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Mythica
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Post by Mythica » Mon February 18th, 2013, 9:22 pm

I so love seeing freebies and bargains from major publishers again...

Freebie: All That I Am by Anna Funder

Bargains:
To the Tower Born by Robin Maxwell - $0.99
And Only To Deceive (Lady Emily Mysteries #1) by Tasha Alexander - $1.99
Island Beneath the Sea: A Novel by Isabel Allende - $2.99
Amazing Grace by Eric Metaxas - $2.99
Thomas Jefferson by Christopher Hitchens - $1.99
Abigail and John: Portrait of a Marriage by Edith Gelles - $1.99
Bloody Times: The Funeral of Abraham Lincoln and the Manhunt for Jefferson Davis by James L. Swanson - $1.99
Abraham Lincoln by Stephen B. Oates - $1.99
Ulysses S. Grant by Michael Korda - $1.99
Founding Mothers by Cokie Roberts - $1.99
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Post by Ludmilla » Mon February 18th, 2013, 10:27 pm

How interesting that they are running a special on Funder's book before it's released (comes out in March). I liked her NF book, Stasiland, so will give it a shot since it's free! I think her style of writing would translate well to fiction.

Edited to add: they moved the release date up. The ebook was released on 2/20.
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Post by Misfit » Tue February 19th, 2013, 4:52 pm

A pre-order freebie today. All That I Am: A Novel (P.S.) Anna Funder
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be

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Mythica
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Post by Mythica » Sat February 23rd, 2013, 7:16 pm

Bargains:

Ireland: A Novel by Frank Delaney - $1.99
She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth by Helen Castor - $1.99
River of Destiny by Barbara Erskine - $4.99
A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present by Howard Zinn - $1.99

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Post by EC2 » Sun February 24th, 2013, 11:16 am

Pru Batten's novel Gisbourne (sp) is free until the 28th I think both on Kindle UK and USA.
Les proz e les vassals
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard n’I chasront

'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'

Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal

www.elizabethchadwick.com

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MLE (Emily Cotton)
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Preferred HF: Currently prefer 1600 and earlier, but I'll read anything that keeps me turning the page.
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Post by MLE (Emily Cotton) » Sun February 24th, 2013, 6:11 pm

[quote=""Mythica""]Freebies:
Maids of Misfortune: A Victorian San Francisco Mystery by M. Louisa Locke
Sultana: A Novel of Moorish Spain by Lisa J. Yarde[/quote]

I got Maids of Misfortune last time it was free, tried a few pages and was hooked (although mystery is not my genre). Good book, well-researched and well-written.

I also got Sultana, (when it was not free) because it was set in Granada and dealt with historical characters that are the background for my own novel set in Granada. I tried to get through it several times. Even knowing so much about the time/place/culture it was confusing and over-told. Finally I deleted it. Life is too short. YMMV.

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Post by Mythica » Mon February 25th, 2013, 10:46 am

[quote=""MLE""]I got Maids of Misfortune last time it was free, tried a few pages and was hooked (although mystery is not my genre). Good book, well-researched and well-written.

I also got Sultana, (when it was not free) because it was set in Granada and dealt with historical characters that are the background for my own novel set in Granada. I tried to get through it several times. Even knowing so much about the time/place/culture it was confusing and over-told. Finally I deleted it. Life is too short. YMMV.[/quote]

I had a similar experience with both!

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Post by Mythica » Tue February 26th, 2013, 10:13 am

Bargain:
To Die For: A Novel of Anne Boleyn by Sandra Byrd - $2.99

Freebies:
City of Darkness (City of Mystery) by Kim Wright
The Blighted Troth (Historical Suspense in New France) by Mirella Sichirollo Patzer

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Post by Lisa » Tue February 26th, 2013, 2:39 pm

A good deal for UK Kindle users.

Until Thursday (28th Feb), first-time subscribers to the Amazon Kindle Daily Deal newsletter get a code to download a free Kindle book from a selection of 16 titles. The selection includes The Agincourt Bride by Joanna Hickson. Considering that it's a recent release, I think that's a pretty good deal just to sign up to a newsletter you can unscubscribe to later anyway.

Link here.

ETA: Apparently if you're already subscribed you can just unsubscribe before signing up again, and it does work. Worth a try!
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