Once again, it's Read an E-Book Week! For those who are new to ebooks, this is a promotion started by Rita Toews (read the story behind the promotion, HERE), where ebook publishers and authors try to entice us to try them out by offering free and discounted books. Many of these change daily, so I'll try to find them and recap each day. A number are specials that run all week and I'll try to summarize those here today. Many of the deals are ones that are advertised on the Read an E-Book Week page and not all are active (it isn't a normal workday, so I expect some to start working tomorrow), so be sure to double check before clicking, that it is, in fact, free.
Ebookstores and Publishers
Smashwords has a huge number of free and discounted books this week. From the main page, click on Read an E-Book Week Specials on the left/upper side of the page, then use the Filter By links to see just the free (with coupon code RFREE) and discounted books (coupon codes RAE25 and RAE50).
BeWrite Books was a big sponsor last year, but their website is undergoing renovations this week. They have partnered with Smashwords, though, to offer much of the catalog as "Set Your Own Price" - get any (or all) the books for free or donate any amount paid to the Red Cross for Haiti (see details HERE). Other books look to be 50% off with coupon code RAE50.
Kobo Books has a couple of coupon codes available. 4steal will get your $4 off one book, today only, while Read2010 is valid from March 7-13th and
BooksonBoard is offering a free download during Read an E-Book Week (looks like it is a Sherlock Holmes collection).
OmniLit (fiction and non-fiction) and All Romance eBooks (the romance and erotica) will have free downloads and specials this week. The two share a bookshelf/library, so your login info on one will work on the other.
CurrClick.com sells downloadable curriculum for parents, educators and students. Participate in their Twitter Contest and you could win a Nook eReader. CurrClick.com will be giving away a free eBook every day, March 7-13th! It looks like today's book is Inside My Body Lapbook with Study Guide (there is a link at the top of the page to another 200 or so items that are free all the time).
Mindset Triathlon specializes in running, swimming, biking, nutrition and training eBooks. Will offer a free eBook every day this week - looks like it's only a chapter from 500 ironman triathlon questions & answers today, but if you click on the EBook Week logo, there are some other free downloads.
DriveThruComics has a wide selection of digital comics, including Judge Dredd, Mouse Guard, Girl Genius and more. Offering a free eBook every day during Read an E-Book Week, as well as many free all the time.
Wargame Vault: The world's largest wargame download site, offering hundreds of e-books for games and rule sets, plus paper terrain and paper figures. Wargame Vault will have dozens of free e-book downloads available during Read an E-Book week.
Diesel eBook Store: Many free e-books at Diesel's e-book store. Check the list at the left side of the screen.
Sylvan Dell Publishing: Picture books that excite children's imaginations. Offering a free download of Pandas' Earthquake Escape (although I could not figure out how to get this one free - I'll check again after the work week starts - it appears you can read it free online HERE).
eBook Pie offers free chapters to many of their books and has a free download of Triple Threat (which is also free from Harlequin and many other ebookstores) this week.
Twilight Times Books will have a different free book each day, plus Darrel Bain's World of Books available all week. Today's book is Behold the Eyes of Light, by Geoff Geauterr, available in both PDF and HTML versions.
Dorrance Publishing will have a free book each day this week from each of their imprints (Dorrance Books, Rose Dog Books and Red Lead Books), but I don't see the free books for today (of course, it is a Sunday and I seem to remember them being a bit late posting last year, as well). Visit each bookstore daily to get the free books.
Zulu Express has some free downloads in each of their genres (some or most appear to be public domain titles).
Drollerie Press has free short stories, limited full length novels.
BooksInMyPhone: Free e-books in many genres for Java enabled phones.
BooksForABuck: offers free and $1.00 stories and novels. If you mention Read an E-Book Week and buy 2 e-books, you'll get one free.
Birds Hill Publishing: Bullying: A Parent’s Primer, a 19 page booklet, free this week if you request it by email (link is mid-way down their page).
Ellora's Cave: Romantica/Erotica in all genres.
E-Reads: Two free downloads. E-Reads is a publisher dedicated to bringing out-of-print books back in electronic and print formats.
Badosa.com: Free e-books in Spanish, Catalan, English and French.
Sharing Books: Offers e-books, stories and classic children's literature.
Bast Press: Offers a free download of the illustrated poem: The Effects of Gravity on the Soul of a Poet.
Cerridwen Press: Mainstream fiction for all tastes.SynergEbooks.com: Free eBooks in a myriad of genres during Read an E-Book Week.
ireadiwrite Publishing: Digital small press. Offering 1/2 price on longer works and daily $2.00 deals.
Macabre Ink Digital Publishing: Offering a 50% discount on all e-books. Use coupon code eBOOKWeek.
AuthorsSteve Jordan is giving away Chasing the Light this week, HERE, in several different formats. In addition, you'll find more of his work free on his novels page (as well as a number of reasonably priced novels if you enjoy the free downloads).
Warren Adler: writer and playwright, is a great supporter of e-books. Check out his website for a writing contest.
Lillie Ammann, writer and editor Will be giving away a number of e-books, both fiction and non-fiction.
Cliff J. Burns Canadian author (noir). Free short stories and novels. Two novellas have been optioned for movies.
Patricia and James Taylor (spiritual) Free e-book On the Wings of the Wind.
Pauline Rowson: Offers a free download of In For the Kill. (Marine Mystery)
Cory Doctorow: Fans can find a download of his book Eastern Standard Tribe and a collection of free essays (IN ITALIAN) entitled Content .
David Bowles : Free downloads of Spring House: Book 1 in the Westward Sagas and Adam's Daughters: Book 2 in the Westward Sagas.
Heather Wardell (women's fiction) Free novels Life, Love and a Polar Bear Tattoo and Go Small or Go Home.
Rae Lori: Free download of short story The Real Miranda.
L. Diane Wolfe: Free download of The Circle of Friends Book V...Heather.
Jeffrey A. Carver: Free downloads, including a Nebula Award finalist.
Meira Eliot: Free download of Moldavite.
Jean Sheldon: Free download during Read an E-Book Week.
Nara Malone: A draw each day for a flash drive with starter e-library and e-reading program pre-installed so readers have a no hassle way to discover e-reading.
Online-Business-Guide: 10 Easy Steps to Write an E-book for free. Sharon L. Cohen authored three books on Internet businesses and writes/ghostwrites e-books.
A Summer Ago: R. Andrew Reeves, Jr. and Tzynya L. Pinchback combine poetry, haiku and prose with imagery in this unique e-book. Free during Read an E-Book Week.
Rita Toews: Offering a free download of Confessions of a Failed Domestic Goddess at Smashwords.
Danielle Raine: 50% off Housework Blues-A Survival Guide. Non-fiction motivational/inspirational manual for women who 'have issues' with the domestic stuff.
Dawn Colclasure: Offers free download of BURNING THE MIDNIGHT OIL: How We Survive as Writing Parents.
Beth Trissel : Will give away a download of each of her e-books to individuals chosen from comments on her blog.
WebsitesKiwa Media QBook: Touch enabled read-along colour story book for iPhone. Free download of Sebastian's Tail Lite on the iTunes app store. Ready for iPad.
The Lewis Four: A blog on eReaders and eReading will offer a contest for a $15.00 gift card to either Sony's Reader Store or Amazon.
Ideomancer Speculative Fiction: Free download of their magazine containing short stories.
The Long and the Short of It: Free e-book download. Long and short romance reviews - and more.
Book Glutton: An on-line book club! Very interesting! Thousands of free e-books, ranging from classics to contemporary works. Offers bookgroups, shared annotations and previews of for-sale books.
Password Incorrect: Piotr Kowalczyk, Polish tech-absurdist and writer 3.0 beta. His zany, short stories are like ultra-slick easy-to-break gadgets, showing how deeply our lives depend on technology. Follow links to free download of short stories.
RAWSISTAZ Literary Group: An online community of readers and writers interested in African-American literature. Seven+ free e-book downloads during the week.
Online Novels: Well organized website of free e-novels by published and unpublished authors who have made their work available for download.
The Great White Ebook Shark : Unique website offering expert critique of e-books and links to their site. Teaser first chapters and directions for downloads.
