Free SF adventure from Phoenix Pick - Fortress on the Sun

Susan Crealock · 03-01-2011, 07:18 PM

Phoenix Pick's Ebook of the month: Fortress on the Sun by Paul Cook and free with coupon code 9992371. (Scroll down in their site until you reach this book).

Description: Ra is a 21st century prison camp that also acts as facility for harvesting metals—from the Sun. The prisoners have all been banished here for extreme crimes, but none of them remembers anything from their past. As a lethal disease slowly spreads through the camp and the prisoners are abandoned, Ian Hutchings must find a way out if he and his people are to survive. But dark secrets lurk, and as they try to survive both the illness and the inferno they live on, they will discover a truth even stranger than their own circumstances.

kitchenette · 03-02-2011, 12:47 AM

How do you get the book onto kindle after using coupon? My brain is not working right and I can't figure it out.

drewn · 03-02-2011, 01:51 AM

Thanks Susan

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Bikeridr · 03-02-2011, 02:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kitchenette

How do you get the book onto kindle after using coupon? My brain is not working right and I can't figure it out.

Download the ebook onto your computer and remember the path.
Connect your Kindle to your computer via USB and sideload the ebook file to your Kindle "documents" folder.
Disconnect and enjoy your new book

Edit:
Thank you Susan, for the ebook. I think this is bulls eye into my sci-fi preference

Stormchild · 03-02-2011, 03:58 AM

The coupon does not work with smashwords. :-(

hemisphire · 03-02-2011, 08:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stormchild

The coupon does not work with smashwords. :-(

Yes, it's only good on Phoenix's site.

Moe The Cat · 03-02-2011, 08:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hemisphire

Yes, it's only good on Phoenix's site.

But the Phoenix site has mobi, epub, pdf, lrf with no DRM, so you don't need Smashwords for this one.

koland · 03-02-2011, 08:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kitchenette

How do you get the book onto kindle after using coupon? My brain is not working right and I can't figure it out.

You can also just email it to your kindle address (free or pay, depending on type of Kindle you have). For best results, download the MOBI version.

kitchenette · 03-02-2011, 02:46 PM

Thanks everyone, but 1 more question. Does the same instructions apply on a iMac? I have a windows based laptop, but I prefer to use my mac because of the big screen.

queentess · 03-02-2011, 02:48 PM

I haven't ever hooked up my Kindle to my Mac, but presumably it should work the same. When you plug the Kindle in, it will simply show up as an external drive, and you copy the ebook file into the Documents folder on the Kindle.

EDIT: Here are instructions from Amazon

Alternately, here's how to email to yourself (free since you have the wifi version)

birdbrainbb · 03-02-2011, 07:06 PM

Thank for posting about this! It looks interesting.

Stormchild · 03-03-2011, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moe The Cat

But the Phoenix site has mobi, epub, pdf, lrf with no DRM, so you don't need Smashwords for this one.

I did not see the link on the Phoenix site.

Thanks

Stormchild · 03-03-2011, 01:51 PM

Oh and thanks for your site Susan. It has been a favorite of mine for a long time.

hemisphire · 03-04-2011, 08:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stormchild

I did not see the link on the Phoenix site.

Thanks

It's under the individual author section (in this case Paul Cook):
http://phoenixpick.com/957392182342112/validator.htm

Stormchild · 03-04-2011, 09:10 AM

Thanks, I had found it when I looked.

Looking forward to reading it. Might have to shuffle it up my list.

03-01-2011, 07:18 PM	#1
Susan Crealock Online Novels Posts: 484 Karma: 1229104 Join Date: May 2009 Device: Apple iTouch	Free SF adventure from Phoenix Pick - Fortress on the Sun Phoenix Pick's Ebook of the month: Fortress on the Sun by Paul Cook and free with coupon code 9992371. (Scroll down in their site until you reach this book). Description: Ra is a 21st century prison camp that also acts as facility for harvesting metals—from the Sun. The prisoners have all been banished here for extreme crimes, but none of them remembers anything from their past. As a lethal disease slowly spreads through the camp and the prisoners are abandoned, Ian Hutchings must find a way out if he and his people are to survive. But dark secrets lurk, and as they try to survive both the illness and the inferno they live on, they will discover a truth even stranger than their own circumstances.

03-02-2011, 02:48 PM	#10
queentess Reading is sexy Posts: 1,303 Karma: 544517 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: none	I haven't ever hooked up my Kindle to my Mac, but presumably it should work the same. When you plug the Kindle in, it will simply show up as an external drive, and you copy the ebook file into the Documents folder on the Kindle. EDIT: Here are instructions from Amazon Alternately, here's how to email to yourself (free since you have the wifi version) Last edited by queentess; 03-02-2011 at 03:15 PM. Reason: added links

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03-02-2011, 12:47 AM	#2
kitchenette Member Posts: 13 Karma: 72 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3 Wi-Fi	How do you get the book onto kindle after using coupon? My brain is not working right and I can't figure it out.

03-02-2011, 01:51 AM	#3
drewn Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Kingle	Thanks Susan D

03-02-2011, 03:58 AM	#5
Stormchild Evangelist Posts: 466 Karma: 878943 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Cornwall UK Device: BeBook 1. BeBook Mini. BeBook Neo and Club. BeBook Live. BeeBook Pure.	The coupon does not work with smashwords. :-(

03-02-2011, 02:46 PM	#9
kitchenette Member Posts: 13 Karma: 72 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3 Wi-Fi	Thanks everyone, but 1 more question. Does the same instructions apply on a iMac? I have a windows based laptop, but I prefer to use my mac because of the big screen.

03-02-2011, 07:06 PM	#11
birdbrainbb Addict Posts: 287 Karma: 2191035 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Anaheim, CA Device: Kindle Oasis, Kindle Paperwhite 5	Thank for posting about this! It looks interesting.

03-03-2011, 01:51 PM	#13
Stormchild Evangelist Posts: 466 Karma: 878943 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Cornwall UK Device: BeBook 1. BeBook Mini. BeBook Neo and Club. BeBook Live. BeeBook Pure.	Oh and thanks for your site Susan. It has been a favorite of mine for a long time.

03-04-2011, 09:10 AM	#15
Stormchild Evangelist Posts: 466 Karma: 878943 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Cornwall UK Device: BeBook 1. BeBook Mini. BeBook Neo and Club. BeBook Live. BeeBook Pure.	Thanks, I had found it when I looked. Looking forward to reading it. Might have to shuffle it up my list.