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Monday, February 27, 2012

Two More Free Books for Aussies (K)

Another pair of free pre-orders for Australians in the Kindle store today, both published under HarperCollins; one like like it should be under Mischief imprint, but says it is from Avon (also likely not safe for work and definitely not for kids), while the other is a children's title.

4B Goes Wild ($4.99 US / $0.00 AU), by Jamie Gilson
Book Description
Mr. Star broke the news gently. "Well, 4B," he said, "it appears we're going to do it."

It was the talk of last year's fourth, especially the part about the catfish between the principal's sheets. It is the good-behavior reward for this year's fourth grade. It is Outdoor Education: three days at Camp Trotter in Wisconsin.

From where Hobie Hanson sits -- at Central School in Stockton, Illinois -- it is bad news. Three days also means two nights, two nights far from home. The thought brings wooly-worms to his stomach and floods his head with what-ifs. As things turn out, however, Outdoor Education lives up to its name, and in ways that neither Hobie nor his friends expect.

The class, and sub, that kept readers breathless in Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub are back for another rousing adventure, filled with the sights, sounds, tastes, and, yes, smells familiar to veteran campers everywhere.

Untitled Erotica Novella #3 ($1.99 US / $0.00 AU), by Alice Gaines. She has a number of titles in the Kindle store, from Red Sage publishing and Carina Press, ranging from romance to erotica, and two other upcoming erotica releases, Heat Rises and Untitled Erotica Novella #2. These three seem to be the first ones released under contract to HarperCollins. I looked for more info on this one, but came up blank (she has a blog, but hasn't updated in months and the home page pointed to on her profile page had an elapsed domain name).
Book Description
Book description to come.

Free Book - A Season of Angels [K-AU]

A Season of Angels ($7.99 US; $0.00 AU, by Debbie Macomber, is free in the Kindle store for Australia customers only. Could be one that rolls into the US store tomorrow or is just as likely to be a pricing error that corrects in Australia after a while.
Book Description
Wishes for love bring hope from above.

Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy—three willing but sometimes wayward angels—are each given someone's prayer to answer . . .

Shirley: She's sent to help nine-year-old Timmy Potter, who longs for a new father. And although his mother, Jody, has vowed never to trust any man, Shirley is determined to help her love again.

Goodness: She knows Monica Fischer longs for a husband and home of her own, but the young woman has practically given up on finding the right man to stand by her side . . . until Goodness steps in to help.

Mercy: Can Mercy bring hope back into Leah Lundberg's life? This maternity nurse desperately wants a child to fill up the home she's made with her husband, Andrew.

But there's just one catch: Each angel must teach her charge a memorable lesson before the prayer can be granted . . .

Free Book - Skies of Fire [K-AU]

Skies of Fire: The Ether Chronicles ($1.99 US/ $0.00 AU), a steampunk romance by Zoe Archer, is free to pre-order in the Kindle store for Australia customers only. No cover yet and nothing on her website other than the teaser for the title; no doubt this will go up in Australia before release and from the pricing is probably a novella length title (or incorrectly priced for the US, as well).
Book Description
Man made of metal and flesh

Captain Christopher Redmond has just one weakness: the alluring spy who loved and left him years before…when he was still just a man. Now he's superhuman—a Man O' War, made as part of the British Navy's weapons program—and his responsibility is to protect the skies of Europe. If only he could forget Louisa Shaw.

A most inconvenient desire

Louisa, a British Naval Intelligence agent, has never left a job undone. But when her assignment is compromised, the one man who can help her complete her mission is also the only man ever to tempt her body and heart. As burning skies loom and passion ignites, Louisa and Christopher must slip behind enemy lines if they are to deliver a devastating strike against their foe . . . and still get out alive.

Free Book - I Love Kawaii (K)

I Love Kawaii, by Charuca, is free to pre-order in the Kindle store. No description, size or cover at Amazon yet, but I turned up a book description over on the Monsa page. No idea if this will be the full title or just a sampler/preview. Looks like a kid's title, though..
Book Description
Kawaii is a Japanese term which means “cute”. Cuteness seems to be a highly valued aesthetic quality in Japanese society and particularly Japanese pop culture, and overpowering cuteness seems to carry less of the stigma of infantilization as it does in many other cultures. Kawaii style have become very trendy, and a lot of brands such as Sanrio or San-X have been working on the creation of characters under that funny aesthetic. Charuca is one of the best Kawaii illustrators in Spain and she show us on this amusing and colorful title a compilation of all of her favorite international illustrators, such as Tokidoki, Meomi, Tado or Charuca herself.

Free Book Roundup

Repeats from Christian publisher:
These managed to make Amazon's Limited Time Offers list, but all look self-published. The only other thing they seem to have in common is a high digital list price ($9-$10):

Today's backlist/small press/indie, totally free, books for everyone on Kindle. These are are not likely to be free for long, so double check prices before one-clicking (genres are my best guess), as most of them go back up after a day or two (sometimes less), at which point most of them become eligible for the Kindle Lending Library. Those searching the freebies on their own at Amazon may have noticed an unusually high number of titles that were tripping along the edge of erotica into porn (ok, some of them had clearly tripped over the edge and fallen into the pit). It seems that Smashwords has had to eject certain categories of erotica from the catalog, due to enforcement from PayPal. As a result, it seems, many of those authors have moved their books to Amazon or taken the plunge into the KDP Select program, in order to get their 5 days free. One side effect is that you might not want to let any of your small children search the free lists for a while (the titles along are pretty explicit) or do searches yourself from any work computer. I don't guarantee there won't be some erotica in the lists here from time to time, but I think we can skip the ones where the titles themselves are XXX rated.