Samhain Publishing is having a one-day sale, as well, with 30% off all books bought direct, today only, by using coupon code LOVE12 during checkout. I looked thru the Formats Available tab on a few books, and since Kindle is included each time, I have to assume their books are all DRM-free and you can just email the file (after you download the correct format) to your Kindle.
For those who don't do pre-orders, but do read SF short stories, be sure to pick up Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2011 Edition, which released today (and it's free!).
Another store with a "Deal of the Day" (but it doesn't start until 11AM EST, so I forget to check it) is Diesel e-Books. Again, their books are DRM'd EPUB, so not for everyone, and they have both a set time and limited number of copies each day (so, they often "sell-out" of their ebook special). However, it is worth checking now and then. Today's book is Intimate Knowledge, by Amanda Stevens, for $0.80. If you click on Buy It, you'll next see a cart for checkout; if the qty field is zero, it's sold out for the day.
It's a bit late to celebrate Darwin Day, but you can still pick up a number of free books (PDF) from the National Academies Press' website. The site works best if you create a login, although you can get them as a "guest" on the site. Just be careful on the site, as "Darwin's Gift" isn't included in the free downloads.
Additional formats on these free books are now available:
- Gatekeeper (K/N/DF)
- A Taste of Twilight (K/N/DF)
- Young and in Love (K/N/DF)
- Into the Free (K/N/DF)
- From Ashes to Honor (K/N/E)
- The Call of Zulina (K/N/E)
- Medical Error (K/N/E)
- Shrouded in Silence (K/N/E)
- The Pastor's Wife (K/N/E)
- Walking on Broken Glass (K/N/E)
Twilight ($2.99), the first of the Twilight Saga books by Stephanie Meyer, is today's Kindle Deal of the Day, a sweet, innocent romance for Valentine's Day (even if it is an underage girl and a century old "teen" vampire). Part 2 of Breaking Dawn doesn't hit the theaters until November, so if you start now, you should have plenty of time to re-read the entire series before it debuts.Book Description
Bella Swan's move to Forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. But once she meets the mysterious and alluring Edward Cullen, Bella's life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. Up until now, Edward has managed to keep his vampire identity a secret in the small community he lives in, but now nobody is safe, especially Bella, the person Edward holds most dear.
Deeply romantic and extraordinarily suspenseful, Twilight captures the struggle between defying our instincts and satisfying our desires. This is a love story with bite.
PS, I Love You ($1.59 / £0.99 UK), by Cecelia Ahern, is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (the US edition is $3.96). If I didn't have a review copy of this one already, I'd be more tempted by it than the first one (although it's obviously going to be a more somber subject).Book Description
Meaningful, moving and magical - the classic bestselling love story
Everyone needs a guardian angel…
Some people wait their whole lives to find their soul mates. But not Holly and Gerry.
Childhood sweethearts, they could finish each other's sentences and even when they fought, they laughed. No one could imagine Holly and Gerry without each other.
Until the unthinkable happens. Gerry's death devastates Holly. But as her 30th birthday looms, Gerry comes back to her. He's left her a bundle of notes, one for each of the months after his death, gently guiding Holly into her new life without him, each note signed 'PS, I Love You'.
As the notes are gradually opened, and as the year unfolds, Holly is both cheered up and challenged. The man who knows her better than anyone sets out to teach her that life goes on. With some help from her friends, and her noisy and loving family, Holly finds herself laughing, crying, singing, dancing – and being braver than ever before.
Life is for living, she realises – but it always helps if there's an angel watching over you.
The Inn at Eagle Point ($2.14 Kindle, B&N), the first title in the Chesapeake Shores series by Sherryl Woods, is the Nook Daily Find, price matched on Kindle. Fans of the author will find a number of ebooks marked down in either store, but I give the win here to Amazon, who has The Summer Garden for $2.99, at least one title in their Kindle Lending Library and a free Audible edition short story, The Valentine Wedding Dress.Book Description
It's been years since Abby O'Brien Winters set foot in Chesapeake Shores. The Maryland town her father built has too many sad memories and Abby too few spare moments, thanks to her demanding Wall Street career, the crumbling of her marriage and energetic twin daughters. Then one panicked phone call from her youngest sister brings her racing back home to protect Jess's dream of renovating the charming Inn at Eagle Point.
But saving the inn from foreclosure means dealing not only with her own fractured family, but also with Trace Riley, the man Abby left ten years ago. Trace can be a roadblock to her plans...or proof that second chances happen in the most unexpected ways.
