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11-12-2014, 01:06 AM | #1 |
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Free (Kobo & others) 7 novels from Dundurn [Canadian LGBT, Police, & Amateur Mystery]
Well, a wonderful Remembrance Day treat for Canadian mystery lovers tonight, free courtesy of Dundurn Press, who are one of our premier independent publishers specializing in Canadiana.
For a limited time, Dundurn are generously offering 6 *7* (added this morning @ iTunes and finally propogated elsewhere; I'd been suspecting it was a glitch) entire 1st-in-series novels from their popular mystery writers, featuring a variety of subgenres including detective/police procedurals, scientific & wilderness-living amateur sleuths, LGBT PI, etc., several of which are from award-nominated series, mostly but not all set in Canada. All of the titles are available at Kobo in multiple regions (Canada, US, and UK I was able to check, may possibly be spread out worldwide). (ETA 2: Now all available @ iTunes in Canada, possibly elsewhere, as well, and at least three Amazon countries, and partially free at B&N and Google Play.) These are sporadically being matched over at Google, iTunes (apparently they've yanked most of the titles, which the last time it happened turned out to be the prelude to offering Dundurn writer Gwen Molnar's 1st-in-series novel as a week-long iTunes featured Free eBook of the Week, so maybe this will show up as a special promo feature in the iTunes store later, which Dundurn has kind of done before), and also Amazon (stingily not free for Canadians at all, as they continue to skip us in the multi-store multi-region promos for whatever reason ). (ETA: looks like Amazon is finally dropping these to free for Canadians and possibly also in the UK. Still no sign of them freebie-ing other official publisher promos which are already free in the other stores. And B&N is also getting some of these in both their applicable regions, it looks like.) Unfortunately, there's no indication exactly where these are intended for (besides Kobo) or how long this deal will last (Dundurn's newsletter signup having been defunct for some time now and neither their Facebook nor Twitter nor newspage offering any clues when I checked them earlier this afternoon), but hopefully it stays for a bit and propagates through to a few more stores. I will remind you that Dundurn Press books are couponable @ Kobo and they often offer money-saving omnibuses as well, and at the moment have a small variety of books in a wide variety of subjects temporarily further discounted with their red "Special Offer" banner, which you may perhaps be interested in: linkage for the lot of their couponable stuff @ Kobo And this has been the selected 3rd (non-repeat, mostly) free ebook thread of the day. Because Canadiana. And really nice Canadiana, at that. Enjoy!
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11-12-2014, 01:29 AM | #2 |
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11-12-2014, 02:42 AM | #3 |
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Thanks ATDrake.
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11-12-2014, 06:47 AM | #4 |
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Got them all.
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11-12-2014, 10:07 AM | #5 |
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Nice find, thanks!
(Also, if anybody gets hooked on a series & wants more, these are also available in Scribd.) |
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11-12-2014, 04:12 PM | #6 |
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Well, one more has been added today:
Loose Ends by Don Easton (SYKM), himself a former undercover Mountie, 1st in his Jack Taggart series starring an undercover Mountie in Vancouver @ Kobo, iTunes, & Amazon (available to Canadians & also in the UK). Jack Taggart, an undercover Mountie, lives in a world where the good guys and the bad guys change places in a heartbeat. Taggart is very good at what he does. Too good to be playing by the rules, so the brass assign a new partner to spy on him. Taggart's new partner discovers a society dependent upon unwritten rules. To break these rules is to lose respect, and to lose respect is to lose one's life. Loose Ends is is a tale of violence, corruption, and retribution, but it is also a story of honour and respect. And it looks like Amazon has finally dropped at least some of these to free for Canadians & in the UK, so I'll be checking and editing the links in the OP. (ETA: now also mostly made it to B&N US & UK.) If a mod happens to see this, could they please change the thread title to reflect the fact that there are now 7 books free? (and maybe fix the typo in the LGBT acronym while they're at it, if it's not too much to ask). Thanks in advance. Last edited by ATDrake; 11-12-2014 at 04:21 PM. |
11-12-2014, 04:33 PM | #7 |
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Got it, from Amazon. (Not free on Kobo UK, which is what my account is at.)
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11-12-2014, 05:35 PM | #8 |
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It is free at Kobo US. I wonder why the difference between two places exists when they are owned by the same company. I mean is it all just down to geography?
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I wish I knew the reason. I mean, if it's available at Amazon UK, one would think it would also be available at Kobo UK. |
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11-12-2014, 07:07 PM | #10 |
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Thank you for these, ATDrake - they're free at Kobo Australia!
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11-15-2014, 11:09 AM | #11 |
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Now all free @ iTunes in Canada (and seem to be free in random countries like Denmark which I spot-checked). And #7, Loose Ends, has now dropped to free in the Kobo UK store as well (and likely anywhere else the other books are available) for those of you who want the entire set in one store.
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