Free Book Updates (Non-Kindle)

Kobobooks.com, Borders.com and Sony have added some of the free books from earlier today. If you missed For the King's Favor on Kindle, better act fast to get it as an EPUB from Kobo (it isn't free from Borders).

Now free on Kobo:

• For the King's Favor, by Elizabeth Chadwick (this one can change at any moment, as it was not supposed to be free, at all.
  
• World from Rough Stones, by Malcolm Macdonald
• Darcy's Voyage: A Tale Of Uncharted Love On The Open Seas, by Kara Louise
• Antiques Roadkill: A Trash 'n' Treasures Mystery, by Barbara Allan
• Last Night's Kiss, by Hailstock Shirley
• The Secret, by Beverly Lewis
• Michal: A Novel, by Jill Eileen Smith
• She Walks In Beauty, by Siri Mitchell
• The Softwire: Virus On Orbis 1, by Pj Haarsma
• Stuck In The Middle: A Novel, by Virginia Smith
• Relentless, by Robin Parrish

Slingo under a Buck (Kindle)

Slingo on Kindle is marked down to 99 cents for the next two weeks (ending March 13). This is a surprisingly addictive game (I have it on my Kindle and on my netbook, as I picked up a PC download version of it for a dollar a while back), which you can play when you don't want to get involved in a long game and there are too many distractions to read.

Game Description
The objective of Slingo is to accumulate the highest number of points. Spin and match the reel numbers to the numbers on the 5x5 card, trying to cover all the numbers in 20 spins or less. Earn a "Slingo" and huge bonus points when you match 5 numbers in a row. Slingos can be horizontal, vertical or diagonal.

In addition to number matches, players can earn special reel icons. The joker can match any number in the column, coins earn bonus points, and free spins will save you points. But watch out for the devil, who takes half your score...

Slingo for Kindle is perfect for a quick play or long sessions. All game stats and high scores are tracked, and unique award challenges will keep you coming back for more.

Can you top the high score? Try your luck and take a spin today!

Bargain Book List

A list of some bargain books, some of which are bound to change in price by morning (and some of which will not):

• Poke the Box ($1.00), by Seth Godin
• No More Joint Pain ($1.98), by Dr. Joseph A. Abboud M.D. and Soo Kim Abboud
• The Overnight Socialite ($2.96), by Bridie Clark
• Hot Westmoreland Nights ($0.81), by Brenda Jackson
• What a Westmoreland Wants ($0.81), by Brenda Jackson
• Take Care Of Yourself 8E: The Complete Illustrated Guide To Medical Self-care ($1.33), by James F. Fries
• Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong ($4.51), by James W. Loewen
• Hardly Knew Her ($0.99), by Laura Lippman
• The Next World War: What Prophecy Reveals about Extreme Islam and the West ($0.99), by Grant R. Jeffrey
• The Veritas Conflict ($0.99), by Shaunti Feldhahn
• My Favorite Midlife Crisis (Yet) ($2.99), by Toby Devens
• Love in Condition Yellow: A Memoir of an Unlikely Marriage ($1.91), by Sophia Raday
• The Perfect Christmas ($2.53), by Debbie Macomber
• Genghis: Birth of an Empire ($0.76), by Conn Iggulden
• Hook, Line, and Single ($1.43), by Marcia King-Gamble
• Metamorphosis and Other Stories ($1.90), by Franz Kafka
• How to Be a Movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood ($2.95), by William J. Mann
• Too Close to the Sun ($1.95), by Curtis Roosevelt
• Daniel: A Novel ($3.73), by Henning Mankell
• Beyond the Revolution ($3.60), by William H. Goetzmann
• Third Wish ($3.94), by Robert Fulghum
• The Gift ($3.93), by Deb Stover
• Murder Alfresco: A Sunny McCoskey Napa Valley Mystery ($3.99), by Nadia Gordon
• Absalom, Absalom! ($3.96), by William Faulkner
• Light in August ($3.75), by William Faulkner
• The Sound and the Fury ($6.75), by William Faulkner
• The Book Thief ($5.00), by Markus Zusak
• Death (and Further Adventures) of Silas Winterbottom: The Body Thief ($2.33), by Stephen Giles
• The Lost Summer ($2.53), by Williams Kathryn
• Atlantis ($1.59), by David Gibbins
• Silence ($1.93), by Thomas Perry
• Little Miss Straight Lace ($1.89), by Maria Elizabeth Romana
• Tinsel: A Search for America's Christmas Present ($1.67), by Hank Stuever
• The Age of Shiva: A Novel ($1.59), by Manil Suri
• Knight of Desire ($1.99), by Margaret Mallory
• That's (Not Exactly) Amore: A Novel ($1.99), by Tracey Bateman
• Radiance: A Riley Bloom Book ($1.99), by Alyson Noël
• The Cherry Orchard ($1.90), by Anton Chekhov
• The Earth Moves: Galileo and the Roman Inquisition ($1.45), by Dan Hofstadter
• A Vote of Confidence ($1.99), by Robin Lee Hatcher
• A Grave in Gaza ($1.94), by Matt Beynon Rees
• Sarah from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar ($1.33), by Scott Conroy and Shushannah Walshe
• In Defense of Israel ($1.33), by John Hagee
• Ultimate Weapon ($1.43), by Chris Ryan
• Blunt Trauma ($1.48), by Ivy Bannister
• Seeing Sky-Blue Pink ($1.38), by Candice F. Ransom
• Ask Billy Graham: The World's Best-Loved Preacher Answers Your Most Important Questions ($1.66), by Bill Adler Sr.
• The Economic Naturalist's Field Guide: Common Sense Principles for Troubled Times ($1.77), by Robert H. Frank
• April 4, 19681 ($1.33), by Michael Eric Dyson
• Life is One Big To-Do List: A Woman's Life after 40 ($1.24), by Terri Lee Ryan
• Social Blunders ($1.98), by Tim Sandlin
• Humble Pie ($1.91), by Gordon Ramsay
• Dr. Susans Fit and Fun Family Action Plan ($1.54), by Susan Bartell
• The End of the Matter ($1.80), by Alan Dean Foster
• Good Date, Bad Date: The Matchmaker's Guide to Where the Boys Are and How to Get Them ($1.24), by Marla Martenson
• The Gift of Thanks: The Roots and Rituals of Gratitude ($1.48), by Margaret Visser

Random House Adopts Agency Pricing - Effective Tomorrow!

With one day's notice, Random House is moving to Agency Pricing on it's ebooks, effective tomorrow: March 1, 2011. What this will mean is that the prices will go up on many of the books that have been discounted by Amazon and other booksellers (including many that you could use discount coupons on, when shopping at Kobo). There are rumors that they will have more free books (but, the record so far has been that the publishers that moved to Agency pricing have dropped the number of free books, instead offering low-priced early books in a series instead).

Some examples of authors that will be effected: Jean M. Auel (you can pre-order the next book in her series, THE LAND OF PAINTED CAVES, at $9.99 right now, rather than the $30 list), Karen Marie Moning, Stieg Larsson, Teresa Medeiros, Dan Brown (his $35 list The Lost Symbol: Special Illustrated Edition is still $3.99 right now), Ron Roy (several of the kid's A to Z titles at 88 cents tonight), Anne Mccaffrey, Nancy Pelosi ($14.95 list Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters is $3.06).

If you want to skim thru some of the current sale books and see what bargains are out there and that will probably be gone after 3AM EST (Midnight in Seattle), click on the links below. I've limited the results to books that are at least 25% off and priced under $9.99. There are a lot of $5.00 and $9.99 books on these lists that will end up being much higher tomorrow, if their pricing follows what all the other publishers have done.

• Bantam
• Crimeline
• Spectra
• Doubleday
• Dell
• Delacorte
• Knopf
• Random House
• Del Rey
• Candlewick
• Anchor

There are, of course, too many to list, as this is a very large publisher. This search will get you a list of books currently discounted at 50% off or more, with a price under $10.00, but includes all publishers, not just the Random House imprints. There may be a few with higher prices in the US, as the search sometimes picks up lower prices in other countries, but those should only show up here and there..

Click HERE to read the press release.

New Kindle Game - Ultimate Sci-Fi Quiz

There's a new trivia game out for the Kindle, Ultimate Sci-Fi Quiz ($1.99), from HandyX

Book Description
Ultimate Sci-Fi Quiz is a trivia game for science fiction buffs. Do you think you know Star Wars from Star Trek, or Alien from Avatar?

Test your science fiction knowledge with 1,000 questions about sci-fi movies and TV shows from past to present. Questions are drawn from topics such as Back to the Future, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Blade Runner, Forbidden Planet, The Fly, E.T., Terminator, X-Files, Dr. Who, Space 1999, The Twilight Zone, The Matrix, and Jurassic Park. Answer sets of questions ranging from easy to hard, in rounds of 10, or in a continuous stream. Or turn on a question countdown timer for an even greater challenge. Be warned, you may be surprised at how challenging some of the more difficult questions may be!

Do you have what it takes to answer them all?