Free Book - Favorite Food at Home (Abridged)

Harper Collins and Kerrygold are giving away a sampler book taken from Favorite Food at Home: Delicious Comfort Food from Ireland's Most Famous Chef ($16.49 paperback), by Rachel Allen, which contains twenty recipes (which no doubt include butter or cheese as an ingredient).

Book Description
In this beautifully illustrated cookbook, Rachel Allen offers the delicious, inspiring, and easy-to-follow recipes that have made her Ireland's most famous chef. Favorite Food at Home draws on international influences, classic regional Irish fare, and good old family favorites to provide creative options for every occasion, whether planning a simple family meal, hosting a festive dinner, cooking a romantic meal for two, or just relaxing on the sofa with your favorite comfort food.

Here are the details on the giveaway:

While supplies last, we're offering consumers a download of recipes selected from Rachel Allen's new cookbook, Favorite Food at Home, absolutely FREE. This download includes twenty recipes and photos specially chosen by Kerrygold. We're confident you'll enjoy trying these recipes at home using Kerrygold butters and cheeses!

Click HERE to get the free book. After clicking on the REDEEM button, enter this redemption code and follow the prompts: KGLD-0319-2010-RACB. You'll be told that you need Adobe Digital Editions to read the book (implying that the format is either PDF or EPUB with ADE DRM), but ignore this and keep going. Once you enter the redemption code and log in to your Harper Collins account (create one free, if you don't already have one), you'll be able to download the free book in one of several formats, including one marked "Kindle". I downloaded a few and all appear to be DRM-free.

Amazon announced Kindle for Tablet PC's

Amazon has announced Kindle for Tablet Computers, of which the iPad is the first named supported device, and this Kindle App has a feature not present on any of the others: the ability to add notes and highlights (see below). There is no sign-up to be notified button yet and each device and/or OS will require it's own application, so there will no doubt be several flavors of the Kindle for Tablet Computers app.

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Read Kindle Books on Your Tablet Computer Including the iPad

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The Resurrection of Deacon Shader

The Resurrection of Deacon Shader ($0.99 Kindle), by Derek Prior, the first book in his fantasy series The Deceptions of The Demiurgos, has recently been updated. Since it is a bit of a process to get a new version at Amazon (you have to return the old version for a refund, then repurchase), Derek has set up a coupon (which ends today) so that you can get a replacement or just try out his writing at Smashwords for free. I have a review copy here and have placed it high on my TBR stack after scanning the first few pages, so expect to feature the book here again soon.

Book Description
A fusion of heroic fantasy, sorcery and dark science, the book introduces the complex, and conflicted character of Deacon Shader - former knight of the Elect, failed monk and gifted swordsman.

Following his rejection by the woman he loves, Shader returns to the Abbey of Pardes where he witnesses a supernatural assault on the Grey Abbot. Something is stolen - a segment of the mythical Sun Stone - which Shader agrees to retrieve from the plague city of Sarum.

Beauty, Truth, Love – these three fled the hound of science, seeking refuge in the Dreaming. As Earth marched towards an unrelenting technocracy, the beleaguered Sun Stone fell from the skies of distant Aethir, but it did not find the sanctuary it had sought; for Aethir had become the home of all the Sun Stone feared: the architect of Earth’s fall from grace, the uncompromising “Pale Wizard”, Sektis Gandaw.

Rescued from the clutches of Sektis Gandaw by the gods of the Dreamers, the Sun Stone was entrusted to the shaman Huntsman until the day of the Reckoning when, bereft of choice, it unleashed the power of nightmare upon the Earth.

Three millennia later, with the parts of the Sun Stone scattered, a creature that has fed for centuries on the unsuspecting people of Sahul locates a segment of the mythical Sun Stone and with it the promise of eternal life. As he enhances his own necromantic arts with the power of the Sun Stone, Ernst Cadman starts to suspect that there are unwanted side-effects and, worse still, someone or something maybe watching.

Huntsman weaves a web of manipulation to ensure the safety of Sahul and to prevent the Sun Stone from falling back into the hands of a terrible being from beyond the stars. The Stone, however, has ideas of its own and calls together those who are to play a part in its destiny: an abbot, a bard, an assassin, a Pope, and the former knight of the Elect, Deacon Shader who unknowingly carries a power of his own, a potency that may either save or condemn the whole of Creation.

Click HERE to get the book on Smashwords and use coupon code SD33X.

Free Audiobook - Vampire's Tango

Vampire's Tango ($2.39 Kindle), by Michele Hauf, narrated by Montana Chase, is being given away by Audible.com today. This is a short volume, about novella/novellette length and the unabridged length is 1 hour, 24 minutes.

Book Description
Vampire Alexandre Renard never met a more intriguing woman than Veronica Marshall. He waited for weeks for the mysterious woman to make her move...and wasn't disappointed when they shared a seductive dance at a Paris tango club. Their passion made him want to savor their embrace forever--even though he knew that Veronica was a slayer waiting for her chance to destroy him....

Faced with an early death, Veronica became a vampire hunter to do some good in the world before being forced to leave it. But as her game of cat-and-mouse with Alexandre turned into nights of unforgettable pleasure, how could she destroy the man she came to love?

With time--and their enemies--against them, vampire and slayer will have to fight to win just one more day in each other's arms....

Click HERE for the free download.

Wicked Lovely - 99 cents now, free soon!

Wicked Lovely Free with Bonus Material, by Melissa Marr, is currently a 99 cent pre-order at Amazon and should be free soon (or at least by the April 6 release date), joining her other free titles (Stopping Time, Part 1 and Part 2). No sign of it yet in the other ebookstores, but I'll update as that changes.

Book Description
Read the New York Times bestseller that started Melissa Marr's enchanting tales of Faerie for free! Don't miss the sneak peak at the upcoming RADIANT SHADOWS!

Rule #3: Don't stare at invisible faeries.

Aislinn has always seen faeries. Powerful and dangerous, they walk hidden in mortal world. Aislinn fears their cruelty - especially if they learn of her Sight - and wishes she were as blind to their presence as other teens.

Rule #2: Don't speak to invisible faeries.

Now faeries are stalking her. One of them, Keenan, who is equal parts terrifying and alluring, is trying to talk to her, asking questions Aislinn is afraid to answer.

Rule #1: Don't ever attract their attention.

But it's too late. Keenan is the Summer King who has sought his queen for nine centuries. Without her, summer itself will perish. He is determined that Aislinn will become the Summer Queen at any cost - regardless of her plans or desires.

Suddenly none of the rules that have kept Aislinn safe are working anymore, and everything is on the line: her freedom; her best friend, Seth; her life; everything.

Faerie intrigue, mortal love, and the clash of ancient rules and modern expectations swirl together in Melissa Marr's stunning 21st century faery tale.