Additional formats on these free books are now available:
Today is the last day to take advantage of this KSO deal:
For today's Kindle Daily Deal, you can
Save up to 80% on More Than 500 Kindle Books for Students, including such deals as a number of
Merriam-Webster Dictionaries starting at $1.59 and some interesting looking titles on writing (
Business Writing $2.99 to
Student's Guide to Writing College Papers $1.59 to
Academic Writing $2.39 to
Getting Published $2.39). Be sure tpo click on each category (and look for page numbers in each one), in order to find all the deals. Although the books are geared towards students, it doesn't matter if you're a student or have a child in school or just want to pursue learning on your own -- I don't see any restrictions on the deal that depend on whether Amazon thinks you are a student. There are a number of books that are still in the $10-$15 range, but these are books that have digital list prices of $50 and more (several are textbooks in the Computer Science or Digital Imaging fields that I saw). There are already a couple of the selections that are marked as unavailable, no doubt pulled from the store after Amazon started setting up the deal; I wouldn't be surprised if one or two more disappear before the end of the day.
The AmazonEncore edition of
MetaGame (
$1.53 / £0.99 UK), by Sam Landstrom, is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (the
US edition is $3.99).
Book Description
Speculative science fiction at its finest, MetaGame by Sam Landstrom is a ‘future gamers’ field guide and a philosophical cyberpunk adventure. In this original and disturbingly irreverent prospective world, gaming is more than a diversion—and gamers are, literally, in it for life. The OverSoul, an enigmatic, unifying force, offers winners points that add up to currency. Reigning champs are given the gift of immortality—while losers are condemned to aging and death. D_Light is one of the best players in his Family and will do anything to win, even if it means committing murder. When he’s invited to a MetaGame—an exclusive, high-stakes competition—he jumps at the chance. But after the first quest, D_Light’s overly ambitious ways brand him a renegade. With a warped sense of freewill that is needed to prevail, D_Light must either kill someone he’s grown to love—or lose everything.
Zoo Station (John Russell Series #1) (
$8.99 $3.19 Kindle, $3.60
B&N), by David Downing, is the Nook Daily Find;
it's likely to be price matched on Kindle by morning.
Book Description
By 1939, Anglo-American journalist John Russell has spent over a decade in Berlin, where his son lives with his mother. He writes human-interest pieces for British and American papers, avoiding the investigative journalism that could get him deported. But as World War II approaches, he faces having to leave his son as well as his girlfriend of several years, a beautiful German starlet.
When an acquaintance from his old communist days approaches him to do some work for the Soviets, Russell is reluctant, but he is unable to resist the offer. He becomes involved in other dangerous activities, helping a Jewish family and a determined young American reporter. When the British and the Nazis notice his involvement with the Soviets, Russell is dragged into the murky world of warring intelligence services.
