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Friday, December 30, 2011

Indie Freebie Roundup

Just a quick note tonight (so I can get a bit of reading done) on a few of the new freebies I noticed today.
I also noticed a $1.99 instant video rental sale for new releases. If you need a place to use your $3 credit (a recent KSO offer), it's a good place to start.
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Save $10 on Kindle e-Textbooks

Everyone, not just students, can get a $10 credit to use for Textbooks in the Kindle store. Click the Enter Your Code button on the Promo page, enter the code ETXTBOOK, and click the "Apply" button. Your $10 credit will be automatically applied to your account.

Then, just go shopping in the e-Textbook store (or click HERE to browse thru all 77,646 that are there right now). The credit can be used for Rental or Purchase of any "e-Textbook" (which includes many books that are not, strictly speaking, only textbooks). All eligible Kindle books will have the box below displayed on the product page (right under the formats section):
You will want to carefully check on the book product pages, also, for which devices are supported -- some of the e-textbooks are only usable online, as they are essentially specially DRM'd PDF files. These books will say:

Print Replica: This Kindle book looks just like the printed book
Read it exclusively on our free Kindle apps for iPad, PC or Mac

I have seen a few others that were limited to Kindle devices only (not in a while, but I haven't look much lately, either). You can confirm on either the Order Summary (a link displays after purchase when using the web site) or your order confirmation email that the credit was applied. The credit is applicable to more than one purchase/rental, provided you find items under $10 (such as Jean-Paul Sartre: Basic Writings for $4.49), so you can actually end up getting one or more books free using the credit. If you are homeschooling, be sure to check out the Master Math series, by Debra Anne Ross, any of which would be free with the discount.

Some of the fine print:

Click the "Buy" button (or the "Rent" button if available), and the dollar amount of your code will be automatically applied to your or rental of an eligible Kindle e-textbook. If you have not used the full $10 value of the promotional code on your purchase or rental, we will automatically apply the remaining balance of your code on each of your additional eligible Kindle textbook purchases or rentals until you have used its full value or until the code expires, whichever occurs first.

Promotional offer is valid from December 30, 2011, through January 9, 2012, and subject to change. You must redeem the credit by 11:59 p.m. PST on January 9, 2012. Limit one credit per customer. Geographically limited to those with a US billing address.
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Free Book - A King of Infinite Space (K)

The AmazonEncore edition of A King of Infinite Space, by Tyler Dilts, is free in the Kindle store.
Book Description
Long Beach, California, homicide detective Danny Beckett is pouring the weekend’s first shot of vodka when the call comes in: Elizabeth Williams, a teacher at nearby Warren High School, has been brutally murdered in her classroom. When Danny arrives at the school, the blood-spattered crime scene turns even his veteran stomach. What could this young woman have done to make her the target of such a violent attack? And what is the significance of the victim’s left hand, taken by the killer as a grisly trophy? Beckett delves into the case with his usual tenacious cool, yet as he pieces together the facts, long-suppressed anguish from his own past rises up with stunning force. His hunt for the murderer soon morphs into a personal quest for atonement as he struggles to come to terms with the loss of his wife and family. A King of Infinite Space is a riveting crime novel that serves as a memorable introduction for Danny Beckett to the ranks of fiction’s favorite hardened detectives.
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Free Book - The Inside Ring (N)

The Inside Ring ($4.62 Kindle), the first title in the Joe DeMarco series by Mike Lawson, is this week's Free Friday book from Barnes & Noble.
Book Description
The Inside Ring is the first novel in Mike Lawson’s critically acclaimed series of political thriller starring Joe DeMarco, fixer for the Speaker of the House. It opens with an assassination attempt on the president. He is only wounded, but his best friend and a Secret Service Agent are killed. It turns out that the attack wasn't without warning. General Andrew Banks, the Secretary of Homeland Security, received a note that the president was in danger, and even more alarming, that Secret Service agents guarding the president had been compromised.

General Banks is reluctant to tell the FBI about the note, partly for self-serving political reasons, and partly because he doesn’t want to damage the Secret Service’s reputation based on something that might very well be a hoax. So he requests help from his friend, Speaker Mahoney, and Mahoney assigns his man DeMarco to determine if the Secret Service was really involved. Moving at a breakneck pace, and packed with plenty of humor and suspense, The Inside Ring is a must-read for fans of political thrillers.
Get the free ebook from Barnes & Noble.
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Today's Deals

The Giver ($0.99), by Lois Lowry, is today's Kindle Deal of the Day.
Book Description
Since winning the Newbery Medal in 1994, Lois Lowry’s The Giver has become one of the most influential novels of our time. This stunning redesign of The Giver Quartet presents a fresh, cohesive package that ties The Giver, Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son together.

The story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal world. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver does he begin to understand the dark secrets behind this fragile community.

The Giver is the first book in The Giver Quartet, which also includes Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Lois Lowry's latest return to Jona's world, Son, available September 2012.

The Eagle of the Ninth ($1.54 / £0.99 UK), by Rosemary Sutcliff, is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (the US edition is $8.99). It's a young adult title, but at over 300 pages, it's longer than most you might have read (and from the reviews, it has a wide appeal to an adult audience).
Book Description
The Ninth Legion marched into the mists of Northern Britain—and they were never seen again. Four thousand men disappeared and their eagle standard was lost. It’s a mystery that’s never been solved, until now . . .

Marcus has to find out what happened to his father, who led the legion. So he sets out into the unknown, on a quest so dangerous that nobody expects him to return.

Rosemary Sutcliff is the acknowledged master of children's historical storytelling, she was awarded the OBE for her services to children's literature in 1975. She died in 1992.

Luring a Lady ($1.99 Kindle, B&N), the second in the Stanislaski Family series by Nora Roberts, is the Nook Daily Find, price matched on Kindle.
Book Description
Nothing in Sydney Hayward's background of wealth and privilege had prepared her to take the helm of her family's corporation. Her overflowing new responsibilities left no room for complications--and Mikhail Stanislaski was definitely a complication. Sydney had learned the hard way that she could never love anyone--least of all, this earthy, disturbingly masculine stranger who came from a world so different from her own.

Still, the way she felt when he put his hands on her--strong, work-hardened hands--made her doubt her resolve to remain alone. This gifted man seemed to have a rare talent for luring a lady, even a very reluctant lady, into his arms....
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