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• More Bargain and Free Books for 10-30-14
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• Book Of The Day – Rose Gardner Mystery Box Set
• Bargain and Free Books for 10-30-14

More Bargain and Free Books for 10-30-14 Posted: 30 Oct 2014 06:42 AM PDT Enjoy another book or two from this set of 4 bargain books and 2 free books. You can read Kindle books wherever you are and on any device with the Free Kindle App – you don’t even have to own a Kindle to use the app! BARGAIN BOOKS Going Gray by Brian Spangler Rating: 4.0 Stars Genre: Science Fiction Price: $0.99 Save $3.00 Make sure price is still $0.99 before clicking "Buy". “Captivated me from the first page with its intensity… a gripping read!” -Jennifer Jaynes, USA TODAY bestselling author When Emily heard the first scream, she became concerned. When she heard a second scream, she grew scared. When she heard the third scream, she was struck with terror. But it was what Emily could not hear that frightened her the most. ****************************************** Midsummer’s Eve by Kitty Margo Rating: 3.8 Stars Genre: Womens Fiction Price: $0.99 Save $3.00 Make sure price is still $0.99 before clicking "Buy". “Wow pretty much sums up this book by Kitty Margo. Fantastic read that goes at a fast pace.” -Patty Being dumped by your fiancé when you already have the dress… and shoes!…pretty much sucks, bites, and blows. How does Eve deal with this heart wrenching betrayal? Revenge. Plain and simple. Thankfully, her best friends are willing to risk spending a few nights in the county jail to help her accomplish the deed. From camping trips in the haunted woods behind Eve’s house to hilarious weekend trips on South Carolina's fabulous Grand Strand these girls have a rollicking good time wherever they land. Just don't be foolish enough to toy with their affections. You just might live to regret it! ****************************************** The Fire by John A. Heldt Rating: 4.4 Stars Genre: Historical Romance Price: $0.99 Save $2.00 Make sure price is still $0.99 before clicking "Buy". “Once again, Heldt was able to combine his heavenly ability with words with in-depth research of history to create a novel that I will recommend again and again.” -300 Word Book Reviews When Kevin Johnson, 22, goes to Wallace, Idaho, days after his college graduation, he expects to find rest and relaxation as his family prepares his deceased grandfather’s house for sale. Then he discovers a hidden diary and a time portal that can take him to 1910, the year of Halley’s comet and the largest wildfire in U.S. history. Within hours, Kevin finds himself in the era of horse-drawn wagons, straw hats, and ankle-length dresses. Traveling repeatedly to the same time and place, he decides to make the portal his gateway to summer fun. The adventure takes a more serious turn, however, when the luckless-in-love science major falls for pretty English teacher Sarah Thompson and integrates himself in a community headed for disaster. ****************************************** Dark Before Dawn by Stacy Juba Rating: 4.4 Stars Genre: Paranormal Price: $0.99 Save $2.00 Make sure price is still $0.99 before clicking "Buy". Dark Before Dawn – Nook Dark Before Dawn – Apple iBooks Dark Before Dawn – Kobo “A spooky and fast moving plot that keeps you on the edge of your seat until the shocking end…” -Fresh Fiction #1 Amazon Bestseller Psychic chills and thrills in a deserted Maine beach town from the author of Twenty-Five Years Ago Today, Sink or Swim and Face-Off. If you could control minds…would you? It’s hard enough for Dawn hiding that she’s a teen psychic from her new classmates and new step-family, but things get even worse after she learns that ESP spells D-A-N-G-E-R. When Dawn gets involved with a fortuneteller mentor and two girls who share her mysterious talents, she finally belongs after years of being a misfit. When she discovers her new friends may be tied to freak “accidents” in town, Dawn has an important choice to make – continue developing the talent that makes her special or challenge the only people who have ever accepted her. ============================================================ FREE BOOKS Please make sure the price says "Kindle Price $0.00″ before clicking “Buy”. If it says "Prime Members $0.00″ “read for free”, it is NO LONGER FREE. All books are free at the time they are posted but are subject to change back to full price at any time. If you are outside of the United States, these books may not be free. Pause to Rewind by Aimee Alexander Rating: 4.8 Stars Genre: Contemporary Fiction Price: $0.00 Save $2.99 Subject to change back to full price at any time. Jenny has exchanged life in the fast lane for freelance journalism and being a mum. She doesn’t look back. Why would she? A broken engagement to her fiancé Dave. A falling out with her parents. And a night in a hotel room best forgotten. Life is simple now. Jenny’s little boy, Charlie is starting school, beginning to build a life independent from her. She needs to get her own back. Life, though, has other plans. When Charlie becomes ill, Jenny is forced to confront her past and all things she has turned from. But she will do anything for Charlie. A story of love, tough choices and the triumph of the human heart. ****************************************** Trouble-free Paleo by Vesela Tabakova Rating: 4.1 Stars Genre: Cooking Price: $0.00 Save $3.99 Subject to change back to full price at any time. All of us in my family love to eat, so occasionally a little corrective diet becomes necessary. I have found that, for me, the only diet that works and I can stick with is the Paleo Diet. Not only does it work wonders with my body, but it gives me endless food combinations and allows me to eat the things I normally enjoy with just a few adjustments. Following the Paleo Diet I not only lose weight, but feel healthier and more energetic because I don`t have to give up my favorite vegetables and fruit, nuts and lean meat. The recipes in this cookbook are the ones I usually prepare for myself, my family and guests. They include only foods I am absolutely sure are allowed on the Paleo Diet – no controversial grains, legumes or dairy products. My Paleo diet recipes are delicious and help me slim down without calorie-counting, expensive diet foods, or feelings of deprivation.   Want the bargain and free Kindle books sent directly to your inbox? Sign up here. Check out the lineup of Kindles here!

More ENT Deals for 10-30-14 Posted: 30 Oct 2014 05:59 AM PDT Add more books to your library with this assortment of 4 bargain books and 2 free books. You can read Kindle books wherever you are and on any device with the Free Kindle App – you don’t even have to own a Kindle to use the app! BARGAIN BOOKS Rouge by Leigh Talbert Moore Rating: 4.3 Stars Genre: Romantic Suspense Price: $0.99 Save $3.00 Make sure price is still $0.99 before clicking "Buy". Rouge – Nook Rouge – Apple iBooks Rouge – Kobo “A steamy page-turner with a love triangle, with sequins and feathers–oh, and deceit, blood, and poison.” -5-Star Goodreads review Romance, velvet, sequins, and murder… Hale Ferrer is the rising star of the hottest cabaret in New Orleans. And her one goal is escape. Escape from the lies, from the crime, and from her growing fear that one day she’ll have to earn her living in the secret back rooms, where the dancers do more than dance. But she won’t leave behind Teeny, the orphan-girl she promised to protect. Freddie Lovel is rich, handsome, and in love with Hale, and he’s ready to sweep her away with him to Paris. But her heart is captured by Beau, the poor stagehand with eyes as blue as Louisiana iris flowers. Denying her fears, Hale is ready to choose love and a life with Beau, until a predator hidden in the wings launches a chain of events that could cost her everything–Teeny, their one hope of escape, and possibly even her life. ****************************************** Love Will Make You Drink and Gamble, Stay Out Late at Night by Shelly Lowenkopf Rating: 4.5 Stars Genre: Literary Fiction Price: $0.99 Save $3.00 Make sure price is still $0.99 before clicking "Buy". Love Will Make You Drink and Gamble, Stay Out Late at Night – Nook Love Will Make You Drink and Gamble, Stay Out Late at Night – Apple iBooks Love Will Make You Drink and Gamble, Stay Out Late at Night – Kobo "Shelly Lowenkopf is a master of the art of stealth in fiction. His writing draws you in and then, ka-pow! Here comes the sucker punch that flattens you." —David Gillham, author “Love Will Make You Drink and Gamble, Stay Out Late at Night” brings a number of Shelly Lowenkopf's previously published short stories together in a single volume. All the stories revolve around life in Santa Barbara, the oceanside city north of Los Angeles, where people go after they’ve burned out in San Francisco and L.A.—but there’s no safe haven anywhere. Interwoven into Santa Barbara's picturesque setting, the people in these twelve stories reveal what their hearts and souls encounter in relationships. Their misreadings, mistakes, and misadventures bare what happens to people who love another.” ****************************************** Conscious Calm by Laura Maciuika Rating: 4.5 Stars Genre: Non-Fiction Price: $0.99 Save $4.00 Make sure price is still $0.99 before clicking "Buy". “….an amazing breadth of information into a readable, practical mini-manual.” -Marci Shimoff, NY Times bestselling author Stress relief can be elusive. With stress and anxiety so common, many people worry too much and wish the stress relief tips they've tried would work better. But while there is plenty of real, external stress, there is also what we do on the inside with stress, often without noticing it. Conscious Calm – Keys to Freedom from Stress and Worry reveals the internal world of stress and lasting stress management. This practical book describes the internal stress traps you can fall into without even knowing it, and shows you how to get free from those traps for good. Combining psychology and wisdom from both East and West in clear, accessible language, psychologist Dr. Laura Maciuika describes 9 Stress Secrets that keep you stuck in stress and worry cycles, and reveals 9 Keys to Conscious Calm, with simple steps for lasting, natural stress relief. In Conscious Calm you will discover- Stress and anxiety relief techniques that last Stress relief exercises that start from the inside Stress management strategies you can begin using right away to feel greater calm and control Quick stress relief ideas at the end of every chapter…and more!!! ****************************************** The Room Beyond by Stephanie Elmas Rating: 4.4 Stars Genre: Thriller and Suspense Price: $0.99 Save $3.87 Make sure price is still $0.99 before clicking "Buy". “….it turned out to be captivating and delectable" –Liz W. (Amazon Top 500 Reviewer) #1 Amazon Bestseller When Serena begins a new life working for the Hartreve family at 36 Marguerite Avenue she falls in love, not just with its eccentric and alluring inhabitants and their world, but with the house itself. Number 36 is a beautiful Victorian London mansion that has remained in the family for generations. Serena feels that by being here she has escaped the ghosts of her own sad childhood and found a true home, but she soon discovers that behind its gleaming surfaces Marguerite Avenue is plagued by secrets and mystery. Why does such a beautiful tranquil street seem sometimes to shimmer with menace? Is everyone in the family quite who they appear to be? And just what is it that the family is trying to hide from her? It is 1892. On a hot summer night scented with jasmine, Miranda Whitestone hosts a dinner party at 34 Marguerite Avenue. Watching helplessly as her husband is seduced by her glamorous neighbor Lucinda Eden, she can have no idea of the consequences the evening will have. For the history of Marguerite Avenue is more chilling than Serena could have imagined, and the fates of two women – the beautiful renegade Lucinda and the ‘good wife’ Miranda – will reach out from the past to cast a shadow over Serena’s own future. ============================================================ FREE BOOKS Please make sure the price says "Kindle Price $0.00″ before clicking “Buy”. If it says "Prime Members $0.00″ “read for free”, it is NO LONGER FREE. All books are free at the time they are posted but are subject to change back to full price at any time. If you are outside of the United States, these books may not be free. Falling for You by Julie Ortolon Rating: 4.1 Stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Price: $0.00 Save $9.99 Subject to change back to full price at any time. Falling for You – Nook Falling for You – Apple iBooks Falling for You – Kobo USA Today Bestselling Author What happens when Mr. Slow and Steady finds himself on a collision course with Ms. Full-Speed-Ahead? The forecast is smooth sailing for Oliver Chancellor, one of Galveston's premier financier. Destined to take his place in his family's bank, Chance is content with the future that's been mapped out for him, right down to his upcoming engagement to a prim debutante. But when beautiful Aurora St. Claire crosses his path, Chance recklessly plunges into uncharted territory with nothing but his heart to guide him-and a beautiful woman to tempt him. Propelled by a lifelong dream to buy the island home reportedly haunted by her colorful ancestors, Aurora desperately needs Chance's help in securing a business loan and she won't take no for an answer. In the midst of convincing the hesitant blue blood to take a chance on her dream, Aurora awakes his hidden streak of red-hot passion. Before they know it, the mismatched pair are all tangled up in a reckless desire and headed for trouble – trouble in the name of love. ****************************************** Touch a Dark Wolf by Jennifer St. Giles Rating: 3.9 Stars Genre: Paranormal Price: $0.00 Save $0.99 Subject to change back to full price at any time. Touch a Dark Wolf – Apple iBooks USA Today Bestselling Author Yesterday, Erin Morgan worked for a pioneering Manhattan medical center. Today, she’s on the run, witness to a chilling conspiracy. Fleeing for her life in the Tennessee mountains, she is run off the road by a mysterious beast . . . and things only get stranger when she wakes the next day to find a naked Adonis sprawled on the hood of her car. For centuries, Jared has been a shape shifter, sworn to protect mortals like Erin. But in saving her, Jared has damned himself, for the poison from his battle wound stirs a terrible blood lust. Determined to protect Erin, Jared stays by her side and discovers a sensual rapture beyond imagining . . . and a love that can change his fate. But can Jared overcome his savage thirst and protect Erin from the beast within?   Want the bargain and free Kindle books sent directly to your inbox? Sign up here. Check out the lineup of Kindles here!

More Ereader Deals for 10-30-14 Posted: 30 Oct 2014 05:40 AM PDT Take a break and download a good read from this assortment of 4 bargain books and 2 free books. You can read Kindle books wherever you are and on any device with the Free Kindle App – you don’t even have to own a Kindle to use the app! BARGAIN BOOKS The Goddesses of Kitchen Avenue by Barbara O’Neal Rating: 4.3 Stars Genre: Womens Fiction Price: $1.99 Save $4.00 Make sure price is still $1.99 before clicking "Buy". The Goddesses of Kitchen Avenue – Nook The Goddesses of Kitchen Avenue – Apple iBooks The Goddesses of Kitchen Avenue – Kobo “Her prose is rich and lyrical, her characters become as real as your own friends.” -N. Warren Award-Winning Author From an acclaimed voice in fiction, this is a wry, beguiling, heartfelt, and warmly wise novel about second chances, unexpected choices, and the dreams that we all hunger to fulfill. Trudy Marino never expected her life to turn out perfectly. But at forty-six, she was content with what she did have, her caring husband Rick . . . twenty-plus happy years raising three accomplished kids . . . and a lovely house in the artistic, vibrantly diverse town of Pueblo, New Mexico. But a heartbreaking discovery and a suddenly shattered marriage now has Trudy looking back on the choices she didn't make—and where she might go from here. Struggling to pick up the pieces, Trudy finds support from a quirky, eclectic group of friends and neighbors—her goddesses of Kitchen Avenue—all of whom are trying in their own unique ways to navigate life's little surprises. There's Jade, a fiery social worker who's finding unexpected strength to deal with her "player" ex-husband, thanks to a most unorthodox passion, Jade's grandmother, Roberta, who has just lost her husband of sixty-two years—and through memory and piercing grief wonders what to do with the rest of her life. Shannelle, Trudy's young neighbor and an aspiring writer, determined to realize her talent despite formidable obstacles . . . including the husband who's afraid her success will be his loss, and Angel, a young, quietly-knowing photographer who makes Trudy uncover a sensuality she never knew—even as he tries to get over the one love he can never really forget. As Trudy faces her future, she discovers that figuring out what to let go and what to keep is just as difficult as moving on. As she weighs what she and Rick still share against new possibilities, she'll surprise everyone— including herself—as she tries to reconcile the best of both. ****************************************** A Glimmering Girl by L.K. Rigel Rating: 4.5 Stars Genre: Romance Price: $0.99 Save $3.00 Make sure price is still $0.99 before clicking "Buy". Lilith and Cade are free of the spirits which possessed them. Beverly is free of the Oracle ring’s power. The regent is contained in fae prison, and the rightful monarch sits on the Moonstick Throne. All should be well in Dumnos, right? No such luck. The Dark still threatens, and when Lilith is consumed by terrifying memories that aren’t her own, she fears losing her present life with Cade forever. ****************************************** Type N by Michelle N. Onuorah Rating: 4.5 Stars Genre: Thriller and Suspense Price: $0.99 Save $2.00 Make sure price is still $0.99 before clicking "Buy". Type N – Nook Type N – Kobo “…a fast-paced, exciting adventure with a cast of characters that you instantly connect with….Get this book!” -Kay H. Award-Winning Author What would you do if your blood could cure cancer? 18-year-old Nicolette Talloway is the target of a worldwide manhunt because of her blood type. When delivered via transfusion, her blood heals any ailment a human has and strengthens their immune system. The cure for cancer, HIV/AIDS, and other previously incurable diseases is running through her veins. Her blood is the only type of its own known to exist. As a result, Nicolette is no longer a private citizen but is the world’s most wanted and sought-after human being. As she runs from government appointed agents, the question begins to shift from what her blood can do to why she has it. Is this a gift from God? And if it is, what does he want her to do with it? ****************************************** When the Walls Fell by Monique Martin Rating: 4.5 Stars Genre: Fantasy Price: $0.99 Save $3.00 Make sure price is still $0.99 before clicking "Buy". When the Walls Fell – Nook When the Walls Fell – Apple iBooks When the Walls Fell – Google Play “Book provides adventure, romance and an interesting tale of time travel.” -Gloria G. Professor Simon Cross and his assistant Elizabeth West have returned from their accidental journey into the past and are adjusting to their new life together as a couple. But an unwanted visit from the Council for Temporal Studies could change everything. A murder in the past is changing the future, and if the killing isn’t stopped, Simon Cross might never be born. When they arrive in 1906 San Francisco, Elizabeth and Simon have no idea who wants Victor Graham dead or how it will happen. With the earthquake that leveled most of the city just days away, the race to save Graham thrusts them into a complex mystery of jealousy and revenge where murder might be the least of their worries. ============================================================ FREE BOOKS Please make sure the price says "Kindle Price $0.00″ before clicking “Buy”. If it says "Prime Members $0.00″ “read for free”, it is NO LONGER FREE. All books are free at the time they are posted but are subject to change back to full price at any time. If you are outside of the United States, these books may not be free. The Big Goodbye by Michael Lister Rating: 4.2 Stars Genre: Mystery Price: $0.00 Save $16.95 Subject to change back to full price at any time. Award-Winning Author Someone is following Lauren Lewis. She ducks into the office of PI, Jimmy "Soldier" Riley, not to hire him, but to find out if he's the one following her. Back when they were lovers he told her if he ever decided to, she'd never know he was there. It's 1940's Panama City, Florida. The world is at war, and the growing panhandle paradise is doing its part. Tyndall Field is training pilots. Wainwright Shipyard is building battleships. The Naval Section Base is protecting vessels in the Gulf. The Dixie Sherman Hotel is hosting celebrities such as Clark Gable. Harry Lewis, a wealthy banker, is running for mayor, unaware his wife is running for her life. With a secret to hide and a husband running for mayor in a city exploding and expanding like no other time in history, Lauren doesn't want trouble, but she's about to get a double-barrel full of it. Only one man can help her, and though it might destroy him, he doesn't mind. Better to die than be the walking wounded. ****************************************** The Dolocher by European P. Douglas Rating: 5.0 Stars Genre: Horror Price: $0.00 Save $7.99 Subject to change back to full price at any time. In 1788 the Dolocher roamed the dark streets of Dublin seeking victims from those who traveled the night alone. It struck fear into the people of the city. They never knew what he looked like for sure, rumors were abound of a giant black creature that could walk on hind legs and moved silently in the darkness. It was said that the beast carried the soul of Thomas Olocher the crazed murderer who had taken his own life in the towers of 'The Black Dog' prison and it carried on his murderous legacy looking for the girl who had put him in prison.   Want the bargain and free Kindle books sent directly to your inbox? Sign up here. Check out the lineup of Kindles here!

Book Of The Day – Rose Gardner Mystery Box Set Posted: 30 Oct 2014 05:21 AM PDT Today's Book of the Day is a Mystery box set by NY Times and USA Today bestselling author Denise Grover Swank and it's 90% off for a limited time. Rose Gardner Mystery Box Set has a 4.6 star rating and is on sale for only 99 cents – save $9! “My bed time came later and later as I couldn’t wait to find out what would happen next!” Maxine – Amazon Reviewer Rose Gardner Mystery Box Set by Denise Grover Swank Rating: 4.6 Stars Genre: Mystery Price: $0.99 save $9   Rose Gardner Mystery Box Set – Nook Rose Gardner Mystery Box Set – Kobo NY Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Box set of the first three books and novella in the USA Today bestselling Rose Gardner Mystery series. When Rose Gardner decides she’s done frittering her days away at the DMV, she turns Henryetta, Arkansas upside down as she navigates life, love and the investigation of a murder every now and then. TWENTY-EIGHT AND A HALF WISHES- When Rose sees a vision of her murder, she's done frittering her life away and makes a list. Her sexy neighbor Joe offers to help yet refuses to cooperate with #15– do more with a man. But time's running out and suddenly dying a virgin in the county jail becomes the least of her worries.–winner of the Write Touch Readers’ Award 2012 TWENTY-NINE AND A HALF REASONS- Rose thinks a jury summons means a morning off from work, until she sees a vision of the murderer in the men's restroom: a huge problem since the murderer isn't the one on trial. If that weren't enough, Rose is caught between her sister Violet and her new boyfriend Joe. Henryetta, Arkansas just got messier. –USA Today Bestseller THIRTY AND A HALF EXCUSES- While Rose and Violet open their nursery, an elderly woman on Rose's street dies. The police rule her death from natural causes, but Rose and her cranky neighbor Mildred disagree. –iBooks Best of 2013 FALLING TO PIECES- (novella) Rose struggles with heartbreak with the support of her new friends while Joe gets support from someone in his past. Here’s what the reviewers have to say: I fell in love with Rose and all her antics from the very start. Denise Grover Swank is an exceptional author! She just keeps getting better and better. ******* Really enjoyed this series. It has a good blend of who did it, humor, people to love and people to not-so-much-love. Still not sure who I wanted to win the girl. That just means I want more, more more sequels. ******* One of those series that you read all night. I laughed, cried, was nervous, excited….Ms. Swank had me going through all the emotions! My heart broke right along with Rose’s. Can’t stop thinking about the characters. ******* This was a fun read, intelligently written, fast paced and packed with adventures. If you like romance and coming of age, you are sure to enjoy these books. ******* This authors has become one of my favorites. Her characters are so real and I feel myself agonizing right along with them as they deal with love, loss, betrayal, and disappointment. Get Rose Gardner Mystery Box Set here: Rose Gardner Mystery Box Set About The Author New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Denise Grover Swank was born in Kansas City, Missouri and lived in the area until she was nineteen. Then she became a nomadic gypsy, living in five cities, four states and ten houses over the course of ten years before she moved back to her roots. She speaks English and smattering of Spanish and Chinese which she learned through an intensive Nick Jr. immersion period. Her hobbies include witty Facebook comments (in own her mind) and dancing in her kitchen with her children. (Quite badly if you believe her offspring.) Hidden talents include the gift of justification and the ability to drink massive amounts of caffeine and still fall asleep within two minutes. Her lack of the sense of smell allows her to perform many unspeakable tasks. She has six children and hasn’t lost her sanity. Or so she leads you to believe. You can find out more about Denise at www.denisegroverswank.com or email her at DeniseGroverSwank@gmail.com Thank you for considering today’s Book Of The Day – Denise Grover Swank and ENT appreciate it.

Bargain and Free Books for 10-30-14 Posted: 30 Oct 2014 05:17 AM PDT Good morning, ENT readers! Here's a selection of 4 bargain books and 2 free books for you to enjoy. You can read Kindle books wherever you are and on any device with the Free Kindle App – you don’t even have to own a Kindle to use the app! BARGAIN BOOKS Dirty Trick by Christine Bell Rating: 4.2 Stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Price: $0.99 Save $2.80 Make sure price is still $0.99 before clicking "Buy". Dirty Trick – Nook Dirty Trick – Apple iBooks Dirty Trick – Google Play Dirty Trick – Kobo “This was a book I enjoyed reading, had trouble putting it down…..Must read!!” -Kay USA Today Bestselling Author Grace Love is lousy with men. She can spot a match for someone else a mile away, and her balls-on instincts are why her matchmaking business is thriving, but finding her own Prince Charming? The only guy who makes her sixth sense tingle is her playboy best friend, Trick, and no way is she risking their friendship, no matter how hot she knows the sex will be. SWAT officer Trick Mathews is a patient guy, but Grace's inability to see what's right in front of her is grinding on his last nerve. Yeah, he blew his shot at breaking out of the friend zone when he tamped down the urge to lick her from head to toe the day they met, but he's got a plan that'll change her mind. Incognito at Salem’s hottest Halloween party, he'll show her exactly how good they could be…and that he's the man for her. ****************************************** Deadly Crossing by R.E. McDermott Rating: 4.9 Stars Genre: Action and Adventure Price: $0.99 Save $4.96 Make sure price is still $0.99 before clicking "Buy". “An excellent story by a knowledgeable author.” -Jack W. TERROR IS JUST A PHONE CALL AWAY! A phone call. A common enough event, sometimes welcome, sometimes annoying, but seldom life changing. Or so we assume. But assumptions are dangerous things, and the reality is we all live one phone call away from disaster. One cheerful ring away from news of a tragic accident. One muted buzz from learning a lifetime of memories have disappeared in a raging house fire. And so it is for Tom Dugan, rolling though the London night, the woman he loves in the taxi beside him. Life is good by any measure — until his phone rings, alerting him to the arrival of two old Russian friends with a very big problem. Dugan’s attempts to help his friends rescue an innocent girl from the Russian mob plunge him into a world he’d scarcely imagined, endangering him and everyone he holds dear. A world of modern day slavery and unspeakable cruelty, from which no one will escape, unless Dugan can weather a Deadly Crossing. ****************************************** Vintage Blood and the Sacred Scepters by A.B. Wallace Rating: Stars Genre: Horror Price: $0.99 Make sure price is still $0.99 before clicking "Buy". Vintage Blood and the Sacred Scepters – Nook “A. B. Wallace has done an exceptional job of storytelling and bringing terrifying mythical creatures to life.” -Betsie’s Literary Page Brit Chambers, a gutsy Werecreature Consultant, has taken on the job of discovering the means by which to destroy the Sacred Scepters before a werecreature assassin finds them and uses them to rid the world of magic. But she has another problem to rid herself of as well–she has become Lord Daison’s personal blood bank thanks to her best friend, a weretiger. ****************************************** Book of Mercy by Sherry Roberts Rating: 4.4 Stars Genre: Literary Fiction Price: $0.99 Save $3.00 Make sure price is still $0.99 before clicking "Buy". “There’s nothing funny about censorship, but Roberts weaves a touching/humorous tale. . . ” -Pioneer Press, St. Paul, MN A town banning books. One woman stands against the censors–and she can’t read. Can she win? There’s more worth fighting for than you can ever imagine. ============================================================ FREE BOOKS Please make sure the price says "Kindle Price $0.00″ before clicking “Buy”. If it says "Prime Members $0.00″ “read for free”, it is NO LONGER FREE. All books are free at the time they are posted but are subject to change back to full price at any time. If you are outside of the United States, these books may not be free. Reinventing Mona by Jennifer Coburn Rating: 4.0 Stars Genre: Womens Fiction Price: $0.00 Save $2.99 Subject to change back to full price at any time. Award-Winning Author What’s new? Me, for starters… It all began when my job offered me a buyout package. That’s when the realization hit, I’m young, I’m rich (thanks to a hefty inheritance), and I’m boring. Things are gonna change-starting now… Building a better man trap… First things first. Exercise. Carrot juice. Straight hair. Whiter teeth. Clothes that fit. But wait-there’s more. I’m finally ready to take a chance on love with the perfect guy. He’s handsome. He’s smart. He’s reliable. He’s my CPA. Problem is, I’m clueless about winning him over. It’s time to call in an expert. It’s time to call in The Dog. Down, boy. Mike “The Dog” Dougherty is a man’s man. A guy’s guy. Okay, he’s a chauvinist pig, and his sty is “The Dog House,” a testosterone-charged column in Maximum for Him magazine. On one hand, I abhor all he stands for. On the other hand, who better to coach me? So here I am. Learning the complex unspoken language of the American male (Talk, bad. Sex, good.); trying exciting new things (Stripping lessons are empowering. Really.) Falling for Mike. Uh oh. But the Mike I’m getting to know is different from The Dog. And the Mona I’m becoming isn’t quite who I expected, either. This whole makeover scheme is getting crazier by the minute. But “crazy” beats “boring”…right? ****************************************** Alex Finch- Monster Hunter by Cate Dean Rating: 4.5 Stars Genre: Young Adult Price: $0.00 Save $11.99 Subject to change back to full price at any time. Alex Finch- Monster Hunter – Nook Alex Finch- Monster Hunter – Apple iBooks Alex Finch- Monster Hunter – Kobo Meet Alex Finch – tomboy, techno geek, monster hunter. Reluctant monster hunter. A school project, an absentminded project partner, and a misplaced backpack all change 16-year-old Alex Finch’s life forever. In a single afternoon Alex finds the missing backpack, has a run-in with Sam, the boy she’s had a crush on since first grade – and discovers that monsters are real. That mind-blowing incident throws her life in a completely different direction, uncovering secrets that cost her more than she could ever imagine. And the further she digs, the darker and more dangerous the secrets become. What else is hiding behind the ordinary facade of her California beach town? Alex is about to find out.   Want the bargain and free Kindle books sent directly to your inbox? Sign up here. Check out the lineup of Kindles here!

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The Morning Coffee – 30 October 2014 Posted: 29 Oct 2014 07:09 PM PDT The death of enhanced ebooks, Victoria Strauss’s take on Kindle Scout, and Juliet’s anachronistic balcony top the reading list this morning, and an old school book discovery engine brings up the rear. Does the Closure of Atavist Books Signal the End for Enhanced Ebooks? (DBW) The Internet Archive releases tools to let anyone store community content forever (VentureBeat) Kindle Scout: The Pros and Cons (Victoria Strauss) Music Education Linked to Increased Reading Skills in Low-Income Kids (Arts To Grow) Romeo and Juliet Has No Balcony (The Atlantic) Self-published authors – Please Quit Picking Fights! (The Passive Voice) What Book Should You Read Next? Putting Librarians And Algorithms To The Test (FastCo) The post The Morning Coffee – 30 October 2014 appeared first on The Digital Reader.

Want to Assemble Your Own eReading Device? Google Shows Off Project Ara Modular Phone Prototype Posted: 29 Oct 2014 03:08 PM PDT The idea of assembling a DIY mobile device has long since fallen out of the mainstream, but if Project Ara is successful then that could change. For the past couple years Google has been working on, well, they’ve been working on many hardware projects, but the one that has me waiting with bated breath is Project Ara. This project has a goal which is as simple in concept as it is complex in practice; Google is trying to develop a platform for a modular smartphone which would enable owners to upgrade their existing phone piecemeal rather than junking it simply because the screen is broken. In theory Project Ara will enable consumers to buy a base unit as well as components which met their needs: camera, screen, battery, wirless chip, etc. When all the parts arrive the consumer will be able to plug the parts into the base unit and have a working phone. The following gallery should help explain it better. Project Ara is still in the prototype stage, and it’s scheduled to hit the market early next year. Right now the only units floating around are in the hands of the original project team as well as a select handful of outside developers who (hopefully) are creating modules which you can buy. You can see the latest prototype in the video below. Google is planning to offer 3 different base units, enabling fans to choose between a phablet or a more pocketable smartphone. The largest is said to be about the size of a Galaxy Note 3. (Just to give you an idea of the size, that phone sports a 5.7″ screen.) The smaller Project Ara base units  will be about the size of a 5″ phablet and one of the early iPhones. The platform is designed so users can hot swap modules without shutting down or rebooting the phone.  I’m not sure how well that will work in practice but the idea has me interested. Want more battery life? Add a better one. Need a better camera? Just swap out your existing one. Don’t like the sound quality? I’m sure you’ll find a Chinese OEM with a compatible module. I don’t know of any plans to make a tablet sized unit, which is a shame. The larger area would enable you to add far more modules. But even with the size limitations, I am keeping a close eye on Project Ara. While I don’t think that this is an explicit part of the plan, I am expecting one Chinese OEM or another to create a module with an epaper screen. I am going to have me some fun assembling my own Android ereader. Liliputing The post Want to Assemble Your Own eReading Device? Google Shows Off Project Ara Modular Phone Prototype appeared first on The Digital Reader.

Wylie Compares Amazon to “a Digital Trucking Company”, Terrorists Posted: 29 Oct 2014 12:29 PM PDT Andrew Wylie has long taken the side of Hachette inits dispute with Amazon, and he doesn’t see any reason to change his views following the news that Simon & Schuster had struck a deal with Amazon. PW reports that Wylie gave  a keynote address at Toronto's International Festival of Authors (IFOA) today, and if the quotes are accurate then Wylie hasn’t softened his position one bit. In fact, he may have adopted an even more extreme position than ever before. To start with, Wylie relayed a conversation he had a few years ago with a music industry lawyer,  John Eastman, who believed that publishers should have given Amazon zero percent of the retail price, and not 30%, because without the content Amazon’s hardware was “useless pieces of high grade plastic. So if they want to give you 30% of their profits, I would trade 30% of book publishing profits for 30% of Amazon's profits,” he said Eastman advised him. The fact that the content was also worthless without sales channels such as the Kindle Store seems to slipped by both Mr. Wylie and Mr. Eastman. It sounds like Wylie sees no value in Amazon at all, and that Amazon could easily be replaced. He’s quoted as saying that there is a strong chance that in the end “Amazon will be told you either do business on our terms or we are going to develop other channels of distribution”. I wish him luck with that; others have tried to best Amazon at selling books and most of the companies who have succeeded have since been bought out by Amazon.  The publishers certainly haven’t proven capable of doing so. Wylie goes on to describe Amazon as “a digital trucking company” which “the publishing industry, up until now, has cowered and whined and moaned and groaned and given Amazon pretty much everything they want”. And it gets better. Not only is Amazon little more than a glorified shop clerk, it is also the equivalent of a terrorist organization which has killed children, beheaded journalist, and cause untold suffering. According to PW, Wylie believes that “with the restored health of the publishing industry and having some sense of where this sort of ISIS-like distribution channel, Amazon, is going to be buried and in which plot of sand they will be stuck, [publishers] will be able to raise the author's digital royalty to 40% or 50%,” he said. “Writers will begin to make enough money to live.” It’s not clear who Wylie thinks is going to sell the books after Amazon has been buried, but I guess he is willing to leave minor details like that to underlings. Andrew Wylie, after all, is a literary agent. While I know several words I would like to use to describe Wylie, I am unfortunately not allowed to write any of them on this blog. I will note, though, that the idea of making peace is not part his lexicon. The post Wylie Compares Amazon to “a Digital Trucking Company”, Terrorists appeared first on The Digital Reader.

The EU’s Proposed New Google Tax Would Hurt Too Many and Help Too Few Posted: 29 Oct 2014 09:56 AM PDT Many legacy publishers have turned an envious eye on Google’s ad revenues, and now it seems they’ve found an ally in EU’s new Digital Commissioner. Günther Oettinger is going to start his new 5 year term as a commissioner next week, and he recently gave an interview and shared a few details about his plans and goals. GigaOm first caught the story yesterday. It was originally published in German, so I’ll quote GigaOm’s summary: Günther Oettinger, the man who will next week become the European Union's digital economy and society commissioner, may be considering taking the so-called "Google tax" law from his native Germany and applying it across the EU. Oettinger, who will report to digital single market commissioner Andrus Ansip, has been tasked with reforming European copyright law (a brief that was previously one for the internal markets department, rather than digital economy). He told Handelsblatt on Tuesday that he wants to introduce an EU-wide copyright law, to replace the current patchwork of national laws. There are any number of problems with this idea, including the fact that it could result in the act of linking or quoting an excerpt being declared copyright infringement. While that might sound strange, the fact of the matter is you can’t effectively compel someone to pay a license fee without making the act of nonpayment illegal. In this case that would mean that quoting an excerpt without a license would be copyright infringement in Europe. And since recent events have shown that Google would rather not use excerpts than pay such license fees, I see the very real possibility that this proposed law might be pushed to cover links as well. Otherwise there would be no way to force Google to pay. And as the fallout from Spain’s proposed Google tax shows us, that could hurt everyone. Spain is currently considering a new addition to its copyright law which would give copyright holders an inalienable right (derecho irrenunciable) to be paid for the use of their excerpts. In other words publishers would be forbidden under this new law from granting a free license for the use of the quotes. (The coalition of publishers who wrote the new law learned from past failed attempts to extract unearned fees from Google.) To be fair, the proposed tasa Google (Spanish for Google tax) is a unique law and the EU statute might end up looking nothing like it, but the fallout from that Spanish proposal shows us that this type of law would affect more than just Google. As I reported in July, the news aggregator Menéame, as well as social networks like Twitter and Facebook, voiced objection to the tasa Google. They would get hit by the tax when a user shared an excerpt, and they could not afford to pay it. Menéame was actually looking at relocating outside of the EU, just so they could be sure to escape that tax. Can you imagine how much it would cost if Twitter, Facebook, Pocket, Flipboard, or Reddit had to pay a fee every time a user posted a link and an excerpt? The cost would be astronomical. And what about smaller sites such as myself? While one might assume that news sites might get a get out of jail free card, I’m not so sure that would be the case. Many news sites are also aggregators, so there’s a good chance that we’d all get swept up as well. Oettinger’s proposal is a remarkably bad idea, and it comes from someone with a history of not understanding technology. Oettinger's also the guy who blamed the victims of the celebrity photo-hacking incident for being “stupid”. Something tells me his five-year term will be a vastly entertaining one – but for all the wrong reasons.   The post The EU’s Proposed New Google Tax Would Hurt Too Many and Help Too Few appeared first on The Digital Reader.

New LCD Screen Tech Can Display Static Images With No Power Posted: 29 Oct 2014 08:19 AM PDT Displaying an image without having to use energy to refresh it is the holy grail of screen tech, and a team of researchers may just have found a new way to do that. Researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology have developed a new type of LCD screen that only requires power when when it is refreshed.  It’s based on optically rewritable liquid crystal display (ORWLCD), an LCD tech that has been batting around the research labs for the past several years. While a regular LCD screen requires a constant supply of power so it can display an image, an ORWLCD only requires power when an image is first displayed. After that, the power can be turned off and the image will continue to be shown on the screen. That is really quite similar in concept to an E-ink screen, but unfortunately ORWLCD tech also shares one of E-ink’s weaknesses; they’re both limited to grayscale screens, and not the 3 pigment color screen you expect to see on LCD screens. The demos do look nice, though: While this tech is interesting, I’m not sure what value it adds or if it can do anything that E-ink can’t already do. But if it could display color, that’s another matter. I have much higher hopes that we will one day see JDI’s solution to the LCD power problem hit the market. For the past few years Japan Display has been working on a way to add a tiny bit of RAM to each pixel in an LCD display. The idea here is that the RAM would reduce the power requirements from the full power required to constantly refresh the screen multiple times a second to a lower level which would provide just enough power to keep the screen from going dark. JDI’s tech could prove useful in smartwatches and similar products where battery power is at a premium, but I don’t know that it is being used anywhere yet. Liliputing The post New LCD Screen Tech Can Display Static Images With No Power appeared first on The Digital Reader.

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