Free Book at Smashwords - Boomerang

Boomerang ($1.00 Kindle), by Alan Hutcheson, can be purchased at no cost on Smashwords, thru October 1. Offer Updated and extended - use coupon code QQ46G DL66H and you can get the book free thru October November 15.

If you'd prefer to get it from Amazon, you'll want to wait a couple of days, so that you can get the corrected cover and updated formatting. Once the cover changes in the Kindle store to match the one at Smashwords, you should get the corrected version. With all the changes to copyright verification being done at Amazon, minor changes that don't change any text are taking an average of five working days to be processed and any text changes seem to trigger another copyright search, so it may be next week before Amazon catches up. Of course, the Smashwords version isn't limited to the Kindle, so can be read on most ereader devices out there.

Book Description
Ted Hogwood's beloved Sarah, a jazz guitar, is in the window of Topp Dollar Pawn. The only way he can get the money to rescue her is to accept an assignment from the AABC, a not nearly official branch of the United States intelligence community. He is partnered with Jerry Kwiatkowski, master of the Hammond B-3 organ and chronic flatulence sufferer, to steal a boomerang containing secrets that should have died with J. Edgar Hoover over thirty years ago. It would be a simple job if only they knew what they were doing. And if a crossbow wielding assassin, two unemployed Australian women, The Director of Central Intelligence and a clothing optional former onion festival queen were not also hot on the boomerang's trail.

For the free download, click HERE and use coupon code GY65W after adding the book to your cart. Offer Updated and extended - use coupon code QQ46G and you can get the book free thru October 15.

Crime Always Pays

Crime Always Pays, by Declan Burke, can now be had for $1.25. This is the sequel to The Big O ($5.15 Hardcover), which is not yet available on Kindle.

Book Description
“You never get away. You’re always getting away.”

Karen and Ray want out. Rossi wants his ear back. Doyle wants Ray. Melody wants a good story. Sleeps just wants to do some soft time. A trans-Europe road-trip screwball noir, CRIME ALWAYS PAYS features a cast of cops and robbers, losers and hopers, villains, saints and a homicidal Siberian wolf. You’ll never see the Greek islands in quite the same light again …

Double Exposure for Two Bucks

Double Exposure, by Michael Lister, has been marked down to $1.99. I suspect it is part of the monthly $1.99 unadvertised specials Amazon has been running, so the price may hold for another couple of days (then again, it may not). In any case, it's a stand-alone thriller with all five-star reviews (except from Publisher's Weekly and they seem to take the critical aspect of being a critic as a requirement for their reviews).

Book Description
Following his dad’s death, Remington James returns to the small North Florida town where he grew up to assume his father’s life—taking care of his dying mother and running the local gun and pawn shop.One fateful fall evening, as the sun sinks and the darkness expands, Remington ventures deep into the river swamp to try out some new equipment and check his camera traps. Encountering the kind of wildlife that made him want to be a photographer in the first place, Remington gets some of the best shots of his life, but he’s about to happen upon the most dangerous animal of all—a feral, patient, sociopath who wants Remington dead.

Free Audiobook - The Mark of the Christian

The Mark of the Christian, by Francis A. Schaeffer, is a relatively short selection, at 1.25 hours long. Normally $8.98, you can get it for free by taking a short survey at ChristianAudio.com (click on the survey banner on the home page). It's a short survey and you'll be given a coupon code at the end (write it down) and a link to the book. Put the book in your cart, select checkout, enter the coupon code and a few clicks later you can download the book (the MP3 version will work on your Kindle).

The offer expires on September 30.

Book Description
"It is possible to be a Christian without showing the mark, but if we expect non-Christians to know that we are Christians, we must show the mark."

Christians have not always presented an inviting picture to the world. Too often we have failed to show the beauty of authentic Christian love. And the world has disregarded Christianity as a result.

In our era of global violence and sectarian intolerance, the church needs to hear anew the challenge of this book. Decades ago Francis Schaeffer exhorted, "Love--and the unity it attests to--is the mark Christ gave Christians to wear before the world. Only with this mark may the world know that Christians are indeed Christians and that Jesus was sent by the Father."

More than ever, the church needs to respond compassionately to a needy world. More than ever, we need to show the Mark.

Price Reduction on Wii and Wii Fit, plus $25 bonus

Looks like the price of the Wii console has finally dropped below $200. As many as they've sold, you have to wonder if it's because nearly the entire planet now has at least one of them? To celebrate (and promote sales, I'm sure), Amazon has a couple of specials going on. First, if you buy a Wii Console, you get a $25 gift certificate in the mail, which you can use for anything sold by Amazon (excludes third-party sellers, but works perfectly fine on Kindle books).

On the same page, they have sale prices on a number of games, including one I play way too much, cutting into my reading time: Animal Crossing: City Folk ($24.99). For a little more active game, Punch-Out!! has one of the weirdest add-ons I've seen for a game. If you buy it now, they throw in the Amazon.com Exclusive Punch-Out!! Heavyweight Contender Kit, which contains (no joke) a candy bar, a crown, a desktop punching bag and a pair of boxer shorts (bright yellow, size large).

They are also running a one-day sale on Wii Fit, which includes the balance board, for $79.98. That price lets you add the Wii Fit Plus software at $19.49 and end up with both games and the board at about the price of the Wii Fit Plus with balance board alone ($98.99).