06-07-2009, 05:52 PM | #1 |
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Harlequin "Vegas" Freebie Books
Found these two VEGAS BOOK freebies on the eHarlequin site, they are part of the 60 Years of Romance freebies......... Format wise, you have the choice of PDF, Mobipocket, MS Reader, ePub & eReader
Harlequin Books and Harrah's Entertainment are thrilled to offer you 2 FREE exclusive books! She Did a Bad, Bad Thing by bestselling Harlequin Blaze author Stephanie Bond His Wedding-Night Wager by bestselling Silhouette Desire author Katherine Garbera Both are set in the bright lights of sin city and are part of Harlequin's 60th anniversary gift to you. Harrah's Entertainment is the world's largest provider of branded casino entertainment such as Caesars, Harrah's, Horseshoe, Paris, Bally's, Showboat and Rio. Experience the pleasure and excitement with 40 locations across the U.S. and Canada, including several choices in both Las Vegas and Atlantic City. PLUS: Check out these great Harlequin exclusive offers from Harrah's. Escape to Vegas from $49 US per night. Get an extra 10% off* each title in your order with coupon code HARRAH10 at Checkout! Start shopping. *Valid until August 31, 2009, 11:59 p.m. EDT. One-time use only. Not to be used with other offers or coupons. http://www.eharlequin.com/store.html...AR200904010005 |
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Thanks for posting! I love Stephanie Bond.
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Thanks! Just downloaded them.
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06-08-2009, 07:56 PM | #4 |
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Be sure to get a version other than PRC - they appear to have DRM added, but no linked PID, so I can't get them to open. They had the same problem when they put the first 16 up for free (and solved it by removing all the other mobi versions).
The LIT versions have covers, the EPUB do not (one epub is noticeably larger than the lit version, the other is not, but I didn't investigate why too closely). The LIT versions converted to mobi with a couple of clicks, so I don't know why Harlequin can't figure out how to do it correctly. |
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I didn't log in to harlequin before downloading or anything. I haven't tried them on my kindle or other pc yet, but they did open fine on my desktop system. |
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06-09-2009, 02:35 AM | #6 |
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Thanks for posting this! I typically convert lit->txt for the jetBook (can convert to rtf to "clean up" if needed - and then custom pdf if I want a nice font). I've been reading the others in plain old txt and it is fine. Why I do all this extra formatting I do not know - like a kid with a new toy that I have to take apart?
Haven't tried just opening them in the epub format - will do that later today. |
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For the majority of those with Kindles, they are better off getting LIT and letting Calibre copy it to their machine after they convert to Mobi (two clicks, no legal gray areas). |
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Harlequin added a 17th free ebook, sometime after posting the original 16 books giveaway. If you haven't already gotten it, here it is at the very bottom of the page:
The Rebel Doctor's Bride by Sarah Morgan http://www.eharlequin.com/store.html?cid=1317 |
06-09-2009, 08:52 PM | #9 |
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Dumb question, but for these ePubs, do I need to download Adobe digital editions?
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I was able to open my epubs with Sony elibrary. I just changed the program I wanted to open the files with (hope that makes sense)
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They also added mobi versions back, it seems - those that are not corrupted all have DRM, so Calibre and Kindle (at least my Kindle 1, which is up-to-date on it's firmware) won't open them. The LIT versions convert just fine (and have covers, unlike the epub versions I checked). |
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