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Doing Both: Capturing Today's Profit and Driving Tomorrow's Growth, by Inder Sidhu, is a repeat freebie in the Kindle store.

Book Description
Over the past seven years, in a highly unstable global economy, Cisco doubled revenue, tripled profits, and quadrupled earnings per share. How? By Doing Both. When companies face key strategic decisions, they often take one path and abandon the other. They focus on innovation and new business at the expense of core businesses or vice versa. They stress discipline and sacrifice flexibility. They focus on customers and ignore partners. And they struggle. Cisco believes there is a better way: Doing Both.

Doing Both means approaching every decision as an opportunity to seize, not a sacrifice to endure. It means avoiding false choices, reduced expectations, and weak compromises. It means finding ways to make each option benefit and mutually reinforce the other. In this book, Cisco Senior Vice President Inder Sidhu explains why “doing both” is today’s best strategy. Then, drawing on Cisco’s hardwon insights and the experiences of companies like Procter & Gamble, Whirlpool, and Harley-Davidson, Inder presents a complete blueprint for “doing both” in your organization, too.

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Africa Rising: How 900 Million African Consumers Offer More Than You Think, by Vijay Mahajan, free on Kindle

Book Description
With more than 900 million consumers, the continent of Africa is one of the world’s fastest growing markets. In Africa Rising, renowned global business consultant Vijay Mahajan reveals this remarkable marketplace as a continent with massive needs and surprising buying power.

Crossing thousands of miles across the continent, he shares the lessons that Africa’s businesses have learned about succeeding on the continent...shows how global companies are succeeding despite Africa’s unique political, economic, and resource challenges...introduces local entrepreneurs and foreign investors who are building a remarkable spectrum of profitable and sustainable business opportunities even in the most challenging locations...reveals how India and China are staking out huge positions throughout Africa...and shows the power of the diaspora in driving investment and development.

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Innovative Business Solutions based on Design Strategy, a collection of titles by Ravi Sawhney, Deepa Prahalad, Robert Brunner, Stewart Emery, and Luke Williams, is free on Kindle.

Book Description
3 extraordinary eBooks help you drive maximum value from business innovation, design, and creativity!

Three remarkable eBooks take you to the cutting edge of business innovation, design strategy, and value creation! Predictable Magic: Unleash the Power of Design Strategy to Transform Your Business introduces a breakthrough process for crafting rewarding, empowering customer experiences that create deep emotional connections with your products, services, and brands. Do You Matter?: How Great Design Will Make People Love Your Company shows how to build a truly design-driven company: one that can consistently create designs that drive sustainable business performance improvements. Finally, in Disrupt: Think the Unthinkable to Spark Transformation in Your Business, frog design's Luke Williams integrates powerful creativity techniques with business discipline in a five-step program for identifying disruptive opportunities--and successfully executing on them!

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It's the last day for the Save $10 on Software Downloads KSO offer.

Two new KSO offers (sign up by Oct 19):
$25 Appstore Credit with an Android Smartphone
Save $15 on Denim

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Curse of the Gargoyle, the first in the Cursed Mackinnons series by Tara Nina, is free on Kindle.

Book Description
Gavin has been entombed in stone for hundreds of years, waiting for the right person to break the curse that put him there. After the voice of an unknown woman speaks the special words to free him, he finds himself in a time that is no longer his own. Though this woman pleasures him in every imaginable way, he's still racked with anguish for all he's lost. Duty, honor and his deep-seated need for revenge consume him.Ericka thought flying to Scotland was the toughest feat of her life. That was until she met a ghost and freed a seventeenth-century Scottish hunk from stone. Ghosts aren't real and curses don't exist. Hot sex with Gavin fuels her imagination, but he can't possibly her soul mate, or can he…The evil behind the curse lingers. Gavin is stone by day, man by night. Together they fight, determined to overcome the source behind the curse. But if they fail, their love could be lost for eternity.

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Come Monday, the first title in the Wild Irish series by Mari Carr, is free on Kindle.

Book Description
Wild Irish, Book One Monday’s child is fair of face… After the death of her mother years prior, Keira Collins became a surrogate parent to her six younger brothers and sisters, her own dreams put on hold. At twenty-seven, she’s finally pursuing a college degree. Between classes, working at the family pub and still tending to siblings, she’s no time for romance. So why is she spending all her rare free time fantasizing about hot Professor Wallace bending her over his desk? Will Wallace recognizes Keira’s unfulfilled desires, her habit of hiding her beauty, her obsessive need to command every aspect of her life. But Will has needs of his own—and they run far darker than Keira’s. As he initiates her into his lifestyle, offering sweet punishments and sweeter rewards, Will’s sexual authority slowly strips away some of her precious control. The one thing Keira’s not ready to relinquish…

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Amazon price-matched the Nook Daily Find deal:

Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries ( $3.19 Kindle, B&N), by Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Tall, Dark, and Lonesome (US/UK link/DE link), by Debra Dixon, is free for UK and European Kindle customers. Not likely to be free in the US, as it's a different imprint (agency publisher) and ASIN.

Book Description
A fabulous FREE eBook from the sensational new Loveswept digital series!

Loveswept brings you the very best of classic romance - from treasured favourites to exciting new talent, these are love stories you'll never forget. Find out about other titles in the series and choose your next Loveswept hero at www.lovesweptbooks.co.uk

Tall, Dark and Lonesome is an irresistible tale of a reporter determined to forget her past, a cowboy with secrets of his own, and a passionate journey of discovery...

Newspaper columnist Niki Devlin isn't thrilled about following a bunch of city slickers on their holiday cattle drive, and even less so when she discovers that this job will take her back to the homeland she's tried so hard to forget: Wyoming, USA. All that stands between finishing her assignment and getting back to New York is a pair of sexy grey eyes flashing from under the brim of a cowboy hat. The lean, rugged form of trail boss Zack Weston makes Niki want everything she doesn't want: Wyoming, a good man, and love.

Zack likes being just a cowboy to Niki. His name, his political ambitions, and his ranching empire are all but forgotten as he rides alongside this beautiful, gutsy woman who makes him realize what he's been missing. Once, tragedy and bitterness drove her away from this place he will always call home. Is the passion they awaken under starry skies enough to convince her that wherever this journey leads them, they belong together?

Loveswept: Love stories you'll never forget by authors you'll always remember.

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New Offer, sign up by Oct 24, use by Nov 19.

$10 off Deluxe Edition "The Twilight Saga" DVD and Blu-ray sets

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You can get the first book in the Maximum Ride series by James Patterson, The Angel Experiment, for $2.99 (to go with the Kindle Deal of the Day).

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My Lunatic Life, the start of the Lunatic Life series by Sharon Sala, is free in the Kindle store. This is a new series (the book released in August), aimed at teen readers, with the next one "in the works", but not yet available for pre-order.

Book Description
She plays for Team Spirit.

High school senior Tara Luna's got all the usual teen problems: a new school, her attraction to a hunky guy, feuds with the Mean Girls, being regarded as an oddball outsider-PLUS she has psychic powers, a duo of protective, meddlesome ghosts AND an angry, threatening teen girl ghost who wants Tara to solve her murder-or else.

Now you know why she calls this "my lunatic life."

Sharon Sala's books repeatedly make the big lists, including The New York Times, USA Today, and Publisher's Weekly lists, and she's been nominated for a RITA seven times, which is the romance writer's equivalent of having an Oscar or an Emmy nomination.

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The Phoenix Apostles ($1.99), by Lynn Sholes and Joe Moore, is today's Kindle Deal of the Day. This looks to be the start of a new series, Seneca Hunt Mysteries, and so far has very good reviews.

Book Description
Magazine journalist Seneca Hunt is reporting on the opening of Montezuma’s tomb in Mexico City when the dig team, led by her fiancé Daniel Bernal, learns that the remains of the Aztec emperor are missing. Within moments of the discovery, an apparent terrorist attack kills everyone at the site—including Daniel. Seneca barely escapes the carnage.

Determined to get answers, Seneca starts investigating. She finds out that someone is stealing the remains of the most infamous mass murderers in history—and plotting to slaughter millions in the name of an ancient cult. Teaming up with bestselling novelist Matt Everhart, Seneca tries to stay one step ahead of those who want her dead as she and Matt follow a deadly 2000-year-old trail that leads back to the death of Jesus Christ.


Deviant Behavior: A Novel of Sex, Drugs, Fatherhood, and Crystal Skulls ($3.49 Kindle, B&N), by Mike Sager, is today's Nook Daily Find (matched at Amazon).

Book Description
Jonathan Seede is the picture of Washington, DC, respectability, an urban pioneer with a pretty wife, a new baby, and a job at the town’s most esteemed newspaper. But ten blocks from the White House, on the notorious Fourteenth Street strip, a war is raging over deviant behavior. And Seede is on the front lines, deep into a secret freelance project that’s taking him to places where most people would never dare to go.

As he descends into an inferno of repressed urges and human frailties, Seede’s journey plays out against a brilliantly realized portrait of the nation’s capital, featuring pimps and hustlers, an accidental hooker, an honest cop, a storefront prophet/marijuana dealer, a beautiful teenage runaway, a crack-addicted music legend, an A-list gay activist, and a diminutive billionaire who is searching for the answers to life’s greatest questions in a crystal skull. The first novel from best-selling journalist Mike Sager,Deviant Behavioris a mad, vivid, and daring romp through a society in crisis, and the story of what happens when one frustrated father decides to Just Say Yes.

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Although it isn't 99 cents, you may also want to check out the Gold Box and Lightning Deals today, as it appears that every one of them is going to be a video game of some sort, with most of the game consoles and players covered at least once.

Mahjong Solitaire Halloween Edition ($3.99 $0.99), by Mobigloo. This one I grabbed immediatey, but haven't had time to play yet (OK, I'll admit, I'm addicted to games, as well as books -- I actually have all but one of the games in this post!).

It's time to celebrate Halloween with this special edition of the popular matching game Mahjong Solitaire on Kindle.

In Mahjong Solitaire, you match pairs of identical tiles in order to remove them from the board. Only free tiles can be matched. Tiles are considered free if they do not have other tiles to either the left or right of them, or on top of them. The objective of the game is to clear all the tiles from the board. The game ends when all tiles have been removed or when there are no more free tiles left to match.

Mahjong Solitaire tracks the number of pairs of free tiles available to be matched for you. In addition, the game allows for unlimited undos, and contains a Hint feature that will give you suggestions for your next move, as well a Shuffle feature that will rearrange the tiles when you get stuck.

The Mahjong Solitaire Halloween Edition gives you 13 different game board layouts to choose from and two special Halloween tile sets. This game is so fun it's scary!

Mystery Castle: Dawn of Illusion ($1.99 $0.99), by Runestone Games Limited

Mystery Castle: Dawn of Illusion is a puzzle adventure featuring Monty the wizard as he attempts to save the inhabitants of the castle from an evil creature of the night.

You play Monty on his quest as he outwits fiendish puzzles on his journey deeper and deeper into the mysterious castle, to the inevitable showdown with a monster too scary to name. You must tread carefully on cracked and crumbling floors, while using teleporting staircases and magical keys to enter new areas. You may even need to push boxes into dangerous crags to make new paths and use bombs to get through walls to complete your quest. If you find the Eye of Truth, you can explore places that were once hidden as you try to uncover the identity of the creature assaulting the castle.

Mystery Castle: Dawn of Illusion is well suited for people who like puzzles and brain teasers, and contains 24 levels of excitement and adventure. Can you solve all the mystery puzzles in the castle? Monte is counting on you!

Poker of the Dead ($1.99 $0.99), by Gameblend Studios

Poker of the Dead is a Hold'em Poker solitaire game.

Zombies are trying to break down your door! Play "heads up" poker against them to stay alive. Fortunately, zombies aren't normal poker opponents. They have no brains, never fold, and will always call your bet. Play the odds to fend them off and earn new high scores. To win, survive all seven days (10 hands per day). At the start of a hand, you and the zombie are dealt 2 cards each. Next follows 3 betting rounds, over which 5 shared cards are dealt. At each stage, you can call, raise, fold, or go all-in (if available). The best 5-card hand wins the pot. Win 3 hands to activate the "all-in" shotgun, and use it to double your money and blast a zombie. Each new day increases the stakes with higher ante and bet amounts. If you run out of money, the game is over. Poker of the Dead features a full tutorial, detailed game statistics and 12 special challenges to complete.

Can you survive the horde of poker playing zombies?

Blossom Halloween Edition ($1.99 $0.99), by Braintonik Games

Planting takes an eerie twist in Blossom Halloween Edition, where you are challenged to create a network of pipes that feed your Jack-O-Lanterns with potion from the witch's pot.

The goal of the game is to build an irrigation system that delivers a spooky brew to pumpkins by manipulating the game tiles with pipes on them. Just select the pipe tiles and rotate them until the potion flows through them and reaches the pumpkins to make them grow.

When a pipe is connected to the witch's cauldron it will fill up with potion. Make sure the brew flows in all the pipes to keep your pumpkins menacing. You'll have to rotate the tiles with pipes, pumpkins, and that all-important cauldron to make each part of the grid connect together and fill up every tile. All the pumpkins need to be connected to the cauldron and every pipe must be used to finish the puzzle. Are you facing a drought? The Hint system is there to help you figure out the next best move.

Halloween may be just around the corner, but with Blossom Halloween Edition's 120 puzzles, waiting has never been such a guilty pleasure!

Choice of the Vampire ($2.99 $0.99), by Choice of Games

Choice of the Vampire is a text-based game where your choices control the story.

Play as a newly created vampire, struggling to survive your first nights of immortality. Begin your two-hundred-year journey as a vampire in New Orleans of 1815, and choose whether to seek love, power, or redemption as you negotiate the growing pains of the young Republic.

Throughout the game you'll choose between a set of options which decide the action your vampire will take next. Will you embroil yourself in the intrigues of elder vampires? Can an undead creature find true love? How will you balance your waning humanity against your thirst for blood?

If you love gamebooks, you'll love Choice of the Vampire. Its unique approach to interactive fiction allows larger, deeper, and richer stories than traditional gamebooks. Will you discover all of the hidden endings?

Please note: Choice of the Vampire contains content that may be inappropriate for children.

Moron-o-Meter (An Irreverent Quiz for Kindle) ($0.99), by puzzle.tv, is new in the Kindle store.

Are you smarter than a fourth grader? Than a rock? You might be surprised. Let Moron-o-Meter set you straight.

Moron-o-Meter is a game that will test every ounce of your brain power, but not in a serious way. Do you know what comes once a year, but twice a week? It's not Santa Clause, it's 'e'. Your brain will be pestered with similar brain teasers when you take this challenge. If you want to be entertained while finding out if you're a Genius, a Moron, or any form of intelligent life at all, then this is the game for you.

A clever blend of serious, not-at-all serious and downright tricky questions will be asked in an attempt to bamboozle you into thinking you might be a moron. The game will amuse and test players of all abilities with three funny, creative and occasionally diabolical tests to complete. Get declared the ultimate brain by completing the tests in record time.

Throw down the gauntlet to your friends and family and take part in the irreverent Moron-o-Meter challenge. Reap the ultimate satisfaction and prove to yourself that you are indeed farther up the evolutionary ladder than bread mold!

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These are now free from B&N:

Lies, Damned Lies, and Science
So, You Want to Start a Business?
Doing Both
Innovative Business Solutions based on Design Strategy
Africa Rising

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Overcoming Redundancy, by Gordon Adams, is free in the Kindle store.

Book Description
So you’ve been made redundant? Join the crowd. Redundancy is now a common life experience, especially in a global recession! Almost a quarter of adults will be affected by redundancy during their lifetime. But you are not a victim. What matters now is how you react to the challenge. Overcoming redundancy will help you make the right decisions at this crucial time and it will help you choose the right future direction. Overcoming redundancy contains advice from survivors - from those who have been made redundant and have not only survived but turned it to their advantage. Many now look back on redundancy, with the benefit of hindsight, as the best thing that ever happened to them. Use this book to learn from their experience and advice. Redundancy is an intensely emotional experience. It can affect your self-esteem and motivation. You are only human if you feel a sense of anger, betrayal or loss when you are made redundant. Overcoming redundancy will help you cope with the social and emotional impacts of redundancy. It will also provide valuable tips on managing the financial effects of redundancy. And most importantly it will help you look forwards, not backwards. If you’ve been made redundant, reading this book is the first step towards bouncing back. Good luck!