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Monday, February 13, 2012

Today's Deals

If you have a Kindle Fire, an Android tablet or even an Android phone, be sure to pick up today's free Android App, Biscuit's Valentine's Day. It's a first reader interactive book (with a puppy and Valentine's Day theme) that should be perfect for young kids. It even lets you color the "pages" in the "book" and has a "stickers" mode that lets you recreate the story (or create a new one, I suppose).

If you are a gamer (or just play a few games on your Kindle Fire), you may want to check out the Humble Indie Bundle, which lets you buy several games at a single price (you decide how much) and split the amount paid between the hosting site, the developers and a charity. If you give at least the current average/bundle (about $6.17, last I looked), you also get World of Goo thrown in, making it six games total. Once you've paid, you get a link for downloading and you get the Windows, Mac, Linux and Android versions of all the games, so you can play wherever you are. For the Kindle Fire, you use the link to open a web page in the browser and should see the download link for each of the APK's - click to download and have the Fire install (if you don't see the links right away, be sure to change the browser settings to display all windows in mobile mode, not desktop, then refresh the page).

Today's the last day on the current batch of 25% off coupons at Kobo. it's the first day, though, of the last week to get entered into their Winter Escape contest: "Every week until February 19 Kobo will draw one lucky weekly winner to receive an all-inclusive paid vacation for two to a winter escape destination!" It's a Canadian company, so the rules on contests are a bit different from the US: you enter simply by making any ebook purchase. If you don't want to make a purchase there, you can enter by mail.

If you are into romance, be sure to check out the selection at Carina Press and get an extra 15% off your order with coupon code EX15CPB or 10% off your order with coupon code EX10CPB at Checkout (exp Feb 29; one time use, each).

For those of you who shop at ChristianBook, be sure to check out their Feburary Sale, which has several categories of 40$-70% off books (print copies) and 60% off Bibles.

These UK-Kindle freebies are now free for US Kindlers and the first four are now free from Barnes & Noble:
  1. The New Players in Life Science Innovation (K/N)
  2. Extreme Money K/N)
  3. Investing Essentials K/N)
  4. The Truth About Managing People K/N)
  5. Into the Free (K/N)
  6. Have a New Husband by Friday (K/N)
  7. The Transforming Power of the Gospel (K/N)
  8. Young and in Love (K/N)
  9. Shrouded in Silence (K/N)
  10. From Ashes to Honor (K/N)
  11. The Call of Zulina (K/N)
  12. The Pastor's Wife (K/N)
  13. Walking on Broken Glass (K/N)
  14. Medical Error (K/N)

Vienna Triangle ($0.99), by Brenda Webste, is today's Kindle Deal of the Day.
Book Description
A young woman named Kate explores her historical connection to the development of Freudian theory and the early beginnings of psychoanalysis in this mystery rooted in the past. Based on real facts concerning the pivotal figures in the development of modern psychology, the complicated lives of Sigmund Freud, his colleague Helene Deutsch, and his rival Victor Tausk are carefully reconstructed to show how their interpersonal intricacies may have led to conspiracy and deceit in the writing of early 20th-century history. When Kate realizes that Tausk was her grandfather, she begins to uncover the details around his mysterious suicide. Only as Kate uncovers the truth is she able to make important decisions about her own future.

Brenda Webster has immersed herself in the lives and the sexual entanglements of an extraordinary set of people - Sigmund Freud, his family and disciples. From the artifacts they left behind (or that Webster has fashioned), her characters pose crucial questions about women, war, psychoanalysis - all the unavoidable conflicts of twentieth century life among the intelligentsia who shaped their time. Vienna Triangle is a fascinating set of speculations buttressed by facts as contradictory and incomplete and in need of imagining as is all history.

Diamond Queen ($2.50 / £1.59 UK), by Andrew Marr, is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (no US edition).
Book Description
With the flair for narrative and the meticulous research that readers have come to expect, Andrew Marr turns his attention to the monarch – and to the monarchy, chronicling the Queen’s pivotal role at the centre of the state, which is largely hidden from the public gaze, and making a strong case for the institution itself. Arranged thematically, rather than chronologically, Marr dissects the Queen’s political relationships, crucially those with her Prime Ministers; he examines her role as Head of the Commonwealth, and her deep commitment to that Commonwealth of nations; he looks at the drastic changes in the media since her accession in 1952 and how the monarchy – and the monarch – have had to change and adapt as a result. Indeed he argues that under her watchful eye, the monarchy has been thoroughly modernized and made as fit for purpose in the twenty-first century as it was when she came to the throne and a ‘new Elizabethan age’ was ushered in.

Highland Protector ($3.49 Kindle, $3.99 B&N), by Hannah Howell, is the Nook Daily Find, but is cheaper on Kindle.
Book Description
The Murrays are back! From New York Times bestselling author Hannah Howell comes an all-new story of the beloved Scottish family, and two lovers entangled in a plot against the king. . .

Someone would see Ilsabeth Murray Armstrong hang for murder.


When her dagger is found buried in the body of one of the king's men, there is little room for doubt--the perpetrator must pay with her life. But Ilsabeth is no killer, and only one person can help clear her name: Sir Simon Innes, a man so steely and cool that no danger can rattle him. . .and no woman in distress can sway his heart.

Until now. Simon has spent his life searching for truth in a world fraught with deception. But the hauntingly beautiful fugitive seeking his aid affects him so deeply, he wonders if he can trust the flawless judgment he has always relied on. For all signs point to Ilsabeth's guilt, except one--the unparalleled desire he feels at her slightest touch. . .
Today's backlist/small press/indie free books on Kindle, which are not likely to be free for long, so double check prices before one-clicking (genres are my best guess):
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