“There haven’t been very many freebies lately. For a while I was getting several a week.”
I received that note this morning from Kindle Nation citizen Sharron, and we must not let this stand! So, what would you say to over 100 free titles from one of our most venerable publishers of fantasy, science fiction, and even an occasional vampire novel?
Speed Dating with the Dead
by Scott Nicholson
Haunted Computer Books
“Keep both hands on your pants, because Scott Nicholson is about to scare them off.”– J.A. Konrath/Jack Kilborn
A paranormal conference at the Appalachian Mountain’s most haunted hotel. . .
A man’s promise to summon his late wife’s spirit . . .
A daughter with a dark imagination. . .
And demonic evil lurking in the basement, just waiting to be awoken.
From the author of The Red Church
You’ll be hearing more about Scott Nicholson at Kindle Nation Daily in the days to come, but his new novel is a great place to begin getting to kbow him … if you dare.
“A master of atmospheric suspense.” –Eric Wilson, NY Times bestselling novelist
“Scott Nicholson knows the territory. Follow him at your own risk.”–Stewart O’Nan, Boston Noir
“Like Stephen King, he knows how to summon serious scares.”–Bentley Little, His Father’s Son
(or a free sample) to your Kindle, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, BlackBerry, Android-compatible, PC or Mac and start reading within 60 seconds!
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Free Listings!
If you’ve never visited the Baen Books website before, you’re in for a treat. And what better introduction than over 100 free titles! Several of these are classics, but none are in the public domain — they are just free to download to your Kindle via the Whispernet! (Amazon will charge you 15 cents per title for the wireless transmission, or you can avoid that charge by clicking the link on each free book’s page to download the Mobi/Palm/Kindle Format version to your computer so that you can download it to your Kindle via USB connection.) And I hope you’ll also notice — and maybe even use! – the “Donate to Free Library” button on each page.
On the WebScription download page for a book just click the “Email book to My Kindle” link and follow the directions. Note that you must authorize Amazon to receive email from WebScriptions first.
Using Kindle PC
To use a Baen Kindle file with Kindle for PC you need to download the file to your computer. The file needs to be placed in the directory Amazon sets up for storing your Kindle files. This is typically in the Documents/My Kindle Content directory. You will need to restart your Kindle PC program after moving the file so Kindle PC will recognize the new file. Amazon does not make any provision for emailing files to your Kindle PC program.
A note on the file extensions used for the Mobipocket/Palm/Kindle format. Older books will have the .PRC extension. This was the original extension used by Mobipocket when they first introduced the format and was shared by the PALM DOC format. Newer files will have the .MOBI extension which more properly separates the Mobi format from the Palm DOC format.
Palms don’t really care about file extensions, they use an internal file signature to decide what program runs a given file. The software for moving the file from your PC to the Palm however may not like the new .MOBI extension and claim that it doesn’t recognize the file. All you need to do is rename the file with a .PRC extension and it will load fine. This only applies to Palm devices. The Kindle will take either extension.
Click here for a complete listing of our updated free promotional titles in the Kindle Store as of July 14!
