Ten Things with Free eReads
Fictionwise currently lists 42 ebooks on their freebie page.
Random House has put up on Scribd Manifold Time by Stephen Baxter and Dark Fever by Karen Marie Moning (both are free for a limited time.)
Finding Free Ebooks Blog is devoted to listing "websites LEGALLY distributing free ebooks, mostly novel length fiction."
Free Ebooks Blog also keeps track of the various freebies being offered, along with download requirements and any expiration dates.
Wiki.mobileread.com has an extensive list of free read links here.
Download unlimited free ebooks anytime at FreeEbooks.net.
From Kindle 2 Review, here's an extensive list of free ebooks for Kindle and Kindle 2.
The "most imitated" free ebook site, OnlineFreeEBooks.net, seems to have a lot of nonfic and manuals to offer.
To keep track of what Random House is putting out for free download (like Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson) bookmark their Suvudu.com site's free library page.
Last but not least, as part of my one of my LB&LI workshops, I've posted the first three chapters of my novels Ghost Writer (paranormal mystery) and Lost Lake (paranormal YA) on Scribd.
Monday, July 06, 2009
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Off to Party
I hope you all are having a great weekend. So far I've had a blast, especially at the Independence Day parade in our town. One of our Congressman (the one I actually like) made an appearance, so I was able to wave and yell Happy 4th at him (although I probably should have yelled "Get back to Washington and do something about these taxes!")
There were plenty of politicians at the parade, but what I love seeing are the little kids -- to me they are the best part of America, our future:
Since my middle teen turns seventeen today, I'm going to bail on you guys again to spend time celebrating with the family. Enjoy the rest of your holidays, or your weekend, wherever you are.
There were plenty of politicians at the parade, but what I love seeing are the little kids -- to me they are the best part of America, our future:
Since my middle teen turns seventeen today, I'm going to bail on you guys again to spend time celebrating with the family. Enjoy the rest of your holidays, or your weekend, wherever you are.
Saturday, July 04, 2009
Friday, July 03, 2009
Buyer be Aware
I noticed when I ran in Books-A-Million the other day that they're having one of their Buy 4 Get the 5th Free paperback promotions. There were plenty of vamp and paranormal books on that table at my BAM; I saw all three of Christina Dodd's Darkness Chosen novels and most of Anne Rice's vampire books. My fourth Darkyn novel, Night Lost, was part of the promotion, too.
B&N.com has discounted minimum shipping for the holiday weekend; you can get free expedited (three biz days or less on in stock items) shipping for online orders of $10 (this is versus the usual $25.) This one is good through Sunday; see official details and the rest of the fine print here.
Anyone know of any bookseller discounts or freebies going on right now? Share the love in comments.
B&N.com has discounted minimum shipping for the holiday weekend; you can get free expedited (three biz days or less on in stock items) shipping for online orders of $10 (this is versus the usual $25.) This one is good through Sunday; see official details and the rest of the fine print here.
Anyone know of any bookseller discounts or freebies going on right now? Share the love in comments.
Thursday, July 02, 2009
LB&LI Graphics
I'm still not here, I'm a fig newton of your imagination. Honestly. But once I get this book out of here, which had better be yesterday, I will be answering e-mails and posting more details on the 2009 Left Behind & Loving It workshops.
In the meantime, I have a couple of graphics for LB&LI; mine is nothing fancy but everyone is welcome to use it on their site or blog with their workshop post(s). Also, a couple of neat ones from last year that were made by Alison Kent and Karen Duvall:
This is my 2009 logo.
Direct link: http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh289/LynnViehl/LBLIlogosmall.jpg
This one was created by Alison Kent.
Direct link: http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh289/LynnViehl/lbli.gif
This one was created by Karen Duvall.
Direct link: http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh289/LynnViehl/LBLIGraphic.jpg
In the meantime, I have a couple of graphics for LB&LI; mine is nothing fancy but everyone is welcome to use it on their site or blog with their workshop post(s). Also, a couple of neat ones from last year that were made by Alison Kent and Karen Duvall:
This is my 2009 logo.
Direct link: http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh289/LynnViehl/LBLIlogosmall.jpg
This one was created by Alison Kent.
Direct link: http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh289/LynnViehl/lbli.gif
This one was created by Karen Duvall.
Direct link: http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh289/LynnViehl/LBLIGraphic.jpg
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Mine Again
I'm not really here, I'm still hammering away at the deadline. At least, tell my editor that if she asks.
What I stopped in to post is some interesting news: the rights for my three Gena Hale romance novels (Paradise Island, Dream Mountain, and Sun Valley) have reverted back to me. This means the publisher no longer owns the rights to them -- they're mine again -- so I can pretty much do whatever I like with them.
These three novels were my first published romances (I'd classify them as old school contemporary/romantic suspense) and have been out of print for at least seven years. I've heard it's difficult if not impossible to find used print copies of them. Aside from possible bootlegs, there are no electronic copies of the books.
Lately a lot of authors have been self-publishing OOP or backlist titles with rights that have reverted back to them via Amazon or services like Scribd.com's new online store. I thought about doing that, and it's still an option, but I don't know. I'm not convinced that's the way to go. Maybe it's the thundering of the herd in that direction that is scaring me off.
I could see if I could publish these again in some sort of limited edition via a small press (or do it myself via Lulu or what have you) but that's going to make them expensive to purchase -- another thing I'm not crazy about.
I also thought about posting at least one of them for free on the internet (Paradise Island, the first one, was the most popular, so that would be my choice.) That would be cool, and a way for me to give something back to the romance readers who followed me as Jessica Hall (before I went all Darkyn on them.)
Not sure what I'm going to do, so I thought I'd ask you guys for some opinions. If you were walking this mile in my moccasins, what would you do with these three books?
What I stopped in to post is some interesting news: the rights for my three Gena Hale romance novels (Paradise Island, Dream Mountain, and Sun Valley) have reverted back to me. This means the publisher no longer owns the rights to them -- they're mine again -- so I can pretty much do whatever I like with them.
These three novels were my first published romances (I'd classify them as old school contemporary/romantic suspense) and have been out of print for at least seven years. I've heard it's difficult if not impossible to find used print copies of them. Aside from possible bootlegs, there are no electronic copies of the books.
Lately a lot of authors have been self-publishing OOP or backlist titles with rights that have reverted back to them via Amazon or services like Scribd.com's new online store. I thought about doing that, and it's still an option, but I don't know. I'm not convinced that's the way to go. Maybe it's the thundering of the herd in that direction that is scaring me off.
I could see if I could publish these again in some sort of limited edition via a small press (or do it myself via Lulu or what have you) but that's going to make them expensive to purchase -- another thing I'm not crazy about.
I also thought about posting at least one of them for free on the internet (Paradise Island, the first one, was the most popular, so that would be my choice.) That would be cool, and a way for me to give something back to the romance readers who followed me as Jessica Hall (before I went all Darkyn on them.)
Not sure what I'm going to do, so I thought I'd ask you guys for some opinions. If you were walking this mile in my moccasins, what would you do with these three books?
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Off to Write
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