As hard as it is to find bargains in the Kindle store, it can be just as difficult to find new releases. Most publishers have joined with the videogame and music industry and release new books on Tuesdays. Searching the Kindle store itself, though, shows many pages for today's date, with little ability to filter the results, plus the date shown may mean the ebook publication date, not the actual book release date. Unlike a physical bookstore, there also isn't a big new release table on the front of the store, which Amazon does have in it's videogame stores (to be fair, there are many more books coming out versus video games). So on Tuesdays, I'll try to highlight one or two of the prominent new releases each week, from major publishers. Selection will be pretty much arbitrary and capricious and will be mainly those that I plan to read. I'll note the prices, but keep in mind that ebooks that release at the same time as a popular author's Hardcover edition are often priced at or above $9.99, although they often drop in price for the Kindle later in the day or once they hit the New York Times Bestseller's list.. Even so, the ebook price can be a bargain compared to the Hardcover, even after discounts at many stores, especially after counting your time and fuel to get to the store and are faster than ordering from Amazon. This week there are two by an author whose series I have been following. A year ago, I'd have run down to the bookstore and grabbed the Hardcover; this year I can just download and start reading with my morning coffee.
First off is
Turn Coat
, by Jim Butcher (
$14.27; this will no doubt come down, but the last Jim Butcher release on Kindle stayed above $9.99 for several weeks before dropping;
Hardcover $14.27), book eleven in
The Dresden Files
series (twelfth or thirteenth if you count the novella
Backup
or the graphic novel
Welcome to the Jungle
, which precede the series in the timeline).
The Warden Morgan has been accused of treason against the Wizards of the White Council—and there’s only one, final punishment for that crime. He’s on the run, wants his name cleared, and needs someone with a knack for backing the underdog. Someone like Harry Dresden... Now, Harry must uncover a traitor within the Council, keep a less-than-agreeable Morgan under wraps, and avoid coming under scrutiny himself. And a single mistake may cost someone his head—someone like Harry.
Second,
Curse the Dawn
by Karen Chance (
$6.39,
paperback
$7.99). This is the fourth in the Cassandra Palmer series (
Touch the Dark
,
Claimed By Shadow 
and
Embrace the Night).
Cassie Palmer may be the world's chief clairvoyant, but that doesn't mean people have stopped trying to kill her. And now, the self-styled god Apollo, the source of Cassie's power, is on the warpath - leaving her no choice but to face down her creator once and for all.
