Free Book (DRM) - All the Pretty Girls

All the Pretty Girls ($3.60 Kindle), by J.T. Ellison, is free (for a limited time) at the eHarlequin website, in either PDF, LIT or MOBI format. Their formats all have DRM, so are not Kindle compatible. This is the first in her Taylor Jackson series, the rest of which are also available on Kindle: 14 ($5.04 Kindle), Judas Kiss ($5.04 Kindle) and, coming in March, The Cold Room ($5.76 Kindle).

Book Description
When a local girl falls prey to a sadistic serial killer, Nashville homicide lieutenant Taylor Jackson and her lover, FBI profiler Dr. John Baldwin, find themselves in a joint investigation pursuing a vicious murderer. The Southern Strangler is slaughtering his way through the Southeast, leaving a gruesome memento at each crime scene the prior victim's severed hand.

Ambitious TV reporter Whitney Connolly is certain the Southern Strangler is her ticket out of Nashville; she's got a scoop that could break the case. She has no idea how close to this story she really is or what it will cost her.

As the killer spirals out of control, everyone involved must face a horrible truth that the purest evil is born of private lies.

Click HERE to get the free book.

Free Book (ADE-PDF) - The Nature of the Book

It looked like University of Chicago Press' free book this month was only going to be a one-day download of Piracy: The Intellectual Property Wars from Gutenberg to Gates, but they've actually switched to another of Adrian Johns' titles for the rest of the month, the 776 page tome The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making ($29.92 Paperback). This one is also in PDF format (DRM'd, not Kindle compatible; requires Adobe Digital Editions).

Book Description
In The Nature of the Book, Adrian Johns transports his readers back to early modern England and the cauldron of creative and commercial forces in which print culture was formed. His uncanny eye for detail allows us to visit booksellers' shops and the Royal Society, paper manufactories and type foundries. We can eavesdrop on the often-bitter disputes between authors and printers, printers and booksellers, clerics and intellectuals as they debate and resolve the meaning and rights attached to the creation of ideas, their appearance in written form and then in print, and the opportunity to sell, buy, and read printed work. Johns focuses on the interplay between the scientific and print revolutions and on their roles, both complementary and antagonistic, in the production and dissemination of knowledge.

Click HERE to sign up for the free download.

Free Book (EPUB) - My Husband's Sweethearts

Random House in Australia has another free EPUB book in return for signing up for one of their newsletters: My Husband's Sweethearts ($9.99 Kindle), by Bridget Asher. Bridget also has a second book out in the Kindle store, The Pretend Wife ($9.99).

Book Description
When Lucy discovered that her charming, cheating husband was dying, she came home, opened up his little black book, and decided she wasn’t going through this alone. After all, Artie’s sweethearts were there for the good times—is it fair that Lucy should have to manage the hard times herself? In this wise, wickedly funny new novel, Lucy dials up the women in Artie’s black book and invites them for one last visit. The last thing she expects is that any will actually show up.

But one by one, they do show up: The one who hates him. The one who owes her life to him. The one he turned into a lesbian, and the one he taught to dance. And among them is a visitor with the strangest story of all: the young man who may or may not be Artie’s long-lost son.

For Lucy, the jaw-dropping procession of women is an education in the man she can’t forgive and couldn’t leave. And as the women find themselves sharing secrets and sharing tears, they start to discover kindred spirits—and even something that’s a lot like family. But Lucy knows one thing for certain: the biggest surprises are yet to come....

Full of heart, Bridget Asher’s unforgettable novel is about mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, and the deep friendships between women. It’s about sweet liars and tenderhearted cheaters—about loving those we love for reasons we can’t always fully rationalize, and about the sort of forgiveness that can change someone’s entire life in the most unexpected and extraordinary ways.

Click HERE to sign up for the free book, which is not Kindle compatible and requires Adobe Digital Editions. Unlike the book last month, this one downloaded right away for me, so you shouldn't have any problems with it.

Free Game Download - Ballistik!

Sandlot Games has another game up as a free download. This week it's Ballistik ($6.99 Amazon Game Downloads); no reviews at Amazon yet, but I've played through the first level. The ball moves a bit slowly sometimes, but there are several interesting power-ups that I uncovered, letting you break up a more bricks at once, for short periods.

Game Description

• 3D Graphics And Effects
• Break Down Cool Shapes And Objects
• Over 100 Levels
• Go Ballistik With This Brick Buster.

Go Ballistik over this new brick buster! Ballistik features out of this world 3D graphics and effects, 100 hand-crafted levels, 17 unique powerups and ten intense bonus levels! Break down buildings, knights in armor, even a surfer on his surfboard! Play it today!

Click HERE to sign up for the free download. For step by step purchase and installation instructions, see this post.

Kindle Kandle on Sale

Kandle LED Book Light is currently on sale at Amazon for $25.00, with free Super Saver Shipping and handling. This booklight has been getting a lot of positive comments on the Kindle forums at Amazon and elsewhere (although not everyone loves it, so check the reviews). Looks like it is lighter weight and lights up a more even portion of the screen, but it is less adjustable than the Mighty Bright Light that I've been using (but the Mighty Bright can sometimes be difficult to convince to stay bent into the shape desired). The design matches the Kindle well (with a name that implies they have Amazon's blessing to be associated with the Kindle), but should also work on other ebook readers (and advertises itself as compatible with the Sony and "other" readers; I'd bet it works well with the nook, also). I do need another reading light (the non-LED ones I have are always using too many batteries or blowing bulbs; the two watch size batteries are estimated to last 25 hours and the LED's should last a lifetime), so I'll be ordering one myself.

Book Description

• New patent-pending WideLipTM grip that does not block the screen on the KindleTM, Sony® Reader and other eBook readers.
• Double pivoting arms allows for easy positioning and adjustment for tailored screen illumination.
• WideLipv grip also works perfectly on books without blocking text on the page.
• Powered by two lifetime x2 LEDs optimized to distribute uniform light without creating glare or eyestrain.
• Works perfectly as a stable, free-standing night light.

The Kandle features a new patent pending design that attaches to eBooks and printed books without blocking the screen or page. The perfect accessory for any eBook, the Kandle is designed for the Amazon KindleTM 1, 2, and DX, Sony® Reader Digital Books, and other eBook Readers. The Kandle boasts double pivoting arms that allow for easy positioning and adjustment to tailor the screen illumination and for avoiding any screen hot spots. The Main Pivoting Arm rotates 90 degrees from its closed position, and the Upper Pivoting Arm rotates another 90 degrees for complete customization. Unlike other eBook lights, the Kandle is powered by two lifetime x2 LEDs that are optimized to distribute light evenly without creating glare or eyestrain. Petite and light, the Kandle is ultra portable and folds into a closed position where the LEDs are fully protected from scratches or breakage. Ships with 2 CR2032 batteries included.