[Kindle] Daily e-book deals of note

Freezer-TPF- · Post by **Freezer-TPF-** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 8:33 pm

Pyperkub wrote:Saw that The Shining was just $1.99 courtesy of qt3

Bought. Thanks!

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Sun May 04, 2014 5:10 am

A lot of Star Wars comic books and Graphic novels are on sale in the Kindle Store.

Anyone have recommendations on which ones are worth getting (especially any self-contained series)?

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Z-Corn · Post by **Z-Corn** » Sun May 04, 2014 8:40 am

Defiant wrote:A lot of Star Trek comic books and Graphic novels are on sale in the Kindle Store.

Anyone have recommendations on which ones are worth getting (especially any self-contained series)?

Star Trek, Star Wars they're pretty much the same...

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Sun May 04, 2014 10:04 am

Z-Corn wrote:
Defiant wrote:A lot of Star Trek comic books and Graphic novels are on sale in the Kindle Store.

Anyone have recommendations on which ones are worth getting (especially any self-contained series)?
Star Trek, Star Wars they're pretty much the same...

Kasey Chang · Post by **Kasey Chang** » Sun May 04, 2014 1:57 pm

Well, it is Star Wars day... And there's Star Wars sale on GameFly and Steam.

Back to eBooks... I was reading vN and it's a pretty interesting sci-fi tale. Imagine full autonomous androids called vN's (Von Neumann machines) that can self-reproduce by consuming raw materials (albeit in form of human food). And they have full AI and even emotions. And they have failsafes similar to the Asimov's 3 laws. Amy was one such vN, her mother, Charlotte has a human partner, and a past that she rather not talk about. Young Amy was kept hungry so she won't grow too fast, until at her "graduation" from kindergarten, her "grandmother" came for Charlotte, and they started fighting. When a human kid interfered, the grandmother casually tossed him aside... except this was deliberate murder. He flew 20 ft, hit the ground headfirst, and died right there... something that was supposed to be impossible... failsafe had failed. Amy instinctively charged grandma... and... ate her. LITERALLY.

When Amy woke up, she's in a cage, her body's much larger, all of her model (and her mother's) are being detained. And thus started her strange adventure of self-discovery... and she discovered a hitchhiker. Her "grandma" (that she ate) is now a voice in her head... and may even take possession of her at times...

It's a pretty weird world, but fascinating.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Sat May 17, 2014 9:28 am

Seven of the Dresden File books are on sale today for $1.99, each.
EDIT -- I blame coffee.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Sat May 17, 2014 12:21 pm

Each. $1.99 each.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Sat May 17, 2014 1:01 pm

Yeah, that would have been quite the deal. I apologize to my high school English teacher.

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Sat May 17, 2014 1:59 pm

Smoove_B wrote:Seven of the Dresden File books are on sale today for $1.99, each.
EDIT -- I blame coffee.

those are usually about $10 each, which is why I haven't even tried them. Thanks!

Freezer-TPF- · Post by **Freezer-TPF-** » Sat May 17, 2014 8:00 pm

Purchased, thanks! I also got the audio version of book 1 to try out (read by James Marsters).

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Sat May 17, 2014 8:18 pm

I bought book one. How convinced should I be that I should buy more now?

Z-Corn · Post by **Z-Corn** » Sat May 17, 2014 8:25 pm

Zaxxon wrote:I bought book one. How convinced should I be that I should buy more now?

I'm in the same boat and have the same question...

Ænima · Post by **Ænima** » Sat May 17, 2014 11:38 pm

They're great popcorn fluff books. I'd say the closest thing in book form to Buffy if that helps.

Chaz · Post by **Chaz** » Mon May 19, 2014 3:32 pm

Freezer-TPF- wrote:Purchased, thanks! I also got the audio version of book 1 to try out (read by James Marsters).

James Marsters, you say? Buffy, you say? And my library has 10 of the audiobooks available? Hmmmmmmm....

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Mon May 19, 2014 3:33 pm

Chaz wrote:
Freezer-TPF- wrote:Purchased, thanks! I also got the audio version of book 1 to try out (read by James Marsters).
James Marsters, you say? Buffy, you say? And my library has 10 of the audiobooks available? Hmmmmmmm....

Hopefully he's not the Annoying One...

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Tue May 20, 2014 3:27 pm

James Bond series $1.99/ea

Jag · Post by **Jag** » Wed Jun 11, 2014 11:34 am

Now it can be told. Story of WWI. Haven't read it yet, but supposed to be very good.

Price: FREE

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Wed Jun 11, 2014 11:45 am

Jag wrote:Now it can be told. Story of WWI. Haven't read it yet, but supposed to be very good.

Price: FREE

From the Amazon reviews:

I recommend this book for anyone who can read.

Dammit!

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Wed Jun 11, 2014 11:46 am

El Guapo wrote:
Jag wrote:Now it can be told. Story of WWI. Haven't read it yet, but supposed to be very good.

Price: FREE
From the Amazon reviews:

I recommend this book for anyone who can read.
Dammit!

Crazy, I was just about to post that!

I will pretty much "buy"/read anything that has that line in one of its reviews.

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Wed Jun 11, 2014 11:51 am

Carpet_pissr wrote:
El Guapo wrote:
Jag wrote:Now it can be told. Story of WWI. Haven't read it yet, but supposed to be very good.

Price: FREE
From the Amazon reviews:

I recommend this book for anyone who can read.
Dammit!
Crazy, I was just about to post that!

I will pretty much "buy"/read anything that has that line in one of its reviews.

Right, but where does that leave me as someone who can't read? It's kind of been my secret - I'm really just pounding keys and hoping that they all come together to mean something.

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Wed Jun 11, 2014 12:00 pm

El Guapo wrote:
Carpet_pissr wrote:
El Guapo wrote:
Jag wrote:Now it can be told. Story of WWI. Haven't read it yet, but supposed to be very good.

Price: FREE
From the Amazon reviews:

I recommend this book for anyone who can read.
Dammit!
Crazy, I was just about to post that!

I will pretty much "buy"/read anything that has that line in one of its reviews.
Right, but where does that leave me as someone who can't read? It's kind of been my secret - I'm really just pounding keys and hoping that they all come together to mean something.

As a non-reader, I think the assumption is that you should not read this book.

To clarify:
Do you read?
If 'yes', then read it.
If 'no', then do not read it.

Jag · Post by **Jag** » Wed Jun 11, 2014 12:52 pm

Also free. The audiobook Go the F--k to Sleep. Narrated by Samuel L. Jackson

Chaz · Post by **Chaz** » Wed Jun 11, 2014 5:51 pm

Jag wrote:Now it can be told. Story of WWI. Haven't read it yet, but supposed to be very good.

Price: FREE

I just finished listening to the most recent episode of Hardcore History, which is part 3 of his WWI series, and this book was mentioned. Boughten!

Jag · Post by **Jag** » Wed Jun 11, 2014 6:08 pm

Chaz wrote:
Jag wrote:Now it can be told. Story of WWI. Haven't read it yet, but supposed to be very good.

Price: FREE
I just finished listening to the most recent episode of Hardcore History, which is part 3 of his WWI series, and this book was mentioned. Boughten!

That's funny. I've listened to almost every episode of Hardcore History, but haven't finished the latest one yet.

Chaz · Post by **Chaz** » Thu Jun 12, 2014 8:19 am

I only really started listening on the WWI shows. I want to go back and listen to the Death Throes of the Republic episodes, but I haven't gotten around to ponying up for them yet.

Jag · Post by **Jag** » Thu Jun 12, 2014 9:19 am

Chaz wrote:I only really started listening on the WWI shows. I want to go back and listen to the Death Throes of the Republic episodes, but I haven't gotten around to ponying up for them yet.

I got them when they were still free but well worth paying for it. I ended up watching Rome, playing Rome and reading about Rome at the same time

Also highly recommend Ghosts of the Ostfront. Absolutely chilling. You won't be able to stop listening. I thought I knew about WWII. I knew nothing about what went on with the Eastern Front.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Mon Jun 30, 2014 7:33 am

Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere is up for $2.99 today. For those that have purchased as a print novel already, Amazon Matchbook price is then $1.99 -- which is the first time I've seen that.

KDH · Post by **KDH** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 7:36 am

$288 worth of awesome comic books (Multi-Format = kindle\ipad, etc) ... pay what you want .. DRM FREE

plus ... they are giving away a free comic every day of the offer (changes at 11 am PST)

you'll prolly miss out on

(PDF)

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 9:16 am

No idea how I will read those, but I bought it.

Kasey Chang · Post by **Kasey Chang** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 1:11 pm

There's a link on Lifehacker about Microsoft giving away 108 tech books.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 1:16 pm

Kasey Chang wrote:There's a link on Lifehacker about Microsoft giving away 108 tech books.

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 2:08 pm

"Test pages for Kindle Unlimited, a service offering access to 600K+ e-books and thousands of audiobooks for $9.99/month, were recently spotted on Amazon's (AMZN +0.4%) site."

Interesting! A little high, price-wise, considering my reading speed, but no doubt I would read a LOT more than I do now, just to justify my monthly cost. Also, would not be interested until my backlog is completely wiped out, which, while not as bad as my Steam backlog, is nothing to sneeze at.

Chaz · Post by **Chaz** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 3:22 pm

I would definitely be potentially interested, depending on catalog. I go through a lot of audiobooks. I use my library's overdrive a lot, but I keep finding these gaping holes in it, because my tastes run more toward horror and sci-fi rather than romance novels (the library's collection of romance ebooks is truly epic). If Amazon's catalog is comprehensive enough, I could be in.

If they offer a discounted rate for having Prime, I'm even more in.

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 3:24 pm

Chaz wrote:If they offer a discounted rate for having Prime, I'm even more in.

Better still, just add it to Prime for no extra $$ like they did for movies and music! Woot!

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 3:47 pm

Carpet_pissr wrote:
Chaz wrote:If they offer a discounted rate for having Prime, I'm even more in.
Better still, just add it to Prime for no extra $$ like they did for movies and music! Woot!

You already can. There's a pool of 500,000+ books you can borrow from each calendar month as a Prime member at no cost - a single book. You don't have to return it to Amazon until you finish it, but you can't borrow another one until you do. I believe that this $9.99 monthly fee would let you borrow as many as you'd like.

Chaz · Post by **Chaz** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 4:16 pm

And add audiobooks, which you can't do now.

If it happens and there's a benefit for having Prime, I'll finally need to get my wife to let me switch my account to be the primary Prime one. Right now, it's hers, so my Kindle isn't doing me as much good as it should be.

Kasey Chang · Post by **Kasey Chang** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 4:21 pm

Chaz wrote:the library's collection of romance ebooks is truly epic

Romance books are often discounted to ZERO as promo on that FreeKindleBooks website.

http://ohfb.com/index.html

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 6:02 pm

Smoove_B wrote:
Carpet_pissr wrote:
Chaz wrote:If they offer a discounted rate for having Prime, I'm even more in.
Better still, just add it to Prime for no extra $$ like they did for movies and music! Woot!
You already can. There's a pool of 500,000+ books you can borrow from each calendar month as a Prime member at no cost - a single book. You don't have to return it to Amazon until you finish it, but you can't borrow another one until you do. I believe that this $9.99 monthly fee would let you borrow as many as you'd like.

If I'm not mistaken, that's only available for Kindle devices (not even the apps, which is what I use)

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 6:28 pm

Carpet_pissr wrote:If I'm not mistaken, that's only available for Kindle devices (not even the apps, which is what I use)

Oh, I didn't realize I was talking to a peasant. Out of my thread!

Chaz · Post by **Chaz** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 9:04 am

Looks like it's gone live. $10/month, no discount or inclusion for Prime accounts.

I took a look through the catalog in search of books off these two "50 best horror" and "50 best sci-fi" lists I've got bookmarked. I think one of them was available through the unlimited thing. So yeah, this is probably going to be mostly useful for people who are interested in more mainstream stuff. I might try it out at some point later, when my reading backlog is a little smaller.