Today's Deals

Today's Kindle Deal of the Day is This Is Where I Leave You ($2.99), by Jonathan Tropper. This Agency priced title is also today's Nook Daily Find.

Book Description
The death of Judd Foxman's father marks the first time that the entire Foxman clan has congregated in years. There is, however, one conspicuous absence: Judd's wife, Jen, whose affair with his radio- shock-jock boss has recently become painfully public. Simultaneously mourning the demise of his father and his marriage, Judd joins his dysfunctional family as they reluctantly sit shiva-and spend seven days and nights under the same roof. The week quickly spins out of control as longstanding grudges resurface, secrets are revealed and old passions are reawakened. Then Jen delivers the clincher: she's pregnant.

This Is Where I Leave You is Jonathan Tropper's most accomplished work to date, and a riotously funny, emotionally raw novel about love, marriage, divorce, family, and the ties that bind-whether we like it or not.

Fury of Fire ($1.55 / £0.99 UK), the first book in the paranormal romance Dragonfury series by Coreene Callahan, is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (the US edition is $3.99/KLL eligible). Montlake Romance has the next two in the series also on sale at $3.99 in the US and pre-orders up for the first two titles in her next series.

Book Description
A clandestine race of half-dragon, half-humans known as dragon-shifters lives among us. Bastian, leader of the Nightfury dragon clan, is sworn to protect humankind at all costs. For him, honor and duty always come first. When the clan dictates he take a human mate to sire a son, he falters, aware that for a human to birth a dragon-shifter she must die. Myst, the woman given into his care, is the most extraordinary he’s ever met, and though he can’t bear the thought of harming her he is bound by duty.

Myst loves her life in the human world, but Bastian has captured her heart in an instant of electric connection. But Bastian and his warriors are in the middle of a deadly battle with the Razorback dragon-shifters, intent on killing every Nightfury clan member—and the humans they protect—the fate of their world and ours hangs in the balance.

An extraordinary blend of action, fantasy, and steamy romance, Fury of Fire brings to life a dangerous new world intertwined with the survival of humanity, all while exploring the meaning of honor and the nature of true love.

An Enhanced Edition of Mr. Popper's Penguins ($6.71 Kindle, $1.84 B&N), by Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater and Robert Lawson, is the Nook Daily Find for Families (requires NOOK Color or NOOK Tablet).

Book Description
The classic Newbery Honor Book-now enhanced with video

Mr. Popper has penguins in his fridge, an ice rink in the basement, and a family for whom life will never be the same

How many penguins in the house is too many? Mr. Popper is a humble house painter living in Stillwater who dreams of faraway places like the South Pole. When an explorer responds to his letter by sending him a penguin named Captain Cook, Mr. Popper and his family's lives change forever. Soon one penguin becomes twelve, and the Poppers must set out on their own adventure to preserve their home.

First published in 1938, Mr. Popper's Penguins is a classic tale that has enchanted young readers for generations.

Today's Deals

Additional formats on free books:

• Under the Olive Tree (K/N)
• Forty Stories (K/N)

The Fictionwise code this weekend is 081112, good for 60% off non-Samhain titles.

Today's Kindle Deal of the Day is Debora Geary's "A Modern Witch" series for $1.99 per volume (half price).

Light contemporary fantasy with a good dose of humor, a little romance, and characters you won't want to leave. While each book tells a complete story, you'll enjoy the characters far more if you start at the beginning of the series.

A Modern Witch

Can you live 28 years without discovering you're a witch?

Lauren is downtown Chicago's youngest elite realtor. She's also a witch. She must be - the fetching spell for Witches' Chat isn't supposed to make mistakes. So says the woman who coded the spell, at least.

The tall, dark, and handsome guy sent to assess her is a witch too (and no, that doesn't end the way you might think). What he finds in Lauren will change lives, mess with a perfectly good career, and require lots of ice cream therapy.

A Hidden Witch

Elorie Shaw, steeped in the traditions of the Nova Scotia witching community, but not a witch. The fetching spell must have goofed this time... or did it?

Travel to Fisher's Cove, Nova Scotia, where Moira is matriarch and the old ways are nurtured and passed to the next generation. Where a crotchety old witch makes small children cry and builds walls around the silent pain in his heart. And where Elorie - sea-glass artist, inn owner, and Moira's granddaughter - makes her home.

The old magics are strong here. Which is all fine and good until the fetching spell pulls Elorie into Witches' Chat. Because she's not a witch. Or at least not any kind of witch the old ways recognize...

A Reckless Witch

With great power comes great responsibility. So says the tradition of witching. One teenage witch missed that lesson...

As a child, Sierra Brighton traveled the world. She swam with the baby whales, danced in storm funnels, and lived in complete magical freedom. And then Momma died and Sierra ended up in foster care, an unhappy and very secret witch.

Fetched by Nell's spell, she'll no longer need to do magic on lonely beaches - but can Sierra learn to use her power safely? Or will her reckless blood put Witch Central at risk?

A Nomadic Witch

Spring brings a traveler to Nova Scotia - a tiny babe who will turn Marcus's life upside down and reincarnate the horrifying events of his past.

Can Marcus find his way through the pain to love and healing? And can the witching community finally learn to keep their astral travelers safe?

Black Water Rising ($1.55 / £0.99 UK), by Attica Locke, is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (the US edition is $1.99).

Book Description
Writing in the tradition of Dennis Lehane and Greg Iles, Attica Locke, a powerful new voice in American fiction, delivers a brilliant debut thriller that readers will not soon forget.

Jay Porter is hardly the lawyer he set out to be. His most promising client is a low-rent call girl and he runs his fledgling law practice out of a dingy strip mall. But he's long since made peace with not living the American Dream and carefully tucked away his darkest sins: the guns, the FBI file, the trial that nearly destroyed him.

Houston, Texas, 1981. It is here that Jay believes he can make a fresh start. That is, until the night in a boat out on the bayou when he impulsively saves a woman from drowning—and opens a Pandora's box. Her secrets put Jay in danger, ensnaring him in a murder investigation that could cost him his practice, his family, and even his life. But before he can get to the bottom of a tangled mystery that reaches into the upper echelons of Houston's corporate power brokers, Jay must confront the demons of his past.

With pacing that captures the reader from the first scene through an exhilarating climax, Black Water Rising marks the arrival of an electrifying new talent.

The Devil's Rooming House: The True Story of America's Deadliest Female Serial Killer ($9.99 Kindle), by M. William Phelps, is the Nook Daily Find. It's not price matched on Kindle, B&N's Daily Find link doesn't take you anywhere and searching there for the title only brings up a full-price edition, so it probably won't be. So, instead, check out the B&N Weekend Deal, Mike Hammer: Lady, Go Die! ($3.99 Kindle, B&N), by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins, the sequel to I, the Jury.

Book Description
When Hammer and Velda go on vacation to a Long Island beach town, Hammer becomes embroiled in the mystery of a missing well-known New York party girl who lives nearby. When the woman turns up naked - and dead - astride the statue of a horse in the town square, Hammer feels compelled to investigate.

Mickey Spillane's lost 1940s Mike Hammer novel, written between I, the Jury and My Gun Is Quickand never before published! Completed by Spillane's friend and literary executor Max Allan Collins,Lady, Go Die is finally making its way into print almost 70 years after its inception!

Tuesdays at the Castle ($3.06 Kindle, B&N), by Jessica Day George, is the Nook Daily Find for Families, price matched on Kindle.

Book Description
Tuesdays at Castle Glower are Princess Celia’s favorite days. That’s because on Tuesdays the castle adds a new room, a turret, or sometimes even an entire wing to itself. No one ever knows what the castle will do next, and no one - other than Celia, that is - takes time to map out the new additions. But when King and Queen Glower are ambushed and reportedly killed, it’s up to Celia with her secret knowledge of the Castle’s many twists and turns, to protect their home and save their kingdom.

Age Level: 8 and up

Today's Deals

Audible's bi-annual Buy One Get One Free Sale is back for Members. Pick two audiobooks from the list, click to checkout and you'll use a single credit. If you are out of credits, you should make sure to use the Extra Credits page, which lets you buy three credits at a 20% discount ($35.88; exp 8/31).

The Kindle Big Deal is back, with more than 500 books starting at 99 cents.

Another new promotion at Kobo, which they are calling their Back To School Offer: Get 75% off Youth Fiction with code percyartemis75 (exp Aug 20). At least one good deal on the list: The Last Guardian, by Eoin Colfer, for $2.99 with coupon (it appears that may be the only selection on the list for those in the UK).

The problem with the enhanced format for The End of the Affair has apparently been fixed at Audible. You should now be able to send it to your Kindle or download the best audio format and it is still free, if you haven't picked it up yet.

Today's Kindle Deal of the Day is Pharmacology ($1.99), by Christopher Herz.

Book Description
1993. San Francisco. The digital and pharmaceutical industries are booming. They're looking for the young, the hip, and those on the counterculture fringe to be both the face and consumer of their new world order. Recruited by an advertising agency focused on targeting a new drug to her own age demographic, Sarah Striker is grateful for the steady income, but begins to question the side effects of the products she's pushing.

Sarah begins publishing an underground 'zine to expose the secrets behind the pharmaceutical industry's aims. Fulfilled by her quest to spread the truth, her new life seems to be working out perfectly--until she realizes that she herself is perilously close to becoming a victim of this new corporate world.

A kinetic, hyper-stylized jolt of pure energy, Herz delivers a strong follow up to his debut novel, The Last Block in Harlem. Full of vibrant characters and razor-sharp dialogue, Pharmacology captures the voice of the Internet generation with style, heart, and soul.

Your Writing Coach 2nd ed: From Concept to Character, from Pitch to Publication ($1.70 / £1.09 UK), by Jurgen Wolff, is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (the US edition is $9.99).

Book Description
Featuring exercises, quotes and encouragement Your Writing Coach,2nd edition shows you how to hook readers and keep them engaged and offers powerful tips on how to stay motivated and how to transform the inner critic into a constructive guide to get past the dreaded writer's bloc. Finally, this book offers updated advice on marketing yourself and your work, on ‘getting started’ and on the tremendous opportunities offered by the new media.

About the Author
Jurgen Wolff is a writer, teacher, and hypnotherapist. He is the author or co-author of five books, and the editor/publisher of BRAINSTORM, the creativity newsletter. In America, he was a Research Scientist for the American Institutes for Research, and a Senior Consultant to Learning Achievement Corporation.He has taught at the University of Southern California, been a Guest Lecturer at Le Conservatoire Europeen D'Ecriture Audiovisuelle, Paris, and a Tutor at the London School of Journalism.

The Edge of Grace ($3.99 Kindle, B&N), by Christa Allan, is the Nook Daily Find, price matched on Kindle.

Book Description
In a matter of seconds her entire world shifted...

An early morning call shatters Caryn Becker's world. Unable to cope with her brother’s news that he is gay, Caryn rejects him and disappears into her own turbulent life as a young widow and single mom. But when David is attacked and nearly killed, Caryn is forced to make hard choices about family, faith, and her own future; choices that take her to the very edge of grace.

Knitty Kitty and the Magic Ball of Yarn ($4.99 Kindle, $0.99 B&N), by Michael LeFort, Tamara Kowal and Katya Kotlyar, is the Nook Daily Find for Families (requires NOOK Color, NOOK Tablet or NOOK Kids for iPad; note that the Kindle edition works only on Kindle Fire, Kindle for Android, Kindle for iPad or with Kindle Cloud Reader).

Book Description
Knitty Kitty lives in the beautifully upholstered and colorful Town of Yarn. Knitty comes from a long line of adventurous kitties. One day, Knitty uncovers a family tradition – The Magic Ball of Yarn that inspires amazing adventures to fabulous places. Join Knitty Kitty on a journey from a very small town to a very exciting new destination…The Big City! Knitty meets a new friend and starts a new life as an explorer!

Kindle DX $269!

Today only, the Kindle DX, Free 3G, 9.7" E Ink Display is $110 off, for a total of $269! In addition, it looks like most of today's Gold Box deals are Kindle related (mostly Kindle Fire accessories), so you'll want to keep an eye out on those today, tool.

This model includes 3G cellular service at no charge, including web browsing (which has been limited to WiFi mode with the Kindle Touch and that trend will no doubt continue). The promotional price will continue until midnight in Seattle or while supplies last. The dropdown will let you try to order up to 999 of these at the special price, but I didn't actually place them in the cart to see if it would really work.

Description
With a large, easy-to-read 9.7" E Ink display that reads like real paper and adjustable font sizes Kindle DX is the ideal e-reader for Dad. With free 3G wireless (no monthly payments or annual contracts), Dad can shop, download, and read right out of the box--no need to worry about Wi-Fi connections, passwords, or internet charges.

High Contrast E Ink Pearl Screen: Our graphite Kindle DX display uses the latest generation E Ink Pearl technology with 50% better contrast for the clearest text and sharpest images

Beautiful Large Display: The 9.7" diagonal E Ink screen is ideal for a broad range of reading material, including graphic-rich books, PDFs, newspapers, magazines, and blogs

Read in Sunlight with No Glare: Unlike backlit computer or LCD screens, Kindle DX's display looks and reads like real paper, with no glare. Read as easily in bright sunlight as in your living room

Slim: Just over 1/3 of an inch, as thin as most magazines

Books In Under 60 Seconds: Get books delivered wirelessly in less than 60 seconds; no PC required

Free 3G Wireless: No monthly payments, no annual contracts. Download books anywhere, anytime

Today's Deals

Over at O'Reilly Books, they are running a 50% off sale on their 5-star ebooks (all DRM-free). Enter coupon code WK5STAR (expires August 16, 2012) during checkout. Mostly technical/computer type books, there's also mathematics, home chemistry experiments and one on training your brain included (which is also half-price and DRM-free on Kindle, no coupon required)

Today's the last day to use the surrender75 (75% off selected Romance) and GBAug04Save70 (70% off Bestsellers, UK only) coupon codes at Kobo. A new code, worth 40% off select amazing debut novels, is debut40 (exp 8/13).

Today's Kindle Deal of the Day is A Word Child ($1.99), by Iris Murdoch (Open Road).

Book Description
A brilliant but deeply flawed man struggles to earn absolution

Hilary Burde was a rising star in academia until a tragic accident plunged him and his mentor and rival, Gunnar Jopling, into two decades of depression and guilt. Hilary, unable to overcome his pain, abandoned his promising career for an unfulfilling job as a civil servant. But at age forty-one, Hilary crosses paths again with Gunnar—initiating a series of events that will change their lives forever.

Set against a richly drawn backdrop of post-war London, A Word Child is a gripping story of passion and the redemptive power of love.

Fold ($1.55 / £0.99 UK), by Tom Campbell, is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (no US edition).

Book Description
Five friends. One year. All bets are off.

Reading, 2009. It may not be Vegas, but for Nick, Doug, Vijay, Alan and Simon, it’s as good as they’re going to get.

Each in their forties, and beset by anxieties, flaws and frustrations, they meet monthly in each other’s houses for a ’friendly’ game of poker, enabling Doug to show off his new-minted wealth, Simon to insist on serving only red wine and goats’ cheese and Nick - swimming in a cocktail of envy, fear, bravado and disappointment - to make increasingly desperate attempts to bring an end to his interminable losing streak.

While Vijay meticulously records every win and loss on his spreadsheet, and Alan frets about his propensity to break into sweat and his inability to get his wife pregnant, Nick becomes obsessed with the idea of engineering Doug’s downfall: Doug, who with his big house, his successful business and his appalling taste is both everything that Nick aspires to and resents. Convinced of the heroic nature of his task, he aims to triumph over Doug in poker, as well as in life, and in doing so he comes into troubling proximity to Sophia, Doug’s clever and beautiful wife ...

Spartacus: Swords and Ashes ($1.99 Kindle, B&N), by J.M. Clements, is the Nook Daily Find, price matched on Kindle.

Book Description
Spartacus is the hit TV show which combines blood-soaked action, exotic sexuality, villainy and heroism. This original novel from the world of Spartacus: Blood and Sand tells a brand new
story of blood, sex and politics set in the uncompromising, visceral world of the arena.

The gladiator Spartacus, the new Champion of Capua, fights atthe graveside of a rich man who was brutally murdered by his own slaves. Seeing an opportunity, ambitious lanista Quintus Batiatus plots to seize the dead man’s estate.

In the arena blood and death are primetime entertainment. But not all battles are fought upon the sands...

STAR FIGHTERS 1: Alien Attack ($3.99 Kindle, $1.99 B&N), by Max Chase, is the Nook Daily Find for Families.

Book Description
Peri is a first-year student at the IF Academy and has been selected for a rare unsupervised exercise in space, paired with Diesel, a half-Martian from the Academy. While performing a routine exercise, they witness Earth coming under bombardment from Xion spaceships and soon find themselves behind the controls of the Phoenix, the most advanced space vessel known to man. As the Solar System is torn apart by a war between the Xions and Meigwors, Peri and Diesel are drawn helplessly into the intergalactic conflict. Now they - along with stowaway girl Selene - must work together to find a way home.

Age Level: 7 and up