Happy Halloween: Notes and a Free Book

Happy Halloween to all my readers and be sure to be safe if out trick-or-treating tonight.

Kobo has a contest going on, The Great Escape Enter daily and you will at least win a coupon code good for 10%-75% off one book and one person daily will win a $100 gift card; the grand prize is an airline trip for two. You have to register for the contest the first time you play (it doesn't automatically use your Kobo login), then log in daily to play. Today's trivia question is from Patrick deWitt's The Sisters Brothers, which happens to be on sale for $2.99!

Reminders:
It's the last night for this month's $3.99 or less titles on Kindle and for this month's batch of $5 MP3 albums and is probably the tail end of the $5 Norah Jones sale. If you have the $5 MP3 promo code (a KSO offer), then I'd recommend you check out this month's list, then check it again after the first (sometimes it doesn't fully update until the second of the month, I've found) and then use your promo code on one that has been on your wishlist, but wasn't in either of the two promo lists.

It's also the last night of the Shock-tober Sale and the Nora Roberts 3-for-2 Sale at Audible. Both end at Midnight on the East Coast (so, check these first, then ones at Amazon, as they should last three hours longer, for the last minute shoppers).

And, since everyone must need at least one theme-related book that won't give you nightmares just from the cover, be sure to grab Haunted Spouse (Main/UK), by Heather MacAllister, while it is free. As you'll note from the synopsis at Amazon, this was previously published in 1993 as a Harlequin Romance under the author name Heather Allison. It's DRM-free at Amazon or you can download several DRM-free formats on Smashwords.

Book Description
A girl, a guy, and a haunted house

Architect Frizzie Lizzie, the Scream Queen, designs haunted houses. Architect Jared Rutledge's classic buildings are designs for the ages. Jared believes Lizzie is wasting her talent--and frequently tells her so. Lizzie tells him he needs to loosen up. That's probably why their business partnership didn't last any longer than their marriage. But now, Jared needs Lizzie's help in fixing a haunted house he designed to raise money for a physical therapy center. After she recovers from the shock of Jared asking for her help, Lizzie realizes it's the perfect opportunity to show him that she doesn't design "frivolous structures" and at last win his respect. Although if she's honest, Lizzie is hoping she'll win more than that.

My favorite book for the season, that I've read lately, is probably A Discovery of Witches ($9.99), by Deborah Harkness. It's an Agency publisher (Penguin) and I hesitated to pay full price, back when I got it, but didn't regret a cent after reading it. While writing this, I just noticed that the companion audiobook is currently $3.95. I would have bought the next title in the All Souls Trilogy, Shadow of Night, even at the $14.99 it is still marked, but managed to get approved for a review copy the same day I was considering the purchase. I've finished it (no review yet, must get that done!) and liked it nearly was well as the first (it's a more historical setting than the first, which I think contributed to a slightly less enjoyable read, for me). At 600 pages per volume, you also won't get cheated on your purchase, as far as reading time (unlike, say, the novella that Laurell Hamilton had a few years ago, at full Hardcover novel prices).

Book Description
In a sparkling debut, A Discovery of Witches became the "it" book of early 2011, bringing Deborah Harkness into the spotlight and galvanizing fans around the world. In this tale of passion and obsession, Diana Bishop, a young scholar and the descendant of witches, discovers a long-lost and enchanted alchemical manuscript deep in Oxford's Bodleian Library. Its reappearance summons a fantastical underworld, which she navigates with her leading man, vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont. Harkness has created a universe to rival those of Anne Rice, Diana Gabaldon, and Elizabeth Kostova, and she adds a scholar's depth to this riveting story of magic and suspense.

So, what have been your favorite reads lately? Halloween related or not? Leave me a note and I'll see how many goodies I can dig up to send out (leave an email address if you want one, these are all digital and mostly via iTunes).

Free Book - Julio Bunny and the Pirate Ship (K)

Julio Bunny and the Pirate Ship (Main/UK), by Nicoletta Costa, is free in the Kindle store, courtesy of publisher KiteReaders.

Book Description
What happens when it is a hot day and you have nothing to do? Well, become pirates of course! Join Julio Bunny and his friends on this new, swashbuckling adventure as they plan incredible feats and navigate the terrifying seas! But what does this gang of pirates do when their ship gets stuck on the river bank? Find out in this imaginative tale written and illustrated by talented award winning author Nicoletta Costa!

About the Author
NICOLETTA COSTA was born in Trieste (Italy) in 1953, where she was brought up and still lives today. After graduating in Architecture in 1978 at the University of Venice (Italy), she dedicated herself exclusively to her great passion: illustrating and writing books for children. Her most famous character is Julio Bunny an overly timid rabbit, but good natured,
with long fuzzy ears and a great passion for carrots.

This book features Kindle Text Pop-Up for reading text over vivid, full-color images when using Kindle Fire/HD or select Kindle Reading Apps (Kindle Cloud Reader, Kindle for iPad or Kindle for Android); unlike some other Text Popup books, this one won't work on any of the eInk Kindles.

Free Book - Cowboy-Sexy (K)

Cowboy-Sexy (Main/UK), by Cowboy-Sexy, is free in the Kindle store, courtesy of publisher Wild Rose Press.

Book Description
Finn Brennan is used to his brother playing practical jokes, but this time he's gone too far--sending Finn a woman as a ranch hand. And not just any woman, but a Marine.

When 1st Lt. Camilla Walker's commanding officer asks her to help out at his family's dude ranch until he returns from deployment, she never expects to be thrust into a mistaken engagement to his sexy, cowboy twin--a former Navy SEAL who hates the Corps. But before long, Cammie is wishing their fake engagement could be real.

The Corps took Finn's father, his girlfriend, and threatened his naval career. He's worked hard for another shot at getting back to active duty. The last thing he needs is a headstrong, unyielding, hot Marine who not only tempts his bed, but soon has him rethinking his goals.

Free Book - Seducing Avery (K)

Seducing Avery (Main/UK), by Barb Han, is free in the Kindle store, courtesy of publisher Wild Rose Press.

Book Description
Avery McAdams believes in order to truly be herself she needs to keep her head down, her guard up, and her focus on her career. Until she's hired by sexy, charismatic Ryker Li to pull off the event of the century, and he shows up personally to convince her to handle his next party. When she meets him face-to-face, she realizes a piece of her wants him to see her as attractive, which goes against everything she's convinced herself she believes.

Rich, powerful Ryker has made an art form of getting what he wants, when he wants it, and then moving on. But something about Avery makes him want to stick around.

When he finds everything he never dreamed to look for in a woman, can the billionaire playboy commit to the biggest deal of all? Or will a lifetime of mistrust and suspicion turn them forever into rivals?

Free Book - Mountain Fire (K)

Mountain Fire (Main/UK), by Brenda Margriet, is free in the Kindle store, courtesy of publisher Wild Rose Press.

Book Description
A mountaintop mystery leads two conservationists to dangerous obsessions and violent passions.

Natural resources student June Brandt climbs Longworth Mountain for some alone time. But when Conservation Officer Alex Weaver arrives to look into the death of a grizzly bear, June is caught up in the investigation--and fascinated by Alex.

Alex is attracted by June's competence and coolness under fire--as well as her lithe body and honey-blonde hair. Although their mutual interest in protecting the natural wonders of the area brings them together, they soon realize they view love from very different angles. He offers passion and pleasure, but June wants more.

When one of Alex's colleagues is murdered, June and Alex must work together to find the poacher before other lives are lost. And Alex must look deep inside to discover if he can give June what she deserves.

Free Book - Prince of Pleasure (K)

Prince of Pleasure: The Prince of Wales and the Making of the Regency (Main/UK), by Saul David, is free in the Kindle store, courtesy of UK publisher Endeavour Press.

Book Description
Described by the Duke of Wellington as 'the most extraordinary compound of talent, wit, buffoonery, obstinacy and good feeling that I ever saw in one character in my life', George Augustus Frederick, Prince of Wales, later George IV, was a highly controversial figure. He courted both Whigs and Tories in his attempts to establish the Regency during the 'madness' of his father, George III. Scandalous liaisons with prostitutes and duchesses, and his 'secret' marriage to the Catholic Mrs Fitzherbert, tested his duty - to nation and to family. Yet his support for overseas campaigns against Napoleon, culminating in such historic victories as Trafalgar and Waterloo, consolidated Britain's status as the pre-eminent world power amid the great social and economic upheavals of the Industrial Revolution. Drawing on a wealth of original accounts of life in Georgian Britain, Saul David has created a masterly portrait - of a flamboyant, opportunistic and influential figure, and of a nation in a time of great change.

Saul David is Professor of War Studies at the University of Buckingham and the author of several critically-acclaimed history books, including The Indian Mutiny: 1857 (shortlisted for the Westminster Medal for Military Literature), Zulu: The Heroism and Tragedy of the Zulu War of 1879 (a Waterstone's Military History Book of the Year) and, most recently, Victoria's Wars: The Rise of Empire.

Free Book - Golden Years (K)

Golden Years: How To Enjoy Your Retirement In Style (Main/UK), by Michael Davenport, is free in the Kindle store, courtesy of UK publisher Endeavour Press.

Book Description
Your working life has come to an end. Your children may have grown up. Suddenly a life that was busy and hectic may start to feel empty.

Many people go into retirement with a sense of loss.

But this should be one of the happiest phases of your life – and with the right attitude certainly will be.

In this invaluable guide, Michael Davenport shows you how to make the most of your retirement.

He looks at how to come up with new goals and ambitions.

He explains how to manage your finances.

And how to make time for children and grandchildren – but also for yourself.

This is the one-stop, complete guide to making sure your Golden Years are just that – Golden.

About the Author
Michael Davenport is an accomplishing comedy writer and script-editor who has contributed to several classic comedy shows. He is the author of an acclaimed series of wedding speech and business presentation guides.

Free Book - A Distant Prospect (K)

A Distant Prospect (Main/UK), by Sean Chapman, is free in the Kindle store, courtesy of UK publisher Endeavour Press.

Book Description
It is spring at London's National Theatre. Riley Johnson, a charismatic young actor, is rehearsing a role in a challenging play.

But Riley's life is falling apart.

His debts are crippling.

His relationship is a mess.

And the production is in trouble.

As the play’s opening night approaches, happiness and success seem a distant prospect. But when he’s offered the leading role in a new film Riley senses this, at last, might be his big break...

‘A Distant Prospect’ is an eye-opening and entertaining depiction of the harsh realities of life as a modern-day professional actor. A dazzling romantic comedy, as well as a dark tale of the challenges of theatrical life, 'A Distant Prospect' is a must-read for all aspiring actors and theatre-fans alike.

About the Author
Sean Chapman is the author of the acclaimed ‘Ms Derby Requires’ and an experienced actor, who has starred in films such as Hellraiser and Joy Division, appeared in leading roles at the National Theatre and in the West End, and has appeared frequently on television in programmes such as Midsommer Murders, Kavannagh QC and Absolutely Fabulous.

Free Book - Event Driven (K)

Event Driven: A Rupert Hood Spy Thriller (Main/UK), by Andrew Cartmel, is free in the Kindle store, courtesy of UK publisher Endeavour Press. This is the sequel to Operation Herod, which was free earlier in the month.

Book Description
Meet Rupert Hood. Every day he joins the wage slaves commuting to Putney, in south-west London, to one more apparently dull job in a high street estate agents.

But the company is a front -- for the UK's intelligence service.

And Rupert Hood isn’t an estate agent. He’s a secret agent.

In the second of Andrew Cartmel's brilliant re-imaginings of the classic 1960s spy caper, Rupert Hood is thrown back into action -- and facing the deadliest challenge of his career.

Someone has been scavenging waste plutonium and using it to create a bomb.

A deadly terror attack is planned on the City of London -- one that could ruin the global financial system.

But who? And why?

Hunting down the terrorists means Rupert going undercover in one of the world's most sophisticated and wealthiest 'event-driven' hedge funds to learn more about the likely target.

But as Rupert gets to grips with the world of high finance, events are about to be driven out of control -- with catastrophic consequences.

And in a nerve-shredding chase he must confront the deadliest -- and strangest -- opponent of his life.

Free Book - SPECIAL DISPENSATIONS (K)

SPECIAL DISPENSATIONS (Main/UK), by S. I. Wells, is free in the Kindle store, courtesy of publisher Stay Thirsty Press.

Book Description
WHERE CANON LAW MEETS COMMON LAW

Religion and Politics - Chicago-style. When the Chicago Daily News accuses State’s Attorney Victor Pulaski of favoring the rich by disregarding the real story about the suicide of a society teenager, Chicago’s prosecutor unleashes his chief pit bull to dig up the dirt. “Fire Plug” O’Neill, the Senior Assistant State’s Attorney and a defense attorneys’ nightmare is ordered to track down the facts and apply the law in the finest Chicago tradition. Wielding the Grand Jury like a sledgehammer at a demolition party, O’Neill raises the ante on all of the suspects, including the Cardinal of Chicago and a prominent Bishop, until everyone reaches the boiling point in this high-stakes pursuit of the “truth.” Fans of television shows like "Law & Order," "Criminal Minds" and "Suits" will feel right at home with SPECIAL DISPENSATIONS' fast-paced action, fascinating cast of characters and finely-tuned twists and turns where Canon Law meets Common Law.

Free Book - Dead Beat (K)

Dead Beat (Main/UK), by Remy Porter, is free in the Kindle store, courtesy of publisher Wild Wolf Publishing.

Book Description
Haven, Population: 2000.

A place where Johnny sleepwalks the beat, counting down the hours to the end of another police shift. Burying the secret deeper.

But this is the day the world ends. The infection has spread unchecked, and now the dead have domain. Johnny is thrown into a fight to survive. The shattered community around him willing to do anything to stay alive.

But as putrefacted bodies close in, it's the villager's rotten hearts he begins to fear the most ... And beyond them the puppetmasters who started it all.

Free Book - Rise & Walk (K)

Rise & Walk (Main/UK), by Gregory Solis, is free in the Kindle store, courtesy of publisher Wild Wolf Publishing.

Book Description
The walking dead descend upon a paintball competition in the mountains. Two brave young women join forces with two thrill seekers in a terror filled struggle against the undead.

Low on ammunition and supplies, the survivors use anything at hand to fight off the flesh hungry horde. As the party makes their escape they soon realize that there is nowhere to run when the dead Rise and Walk ...

Free Book - Pray You Die Alone (K)

Pray You Die Alone: Horror Stories (Main/UK), an anthology by Andersen Prunty, is free in the Kindle store, courtesy of publisher Grindhouse Press. I'd expect some pretty explicit prose and I have excised one of his titles from the synopsis (it's easy enough to look up at Amazon).

Book Description
A short story collection from Andersen Prunty, author of ******* and HI I'M A SOCIAL DISEASE. Contains "The Summer of Flies", "Deathtripping in New Orleans", "Durning", "Air Cathedral", "The Nowhere Room", "Black Rosita's Man", and "Rayles."

Free Books from Lighthouse (K)

Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas has several free books for us today; all are repeats, from various dates this year. This is a small press that seems to specialize in Christian Fiction and local authors. In general, their free offers last only a single day, so I don't expect these to still be free tomorrow.

• I'll Watch the Moon, by Ann Tatlock
• Emerson The Magnificent!, by Dwight Ritter
• Dare to Live: A Devotional Book for Those Over The Hill, Not Under It!, by Elizabeth Van Liere
• The ABCs of Praise and Prayer: A Devotional Book For Moments of Simple Solitude, by Barbara Kois
• Up To Know Good: Daily Devotions for Your Quiet Time in an Image Rich Devotional Book, by Sara Schaffer
• The PAC Method For Writers: How Prayer, Attitude & Confidence Can Lead You To A Successful Writing Career, by John Riddle
• Write To Be Heard: Write Like You Talk: Help With Voice, Character, Dialogue... and more!, by Aaron D. Gansky and Diane Sherlock
• I Came Within An Inch... | The Michigan Home School INCH Conference , by Abigail Rose Clark, Brittany, Chelsey, Jordan Spitzner, David A. Sneller and Eva, Raquel, Natalie Anderson, et al

Free Book Update - Leaden Skies (K)

Leaden Skies, the third title in the Silver Rush series by Ann Parker, is now free on Kindle, but no longer free on iTunes, courtesy of publisher Poisoned Pen Press.

Book Description
In the summer of 1880, it’s not just gray skies and bad weather threatening boomtown Leadville, Colorado. Potential investment in Leadville’s silver mines has brought former president and Civil War general Ulysses S. Grant to this city at the top of the Rockies, but others in his retinue and in town have different agendas. Political aspirations fuel the dreams of young John Quincy Adams Wesley and his mother, while itinerant fire insurance mapmaker Cecil Farnesworth struggles against the seductive call of Leadville’s red-light district.

As part owner of the Silver Queen Saloon, Inez Stannert has often observed the ruination that comes from yielding to temptation. Still, that hasn’t stopped her from taking Reverend Justice Sands as her lover. Nor does it stop her from striking a backroom deal with upscale brothel madam Frisco Flo, a deal that Inez gambles will make her financially independent.

But when the body of Lizzie, one of Flo’s women, is discovered and Inez learns that Flo has another silent business partner whose identity she will not divulge, Inez begins to have second thoughts. In a race to untangle the dealings of the high and the low during Grant’s visit, Inez finds herself facing demons from her past, even as she fights to save her reputation and her life.

Free Short Reads (K)

There is an updated batch of books from The Charles River Editors, The Editors of New Word City and Hyperink have updated their list of free books in the Kindle store (most are repeats). These are most likely only free today, so be sure to double check prices before one-clicking. Newly free titles listed below; note that Charles River has many of the month's selections on repeat for the end of the month, so if you missed them earlier, click their link above for the entire list.

• The World's Greatest Cities: The History of New York City, by Charles River
• The Greatest Battles in History: The Peloponnesian War, by Charles River
• The Conquest of the Aztecs: The Lives and Legacies of Cortés, Montezuma, and the Aztec Empire, by Charles River
• Everything You Need to Know About War and Peace, by Charles River
• Legends of the Frontier: Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, by Charles River
• Russian Legends: The Life and Legacy of Catherine the Great, by Charles River
• The Lois Lowry Quicklet Bundle (The Giver, Number the Stars), by Natacha Pavlov and David Hauslein (Hyperink)

Today's Deals

Today's free Android App is It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown and it looks like it should be a good one for anyone with kids (or who grew up during or after the 70's and still watches for the Great Pumpkin!).

For those with little ones, Outback Steakhouse is giving away dinner for the kids (with adult entrees) tonight, plus if you find the "surprise" entry in the drink menu, you get a certificate for a free steak dinner, on a return trip, if you show it to the waiter!

Today's Kindle Daily Deal is supposed to be All Cry Chaos ($1.99), the first title in Leonard Rosen's Henri Poincaré series. but the price hasn't dropped. Definitely worth a call to customer support to assist in buying it (or getting them to jostle the pricing computers), since it's regular price is $11.99. For those who prefer audio, the companion audiobook on this one is only $4.99. Update: Wow, that was fast - I reported the issue to Amazon via email and they fixed it while I finished writing this post. The price is now corrected to $1.99!

Book Description
All Cry Chaos, a debut thriller by the immensely gifted Leonard Rosen, is a masterful and gripping tale that literally reaches for the heavens.

The action begins when mathematician James Fenster is assassinated on the eve of a long-scheduled speech at a World Trade Organization meeting. The hit is as elegant as it is bizarre. Fenster's Amsterdam hotel room is incinerated, yet the rest of the building remains intact. The murder trail leads veteran Interpol agent Henri Poincaré on a high- stakes, world-crossing quest for answers.

Together with his chain-smoking, bon vivant colleague Serge Laurent, Poincaré pursues a long list of suspects: the Peruvian leader of the Indigenous Liberation Front, Rapture-crazed militants, a hedge fund director, Fenster's elusive ex-fiancée, and a graduate student in mathematics. Poincaré begins to make progress in America, but there is a prodigious hatred trained on him—some unfinished business from a terrifying former genocide case—and he is called back to Europe to face the unfathomable. Stripped down and in despair, tested like Job, he realizes the two cases might be connected—and he might be the link.

This first installment in the Henri Poincaré series marries a sharp, smart mystery to deep religious themes that will keep both agnostics and believers turning pages until the shattering, revelatory end. Anyone who enjoys the work of John Le Carré, Scott Turow, Dan Brown, and Stieg Larsson will relish Rosen's story telling and his resourceful, haunted protagonist. Others will appreciate his dazzling prose. Still others, the way he bends the thriller form in unconventional ways toward a higher cause, in the vein of Henning Mankell in The Man From Beijing. In short, All Cry Chaos promises to become a critical success that garners a broad readership throughout the nation and across the globe.

Granta 117: Horror (Granta: The Magazine of New Writing) ($2.08 / £1.29 UK), by John Freeman, is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (the US edition is $1.24!).

Book Description
The Horror issue features original cover artwork by Jake and Dinos Chapman and a line-up of contributors that includes some of the greatest names in contemporary fiction.Stephen King tells the story of a retired judge with a deadly secret. Don DeLillo imagines a moviegoer-turned-stalker and Paul Auster writes of his mother's death. Rajesh Parameswaran dips into the mind of a tiger who escapes from a zoo and terrorizes a neighbourhood. Will Self writes of his blood disease and Daniel Alarcon explores the phenomenon of staged, high-camp blood baths. Mark Doty ruminates on a close encounter between Walt Whitman and Bram Stoker. CONTRIBUTORS: Daniel Alarcon, Paul Auster, Tom Bamforth, Roberto Bolano, Don DeLillo, Mark Doty, Sarah Hall, Stephen King, Kanitta Meechubot (artist), Julie Ostuka, D.A. Powell (poem), Rajesh Parameswaran, Santiago Roncagliolo, Will Self, Joy Williams.

Those Who Hunt the Night ($2.99 Kindle, B&N), the first title in the James Asher series by Barbara Hambly (and also published under the title Immortal Blood), is the Nook Daily Find, price matched on Kindle. An Open Road reprint edition, I would have grabbed this one, if I hadn't already bought it last year.

Book Description
The vampires had been living in London since the time of Elizabeth I, but now they were being ruthlessly murdered by someone who ripped their coffins open for the light of day to burn them to ashes. No vampire could endure the daylight to destroy the murderer. They had to turn to a mortal human for aid.

Thus it was that Professor James Asher, one-time spy, returned home to find his young wife in a strange coma and Simon Ysidro, oldest of the London vampires, waiting for him. Ysidro, although polite, left no doubt of his power to locate his spell on the young woman, wherever she might flee. Asher must agree to find the destroyer of the vampires for them.

But if he found the killer, what must happen to them? What would inevitably be the fate of any mortal human who learned the identities and locations of the vampires? The answer was all too obvious. Whether he succeeded or failed, it seemed that Professor James Asher was doomed!

Someone is killing the vampires of London and Professor James Asher has to find the killer. With his wife a hostage, what would happen if he actually found the killer? Would his fate be doomed by knowing the locations and identities of the vampires? This is a mystery, a history, a fantasy, and a fantastic vampire novel for readers to sink their teeth into.

Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase to Catch Lincoln's Killer ($9.78 Kindle, $2.99 B&N), by James L. Swanson, is the Nook Daily Find: Election 2012.

Book Description
The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history. From April 14 to April 26, 1865, the assassin, John Wilkes Booth, led Union cavalry and detectives on a wild twelve-day chase through the streets of Washington, D.C., across the swamps of Maryland, and into the forests of Virginia, while the nation, still reeling from the just-ended Civil War, watched in horror and sadness.

James L. Swanson's Manhunt is a fascinating tale of murder, intrigue, and betrayal. A gripping hour-by-hour account told through the eyes of the hunted and the hunters, this is history as you've never read it before.

Today's Kindle Kids Daily Deal is The Ghost of Crutchfield ($1.99), by Mary Downing Hahn.

Book Description
When twelve-year-old Florence boards the crowded horse-drawn coach in London, she looks forward to a new life with her great uncle and aunt at Crutchfield Hall, an old manor house in the English countryside. Anything will be better, she thinks, than the grim London orphanage where she has lived since her parents' death.

But Florence doesn't expect the ghost of her cousin Sophia, who haunts the cavernous rooms and dimly lit hallways of Crutchfield and concocts a plan to use Florence to help her achieve her murderous goals. Will Florence be able to convince the others in the household of the imminent danger and stop Sophia before it's too late?

Grade Level: 4 and up

Free Book - Audrey's Door (K/E)

Audrey's Door, Sarah Langan's latest novel, is free in the Kindle store and from Kobo, courtesy of publisher HarperCollins. I don't see this title at B&N, but those with Nooks can pick up the EPUB from Kobo and sideload it.

Harper has also marked down both of her earlier novels to 99 cents apiece, which means it is a great time to grab both (I have the first one from a free promo in 2009, but was missing her second). In addition, there are a couple of her short stories available, one in a past edition of Lightspeed Magazine that is marked down to 99 cents and the second in the premier issue of a new magazine, Nightmare; both magazines are DRM-free from both Amazon and Kobo (where coupon codes can be used), so can be read on any of the ereaders you might have. I've included links below to all four. One last short story is hiding over on Audible, Is This Seat Taken?; Audible subscribers can pick this one up for $2.95, along with a second story on Tales from Beyond the Pale, Season One, Vol. 3.

Book Description
Built on the Upper West Side, the elegant Breviary claims a regal history. But despite 14B's astonishingly low rental price, the recent tragedy within its walls has frightened away all potential tenants . . . except for Audrey Lucas.

No stranger to tragedy at thirty-two—a survivor of a fatherless childhood and a mother's hopeless dementia— Audrey is obsessively determined to make her own way in a city that often strangles the weak. But is it something otherworldly or Audrey's own increasing instability that's to blame for the dark visions that haunt her . . . and for the voice that demands that she build a door? A door it would be true madness to open . . .

Get the free ebook from Kobo.

The Keeper ($0.99 Kindle, Kobo)

Book Description
Some believe Bedford, Maine, is cursed. Its bloody past, endless rain, and the decay of its downtown portend a hopeless future. With the death of its paper mill, Bedford's unemployed residents soon find themselves with far too much time to dwell on thoughts of Susan Marley. Once the local beauty, she's now the local whore. Silently prowling the muddy streets, she watches eerily from the shadows, waiting for . . . something. And haunting the sleep of everyone in town with monstrous visions of violence and horror.

Those who are able will leave Bedford before the darkness fully ascends. But those who are trapped here—from Susan Marley's long-suffering mother and younger sister to her guilt-ridden, alcoholic ex-lover to the destitute and faithless with nowhere else to go—will soon know the fullest and most terrible meaning of nightmare.

The Missing ($0.99 Kindle, Kobo)

Book Description
A remote and affluent Maine community, Corpus Christi was untouched by the environmental catastrophe that destroyed the neighboring blue-collar town of Bedford. But all that will change in a heartbeat . . .

The nightmare is awakened when third-grade schoolteacher Lois Larkin takes the children on a field trip to Bedford. There in the abandoned woods, a small, cruel boy unearths an ancient horror—a contagious plague that transforms its victims into something violent, hungry . . . and inhuman.

The long, dark night is just beginning. And all hope must die as the contagion feeds—for the malevolence will not rest until it has devoured every living soul in Corpus Christi . . . and beyond.

Lightspeed Magazine, October 2010 ($0.99 Kindle, Kobo)

Book Description
Lightspeed Magazine features all types of sf, from near-future, sociological soft sf, to far-future, star-spanning hard sf, and anything and everything in between.

In the October 2010 issue (our special "horror" issue), in our lead story, “Hindsight,” Sarah Langan tells the story of an apocalypse-in-progress, a world in which the laws of physics no longer seem to behave properly, and a mysterious cosmic anomaly called Black Betty. The last remaining survivors have one last hope, but can the technological singularity defeat the threat of a gravitational one?

In “Tight Little Stitches in a Dead Man’s Back,” author Joe R. Lansdale tells the tale of a mad scientist and his family who spend twenty long, hard years Down Under waiting for the war to end. By doing so, they manage to survive the end of the world, but when they go back Topside, they find a world very different than the one they remember—a world in which even a rose is supremely dangerous...and not just because of its thorns.

Imagine you’re awakened early from cryonic stasis aboard a starship traveling to a colony world where tens of thousands of starving colonists will die if you don’t get there to help them. John R. Fultz’s chilling “The Taste of Starlight” explores whether the lives of many outweigh the lives of few, as we experience the lengths the good Doctor Pelops is willing to go to in order to ensure his mission’s success. Would you—should you—be able to do the same thing?

There are few authors in the world about whom you can honestly say “he needs no introduction.” But when you’re talking about Stephen King, that’s most certainly the truth. “Beachworld,” one of the horror master’s rare forays into straight-up science fiction, follows the plight of the two survivors of a far-future interstellar spaceflight, who crash land on a harsh and unforgiving planet.

Nightmare Magazine, October 2012 ($2.99 Kindle, Kobo). Update: Looks like Langan's story, Afterlife, can be read for free, online (at least, for now).

Book Description
Nightmare is an online horror and dark fantasy magazine. In Nightmare‘s pages, you will find all kinds of horror fiction, from zombie stories and haunted house tales, to visceral psychological horror.

In our debut issue, we have four all-new, never before published horror stories: “Property Condemned” by Jonathan Maberry, “Frontier Death Song” by Laird Barron, “Good Fences” by Genevieve Valentine, and “Afterlife” by Sarah Langan.

We also have author spotlights with each of our authors, a showcase on our cover artist Jeff Simpson, and an in-depth feature interview with horror legend Peter Straub. And finally we’ll have the first installment of “The H Word,” a monthly column which will focus on exploring the many facets of the field of horror.

Free Book - Autobiography of a Werewolf Hunter (K)

Autobiography of a Werewolf Hunter (Main/UK), by Brian P. Easton, is free in the Kindle store, courtesy of publisher Permuted Press.

Book Description
It takes more than silver bullets to kill a werewolf.

Sylvester James knows what it is to be haunted. His mother died giving birth to him and his father never let him forget it; until the night he was butchered by a werewolf--the night a full moon ruined his life.

Alone in the world, Sylvester is taken in by Michael Winterfox, a Cheyenne mystic. Winterfox, once a werewolf hunter, trains the boy to be a warrior--teaching him how to block out pain, stalk, fight, and kill.

Bit by bit all that makes Sylvester human is sacrificed to the hunt. Now, Sylvester’s hatred has become a monster all its own, robbing him of conscience and conviction as surely as the Beast’s bite. As he follows his vendetta into the outlands of the occult, options become scarce. And he learns it takes more than silver bullets to kill a werewolf…

To kill a werewolf, it takes a hunter with a perfect willingness to die.

Free Book - The Last Mailman (K)

The Last Mailman: Neither Rain, Nor Sleet, Nor Zombies (Main/UK), by Kevin J. Burke, is free in the Kindle store, courtesy of publisher Permuted Press.

Book Description
Four-year degree in business. Trained in hand-to-hand combat.

Works well with zombies.

This is the resume of the last mailman on Earth. It is the near future, and the modern world we knew has been overrun and destroyed by reanimated corpses who hunt humans for food. Mankind has retreated to small pockets of civilization and practically surrendered to the walking dead. But one man routinely leaves behind the safety and comfort to find the people and things we’ve long abandoned. He battles the elements. He battles his own brewing insanity.

But mostly, he battles zombies.

Free Book - Eaters (K)

Eaters (Main/UK), by Michelle DePaepe, is free in the Kindle store, courtesy of publisher Permuted Press.

Book Description
Cheryl and her fiancé Mark, a soldier recently returned from Afghanistan, are on their way back to Denver after a reunion camping trip in the mountains when they receive word an epidemic is spreading like wildfire.

But this is no ordinary virus. Those infected, dubbed “Eaters,” are reanimated corpses whose lust for rotten food quickly turns to an insatiable desire for human flesh.

When Mark becomes infected, Cheryl is forced to venture into this insane new world on her own. Hoping to find her family still living, she strikes out on a blood-soaked journey that forges her will to survive.

Free Book - Winds of Change (K)

Winds of Change (Main/UK), by Jason Brannon, is a repeat freebie in the Kindle store, courtesy of publisher Permuted Press.

Book Description
A shooting star marks the beginning nightmares for the small town of Crowley’s Point. Those who venture outdoors instantly transform into piles of salt. Is it the result of biological experimentation gone awry? A terrorist’s plot? Or is it the fulfillment of a horrific Biblical prophecy?

Among those stranded in the local hardware store are a newlywed couple who may be hiding a secret, a hard-living family of four who are known primarily for their aversion to the law, and an elderly man that found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. As the carnage spreads and the mystery deepens, those trapped inside stumble across clues that hint at fallen angels, omens, and widespread bloodshed. And all signs indicate that one of the group who isn’t what they seem.

Will the survivors root out the impostor before it’s too late? Or will they all themselves transformed into piles of salt, blown asunder by Winds of Change?

Free Short Story - Sea Chase (DF)

Get a free short story/novella, Sea Chase, from Robert McCammon's The Hunter from the Woods anthology, direct from the publisher's website.

Book Description
... a nautical tale about the hazards of transporting a defecting German scientist to a place of sanctuary in England.

Get the free ebook from Subterranean Press. Scroll down to the end of the anthology description and there are links for both the EPUB and MOBI editions (DRM-free).

Free Book - A Taste of Romance (K)

A Taste of Romance: Four Original Harlequin Novellas: The Reaper's Heart\The Good Girl\Any Man of Mine\Secret Agent Seduction, an anthology by Michele Hauf, Tara Taylor Quinn, Debbi Rawlins and Jennifer Morey, is free to pre-order in the Kindle store, courtesy of publisher Harlequin Special Releases. The publisher's A Valentine from Harlequin: Six Degrees of Romance anthology is still free in the Kindle store, as well.

Book Description
A Romance for Every Mood! Discover four ways to fall in love with these four original novellas…

A white witch and a soul reaper battle for each other's hearts. A hot cowboy meets a sexy guest at a dude ranch and gets the ride of his life. A deadly storm may bring a detective and the woman he loves together…or tear them apart. And a woman expecting to go on a first date finds herself caught up in an investigation into a terrorist plot—and falling for the secret agent.

Enjoy four original Harlequin romance novellas from a variety of genres to suit any mood—sweet and sexy, paranormal and suspenseful—in A Taste of Romance anthology!

Anthology includes:

The Reaper's Heart by Michele Hauf (Harlequin Nocturne)
The Good Girl by Tara Taylor Quinn (It Happened in Comfort Cove series, Harlequin Superromance)
Any Man of Mine by Debbie Rawlins (Made in Montana series, Harlequin Blaze)
Secret Agent Seduction by Jennifer Morey (Vengeance in Texas series, Harlequin Romantic Suspense)

Free Book - Waking Up Married (K)

Waking Up Married, by Mira Lyn Kelly, is free to pre-order in the Kindle store, courtesy of publisher Harlequin KISS. I have no idea what we'll get with this "full book sampler", as this could be a short story, novella or an actual novel. I've added to my library, but won't hesitate to delete if it turns out to just be a teaser.

Book Description
Her first thought: "Who are you?"

It's the morning after her cousin's bachelorette party in Vegas and Megan Scott wakes up with the mother of all hangovers. Even worse, she's in a stranger's penthouse having woken up with something else as well—a funny, arrogant, sexy...husband!

Up until now, finding even a boyfriend had seemed impossible—been there, got the broken heart, sworn off men for good. Then a few martinis with Carter...no, Connor Reed and she's gone from first meet to marriage in one night!

Megan wants a lawyer. But Connor's shocking bombshell?

"I don't want a divorce."

Waking Up Married is a full book sampler from our new contemporary romance series—Harlequin KISS. If you love this title, be sure to catch four fun, flirty and sensual Harlequin KISS titles available every month starting February 2013!

Free Book - The Best Diet & Fitness eBooks (K)

The Best Diet & Fitness eBooks, Holiday 2012 edition: Includes Recipes, Fitness Tips, and More to Jumpstart Your Plan, by Barbara Rolls, Adina Niemerow, Bob Arnot and Krista Vernoff, is free to pre-order in the Kindle store, courtesy of publisher William Morrow (HarperCollins). I'd normally advise skipping these samplers, but this one, like The Atria Holiday Cooking Collection, still free to pre-order and which will be delivered tomorrow, claims to include some actual content, so I've added to it my library (I can always delete it later).

For those who do grab the book excerpt freebies, Morrow has also added a free pre-order for The Best Mystery & Thriller eBooks, Holiday 2012 Edition, joining the increasingly absurd excerpts from the likes of Tom Clancy (who now is releasing multiple excerpt "books", with a single chapter in each, to further inflate sales numbers).

Book Description

The Best Diet & Fitness eBooks, Holiday 2012 edition by Carolyn Barnes has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.

Free Book - Diary of a Diet (K)

Diary of a Diet (Main/UK), by Hannah Jones, is free in the Kindle store, courtesy of UK publisher Accent Press.

Book Description
"Diary of a Diet" is about Hannah Jones' ongoing struggle to commit to get fit, stick to a sensible eating plan or think, once and for all, that she's simply fabulous just the way she is right now.

The book that eats the Size Zero debate for breakfast and coughs it back up with a side of comedy carbs, features the ordered ramblings of outsized and outspoken newspaper columnist Hannah Jones. Her diary will find resonance with all women, whatever their shape or size, who've felt pressure to weigh out their self-esteem along with their chips. It's a sharp, witty and heartfelt study on living life in the fat - oops, sorry - fast lane to self-acceptance. "Diary of a Diet" is about Hannah Jones' ongoing struggle to commit to get fit, stick to a sensible eating plan or think, once and for all, that she's simply fabulous just the way she is right now.

Hannah’s weekly column Diary of a Diet is a must-read for women of every shape and size around Wales every Tuesday - and, thanks to the internet, way, way beyond.

Free Magazines - Renderwrx (K)

All four issues of Renderwrx Magazine (Main/UK), written and edited by J.A. Crestmere, et al, are currently free in the Kindle store. It appears that the issues are locked into portrait mode and no zoom is supported, so it is just readable on the 7" Kindle Fire HD, with some pages dropping below the readability line (especially the comics), as I found with early graphic novels when the Kindle Fire was first released. Once the 8.9" Kindle Fire HD is released, though, this should be quite readable and you can pull these up on an iPad or your computer now. If you have one of the larger format Kindle Fire's on order, you can send these to it for reading upon delivery later this month (this doesn't work if you try to do so from the Manage Your Kindle page, only on Buy Now dialog).

Renderwrx #1

Every issue Renderwrx Magazine has articles on varied aspects of the comic book industry, contests featuring new or unknown comic writers and artists, plus much more.

In this issue...PD Houston looks at comics in the 1990's, "WTF Marvel?!" by Travis Hedge Coke, the introductory edition of Rendewrx Magazine's Sequential Art Contest. An interview with Michael Mayne, creator of the comic Bonnie Lass from Red 5 Publishing, plus new comic previews and more. 40 pages of goodness.

Renderwrx #2

How do you define our modern comics? Chief writer Travis Hedge Coke discusses that. PD Houston talks more about comics from the 1990's. Delaine Derry Green, editor of Not My Small Diary is interviewed. An original new comic called ESP with art by Alex Diotto debuts. The Sequential Art Contest continues plus reviews, previews and more!

Renderwrx #3

In this third issue Travis Hedge Coke talks about dialogue in comics. PD Houston reminisces about TM Maple the most famous letterhack of them all. Allen Freeman of Fan-Atic Press and Kris White of the 36 are interviewed.

Renderwrx #4

This issue...What comics would you recommend to your spouse or loved ones? Well writer Russell Nohelty explores that topic in the lead off spot this issue.

Plus Jeffrey Brown stops by to talk about his book The Incredible Change-Bots.

Travis Hedge Coke discusses diversity in comics. We have the first of our interviews with Canadian comic creators, this issue featuring Dino Caruso and Paul Quinn. Plus lots more comics, contests, reviews and previews.

Free Book - Distractions (K)

Distractions: Part 1 (Main/UK), the first section of a graphic novel by Wes Sturdevant and Maza (Illustrator), is free in the Kindle store, courtesy of publisher Story and Media. Like many graphic novels, it's appears that it will be released in comic book size portions. I pulled this on up on the Kindle Fire HD and it is very readable at that size; it also supports Panel View, for those that prefer that, but I found it easy enough to read full screen.

Book Description
A failed bodyguard must realize that his quest to avenge the assassination of his client is nothing but a desperate attempt to avoid the scariest challenge he will ever face...fatherhood.

A thriller with noirish undertones, DISTRACTIONS is set against the backdrop of a near future Chicago that has returned to the dark days of violence, corruption, and organized crime that defined the city in the 1920’s and 1930’s.

The first part of an original graphic novel written by Wes Sturdevant and illustrated by Maza.

Free Short Reads (K)

There is an updated batch of books from The Charles River Editors, The Editors of New Word City and Hyperink have updated their list of free books in the Kindle store (most are repeats). These are most likely only free today, so be sure to double check prices before one-clicking. Newly free titles listed below; note that Charles River has many of the month's selections on repeat for the end of the month, so if you missed them earlier, click their link above for the entire list.

• Legends of the West: The Life and Legacy of Jesse James, by Charles River
• Decisive Moments in History: The Attack on Pearl Harbor, by Charles River
• The Last Emperor of the Aztecs: The Life and Legacy of Montezuma, by Charles River
• American Legends: The Life of Annie Oakley, by Charles River
• Everything You Need to Know About The Communist Manifesto, by Charles River
• Heroes of the Alamo: The Lives and Legacies of Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, by Charles River
• Quicklet on Lois Lowry's The Giver, by Natacha Pavlov (Hyperink)
• Leo Tolstoy: Biography of the Author of War and Peace and Anna Karenina, by Greame C. (Hyperink)

Today's Deals

Over at Audible, they have Nora Robert's novels on a 3-for-2 Sale, thru the end of the month. If you need extra credits, you should be able to buy some at a discount on the Extra Credits page.

It's also the final week for the Shock-tober Sale, with over 150 audiobooks at $6.95 or less. This week's theme is Ghosts, joining the Werewolves, Zombies and Vampires already on sale; the categories are pretty loosely defined, so you'll find some Urban Fantasy in each week and I spotted The Phantom of the Opera in this week's list. As usual, the sales are only for those with some type of subscription and the extra credit page won't let you see it unless you have 3 fewer credits than you are allowed to carry over for the month (which varies by subscription type).

If you're in the market for a new wireless mouse, the Microsoft 3500, which comes in a huge range of colors and designs, is on sale for 33%-50% off.

Today's Kindle Daily Deal is The Pleasure of My Company ($1.99), by Steve Martin. The companion audiobook is $7.95 and narrated by Martin, himself which should be a treat for his fans.

Book Description
From the bestselling author of Shopgirl comes the tender story of a troubled man who finds love, and life, in the most unexpected place.

Daniel resides in his Santa Monica apartment, living much of his life as a bystander: He watches from his window as the world goes by, and his only relationships seem to be with people who barely know he exists. He passes the time idly filling out contest applications, counting ceiling tiles, and estimating the wattage of light bulbs.

It is through Daniel's growing attachment to Clarissa, and to Teddy, that he finally gains the courage to begin to engage the world outside, and in doing so, he discovers love, and life, in the most surprising places.

Filled with his trademark humor, tenderness, and out and out hilarious wordplay, The Pleasure of My Company is a tour de force sure to delight all of Steve Martin's fans.

The Ritual ($1.59 / £0.99 UK), by Adam Nevill, is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (the US edition is $9.99).

Book Description
And on the third day things did not get better. The rain fell hard and cold, the white sun never broke through the low grey cloud, and they were lost. But it was the dead thing they found hanging from a tree that changed the trip beyond recognition. When four old University friends set off into the Scandinavian wilderness of the Arctic Circle, they aim to briefly escape the problems of their lives and reconnect with one another. But when Luke, the only man still single and living a precarious existence, finds he has little left in common with his well-heeled friends, tensions rise. With limited fitness and experience between them, a shortcut meant to ease their hike turns into a nightmare scenario that could cost them their lives. Lost, hungry, and surrounded by forest untouched for millennia, Luke figures things couldn’t possibly get any worse. But then they stumble across an old habitation. Ancient artefacts decorate the walls and there are bones scattered upon the dry floors. The residue of old rites and pagan sacrifice for something that still exists in the forest. Something responsible for the bestial presence that follows their every step. And as the four friends stagger in the direction of salvation, they learn that death doesn’t come easy among these ancient trees . . .

Aris Returns: A Vampire Love Story ($1.99 Kindle, B&N), by Devin Morgan, is the Nook Daily Find, price matched on Kindle.

Book Description
Psychologist Sarah Hagan thought she had her life under control. She pulled herself together after a painful (and unexpected) divorce. She’s currently dating a successful but neglectful attorney—a relationship that is adequate, if not totally satisfying. She has a few good friends, lives in a beautiful condo in the heart of Chicago, and loves her work as a therapist. From the outside, it looks like her life is almost perfect.

It only takes one patient -- a handsome younger man named Carlos who is on parole for car theft -- to put her well-ordered life into a tailspin. As she regresses him with hypnotherapy, she discovers an unusual presence. Is this some elaborate alter ego that Carlos has created or is something much stranger going on? In Sarah’s attempt to help Carlos deal with his issues of anger and a troubled past, she is captivated by the persona she uncovers through hypnosis – Aris. Aris reveals that he is a vampire whose story begins in the time of Alexander the Great. His retelling of his lives, involvement and apparent demise in the court of Henry VIII keep her spellbound and hungry for more.

On top of grappling with a phantom vampire, Sarah begins to have the most disturbing (and sensual) dreams. They awake the emotion, passion and vulnerability that she thought she had buried for good. The dreams both terrify and excite her as she struggles to make sense out of her world turned upside down. Sarah genuinely cares about Carlos as a patient and wants to help him find his way to a better life, but he has brought chaos, confusion and danger into her neatly buttoned-up reality. And if that’s not enough to deal with, she is inexplicably drawn to Aris in a way she can’t begin to rationalize. Can Sarah possibly love this vampire “ghost” or will he destroy everything she treasures?

Obama ($1.99 Kindle, B&N), by David Mendell, is the Nook Daily Find: Election 2012, price matched on Kindle, where the companion audiobook is $4.95.

Book Description
Barack Obama is arguably the most dynamic political figure to grace the American stage since John F. Kennedy. His meteoric rise from promise to power has stunned even the cynics and inspired a legion of devout followers. For anyone who wants to know more about the man who would be president, David Mendell's Obama is essential reading. Mendell, who has covered Obama for the Chicago Tribune since the beginning of Obama's campaign for the Senate, had far-reaching access to the senator, the details of which he shares in this compelling biography. Positioning Obama as the savior of a fumbling Democratic party, Mendell shows how Obama conquered Illinois politics and paved the way brick by brick for a galvanizing, historic presidential run. With exclusive contributions by family members and advisers, and details on Obama's voting record, this is a complete, complex, and revealing portrait, a must read for anyone interested in American politics in general and Senator Barack Obama in particular.

Today's Kindle Kids Daily Deal is Three Halloween Picture Books for $1.99 each. The first two are Kindle Fire or Kindle App only, but the last one works on any Kindle device.

By the Light of the Halloween Moon, by Caroline Stutson and Kevin Hawkes (Illustrator)

In this “catchy, lilting cumulative tale with glorious comical/scary illustrations” (Kirkus Reviews), a little girl’s toe taps a tune as her legs dangle from a footbridge that has all sorts of creatures hidden underneath. There are cats and witches, bats and ghosts. With lots of repetition, a rhythmic, bouncy text, and imaginative illustrations, this Halloween title is sure to tickle your bones—your funny bones, that is! And for the first time in over a decade, this Halloween gem is back in print.

We're Going on a Ghost Hunt, by Susan Pearson and S. D. Schindler (Illustrator)

Susan Pearson has written her own unique version of the popular song, “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt,” introducing four children who go out at night in search of a ghost. After squish-squash-squooshing through a swamp, rustle-rustle-rat-a-tattling through a cornfield, and overcoming all kinds of obstacles on their journey, they come face to face with a ghost in a graveyard. Then—RUN! RUN! RUN!—they race back to the safety of their warm, cozy house. S.D. Schindler’s spirited illustrations bring warmth and humor to this lively rhyming read-aloud.

Maddie's Monster Dad, by Scott Gibala-Broxholm

Maddie loves monsters. She loves watching monster movies, eating monster cereal, and drawing monster pictures. She also loves doing things with her dad. But lately her dad has been very busy with work, so Maddie decides to use her Build-a-Beast kit to create a Monster Dad that is never too busy to play. It turns out there are some things that monsters can't do, and maybe a Monster Dad isn't as special as the real thing. The illustrations in gouache and pencil contain clever, fun details that children (and adults) will love.

Get an MP3 Album for $5 (KSO)

This offer is only for those with a Kindle with Special Offers (including any that opts in to Special Offers, but not the Kindle Fire with Special Offers):

Get a select music album for $5

To take advantage of this offer:

1. First, turn on your Kindle with Special Offers, click Menu, then View Special Offers.
2. Find the offer: Get a select music album for $5. Click on it, then on the link to Email Me This Offer. You must claim your gift code by Midnight PT, November 4, 2012.
3. You will get an email from Amazon with your promotional code, right away.
4. Once you have the promotion code (and have selected your album; see below), click this link, then on the button labeled Enter Your Code, at any time up to the expiration date of 11:59 p.m. (PT) November 11, 2012.
5. Enter your code and follow the directions.
6. Choose any MP3 album under $10 and you'll only be charged $5
(up to the expiration date of Midnight, Nov 11).

You'll have a promotion code on your account that will apply to the FIRST album you buy after that (even if it usually costs less than $5). You should save the code and not enter it until you are ready to buy an album (I find this also helps me remember if I've used a code - when I go to apply it, if it isn't accepted, I know I've used that offer).

This promo can't be combined with any others, but you can shop from your Kindle Fire Music App after you've entered the code (although I greatly prefer doing so from my desktop -- in fact, if you buy it as a gift and send it to yourself, you'll see that the promo has been applied when you get the the final confirmation page). I had a lot of problems with the last MP3 promo that Amazon had (the $3 album on the Kindle Fire) and it was because I already had some MP3 credit on my account (from Coinstar). As a result, the fixed-price album promo combined with that credit (which it isn't supposed to do) and I was overcharged for the album (using nearly $8 in credit for a "$3 album"). So, first make sure you use up any MP3 credits (don't worry about a gift card balance; that won't cause an issue), then enter your promo code and buy your $5 album.

Free Book - Attack Your Day! (K/N)

Attack Your Day!: Before It Attacks You (Main/UK), by Mark Woods and Trapper Woods, is free in the Kindle store and from Barnes & Noble, courtesy of publisher FT Press.

Book Description
Smarter time management for a whole new world: faster, more flexible, and easier! Mark Woods' activity-based Attack Your Day system has helped thousands of individuals supercharge their productivity – in work and business, in school, and throughout their personal lives. Now, it's your turn! Attack Your Day's five crucial "activity management" skills and 101 productivity strategies can help you achieve unprecedented levels of effectiveness, as you move relentlessly towards achieving your most important goals in life. You'll learn how to dramatically improve the way you choose and prioritize your activities… organize your day so it's inherently more productive… make sure the most important tasks get done… overcome procrastination once and for all… know how and when to "turn on a dime" in response to events, without sacrificing focus or efficiency… learn how and when to say NO to interruptions. You're always doing "something": make sure you're doing the right things at the right times the right way, and you can transform your life!

Get the free ebook from Barnes & Noble.

Free Book - Saving for Retirement (K/N)

Saving for Retirement (Without Living Like a Pauper or Winning the Lottery) Updated and Revised (Main/UK), by Gail MarksJarvis, is free in the Kindle store and from Barnes & Noble, courtesy of publisher FT Press. Although this title has been free in the past, this is a new edition in both stores, so you'll want to grab it (and perhaps permanent delete the old one).

Book Description
Saving for Retirement will relieve confusion and barriers to action for Americans who are increasingly worried about retirement. The book removes everything from the readers’ path that typically trips people up and hits the sweet spot for everyone aged 18 to 60. Using new figures (including troubling new projections of healthcare and long-term care costs), Gail MarkJarvis helps readers calculate exactly how much money they’ll need and how to get there. She presents easy, proven investing strategies for anyone at any age that will transform pocket change into hundreds of thousands of dollars. Packed with her readers’ personal stories, this book teaches powerful professional financial planning principles — but makes them simple enough for anyone to apply on their own.

Get the free ebook from Barnes & Noble.

Free Book - Trading the Trend (K/N)

Trading the Trend (Main/UK), a collection of titles by Trading the Trend , is free in the Kindle store and from Barnes & Noble, courtesy of publisher FT Press.

Book Description
World-renowned trading strategist Michael Covel helps you master and profit from trend following: the only strategy proven to work in any market environment!

Trend following is the only investment strategy repeatedly proven to work in any market environment! Now, in two remarkable eBooks, the world's #1 trend following author reveals why it works so well, and shows how you can apply it to earn exceptional, consistent profit in your own trades. In Trend Following (Updated Edition): Learn to Make Millions in Up or Down Markets, MichaelCovel teaches all the fundamental concepts and techniques you'll need, demonstrating how to understand price movements well enough to consistently profit from them. Covel presents updated profiles of top trend followers who've kept right on profiting through the toughest markets. He even presents simple charts created from their actual trades: powerful visual support for the power of trend following! Next, in Trend Commandments: Trading for Exceptional Returns, Covel distills the essential wisdom of this strategy into fascinating, bite-sized pieces that any investor can understand and use: real moneymaking insights from true winners, backed by real performance results. Learn how one of the biggest names in trend following made over 20% in August 2010 alone… and why this strategy keeps making big money when everyone else is dropping like a stone… and how to escape the cycle of "panic, fear, hope, and return-to-panic" in today's age of non-stop financial crisis!

Get the free ebook from Barnes & Noble.

Free Book - Building Success with Business Ethics (K/N)

Building Success with Business Ethics: Advice from Business Leaders (Main/UK), a collection of titles by Ken Blanchard, Doug Lennick, Colleen Barrett and Jon Huntsman, is free in the Kindle store and from Barnes & Noble, courtesy of publisher FT Press.

Book Description
Honor, ethics, and compassion are central to effective leadership. Now, an extraordinary new eBook collection reveals why this is true, and how you can lead more honorably and successfully in your own organization. In Winners Never Cheat: Even in Difficult Times, New and Expanded Edition, Jon M. Huntsman shows how to succeed at the top, without sacrificing the principles that make life worth living. Huntsman personally built a $12 billion company from scratch, the old-fashioned way: with integrity. Now, he tells you how he did it, and how you can, too. Along the way, he offers a powerful reminder of why you work, and why you were chosen to lead. Next, in Lead with LUV: A Different Way to Create Real Success, the legendary Ken Blanchard ("The One Minute Manager") and former Southwest Airlines CEO Colleen Barrett help you achieve amazing results by leading with love. They explain what "love" really means in the organizational context, why leading with love is not "soft" management, how to handle inappropriate behavior, how to make "servant leadership" work, and how to sustain leadership with love. In Moral Intelligence 2.0: Enhancing Business Performance and Leadership Success in Turbulent Times, Doug Lennick and Fred Kiel show why sustainable optimal business performance requires superior moral and emotional competencies. Using new case studies, they identify connections between moral intelligence and higher levels of trust, engagement, retention, and innovation. They deliver specific guidance on moral leadership in both large organizations and entrepreneurial ventures, plus a new step-by-step plan for measuring and strengthening organizational integrity, responsibility, compassion, and forgiveness. Finally, in The Power of Communication, Helio Fred Garcia focuses on the most indispensable leadership discipline: honorable and effective communication. Building on the U.S. Marine Corps' classic publication Warfighting, Garcia how to apply the Corps' proven leadership and strategy doctrine in all forms of public communication - and achieve truly extraordinary results. You'll learn indispensable lessons from leaders communicating effectively, and from the catastrophic mistakes of business and political leaders who got it wrong. If you need to earn and win hearts and minds, you need this book now.

Get the free ebook from Barnes & Noble.