New Kindle Game - Word Soup

Word Soup ($2.99), by Fuzzy Bug Interactive. Like all active content so far, requires an updated K2/KDX or any K3 and only available to those in the US.

Game Description
Word Soup is a word search game with a tactical twist.

Create words within the grid of scrambled letters. Each word created is removed from the grid and the letters above fall into the gaps left behind, creating new word combinations. With careful play, letters can be strategically brought into play and used to create longer words. You score bonus points if you can successfully clear the grid of all letters. The starting grid is randomly generated, so no two games should ever be the same.

Word Soup offers two modes of play: 'Relaxed' - for those who like to take their time and try to create the longest words, and 'Timed' - where players can test themselves against the clock to see how they score under pressure. Your 'Longest Word', 'Highest Scoring Word', 'Words Made' and 'Total Score' stats are all tracked. Word Soup can be played in Portrait, as well as Landscape view.

If you like word games, you'll love Word Soup.

Read an eBook Week 2011 (Monday Update)

Monday updates for Read an eBook Week.

• The free book at Dorrance today is Helmuth Jordan's Fehlschlag Euro (in German).
• The free book at Rose Dog Books today is Nick Yancy's Not In My Country.
• The free book at Red Lead Books today is Dianne M. Hamre Dobrin's A Cameo Collection.
• The free book at ireadiwrite today is Gautam Sen's The Fantabulous Fens.
• Imajinnbooks will be adding two books a day as free downloads; just be careful as some of the earlier books may still appear on the page and not be free in all formats.
• Xcite, an erotica publisher in the UK, is giving everyone a free ebook from a list of eight. To get the book, first Register for an account (no credit card info is required), then click on the banner on the front page. Pick one of the eight books selected and cick on Add to Cart. You will see a message:
  

  Our congratulations! You've been given the following promotion: Read an eBook Week promotion

  Click on Checkout, then Continue, and in step 4, you should see a $0.00 total after discount. Click to complete your order, then on Downloads on the right side of the page. It looks like DRM-free PDF and EPUB are the two file formats supported (you can download either or both).
• Samhain is giving away Nate, by Beth Williamson, on their site in multiple formats (it' also still free in the Kindle store).

Free Book (EPUB) - Skinny

Skinny ($7.99 Kindle), by Laura L. Smith, is free at Christian Books, courtesy of Christian publisher NAV Press. This book has been free on Kindle, previously (Nov '09).

Book Description
Teen Melissa Rollins is determined to have the perfect body, even if it makes her throw up. Whether you're a young woman, a mom, or a youth pastor, you'll appreciate the truth and compassion in Melissa's struggle with anorexia. Will she hear God's voice before it's too late?

Click HERE for the free download from Christian Books.

Free Book (nook) - Introduction to Trading and Investing with Options

Introduction to Trading and Investing with Options ($60.79 Kindle), by W. Edward Olmstead, Michael C. Thomsett, Guy Cohen and Guy Edward Cohen, a collection of books from FT Press, is free on B&N. So far, I don't see any sign the price is going to drop at Amazon (but feel free to report the lower price, as that seems to sometimes help).

Book Description
A brand new collection of essential insights for your business and career from world-renowned experts…now in a convenient e-format, at a great price!

Your complete three-book options library: up-to-date techniques, crystal-clear explanations, real examples, step-by-step instructions!

Three options best-sellers, one great price! Guy Cohen introduces options in plain English, so you can start earning profits fast. W. Edward Olmstead teaches step-by-step how to control risk, safeguard investments, and much more. Then, Michael Thomsett presents 12 conservative strategies for hedging losses, mitigating risk, creating income, and increasing overall returns.

Click HERE for the free download from B&N.

Zoo City for £1.00

Zoo City ($4.69 Kindle), by Lauren Beukes, has made the shortlist (top 6) for the Arthur C Clarke Award (and it’s still on the shortlist for the British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel). To celebrate, the publisher, Angry Robot, is selling the book for £1 (that’s about $1.60 USD) direct from their website. The books there are DRM-free, so you can convert the EPUB you receive via Calibre to work with the Kindle.

Book Description
WHERE NO ONE ELSE DARE VENTURE…

Zinzi has a Sloth on her back, a dirty online 419 scam habit – and a talent for finding lost things. But when her latest client, a little old lady, turns up dead and the cops confiscate her lastpaycheck, she’s forced to take on her least favourite kind of job: missing persons

An astonishing second novel from the author of the highly-acclaimed Moxyland.

Click HERE to get the book for £1.00. Payment is via PayPal, so the conversion to your local currency should be more or less automatic (note that some banks and credit cards may charge you a currency exchange fee).

Note: I have a PDF ARC of this book, provided as a review copy by Angry Robot sometime last year (however, it still sits on my TBR pile, waiting it's turn to be read), so I didn't go thru the checkout further than verifying that PayPal was accepted.