Kindle Nation citizen Marilyn asked me yesterday “Why only previews all of a sudden?” on our Free Book Alert listings, and all I could say at the time was “This too shall pass.” And so it has!
to a terrific run of great works by distinguished authors like Paul Levine
, Tonya Plank
, Mike Jastrzebski
, Karen Fenech
, and Chet Williamson
. There’s more great stuff in store, but today let’s focus on The Invasion, which is already a 4.5-star top 500 bestseller in the Kindle Store.And that was just the beginning. New life forms began to arise from the ooze, simple organisms at first, but multiplying with ever-increasing complexity. The few human survivors are faced with a full-scale invasion… and only radical measures will guarantee the survival of the human race.
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The 1-2-3 Money Plan: The Three Most Important Steps to Saving and Spending Smart – Gregory Karp
Fire Your Stock Analyst!: Analyzing Stocks On Your Own – Harry Domash
How to Design a Great Customer Experience – Fred Wiersema
Pre-Order Now and the Preview will be delivered free to your Kindle on September 7.
Set against the backdrop of Winter Carnival in Quebec City….
The full book, Bury Your Dead, is priced at $11.99 and can be pre-ordered here for download on September 28.
Pre-Order Now and the Preview will be delivered free to your Kindle on September 7.
The full book, ME, MYSELF AND WHY?, is priced at $11.99 and can be pre-ordered here
for download on September 28. 
Here’s the author’s description: “Finding the perfect hero and heroine for a romance novel can turn a writer’s hair gray–that’s why I advertise for them. Interviewing characters can be exhausting, and getting them to stick to the plot? Well, it doesn’t always work that way. And then you find out they’re talking about you behind your back–Meet Randy and Sarah, the hero and heroine of Finding Sarah and Hidden Fire, in a funny and illuminating look at what goes on behind the scenes of the romance writing process.” Sounds a little meta, but lots of fun.
I Thought It Was You: Grimm’s Circle, Book 2.5 – Romance Short Story – Shiloh Walker
- Hour of the Hunter: With Bonus Material – by J. A. Jance Pre-Order, August 24, 2010
- The Girl on the Beach: A Bess Crawford Mystery – Charles Todd (Pre-Order, August 31, 2010)
- The Static of the Spheres – Eric Kraft
- The Wild’s Call – Jeri Smith-Ready
- The Hunters – Jason Pinter
- Autobiography of a Yogi (Reprint of Original 1946 Edition)
– Paramhansa Yogananda
- More Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea
– Tom Reynolds
- Seducing Jane Porter
– Dominique Adair
- All in Time
– Ciana Stone
- Shaken (Teaser Chapters) (Jacqueline “Jack” Daniels Mysteries)
– J.A. Konrath
- The Lost Hero Chapter Sneak Peek
– Rick Riordan
- The Reincarnationist Series
– M.J. Rose
- The Last Song: Exclusive Free Kindle Content
– Nicholas Sparks and Touchstone Pictures
Last Day to Participate in Kindle Nation's Most Important Survey Ever
But we can’t keep the survey open forever, so I thought I would send out this heads up to let you know that you have until midnight tonight, August 24, to participate. The more participants, the more influence Kindle owners will have on these critical issues that affect us all as readers.
I’ve limited this survey to 15 questions, but I hope you will also feel free to use the comment areas to say whatever needs saying. Future Kindle Nation Daily posts will provide detailed reports on your responses, but your confidentiality and privacy will always remain well-guarded. (If you’d prefer to have your name included with your comments, please indicate this specifically in the body of your comment.)
Thanks for taking the time — it really does matter.
Finally, I am grateful to Paul Levine, the author of the Jake Lassiter series of crime novels, for agreeing to sponsor this survey and help defray its expenses.
Last Chance to Participate in Kindle Nation's Most Important Survey Ever
But we can’t keep the survey open forever, so I thought I would send out this heads up to let you know that you have until midnight Tuesday night, August 24, to participate. The more participants, the more influence Kindle owners will have on these critical issues that affect us all as readers.
I’ve limited this survey to 15 questions, but I hope you will also feel free to use the comment areas to say whatever needs saying. Future Kindle Nation Daily posts will provide detailed reports on your responses, but your confidentiality and privacy will always remain well-guarded. (If you’d prefer to have your name included with your comments, please indicate this specifically in the body of your comment.)
Thanks for taking the time — it really does matter.
Finally, I am grateful to Paul Levine, the author of the Jake Lassiter series of crime novels, for agreeing to sponsor this survey and help defray its expenses.
Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert for Monday, August 23, 2010: Inspector Gamache at Quebec City's Winter Carnival (Preview), plus Ash Wednesday, macabre fiction by New Yorker author Chet Williamson (Today's Sponsor)
Quebec City is one of my favorite places in the world, so I am probably an easy mark for today’s addition to our Free Book Alert listings, which is a preview of the latest Inspector Gamache novel set against the backdrop of the city’s Winter Carnival….
Ash Wednesday is a thoughtful horror story about what happens to people when they are forced to gaze into the face of death and, specifically, the face of their own personal dead: their friends and family, those they believed to be dead and gone. Murders are revealed, rapes and other crimes. People despair, and try to create new lives out of the wreckage. Two of these are Bradley Meyers, a vet already driven half-crazy by his experiences in Vietnam, confronted by the sight of his dead son, and now barely capable of containing his rage, and Jim Callender, whose son has died in the same accident, for which he is partly responsible. As Callender sinks into guilt, Meyers moves toward murder.
“A riveting, descriptive account of the effect the dead have on the living…both thought-provoking and entertaining. I couldn’t put the book down.” Betty Saputo, Rave Reviews
“A strong if necessarily macabre and uncomfortable tale of moral import.” — Fritz Leiber
“Excellently written, painstakingly plotted, and thoroughly believable. A masterfully skillful book.” — Peter Crowther
“The jacket copy claims ‘Ash Wednesday is a powerful, literate work of fiction that addresses the fantastic and human character — one of those rare works of horror literature, such as Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House or Peter Straub’s Ghost Story, that transcends genre.’ Wow — a jacket quote that doesn’t lie!” — The Horror Show
“Disturbing, challenging, and anything but reassuring. A cold hard look at the everyday terrors of death, ghosts, and madness. A haunting vision of purgatory on earth.” — Ramsey Campbell
“Ash Wednesday is enough of a book to stand on its own without the intrusion of the supernatural. Yet its haunting image of the mute, motionless spirits that inhabit a small town remains lodged in the mind like a bullet in the brain. Chet Williamson has written a disturbingly memorable novel.” — Les Daniels
About the Author:
Chet Wiliamson sold hisfirst story in 1981. Since then he’s published twenty-five books and over a hundred short stories in anthologies and such magazines as The New Yorker, Playboy, Esquire, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and many others.
His work has been adapted for film and TV, and has been published worldwide. Mr. Williamson won the International Horror Guild Award, and been shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award (twice), the MWA’s Edgar, and the HWA’s Bram Stoker Award (six times). He write plays as well as fiction.
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(or a free sample)
from the UK Kindle Store
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Set against the backdrop of Winter Carnival in Quebec City….
The full book, Bury Your Dead, is priced at $11.99 and can be pre-ordered here for download on September 28.
Pre-Order Now and the Preview will be delivered free to your Kindle on September 7.
The full book, ME, MYSELF AND WHY?, is priced at $11.99 and can be pre-ordered here
for download on September 28. Here’s the author’s description: “Finding the perfect hero and heroine for a romance novel can turn a writer’s hair gray–that’s why I advertise for them. Interviewing characters can be exhausting, and getting them to stick to the plot? Well, it doesn’t always work that way. And then you find out they’re talking about you behind your back–Meet Randy and Sarah, the hero and heroine of Finding Sarah and Hidden Fire, in a funny and illuminating look at what goes on behind the scenes of the romance writing process.” Sounds a little meta, but lots of fun.
I Thought It Was You: Grimm’s Circle, Book 2.5 – Romance Short Story – Shiloh Walker
- Hour of the Hunter: With Bonus Material – by J. A. Jance Pre-Order, August 24, 2010
- The Girl on the Beach: A Bess Crawford Mystery – Charles Todd (Pre-Order, August 31, 2010)
- The Static of the Spheres – Eric Kraft
- The Wild’s Call – Jeri Smith-Ready
- The Hunters – Jason Pinter
- Autobiography of a Yogi (Reprint of Original 1946 Edition)
- More Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea
- Seducing Jane Porter
- All in Time
- Shaken (Teaser Chapters) (Jacqueline “Jack” Daniels Mysteries)
- The Lost Hero Chapter Sneak Peek
- The Reincarnationist Series
- The Last Song: Exclusive Free Kindle Content
Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert for Sunday, August 22, 2010: Bestseller Prequels and Previews, plus a 5-star contemporary romance by Heather Matthews (Today's Sponsor)
It’s interesting to see the various kinds of pricing and previewing experiments that are being tried by agency model publishers like St. Martin’s Press (a MacMillan imprint), as they try to find ways to lure readers but maintain higher prices. A free prequel and a free Janet Evanovich preview lead today’s Free Book Alert listings….
Her new Memphis friends hear her sing and they are dumbstruck by the beautiful, dark-haired Carrie’s perfect voice. They arrange for her to compete in a new Country Queen competition, sponsored by a huge record company in Memphis. Once Carrie agrees to compete, she is thrown into a glamorous whirlwind; at the center of the storm is the smoldering Jacob Goldman, CEO of Spur Records International. Once the two meet, sparks fly, and Carrie’s world changes forever…but Carrie isn’t sure she’s ready to trust again…
to your Kindle, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, BlackBerry, Android-compatible, PC or Mac and start reading within 60 seconds!Click here to download Carolina (or a free sample)
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Pre-Order Now and the Preview will be delivered free to your Kindle on September 7.
The full book, ME, MYSELF AND WHY?, is priced at $11.99 and can be pre-ordered here
for download on September 28. Here’s the author’s description: “Finding the perfect hero and heroine for a romance novel can turn a writer’s hair gray–that’s why I advertise for them. Interviewing characters can be exhausting, and getting them to stick to the plot? Well, it doesn’t always work that way. And then you find out they’re talking about you behind your back–Meet Randy and Sarah, the hero and heroine of Finding Sarah and Hidden Fire, in a funny and illuminating look at what goes on behind the scenes of the romance writing process.” Sounds a little meta, but lots of fun.
I Thought It Was You: Grimm’s Circle, Book 2.5 – Romance Short Story – Shiloh Walker
A brand new collection of essential insights for your business and career from world-renowned experts-now in a convenient e-format, at a great price!
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What you can learn from the world’s greatest businesses: from legendary startups to extraordinary turnarounds! Crucial takeaways from the experiences of McDonald’s, Home Depot, Zappos, Wal-Mart, Oprah (Harpo), Ford, NetFlix, UPS, Lego, Intuit, and many others.
From world-renowned business profilers New Word City and Nancy F. Koehn.
Included in this collection:
- How McDonald’s Got Its Groove Back (New Word City)
- Undoing Home Depot’s Demolition (New Word City)
- How Zappos Shoes In Success (New Word City)
- Sam Walton’s Way (New Word City)
- Oprah (Brand) Renew (Nancy F. Koehn)
- Henry Ford’s Way (New Word City)
- How UPS Delivers Again and Again (New Word City)
- How Netflix Produces Happy Endings (New Word City)
- How JetBlue Got Its Wings Back (New Word City)
- Bill Walsh’s Winning Ways (New Word City)
- How Kraft Crafted a Comeback (New Word City)
- Ray Kroc’s Way (New Word City)
- How Lego Built a Comeback (New Word City)
- How Intuit Turned Feedback into a Comeback (New Word City)
- The Postcard Killers (Special Free Preview: Book One)
by James Patterson and Liza Marklund
(About 87 pages in print) - Hour of the Hunter: With Bonus Material – by J. A. Jance Pre-Order, August 24, 2010
- The Girl on the Beach: A Bess Crawford Mystery – Charles Todd (Pre-Order, August 31, 2010)
- The Static of the Spheres – Eric Kraft
- The Wild’s Call – Jeri Smith-Ready
- The Hunters – Jason Pinter
- Autobiography of a Yogi (Reprint of Original 1946 Edition)
- More Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea
- Seducing Jane Porter
- All in Time
- Shaken (Teaser Chapters) (Jacqueline “Jack” Daniels Mysteries)
- The Lost Hero Chapter Sneak Peek
- The Reincarnationist Series
- The Last Song: Exclusive Free Kindle Content
Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert for Saturday, August 21, 2010: Over a Hundred Free Titles from Baen Books, plus Powerless: The Synthesis, a young adult novel that you won't be able to put down (Today's Sponsor)
We won’t be squelched just because there are temporarily no new additions to our Free Book Alert listings in the Kindle Store. Instead, we’ll show you how to download over 100 great free titles from long-time sci-fi publisher Baen Books….
Powerless is the winner of the Webb Weaver 2010 Writer’s Competition, the judges proclaiming they were “entranced by the writer’s ability to bring together this unlikely group of kids,” and that the series could be “a hit in the YA book world.” The story is a roller-coaster ride filled with lots to discover in an ever-expanding world, an intriguing group of diverse characters, and all of their deepest hopes and
aspirations. If you like dramatic twists and spirited intensity, it’ll have you falling in love with a brand new series!
Powerless: The Synthesis
to download Powerless: The Synthesis 
(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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Over 100 Free Books from Baen Books
- easy to find;
- easy to download to your PC or Mac;
- easy to transfer to your Kindle; and
- easy to read on your Kindle, Kindle for PC, or Kindle for Mac.
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- Right-click or COMMAND+click on a title that interests you.
- On the individual title’s Inkmesh detail screen, click on the link in the line that reads “Get it from Baen WebScriptions for free!”
- On the book’s Baen Books page, you will have a choice between emailing the book directly to your Kindle via the Whispernet, which in virtually all cases involving a Kindle located in the U.S. will cost you 15 cents for Amazon’s email services, or downloading it for free to your computer in a pre-formatted Kindle-compatible file provided by Baen.
If you choose to download the book to your computer just click on the link that looks like this under the heading “Download Unzipped Files.” You also have the option of downloading a zipped file, but at today’s download speeds this seems an unnecessary step given that most ebook files are far less than a megabyte. The download should begin immediately with the usual caveats about making sure you trust the source of the file. Baen’s been around twice as long as Amazon and is deserving of your trust.
If you are downloading a book to your Kindle for PC or Kindle for Mac app for the first time, you may be prompted to select the application that you choose to have open “files like this,” and you should select the Kindle for PC or Kindle for Mac app. Once you’ve made this selection and responded appropriately to prompts along the way, your copy of the ebook will open in the Kindle app environment right on your computer. - Once you take a look at the ebook and decide that you want to be able to read it on your Kindle, if you have a Kindle, just connect the Kindle to your computer via USB, locate the book file in your “My Kindle Content” folder within your computer’s “My Documents” folder (or a similarly named folder), and you can drag and drop it easily into your Kindle’s documents folder.
- If you choose to email the book directly to your Kindle, click on the “Email book to my Kindle” and you’ll see a pop-up screen like the one at the right, prompting you to add the address suffix @webscription.net to your “Your Kindle approved e-mail list”on your Amazon Kindle Manger [sic], by which they actually mean your Manage Your Kindle page at Amazon.com. Once you take these steps, enter the address for your Kindle device in the appropriate field and click “Send,” you should see a message like this one, and the book should show up on your Kindle’s Home screen:
UK Edition Kindle Nation Daily Free & Bargain Book Alert for Friday, August 20, 2010: Build Your Kindle Library Now with 4 Bestseller Pre-Orders for Under a Pound Each, plus an edgy romantic comedy by Sibel Hodge by Today's Sponsor
Fourteen Days Later (Romantic Comedy) Helen’s life is propelled in an unexpected direction after her best friend, Ayshe, sets her a fourteen-day, life-changing challenge. Helen receives a task everyday which she must complete without question. The tasks are designed to build her confidence and boost her self-esteem but all they seem to do is push her closer to Ayshe’s brother, Kalem.
How will Kalem and Helen get together when she’s too foolish to realize that she loves him? How can he fall for her when he is too busy falling prey to her mishaps and too in love with his own perfect girlfriend? How will Kalem’s Turkish Cypriot family react when they find out?
Is it really possible to change your life in fourteen days?
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UK Kindle Store Bargain eBooks
Don’t delay on these preorder bargains, as the prices could rise again in a heartbeat….
Even if you don’t have a Kindle yet, you can build your Kindle library by using a registered Kindle App or an Amazon account with which you have placed a Kindle pre-order.
t Story from the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott
In addition to 5,721 free titles in the UK Kindle Store
Free Promotional Titles UK Kindle Store Listings!
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No guarantees on how long this one will last as a freebie, since it shows a rather dear list price and is selling in the US Kindle Store for $41.21….
This book bridges the gap between theory and practice and goes beyond just one single model to present a complete toolbox – a range of models that can be used to analyze, diagnose, and resolve conflict in any situation. It shows mediators, negotiators, managers, and anyone needing to resolve conflict how to simply and effectively understand and assess the situations of conflict they face. And it goes a step further, offering specific, practical guidance on how to intervene to resolve the conflict successfully.
Each model provides a different and potentially useful angle on the problem, and includes worksheets and a step–by–step process to guide the reader in applying the tools.
- Offers eight models to help you understand the root causes of any conflict.
- Explains each model′s focus, what kind of situations it can be useful in and, most importantly, what interventions are likely to help.
- Provides you with clear direction on what specific actions to choose to resolve a particular type of conflict effectively.
- Features a detailed case study throughout the book, to which each model is applied.
- Additional examples and case studies unique to each chapter give the reader a further chance to see the models in action.
- Includes practical tools and worksheets that you can use in working with these models in your practice.
The Conflict Resolution Toolbox equips any practitioner to resolve a wide range of conflicts. Mediators, negotiators, lawyers, managers and supervisors, insurance adjusters, social workers, human resource and labour relations specialists, and others will have all the tools they need for successful conflict resolution.
by Eric KraftLENGTH: novella, approximately 20,000 words, 96 pages in the trade paperback edition
“Reading the Peter Leroy saga is akin to watching a champion juggler deftly keep dozens of balls in the air while executing an intricate double-time dance routine-all without breathing hard. . . . Sentimental, loving, raucous, wise, and great fun, this is simply not to be missed.”
Booklist
“[Kraft’s Peter Leroy] series is smart, funny, warmly inviting, and delightfully impossible to define.”
Kate Bernheimer, The Oregonian
“Eric Kraft’s essential subject is suburban boyhood-in particular, that moment when it loses its innocence. . . . Like Lawrence Sterne, Kraft is unashamedly sentimental, digressive, and extremely funny; like Proust, profoundly nostalgic and obsessed with loss. The typical Kraft novel is a laugh-out-loud read with undertones of grief and ruefulness. Almost all of his books revolve around a single individual, Peter Leroy, who is now . . . as fully realized as any character in current American literature. . . . Under the surface humor, Kraft’s take on the national experience is thoughtful, disturbing, and unlike that of any other American writer.”
Anthony Brandt, Men’s Journal
“The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy is one of the biggest, funniest, sweetest, and looniest undertakings in contemporary American fiction.”
John Strausbaugh, New York Press
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