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1Chatterbox
So, every so often, we spot a fabulous bargain: a new book 50% off somewhere; a fresh sale on BookCloseouts, or a great 24-hour Kindle freebie or deal on a book you think other readers will like or should read.
Rather than just posting them on our own threads, I've decided to start a thread devoted to making others aware of great book-specific deals, or other sales.
And I'll kick off with Master of Verona by David Blixt, a historical novel that's a riff/hommage to Romeo and Juliet, and is FREE for Kindle today.
Rather than just posting them on our own threads, I've decided to start a thread devoted to making others aware of great book-specific deals, or other sales.
And I'll kick off with Master of Verona by David Blixt, a historical novel that's a riff/hommage to Romeo and Juliet, and is FREE for Kindle today.
3Chatterbox
... and a reminder that on July 1, Amazon will post a fresh batch of 100 books for $3.99 or less for Kindle. I have found that a great way to add titles to my Kindle library, especially books I already own and can deaccession from the dead-tree book library.
4cyderry
What about Nook sales?
Have you signed up on Book Bub on Facebook? Every day free or sale books...
Have you signed up on Book Bub on Facebook? Every day free or sale books...
6Chatterbox
I don't use Nook, so I don't get those alerts -- but I'm sure other folks do, and if they spot something cool that's free or discounted for a day, etc., they can use this thread to let people know.
fuzzi -- I was thinking of this as being along those lines, but more in a curated way. For instance, if you see a free book that you know is good or you've heard good stuff about, post it here. There are a LOT of titles that are free -- mainly indie/self-published -- and lots of lists that people can sign up for, as cyderry notes, but I was thinking of this as being more specific. For instance, if you know Karin Fossum is good, or see a lot of people talking about her books, and they suddenly become available for 24 hours on Kindle for $1.99 as happened this month...
fuzzi -- I was thinking of this as being along those lines, but more in a curated way. For instance, if you see a free book that you know is good or you've heard good stuff about, post it here. There are a LOT of titles that are free -- mainly indie/self-published -- and lots of lists that people can sign up for, as cyderry notes, but I was thinking of this as being more specific. For instance, if you know Karin Fossum is good, or see a lot of people talking about her books, and they suddenly become available for 24 hours on Kindle for $1.99 as happened this month...
7elkiedee
Now this is a good idea, though I might have to create one for the UK, as our Kindle offers are different and we also have the BookPeople, a wonderful place for those of us who crave matching sets of books as prices are often similar to those of one or two books separately...
9drneutron
I've added this thread to the group wiki - it's a great idea! I like the idea of keeping it relatively curated though.
10elkiedee
Wow at the Karin Fossums for $1.99 - Random House, her publisher here doesn't tend to offer amazing Kindle bargains.
11Chatterbox
Why don't we preface our messages by stating what country we're in first -- eg US Readers: , or UK Readers: ?
I know the deals are different, but it's interesting to know. For instance, some UK readers might want to complain to Random House in the UK about inequitable treatment... :-)
I know the deals are different, but it's interesting to know. For instance, some UK readers might want to complain to Random House in the UK about inequitable treatment... :-)
12Chatterbox
For US readers: Today's Kindle daily deal is The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty, a very new novel that has had a lot of buzz, and was only released a few months ago. (It has been compared to The Paris Wife. It's available for $2.99, a 90% discount from the publisher's cover price. I nabbed it...
13elkiedee
Looking forward to seeing what you make of that one, I had a review copy from Vine and I really enjoyed it, though I've still to write about it. One of the characters is a 15 year old Louise Brooks, but the fictional title character is even more interesting.
14Chatterbox
For US readers: Another intriguing Kindle daily deal, The Coldest Winter by David Halberstam. I haven't read this one, but it's about the Korean war, and Halberstam is a great writer and chronicler of this era. It's now on my Kindle.
15thornton37814
I missed that book by one day. I got behind on my notifications on my Kindle bargains and freebies in my blog reader. I really hate that I missed it because that is one I would have enjoyed. However, I checked my library's catalog and discovered that they have it in print, audio, and e-book formats, so I think I saved myself $1.99 by not discovering the bargain on time!
16majkia
Sigh. the downside of living in a small town. No ebooks at all at the library and very often no copies of books I want to read and that cost a small fortune in ebook form.
17thornton37814
I doubt we'd have e-books if it weren't for the statewide TN Reads program. Maybe someone else who lives in Florida knows if they have a statewide program?
18souloftherose
For UK readers: Not a daily deal but a huge price cut down to £2.39 for Rachel Joyce's The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry.
Transworld and Vintage seem to have decreased the prices of quite a few of their books this weekend. A lot of Jo Nesbo's and Joanne Harris's books seem to be available for £2.70.
If you haven't already discovered the site, ereaderiq (.co.uk or .com) is a great way to get notifications for kindle price drops - you can import your amazon wishlist or create a watchlist manually.
Transworld and Vintage seem to have decreased the prices of quite a few of their books this weekend. A lot of Jo Nesbo's and Joanne Harris's books seem to be available for £2.70.
If you haven't already discovered the site, ereaderiq (.co.uk or .com) is a great way to get notifications for kindle price drops - you can import your amazon wishlist or create a watchlist manually.
19elkiedee
Thanks Heather
UK readers: Kate Grenville, The Idea of Perfection is 89p (and it was an Orange winner too!)
Trezza Azzopardi, The Hiding Place is 74p
Graham Robb, The Discovery of France sounds quite interesting too and is a similar price.
UK readers: Kate Grenville, The Idea of Perfection is 89p (and it was an Orange winner too!)
Trezza Azzopardi, The Hiding Place is 74p
Graham Robb, The Discovery of France sounds quite interesting too and is a similar price.
20susanj67
Also for the UK:
Alan Hollinghurst's The Stranger's Child for just 20p (although the reviews are mixed)
Peter James's Perfect People for 20p (reviews vg)
Alan Hollinghurst's The Stranger's Child for just 20p (although the reviews are mixed)
Peter James's Perfect People for 20p (reviews vg)
21SusanGod
BAEN Books Free Library
http://baen.com/library/books.asp
You can download these Science Fiction books in any of several DRM-FREE formats with no conditions or strings attached. BAEN has offered the Free eBook Library since October 11, 2000. In addition, BAEN sometimes puts CD's of DRM-Free eBooks in first issue hard covers ans permits these books to be shared. They are available for download at http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/. Many users choose to provide the Library with small donations for the authors. The BAEN's BAR fans are very supportive of the BAEN authors.
http://baen.com/library/books.asp
You can download these Science Fiction books in any of several DRM-FREE formats with no conditions or strings attached. BAEN has offered the Free eBook Library since October 11, 2000. In addition, BAEN sometimes puts CD's of DRM-Free eBooks in first issue hard covers ans permits these books to be shared. They are available for download at http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/. Many users choose to provide the Library with small donations for the authors. The BAEN's BAR fans are very supportive of the BAEN authors.
23elkiedee
UK: The Kindle Summer sale must have started: goodies include
David Downing, Lehrter Station - I've got this one already, but others may be tempted
Catherine Hall, The Proof of Love
Sonya Zinovieff, The House on Paradise Street
Jo Baker, The Picture Book
Aifric Campbell, On the Floor - Orange longlist
David Downing, Lehrter Station - I've got this one already, but others may be tempted
Catherine Hall, The Proof of Love
Sonya Zinovieff, The House on Paradise Street
Jo Baker, The Picture Book
Aifric Campbell, On the Floor - Orange longlist
24jdthloue
Just got this from Shelf Awareness:
http://www.facebook.com/HarperPerennial/app_208195102528120
$.99 eBook sale from Harper Perennial....through the rest of August
http://www.facebook.com/HarperPerennial/app_208195102528120
$.99 eBook sale from Harper Perennial....through the rest of August
25DorsVenabili
#24 - Thank you for that one! I found two that look interesting.
26elkiedee
Lucky you - I can't buy in that sale but there I think I'd probably get most of them. Lean On Pete was an ER book and I thought it was excellent.
27jdthloue
>24 jdthloue: I'm sorry for those who can't take advantage of this Sale...it's my Bad...i didn't think to post without a "warning"
Forgive me, please...
Forgive me, please...
28lauralkeet
In celebration of Julia Child's 100th birthday, today's US Kindle daily deal is As Always, Julia at $1.99. Average LT rating: 4.5 stars.
29elkiedee
27: No need at all to apologise! We get some excellent daily deals and sale offers here too, I can't really complain. The Kindle sale here has 493 books in it, including two I'd had on my wishlist for a while, until the end of August. I'm not even confessing what I've bought, although most of it is logged in my Acquired 2012 and Kindle collections.
30elkiedee
UK: (worth checking if you're elsewhere): I just got an email saying Lise McClendon's Blackbird Fly is now free - I've still not read any of her books, but have bought about 6 of them in the US secondhand, and the two 1940s historicals I'm most interested in have been offered free on Kindle in the past. This one is set in France, mixed ratings but Susiesharp of this group has given it a good review.
31elkiedee
UK and US: All Roads Lead to Austen is free at the moment, and has some positive LT reviews. It's about a woman travelling round Latin America setting up groups to discuss Jane Austen.
32porch_reader
Timothy Egan's books The Worst Hard Time and The Big Burn are each $3.99 for Kindle in the US. They are on sale all through Sept, I think.
33elkiedee
UK: Kindle deal of the day today is Sarah Quigley, The Conductor - I've just read a review copy and it's definitely worth snapping up at 99p.
Helen Dunmore's ghost story, The Greatcoat is £2.84 at the moment - last time it dropped to this price it was for so short a time I missed it. I looked in the morning and went back in the evening, it had gone up to £4.47. I bought a charity shop hardback yesterday, and guess what I discovered when I looked at Amazon.
Helen Dunmore's ghost story, The Greatcoat is £2.84 at the moment - last time it dropped to this price it was for so short a time I missed it. I looked in the morning and went back in the evening, it had gone up to £4.47. I bought a charity shop hardback yesterday, and guess what I discovered when I looked at Amazon.
34elkiedee
UK and US: Julie Smith, New Orleans Mourning is free for Kindle at the moment, and many of her other books are available quite cheaply, if I can't find my copies in the shed or I find they're in unreadable condition, I might buy more. Skip isn't much good at being the Southern belle her mother had wanted, but she's an interesting maverick police detective character in New Orleans.
UK: Kate Grenville, Sarah Thornhill is 20p (and I paid £3.99 a few months ago because I wanted to have my own copy after reading it from the library!) - it's a sort of sequel to The Secret River.
UK: Kate Grenville, Sarah Thornhill is 20p (and I paid £3.99 a few months ago because I wanted to have my own copy after reading it from the library!) - it's a sort of sequel to The Secret River.
35souloftherose
#34 Luci, you're a great enabler of kindle book purchases! I got Sarah Thornhill :-)
36CDVicarage
Yes, thanks Luci, so did I.
37fuzzi
I've snagged a bunch of free ebooks through http://www.bookbub.com. Every day I receive an email with several free or cheap deals.
38souloftherose
Madeline Miller's The Song of Achilles is £0.99 in the UK - don't know how long for as it's not the official daily deal.
39elkiedee
UK offers
Patrick McCabe, The Butcher Boy 89p - probably until Monday, as it's Picador's weekly deal which runs Monday to Monday
Heather Gudenkauf, One Breath Away
M J McGrath, White Heat is the first in a crime series set in the Arctic, it's been on a wishlist in my head since Harrogate 2011 - it's 89p at the moment, probably to promote #2
I'm watching a lot of recordings of The Book Show on TV at the moment - I was watching Ben MacIntyre talk about his book on WWII double agents Double Cross last night and discovered that it's £2.84 at the moment - Suzanne rated it 4.5. (It's only £2.99 in paperback if you still have shelf space).
Patrick McCabe, The Butcher Boy 89p - probably until Monday, as it's Picador's weekly deal which runs Monday to Monday
Heather Gudenkauf, One Breath Away
M J McGrath, White Heat is the first in a crime series set in the Arctic, it's been on a wishlist in my head since Harrogate 2011 - it's 89p at the moment, probably to promote #2
I'm watching a lot of recordings of The Book Show on TV at the moment - I was watching Ben MacIntyre talk about his book on WWII double agents Double Cross last night and discovered that it's £2.84 at the moment - Suzanne rated it 4.5. (It's only £2.99 in paperback if you still have shelf space).
40lauralkeet
>38 souloftherose:: wow, that's an excellent deal!!
41elkiedee
On a rather different note, Lace is 99p - I can relive my teenage years!
I already have Song of Achilles but at least I read it a few months ago and it was quite a reasonable price at the time.
I already have Song of Achilles but at least I read it a few months ago and it was quite a reasonable price at the time.
43elkiedee
UK
Latest 20p bargains
Scarlett Thomas, Bright Young Things
Hilary Boyd, Thursdays in the Park
Yann Martel, Life with Pi - care needed to get the 20p version here
Other
Alex Wheatle, Brixton Rock £1.39
Dodie Smith, The Town in Bloom, It Ends with Revelations and The New Moon with the Old £1.19 each
Latest 20p bargains
Scarlett Thomas, Bright Young Things
Hilary Boyd, Thursdays in the Park
Yann Martel, Life with Pi - care needed to get the 20p version here
Other
Alex Wheatle, Brixton Rock £1.39
Dodie Smith, The Town in Bloom, It Ends with Revelations and The New Moon with the Old £1.19 each
44souloftherose
#43 Woo! The Scarlett Thomas and Dodie Smith's have been downloaded :-)
45susanj67
I've just bought the Scarlett Thomas too, and I saw that Ken Follett's Winter of the World (part 2 in a trilogy) is also just 20p.
46Chatterbox
The new Molly Ringwald book of short stories that is earning applause is one of the $3.99 or less deals for October in the US -- it's $3.99, so at the high end, but maybe still worth it...
47porch_reader
#46 - I just got the Molly Ringwald book. I also snagged Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk and The Secret Piano: From Mao's Labor Camps to Bach's Goldberg Variations from the October Kindle bargains in the US. Two of my favorites - The Sisters Brothers and The Lacuna - are also on sale this month.
48fuzzi
From BookBub, for today only:
The Shadowdance Trilogy
By David Dalglish
This complete collection includes all three books in a popular epic fantasy series that chronicles the childhood, training, and rise to power of Haern, the Watcher of Veldaren
Originally: $9.99
$2.99
The Shadow of Black Wings
By James Calbraith
A young dragon rider, a tomboy samurai girl, and a timid shrine apprentice come together in this fantastic adventure set in a world of mysterious warlords, crazy inventors, and steam-powered machines
Originally: $3.99
Free!
Flame of Resistance
By Tracy Groot
When an American fighter pilot is shot down over Nazi-occupied France, he becomes the linchpin in the Resistance’s plan to infiltrate a German brothel and retrieve critical intel from a prostitute sympathetic to the Allied cause
Originally: $9.99
Free!
Moonlighting in Vermont
By Kate George
This Daphne Du Maurier Award-winning mystery follows an average country girl who becomes the prime suspect in a murder investigation when she discovers her boss dead — first in the Bree MacGowan Mystery series
Originally: $2.66
Free!
Sophie's Choice
By William Styron
This modern masterpiece and winner of the 1980 National Book Award follows one woman and two men living in Brooklyn in the wake of World War II as Sophie struggles to cope with the horrific and impossible choice she has been forced to make
Originally: $9.99
$0.99
Go to bookbub.com for more information.
The Shadowdance Trilogy
By David Dalglish
This complete collection includes all three books in a popular epic fantasy series that chronicles the childhood, training, and rise to power of Haern, the Watcher of Veldaren
Originally: $9.99
$2.99
The Shadow of Black Wings
By James Calbraith
A young dragon rider, a tomboy samurai girl, and a timid shrine apprentice come together in this fantastic adventure set in a world of mysterious warlords, crazy inventors, and steam-powered machines
Originally: $3.99
Free!
Flame of Resistance
By Tracy Groot
When an American fighter pilot is shot down over Nazi-occupied France, he becomes the linchpin in the Resistance’s plan to infiltrate a German brothel and retrieve critical intel from a prostitute sympathetic to the Allied cause
Originally: $9.99
Free!
Moonlighting in Vermont
By Kate George
This Daphne Du Maurier Award-winning mystery follows an average country girl who becomes the prime suspect in a murder investigation when she discovers her boss dead — first in the Bree MacGowan Mystery series
Originally: $2.66
Free!
Sophie's Choice
By William Styron
This modern masterpiece and winner of the 1980 National Book Award follows one woman and two men living in Brooklyn in the wake of World War II as Sophie struggles to cope with the horrific and impossible choice she has been forced to make
Originally: $9.99
$0.99
Go to bookbub.com for more information.
49DorsVenabili
The Humble eBook Bundle
"Eight works of literary genius. Humble eBook Bundle features eight masterful works from a prodigious league of award-winning authors. Name your price and receive Pirate Cinema, Pump Six and Other Stories, Zoo City, Invasion: The Secret World Chronicle, Stranger Things Happen, and Magic for Beginners. Customers who beat the average will also receive Old Man's War and the graphic novel Signal to Noise!"
http://www.humblebundle.com/
"Eight works of literary genius. Humble eBook Bundle features eight masterful works from a prodigious league of award-winning authors. Name your price and receive Pirate Cinema, Pump Six and Other Stories, Zoo City, Invasion: The Secret World Chronicle, Stranger Things Happen, and Magic for Beginners. Customers who beat the average will also receive Old Man's War and the graphic novel Signal to Noise!"
http://www.humblebundle.com/
50countrylife
That's really cool, Kerri!
51DorsVenabili
#50 - Yeah, it looks like a good deal. I didn't do it, but an acquaintance of mine did and posted the link on facebook, so I thought I'd share. I read Zoo City earlier this year and really enjoyed it. I'm not so familiar with the other titles.
52LizzieD
Today's Kindle Daily Deal (USA) is City of Women, which a lot of 75ers have read and enjoyed. I got mine!
53countrylife
Oh, nuts! That's one I really wanted. But I was away visiting my folks over the weekend and missed your post, Lizzie.
54majkia
I just found Dog On It for .99 on Amazon. I was quite excited as I'd read about it and put it in my wishlist earlier this week.
56avatiakh
The War Walk: A Journey Along the Western Front by Nigel Jones is free at present on amazon
57elkiedee
UK: There seem to be two Kindle sales starting on Amazon. There's a Halloween one but nothing appeals to me - I'm not really into horror and the crime isn't quite my thing. And I think a lot of it is Amazon's own imprints or self publishers, rather than the more mainstream publishers who put their offerings in the Kindle sales.
There looks to be a proper Kindle sale in the course of being listed at the moment - I've bought Barbara Demick's book on Sarajevo for £1.19, omnibus editions of 4 Steven Saylor Gordianus books and 4 Carola Dunn Daisy Dalrymple ones for £1.19 each.
There looks to be a proper Kindle sale in the course of being listed at the moment - I've bought Barbara Demick's book on Sarajevo for £1.19, omnibus editions of 4 Steven Saylor Gordianus books and 4 Carola Dunn Daisy Dalrymple ones for £1.19 each.
58LizzieD
I just found The Sisters Brothers among this month's sale offerings at US Amazon for $2.99. Yippee!
Cindy, I'm sorry that you missed City of Women. Maybe they'll include it in a monthly sale.
Cindy, I'm sorry that you missed City of Women. Maybe they'll include it in a monthly sale.
59lauralkeet
Amazon US has announced their 100 Kindle Books for $3.99 or less for November. The list includes three great books:
- Song of Achilles
- The Secret River
- The Boy who Harnessed the Wind
- Song of Achilles
- The Secret River
- The Boy who Harnessed the Wind
60_Zoe_
Ooh, that is a great sale. I loved Little Princes as well.
61Chatterbox
There are a LOT of good books on this month's US Kindle sale list.
Sword at Sunset is a children's classic by Rosemary Sutcliff.
First They Killed My father by Loung Ung, about the Cambodian genocide
Bitter Lemons by Lawrence Durrell
Sword at Sunset is a children's classic by Rosemary Sutcliff.
First They Killed My father by Loung Ung, about the Cambodian genocide
Bitter Lemons by Lawrence Durrell
62elkiedee
Lucky you. There are some good books in the current Autumn Harvest sale, Barbara Demick's book on Sarajevo was near the top of my wishlist and only the knowledge that it was by a publisher who often offer Kindle bargains stopped me buying it before it was on offer. But the UK November £2.99 or under is pretty dismal.
63elkiedee
UK: Harper Collins (including Avon: romance and some crime), Fourth Estate (literary fiction), Voyager has put a lot of its titles on offer at £2-£3, but there are also some interesting FREEBIES including books by Nicola Barker, Joyce Carol Oates, Andrea Barrett, Amy Tan, Katherine Kerr, Tony Parsons, Mark Mills, Rowan Coleman, Maureen Johnson, Len Deighton, Harry Bingham, Grace Monroe, Olivia Goldsmith.
64Chatterbox
Luci, I think we should set up backup Kindles for each other -- you create a UK kindle account for me there, and I do the same for you here in the US. That way we can each take advantage of each other's sales!!
65elkiedee
I keep wondering about the practicalities of helping you out - I think I spend more than enough money here as it is, though! I'm not sure taking advantage of two lots of Kindle sales, deals of the day etc etc would be entirely healthy.
I was also pleased by today's Deal of the Day, the last few have been dire - today it was a wishlist one, Madensky Square by Eva Ibbotson.
I was also pleased by today's Deal of the Day, the last few have been dire - today it was a wishlist one, Madensky Square by Eva Ibbotson.
66Chatterbox
Ooh, yes, that's a great Ibbotson title and one I'd love to have on my Kindle. But it's not available for Kindle here. I did add A Song for Summer to my Kindle, which means there is another DTB somewhere I will be able to discard, although it wasn't at a bargain price. oh well.
67CDVicarage
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/nov/08/beagle-e-reader-review
A cheap e-reader but very small capacity - I'd feel a bit twitchy at only having 5 books to hand having got used to my kindle's apparently infinite depths.
A cheap e-reader but very small capacity - I'd feel a bit twitchy at only having 5 books to hand having got used to my kindle's apparently infinite depths.
69elkiedee
UK More Harper Collins bargains today
Forty Stories: New Writing from Harper Perennial - anthology of stories
Doris Lessing, In Pursuit of the English
books by Fay Weldon, Lynne Pemberton, Colleen McCullough, Daisy Waugh, Tom Perrotta, David Nobbs, and others
Forty Stories: New Writing from Harper Perennial - anthology of stories
Doris Lessing, In Pursuit of the English
books by Fay Weldon, Lynne Pemberton, Colleen McCullough, Daisy Waugh, Tom Perrotta, David Nobbs, and others
70elkiedee
And today's daily deal for £1.09
Brian Moore, The Doctor's Wife - Brian Moore was an Irish writer - I really like his writing but he's not the most cheerful author
Brian Moore, The Doctor's Wife - Brian Moore was an Irish writer - I really like his writing but he's not the most cheerful author
71kidzdoc
Today's Kindle Daily Deal in the US features nine military-themed books for $1.99, as today is Veterans Day. One of the books is The Long Ships by Frans Bengtsson, which several people have recommended highly on LT.
72CDVicarage
#71 Oh, I'd like that but it doesn't seem to be available on kindle (at any price) in the UK.
74kidzdoc
>73 tymfos: I receive a daily e-mail from Amazon that informs me about that day's Kindle Daily Deal, which expires at 12:00 am PST. You can also find the Daily Deal from the Kindle Store page on Amazon's web site.
I bought The Long Ships for $1.99 yesterday. Unfortunately its price has gone back up to $9.87 today.
I bought The Long Ships for $1.99 yesterday. Unfortunately its price has gone back up to $9.87 today.
75elkiedee
Latest 20p offering is C J Sansom, Winter in Madrid, set in Spain after the Civil War there - Franco has taken power. It's a sort of historical spy story. I'm in the middle of reading it at the moment (paid a whole 89p a few months ago).
76fuzzi
Thriftbooks.com has a "buy five get one free sale" through midnight tonight (11-25-12). Put in the promo code "THANKS" at checkout.
Oh, and they have free shipping, too!
Oh, and they have free shipping, too!
77Chatterbox
OK, folks, dial into the Kindle "Daily Deal" for cyber Monday in the US. There are more than 2,000 books, a very eclectic selection. You can snap up Lawrence Durrell, Iris Murdoch, Muriel Spark, some by Michael Chabon. Or lots of mysteries -- focused more on a few specific authors and their complete oeuvre than a real variety, but some good deals. I snapped up some books by Pearl Buck for about $3 apiece, and some mysteries set in WW2 Paris by J. Robert Janes, who is a major fave of a Toronto bookseller who specializes in mysteries, but that I have never read -- Dollmaker, Madrigal, etc. There are a large # of John Harvey's mysteries featuring Charlie Resnick, mostly for $2 or $3 each.
78elkiedee
If you like novels set in Russia and/or during WWII, and books about the Siege of Leningrad, Sarah Quigley's The Conductor was a Kindle daily deal before, and is on sale at 85p at the moment. I still have to write a proper review of it, but would recommend it.
Other rather random bargains, Gerard Woodward, Nourishment is 89p
Madeleine Albright's memoir/family story/book about Czechoslovakia, Prague Winter is £1.99.
Other rather random bargains, Gerard Woodward, Nourishment is 89p
Madeleine Albright's memoir/family story/book about Czechoslovakia, Prague Winter is £1.99.
79elkiedee
Picador have put Emma Donoghue's historical novel set in Victorian London, The Sealed Letter up at 89p (gnashing of teeth - I paid a lot more than that).
80Chatterbox
I would definitely echo the recommendation for The Conductor; it was fab and is still lingering in my memory.
81elkiedee
UK offers
Patrick Hamilton, Slaves of Solitude, Constable edition, intro by Doris Lessing is 99p - it's the 100 for £2.99 or less so hopefully will be around for a while. For some reason a lot of the rest this month is Welsh fiction - new writing and forgotten classics - the books come from Parthian who are Welsh.
Lots of Gollancz classic science fiction titles are £2.99, including titles by Ursula Le Guin, Connie Willis, Joanna Russ, Sherri Tepper, Philip K Dick, (lots of their Masterworks books) and others.
Patrick Hamilton, Slaves of Solitude, Constable edition, intro by Doris Lessing is 99p - it's the 100 for £2.99 or less so hopefully will be around for a while. For some reason a lot of the rest this month is Welsh fiction - new writing and forgotten classics - the books come from Parthian who are Welsh.
Lots of Gollancz classic science fiction titles are £2.99, including titles by Ursula Le Guin, Connie Willis, Joanna Russ, Sherri Tepper, Philip K Dick, (lots of their Masterworks books) and others.
82susanj67
Thanks Luci, I just bought the Patrick Hamilton. Also today's UK Kindle Daily Deal is the first four books in the Phil Rickman "Merrily Watkins" series for 99p each, which I can recommend.
84susanj67
OK romance fans, today Harlequin has 50% off ebooks with the code 50OFFEBOOK12 at checkout. Their ebook site is here:
www.ebooks.harlequin.com
And if romancelandia isn't your thing, they also publish the "MIRA" imprint, which is less romancey and also includes some crime novels.
www.ebooks.harlequin.com
And if romancelandia isn't your thing, they also publish the "MIRA" imprint, which is less romancey and also includes some crime novels.
85elkiedee
Head of Zeus is a publishing company which launched in the summer - they've published The Conductor by Sarah Quigley here, already on special offer, and Fay Weldon's latest novel among other things. They're doing an advent calendar with their own deal of the day ebooks.
http://headofzeus.com/books/In%20God%27s%20House?field_book_type_value_1=E-Book
http://headofzeus.com/books/In%20God%27s%20House?field_book_type_value_1=E-Book
86elkiedee
Today's H of Z deal doesn't appeal to me - The Babylon Gene is a conspiracy thriller, the plot is Jihadist. But I have just bought several other books at 85p each
Biographies of Catherine the Great (by Robert K Massie) and an Italian Renaissance princess Caterina Sforza
One for Sorrow by Eric Mayer, 1st in a Byzantine mystery series (9 books so far) - after reading Theodora last year I'm curious to read more
Dana Stabenow, Restless in the Grave is #19 in the Kate Shugak series and I think there are 14 others I need to catch up with. But when I've read the paperbacks I can find I'm sure I'll want to carry on reading on Kindle.
Biographies of Catherine the Great (by Robert K Massie) and an Italian Renaissance princess Caterina Sforza
One for Sorrow by Eric Mayer, 1st in a Byzantine mystery series (9 books so far) - after reading Theodora last year I'm curious to read more
Dana Stabenow, Restless in the Grave is #19 in the Kate Shugak series and I think there are 14 others I need to catch up with. But when I've read the paperbacks I can find I'm sure I'll want to carry on reading on Kindle.
88souloftherose
Amazon UK has C. J. Sansom's new novel, Dominion for 20p!!!
89thornton37814
I wish .com had it for US equivalent of that. You can get a used copy of the print version for over $33.
90elkiedee
I was coming on to post the same offer, wah! I paid £5.99 a few weeks ago, and thought that was a good price and it had gone back up the other day. I'm in the middle of reading it now. His other non Shardlake novel, Winter in Madrid is also still 20p.
91avatiakh
Thanks for the info Lucy & Heather, while I can't take advantage of any offers in the UK or US, I was able to message my daughter and she got both books for 40p.
92souloftherose
And today, Amazon UK has The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson for 20p.
93gennyt
Drat! I had to pay about £5 for that last month for a book group read! I enjoyed it though - very different from most of the 'Scandi-fiction' many of us have been reading - so would recommend it, especially at that price!
94elkiedee
UK
5 Adrian McKinty books including his Dead trilogy for 89p each - very well written Irish/American noir. Of course I thought I was doing well to get them at £2.99 each a while ago, but I am considering getting his new book due out next month, 2nd in the Sean Duffy series which started with the excellent The Cold, Cold Ground.
On another note entirely, Sharon Penman's Richard III historical novel The Sunne in Splendour is just 74p.
5 Adrian McKinty books including his Dead trilogy for 89p each - very well written Irish/American noir. Of course I thought I was doing well to get them at £2.99 each a while ago, but I am considering getting his new book due out next month, 2nd in the Sean Duffy series which started with the excellent The Cold, Cold Ground.
On another note entirely, Sharon Penman's Richard III historical novel The Sunne in Splendour is just 74p.
95gennyt
Oh, the Penman is one I've been meaning to read for ages - I've just gone and snapped that up (blow my acquisition to reading rate!).
96fuzzi
I loved The Sunne in Splendour, although I didn't quite finish it.
You'll need a scorecard for all the family members!
You'll need a scorecard for all the family members!
97LizzieD
Today's Saturday Kindle Deal at Amazon US has an amazing selection of Algonquin Press books + others. If you're interested in Clyde Edgerton, Jill McCorkle, Robert Morgan and other N.C. writers, you're in for a treat. Also featured is When She Woke by Hillary Jordan, which I grabbed.