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Free ebooks for Kindle & other ereaders – 10/20/2011 no comments
A long list of new and recent freebies to choose from today:
Spy Hunt in D.C. by Max Connelly (5 stars/1 review) Spy thriller set in 1949. Also free at Barnes & Noble.
The Dead Saint (Bishop Lynn Peterson) by Marilyn Brown Oden (4 stars/27 reviews) Political thriller. Also free at Barnes & Noble.
IRREFUTABLE by Dale Roberts (4 1/2 stars/5 reviews) Mystery, Thriller. Detective must clear his own name after DNA evidence points to himself. Also free at Barnes & Noble.
Wrecker by Dave Conifer (4 stars/32 reviews) Thriller.
Candied Crime (DJ´s Daim Stories) by Dorte Hummelshoj Jakobsen (5 stars/1 review) Flash crime fiction. Also free at Barnes & Noble.
Glass House by Patrick Reinken (4 stars/3 reviews) Legal thriller. Also free at Barnes & Noble.
Deadly Gamble: The First Charlie Parker Mystery (Charlie Parker Mystery Series) by Connie Shelton (3 1/2 stars/24 reviews) Murder mystery; amateur female sleuth.
Hunting Delilah by Anne Baines (no reviews) Crime fiction. Also free at Barnes & Noble.
Trial by Fury (A Righteous Novella) (The Righteous) by Michael Wallace (4 stars/4 reviews) Thriller. Also free at Barnes & Noble.
Dark Visions by Jonas Saul (4 1/2 stars/6 reviews) Paranormal Thriller, Mystery.
Neptune Crossing (The Chaos Chronicles) by Jeffrey A. Carver (4 stars/16 reviews) Science fiction; save the world with the help of aliens discovered on one of Neptune’s moons.
The Phoenix Conspiracy by Richard Sanders (4 stars/2 reviews) Sci-Fi; interstellar conspiracy. Also free at Barnes & Noble.
Deep Black Beyond by Annie Bellet (no reviews) Sci-Fi short story collection.
Rogue Hunter: Quest of the Hunter by Kevis Hendrickson (4 stars/17 reviews) Science fiction; female interstellar bounty hunter. Other books in this series are also free.
Sunrise (Miscorrection) by B.C. Young (4 stars/2 reviews) Short Sci-Fi.
Bakkian Chronicles, Book I – The Prophecy by Jeffrey Poole (4 1/2 stars/11 reviews) Fantasy. Also free at Barnes & Noble.
The End of the World by Andrew Biss (4 stars/9 reviews) Fantasy.
The Rootless by Angelo Tsanatelis and Blackveil (5 stars/1 review) Fantasy. Also free at Barnes & Noble.
Thirteen Shadows: Ghost Stories by Aaron Polson(4 1/2 stars/2 reviews) Horror short story collection. Also free at Barnes & Noble.
Coombe’s Wood by Lisa C. Hinsley (4 1/2 stars/43 reviews) Horror.
An Unwanted Hunger by Ciana Stone (3 stars/36 reviews) Vampires. Also free at Barnes & Noble and Kobo.
Drippy the Peg Legged Rainbow, A Story for Demented Children by John H. Carroll (4 stars/1 review) Fantasy. Also free at Barnes & Noble.
Down A Lost Road by J. Leigh Bralick (4 1/2 stars/3 reviews) Fantasy. Also free at Barnes & Noble.
The Golden Acorn (The Adventures of Jack Brenin) by Catherine Cooper (4 stars/43 reviews) YA fantasy.
City of the Falling Sky (The Seckry Sequence Book 1) by Joseph Evans (5 stars/5 reviews) YA science fiction. Also free at Barnes & Noble.
My Lunatic Life by Sharon Sala (4 stars/7 reviews) YA paranormal fiction.
Promise (Soul Savers) by Kristie Cook (4 1/2 stars/12 reviews) Romantic fantasy.
Code Blue by Richard Mabry (3 1/2 stars/68 reviews) Medical romantic mystery from a faith-based publisher. Also free at Barnes & Noble.
Clockwork Chloe by Ian Thomas Healy (5 stars/1 review) Steampunk; Historical western romance. Also free at Barnes & Noble.
Change of Heart by Fran Shaff (4 1/2 stars/2 reviews) Historical romance; 1850s Nebraska. Also free at Barnes & Noble and Kobo.
When Love’s at Work (Book one of the Embracing Love Trilogy) by Merri Hiatt (3 stars/1 review) Contemporary romance. Also free at Barnes & Noble.
Sweet Baklava by Debby Mayne (3 1/2 stars/41 reviews) Contemporary romance from a faith-based publisher. Also free at Barnes & Noble.
Kisses for Lula by Samantha Mackintosh (no ratings) Teen fiction.
The Lost Princess in Winter’s Grip (Tell Me A Story Bedtime Stories for Kids) by Josh Kilen (5 stars/1 review) Children’s fiction.
Sixty-7 (Family Secrets) by Aynoit Ashor (3 1/2 stars/10 reviews) Short Contemporary Fiction.
Troublesome Creek by Janice Daugharty (no reviews) Contemporary fiction; Southern small town; humor. Also free at Barnes & Noble.
Diary of a Discontent by Alexander Lurikov (no ratings) Short contemporary fiction. Also free at Barnes & Noble and Kobo.
Jungle Kill by Jim Eldridge (no ratings) Action & Adventure; Special Forces rescue captive from West African bandits.
Moments in Time (Chronicles of Eternity) by J.A. Gordon (5 stars/1 review) Historical fiction set in ancient Rome.
The Price of Numbers by Thomas K. Carpenter (no ratings) Historical fiction. Also free at Barnes & Noble.
Finding the Top Stocks: Strategies for Success Top Stocks 2012 by Martin Roth (no ratings) Investing.
Overcoming Redundancy by Gordon Adams (no ratings) Self-Help; Career.
Growing a better future: Food Justice in a resource-constrained world (expanded edition English) by Robert Bailey, Duncan Green, Naomi Hossain and Kate Kilpatrick (5 stars/1 review) Nonfiction.
Kaplan New GRE: An Introduction to the GRE Revised General Test (no ratings) Test Guide. Also free at Barnes & Noble and Kobo.
CK-12 Trigonometry by CK-12 Foundation (4 stars/6 reviews) High school level textbook. This is one of several free textbooks from CK-12.
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Kobo is having a contest to promote its new Vox tablet. Every ebook purchased at Kobo until Oct 31, 2011 counts as an entry. Kobo will be awarding 10 Vox tablets. See Kobofor details.
CourseSmarthas a coupon code — BUY2SAVE10 — that will give a 10% discount on purchases of two or more etextbooks through Oct 22, 2011. CourseSmart also now offers free trials of its digital textbooks.
The Kindle Deal for today is Fun and Games by Duane Swierczynski (4 1/2 stars/33 reviews). The price has been reduced to $1.99 for today.
The first of three explosive pulp thrillers arriving back-to-back from cult crime fiction sensation and Marvel Comics scribe Duane Swierczynski.
Charlie Hardie, an ex-cop still reeling from the revenge killing of his former partner’s entire family, fears one thing above all else: that he’ll suffer the same fate.
Languishing in self-imposed exile, Hardie has become a glorified house sitter. His latest gig comes replete with an illegally squatting B-movie actress who rants about hit men who specialize in making deaths look like accidents. Unfortunately, it’s the real deal. Hardie finds himself squared off against a small army of the most lethal men in the world: The Accident People.
The Moto Xoom 32GB Honeycomb tablet is one of Amazon’s Gold Box Deals and is priced at $339.99 today.
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CourseSmart partners with 9 additional publishers no comments
CourseSmart today announced that it has formed partnerships with nine additional publishers: Oxford University Press (USA); Oxford University Press, Canada; W.W. Norton; American Technical Publishers (ATP); BarCharts; ASM Press; Paradigm Publishing; Vista Higher Learning; and University Readers.
With the new publishers on board, CourseSmart now offers more than 20,000 etextbooks from 31 publishers, representing 90 percent of all core higher education textbooks used in today’s curriculums.
"Our new publishing relationships will enable us to continue expanding our footprint and further solidify our position as the world’s largest provider of digital course materials. The additional titles and content to our higher education catalog will allow more students and faculty to enjoy the benefits of our digital course materials, including anytime, anywhere access, cost savings and efficiencies, device agnostic applications and other digital benefits inherent in our offerings," said Sean Devine, chief executive officer at CourseSmart. "We will continue to engage with other higher education-focused publishing houses to ensure we meet the growing demand for eTextbooks and other digital course materials."
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CourseSmart Launches New iPad App; iPad Contest no comments
CourseSmart has launched eTextbooks for the iPad 2.0, “an optimized application that takes full advantage of the iPad’s advanced functionality, provides students with the ultimate mobile solution to access all of the most popular, in-demand textbooks and course materials, anytime-anywhere.”
CourseSmart has also improved its website to help students find and access their assigned course material in less time. CourseSmart.com is also better integrating with students’ social media environment, introducing Facebook Connect as part of the new site and launching a new social media program to ensure students find the best options for purchasing their assigned course materials.
To promote all of the above, the digital textbook seller has announced “CourseSmart’s iPad-a-Day Giveaway,” a new contest which will award an iPad to one lucky winner each day. This contest will run from August 17th to August 30th and is open to students in the US, Canada and Puerto Rico.
You can find all of the details at CourseSmart.com.
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CourseSmart Partners with AccessText and Alternative Media Access Center to Make Digital Textbooks More Accessible no comments
CourseSmart,which makes claim to being the world’s largest digital course materials provider, announced today that it has formed a partnership with AccessText Network (ATN) and Alternative Media Access Center (AMAC) to improve the accessibility of its digital textbooks.
ATN is a national organization that facilitates and supports the delivery of alternative electronic textbooks to the Disabled Student Services offices of colleges and universities throughout the US. AMAC is an initiative of the Georgia University System and works to improve services for students with print-related disabilities in the US.
CourseSmart will work with ATN and AMAC to optimize the digital versions of approximately 80 percent of its most popular etextbooks to increase their functionality with accessible technologies.
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