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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Free Book (nook) - Words

Words ($9.80 Kindle), by Ginny Yttrup, is free from B&N, courtesy of Christian publisher B&H.

Book Description
"I collect words. I keep them in a box in my mind. I'd like to keep them in a real box, something pretty, maybe a shoe box covered with flowered wrapping paper. Whenever I wanted, I'd open the box and pick up the papers, reading and feeling the words all at once. Then I could hide the box. But the words are safer in my mind. There, he can't take them."

Ten-year old Kaylee Wren doesn't speak. Not since her drug-addled mother walked away, leaving her in a remote cabin nestled in the towering redwoods-in the care of a man who is as dangerous as he is evil. With silence her only refuge, Kaylee collects words she might never speak from the only memento her mother left behind: a dictionary.

Sierra Dawn is thirty-four, an artist, and alone. She has allowed the shame of her past to silence her present hopes and chooses to bury her pain by trying to control her circumstances. But on the twelfth anniversary of her daughter's death, Sierra's control begins to crumble as the God of her childhood woos her back to Himself.

Brought together by Divine design, Kaylee and Sierra will discover together the healing mercy of the Word-Jesus Christ.


Click HERE for the free book from B&N.

Monday, May 2, 2011

Free Book (EPUB/nook) - Traveling Light

Update: 5/4/11 Now free from B&N and Sony (but still full price at Amazon).
Update: 5/5/11 7:40 PM No longer free from B&N.
Update: 5/6/11 New edition that is free from B&N. Link below updated.

Traveling Light ($8.54 Kindle), by Max Lucado, is free from Kobobooks, courtesy of Christian publisher Thomas Nelson.

Book Description
Weary travelers. You’ve seen them—everything they own crammed into their luggage. Staggering through terminals and hotel lobbies with overstuffed suitcases, trunks, duffels and backpacks.

Backs ache. Feet burn. Eyelids droop.

We’ve all seen people like that.

At times, we are people like that—if not with our physical luggage, then at least with our spiritual load.

We all lug loads we were never intended to carry. Fear. Worry. Discontent.

No wonder we get so weary. We’re worn out from carrying that excess baggage. Wouldn’t it be nice to lose some of those bags?

That’s the invitation of Max Lucado. With the twenty-third Psalm as our guide, let’s release some of the burdens we were never intended to bear.


Click HERE for the free book from B&N.
Click HERE for the free book from Kobo.
Click HERE for the free book from Sony.

Free Book (EPUB/nook) - Cool Beans

Cool Beans ($7.99 Kindle), the first in the Maya Davis series by Erynn Mangum, is free from B&N and ChristianBook, courtesy of Christian publisher NavPress. This book has been previously free on Kindle (Oct '10).

Book Description
Everything seems to be going perfectly for Maya Davis: She has a great job at a coffee shop, gets along with her parents, and is happily single. That is until her best friend starts dating Maya’s high school sweetheart.

This funny, heartwarming fiction story by best-selling author Erynn Mangum uses the power of story to challenge teens to discover the relevance of faith in their relationships and their lives.


Click HERE for the free book from B&N.
Click HERE for the free book from ChristianBook.

Free Game Download - Coffee Rush

Today's free game download from Amazon, Coffee Rush, is another one that don't yet have (but am downloading right now). Looks like it is similar to Burger Shop in how it works.

Game Description
  • 50 Latte-Filled Challenges.
  • Earn Special Bonuses For Strategic Matches.
  • Upgrade 7 Different Coffee Shops.
  • Groovy Soundtrack And Funny Character Voices.
Wake up and smell the coffee! The Smokestack Coffee Company is polluting the town with bad coffee! Open your own Coffee Shop and take back the town! Swap coffee beans, milk, sugar and other tasty ingredients to prepare a menu full of tasty blends. Hold on tight for a fully wired rollercoaster ride through 7 neighborhoods, each with its own unique cast of 12 characters and 50 challenges, while you upgrade your shop, recipes, treats and bonuses.

Need a jolt? Blast-off with Coffee Rush!

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Pay $10 for $20 Amazon Gift Card

This offer is for those with the Kindle Wi-Fi with Special Offers only. Turn on your wireless, click Menu, Sync & Check for New Items, then on View Special Offers after the sync has completed. You should see a new offer:

$10 for a $20 Amazon.com Gift Card

Click on offer, then click on the link to get an email with the offer, which expires on May 4.

You'll get an email with a link to the special $10 for a $20 Amazon.com Gift Card page. Don't one-click, but use the Add to Cart button. Then click on Proceed to Checkout, sign in and then enter the promotion code you received via email (mine was practically instantaneous) where it says Gift Cards & Promotional Codes and click on Apply. Double check your Order total and place the order. You'll get a gift card via next day delivery (I'd prefer it in email and you have to think it would have been cheaper for Amazon and/or the sponsoring advertiser, but who am I to turn down what is essentially a half-price offer on any order up to $20?). I'll let you know when I get it tomorrow if it looks like it will work on Agency titles in the Kindle store (most gift cards do and the offer B&N had like this worked on nookbooks).