts2]

Barnes and Noble has 6 free ebooks right now.  Heres the link:  http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/nook-for-web/379003594

The books available are:
1) Map of Bones (James Rollins)
2) Sex and the City (Candace Bushnell),
3) The Vow (Kim Carpenter)
4) The Boxcar Children Summer Special (Gertrude Chandler Warner)
5) Brave (Tennant Redbank)
6) Perfect Island Getaways (Patricia Schultz)

Mainly posted this because of the first on the list.  Its one of Rollins Sigma books and its a very good read. 

[Crawley]

Yeah I love James Rollins. Although I can't recall the details of this particular one I've never been dissapointed with the Sigma books. His books basically all have some neat setup, usually with some anthropological tie, fun characters and a story that rarely takes a breather. Kinda surprised they haven't tried to make any of his books in to movies yet.

[Crusis]

My publisher, Permuted Press, has a dozen books for .99 each. These are all good books but Kim Paffenroth's Valley of the Dead is awesome.

[rshetts2]

Barnes and Noble has put most of the James Rollins "Sigma" series on sale.  If you have wanted to get into the series or wanted to just get them on e-book format, nows a good time.  Most are going for $3.99 but The Black Order is their spotlight offer and is only 99 cents.   

[CeeKay]

just heard about this freebie on Amazon:

Blaze of Glory:

Saving the world is easy for a superhero—unless you’re a fraud.

Jo Tanis is a superhero, fighting evil on the city streets, using her ability to feed off electromagnetic energy and fire off charges—and it’s all just a show. The Agency captures her and others like her when their powers begin to manifest, pitting them against each other in staged, gladiatorial fights. An explosive implant on the back of her neck assures she’ll keep right on smiling for the camera and beating up the bad guys.

When Earth comes under attack, suddenly the show becomes deadly real. Unable to deal with a real alien, the “supers” are falling in droves. Millions of innocent civilians are going to die…unless Jo can cobble together a team from among the fake heroes and villains the Agency enslaved. Including Hunter, who not only promises to show her how to deactivate the implants, but seems to know more than he should about how the mysterious Agency operates.

Forcing a rag-tag bunch of former enemies to work together is the least of Jo’s problems. The trick is determining if Hunter is friend or foe—and becoming the hero everyone thought she was before the world is destroyed for real.

Warning: Contains superhero in-jokes, Canadiana and large alien craft shaped like avocados. Really.

sounds interesting enough to try for free.  Free ends September 14th.

[Azhag]

Good catch, just nabbed it oo

[EddieA]

Barnes & Noble has Yahtzee Croshaw's book Mogworld on sale for $2.99 for Wednesday 9/19 only.  I haven't read it yet, but it sounds like fun -

In a world full to bursting with would-be heroes, Jim couldn't be less interested in saving the day. His fireballs fizzle. He's awfully grumpy. Plus, he's been dead for about sixty years. When a renegade necromancer wrenches him from eternal slumber and into a world gone terribly, bizarrely wrong, all Jim wants is to find a way to die properly, once and for all.

On his side, he's got a few shambling corpses, an inept thief, and a powerful death wish. But he's up against tough odds: angry mobs of adventurers, a body falling apart at the seams -- and a team of programmers racing a deadline to hammer out the last few bugs in their AI.

[Crusis]

Barnes & Noble has Yahtzee Croshaw's book Mogworld on sale for $2.99 for Wednesday 9/19 only.  I haven't read it yet, but it sounds like fun -

Thanks for posting. This looks like a blast, off to download.

[EddieA]

Humble Bundle is doing an ebook bundle - pay what you want for 6 sci-fi/fantasy books or beat the average (currently $11.59) and get an extra book and a graphic novel.

[Kossak]

Diablo III: The Order is $3.99 on Amazon now ($6.89 in Europe).