Free Book (Kindle/nook/EPUB) - The Christmas Bus

Update: 12/6/11 No longer free on Kindle or from B&N
Update: 12/5/11 Now free from Sony and ChristianBook.
Update: 12/5/11 Now free for US Kindle customers and from Barnes & Noble.

The Christmas Bus (US/UK), by Melody Carlson, is a repeat freebie for UK customers in the Kindle store, courtesy of Christian publisher Revell. It should be free for those in the US by morning (but double check the price before one-clicking).

Book Description
The people of Christmas Valley always celebrate Christmas to the fullest extent. The mayor plays Santa, every business is holiday themed, and there's a nativity for the kids each Christmas Eve. This town knows Christmas.

But this year nothing goes according to plan. Shepherd's Inn is full of strangers, Mad Myrtle is causing problems, and a young couple with a baby due any minute rolls in to the middle of town in their Partridge Family-style bus. It's hardly the holiday Christmas Valley wanted--but it may be just what they need. This charming novella is sure to become a new Christmas tradition for readers who love a great holiday story.

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Two Free Audiobooks from ChristianAudio

ChristianAudio has two titles free this month! They are also having their semi-annual $7.49 sale, with nearly every title there marked down until Dec. 9.

From Pearl Harbor to Calvary ($4.95 Kindle), by Mitsuo Fuchida, narrated by Karl Choi, is the first free audiobook for December.

Book Description
Mitsuo Fuchida was a Captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service who is perhaps best known for leading the first air wave attacks on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Fuchida was responsible for the coordination of the entire aerial attack working under the overall fleet commander Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo.

After World War II ended, Fuchida became an evangelist, Christian preacher and frequently traveled to the United States to minister to the Japanese expatriate community. He became a United States citizen in 1966. His autobiography was originally released in 1953, and this edition will be published to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 2011.

Bonus! Includes interviews with Florence DeShazer and Jacob DeShazer.

A Christmas Carol ($9.95 Audible), by Charles Dickens, narrated by Simon Vance, is the second free title this month.

Book Description
A Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles Dickens first published by Chapman and Hall and first released on 19 December 1843. The story tells of sour and stingy Ebenezer Scrooge's ideological, ethical, and emotional transformation after the supernatural visitations of Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present, and Yet to Come. The novella met with instant success and critical acclaim.

The book was written and published at a time when Britain was experiencing a nostalgic interest in its forgotten Christmas traditions, and at the time when new customs such as the Christmas tree and greeting cards were being introduced. Dickens' sources for the tale appear to be many and varied but are principally the humiliating experiences of his childhood, his sympathy for the poor, and the Christmas stories of Washington Irving.

The tale was pirated immediately, was adapted several times to the stage, and has been credited with restoring the holiday to one of merriment and festivity in Britain and America after a period of sobriety and somberness. A Christmas Carol remains popular, has never been out of print, and has been adapted to film, opera, and other media.

Get the free audio downloads HERE and scroll down the page for the $4.98 discounted titles for this month. The checkout process is very streamlined (a coupon code is no longer required), as is the download process (no longer do you have to download each part of the book separately). You can also send a gift download of the free audiobook to someone else!

After finishing your order, download a zip file with the entire audiobook: select MP3 if you want to be able to play the book on your Kindle (M4B for the iOS, iTunes or QuickTime). Unzip the contents to the \audiobooks directory on your Kindle (not \music) in order to have audiobook controls and see it on your Kindle home page.

Today's Deals

Sorry for being so late today, been busy and just now had time to put together a few posts.

eHarlequin is having a weekend sale, with 50% off ebooks using coupon code HALFEBOOK11, plus an additional 40% off of featured Carina Press titles (expires Dec 4).

For those using EPUB's, there are several new coupon codes at Kobo this weekend, with discounts up to 35% off (see sidebar at right for list). Fictionwise's Weekly coupon code is 120211; good for 40% off this weekend and most likely won't truly expire until Tues/Wed next week.

Today is the last day to take advantage of this KSO deal:

• Save $50 on select strollers

Additional formats on free books:

• A Victorian Christmas (Kindle/nook/EPUB)
• A**holeology (Kindle/nook)
• Great Wines Under $20 (Kindle/nook)
• The Everything Healthy Cooking for Parties (Kindle/nook)
• The Strategy of Satan (Kindle/nook)
• The Holiness of God (Kindle US)

Stirred (Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels Mysteries) ($0.99), by Blake Crouch and J.A. Konrath , is today's Kindle Deal of the Day.

Book Description
This Bonus Content Edition includes an authors' introduction, afterword interview between J.A. Konrath and Blake Crouch, a linked cast of characters and storyline endnotes, and more!

Lt. Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels has seen humanity at its most depraved and terrifying. She's lost loved ones. Come close to death countless times. But she always manages to triumph over evil. Luther Kite is humanity at its most depraved and terrifying. He's committed unthinkable acts. Taken human life for the sheer pleasure of it. He is a monster among monsters, and no one has ever caught him. Each is the best at what they do. Peerless. Unmatched.

Until now...

In Luther's experience, people are weak. Even the strong and fearless break too easily. He wants a challenge, and sets his depraved sights on Jack. But with a baby on the way, Jack is at her most vulnerable. She's always been a fighter, but she's never had so much to fight for. So he's built something especially for Jack. His own, private ninth circle of hell - a nightmare world in a forgotten place, from which no one has ever escaped.

It's J.A. Konrath's greatest heroine versus Blake Crouch's greatest villain in Stirred, the stunning conclusion to both Konrath's Lt. Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels thriller series and Crouch's Andrew Z. Thomas series.

Only one can survive. And it won't be whom you think.

In a Strange Room ($1.53 / £0.99 UK), Damon Galgut's 2010 Man Booker Prize shortlisted novel, is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (the US Edition is $9.99, published by Penguin).

Book Description
A young man takes three journeys, through Greece, India and Africa. He travels lightly, simply. To those who travel with him and those whom he meets on the way, including a handsome, enigmatic stranger, a group of careless backpackers and a woman on the edge, he is the Follower, the Lover and the Guardian. Yet, despite the man's best intentions, each journey ends in disaster. Together, these three journeys will change his whole life.

A novel of longing and thwarted desire, rage and compassion, In a Strange Room is the hauntingly beautiful evocation of one man's search for love, and a place to call home.

How to Be an Adult in Relationships ($8.61 Kindle, $3.99 B&N), by David Richo and Kathlyn Hendricks, is the Nook Daily Find, price matched on Kindle.

Book Description
"Most people think of love as a feeling," says David Richo, "but love is not so much a feeling as a way of being present." In this book, Richo offers a fresh perspective on love and relationships—one that focuses not on finding an ideal mate, but on becoming a more loving and realistic person. Drawing on the Buddhist concept of mindfulness, How to Be an Adult in Relationships explores five hallmarks of mindful loving and how they play a key role in our relationships throughout life.

When deeply understood and applied, these five simple concepts—what Richo calls the five A's—form the basis of mature love. They help us to move away from judgment, fear, and blame to a position of openness, compassion, and realism about life and relationships. By giving and receiving these five A's, relationships become deeper and more meaningful, and they become a ground for personal transformation.

Free Book - Blue Limbo

Blue Limbo ($5.99 Kindle), the second of two in the Mitch Helwig series by Terence M. Green, is this month's free book from Phoenix Pick. Sneaky, as once you get to the free download page, there will be a link to buy Barking Dogs ($6.99 Kindle), the first in the series, for $1.99. I know I'd pick it up at that price, but I grabbed it last year, when they had it for free.

Book Description
Mitch Helwig is a cop on the edge, “a man who’s gone through the valley of the shadow and hasn’t quite made it out the other side” (Toronto Globe & Mail). Vengeance and heroism, the subtleties of family woven into the metaphysics of life and death, all come together here in a page-turner, “a near-future tech-noir thriller” (SF Site) that moves at breakneck speed.

Click HERE for the free book from Phoenix Pick. You'll need to scroll down to find the book's listing, then click on "FREE EBOOK of the Month", then enter coupon code 9991437. Click thru the next page and then scroll down and get the format of your choice. They are DRM-free, so you can convert to other formats, if desired.

Phoenix Pick is also giving you 35% off all their books when bought direct from their website using the DIRDEC coupon throughout the month of December. They already give 15% off their suggested retail list prices when buying direct and the discount stacks on top of that. Also, their books are DRM-free. You do have to choose a format (EPUB or MOBI), but can convert if needed (the Mobi doesn't need converting before mailing to a Kindle).

Free Book (Kindle/nook/EPUB) - A Victorian Christmas

Update: 12/5/11 Now free from Sony.
Update: 12/4/11 Now free for US Kindle customers and from Barnes & Noble and ChristianBook.

A Victorian Christmas (US/UK), an anthology by Catherine Palmer, is free for UK customer in the Kindle store, courtesy of Christian publisher Tyndale House. I expect this one to be free in the use by morning.

Book Description
A beautiful patchwork of four novellas about love and joy at Christmastime by best selling author Catherine Palmer. These four novellas were previously published in four anthologies—A Victorian Christmas Quilt, A Victorian Christmas Tea, A Victorian Christmas Cottage, and A Victorian Christmas Keepsake. Return to a time when life was uncomplicated, faith was sincere … and love was a gift to be cherished forever. Includes author’s favorite holiday recipes.

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