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E-book Freebies and Deals 2013

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Post by EC2 » Tue November 5th, 2013, 6:06 pm

If you're in the UK, The Greatest Knight is currently £1.49 for the Kindle.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Greatest-Knight ... est+knight
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Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'

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Post by Mythica » Thu November 7th, 2013, 1:40 pm

A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One by George R.R. Martin - $2.90
A Storm of Swords: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Three by George R.R. Martin - $2.90
A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Five by George R.R. Martin - $2.90
(Books two and four are pretty good prices too - $5.99 and $4.81)

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Post by Lisa » Fri November 29th, 2013, 2:09 pm

The Whispering Bellby Brian Sellars is free in the UK today. C7th Anglo-Saxon England, I think Carla posted a review on it a while ago.

The Ghost of Bluebell Cottage by Claire Voet and The Daughters of the House by Nicola Thorne look like interesting freebies too.
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Post by Misfit » Fri November 29th, 2013, 3:04 pm

[quote=""LadyB""]The Whispering Bellby Brian Sellars is free in the UK today. C7th Anglo-Saxon England, I think Carla posted a review on it a while ago.

The Ghost of Bluebell Cottage by Claire Voet and The Daughters of the House by Nicola Thorne look like interesting freebies too.[/quote]

Thank you. Free on my side of the pond too. Amazon tells me I'd already purchased the Thorne book :o

Not a 'deal', but Stella Riley's Garland of Straw is now on Kindle.
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Post by Mythica » Fri November 29th, 2013, 3:49 pm

Looks like a big Sourcebooks sale.

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Post by Lisa » Fri November 29th, 2013, 4:11 pm

[quote=""Mythica""]Looks like a big Sourcebooks sale.[/quote]

I just checked and some of those titles (mostly the Darcy ones) are on sale in the UK here too. (ETA: The exact same titles are showing up for me now actually. Yay!)

Nice, the Historical Fiction category on Amazon.com has lots of subcategories, ours doesn't :(
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Post by annis » Fri November 29th, 2013, 5:36 pm

How many Pemberley pastiches do we need, for goodness sake? :) Having said that, I did really enjoy Jo Baker's Longbourn, which is a cut above the usual.

Pleased to see Gillian Bradshaw's Down the Long Wind trilogy on special, though, and even better, I was actually able to nab them for the discounted price! I've been meaning to read this series for ages and somehow never got round to it.

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Post by Mythica » Fri November 29th, 2013, 9:04 pm

[quote=""annis""]How many Pemberley pastiches do we need, for goodness sake? :) Having said that, I did really enjoy Jo Baker's Longbourn, which is a cut above the usual.
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Haha, maybe this will help - this is the Sourcebooks sale with any title including "Darcy" removed. The results jumped down from 122 to 93 so there's nearly 30 books with the name "Darcy" in the title!

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Post by MLE (Emily Cotton) » Fri November 29th, 2013, 11:20 pm

Bookbub tells me that Lady of the English is $1.99 today. I already have it, but others might want to know.

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