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RareBird 06-07-2012 07:22 AM

A large selection of Faber and Faber titles free at Kobo
 
I recently found that Faber and Faber, an independent UK publisher, has a large selection (129 to be exact) of their books free on Kobo right now. Among them are Andrew Martin's Jim Stringer series including his most recent one released just this month. One I purchased a few weeks ago is now free as well. It was Hit and Run by Doug Johnstone and I highly recommend it. I've posted the link below to the search filtered by free only.

Faber and Faber

Blue Tyson 06-07-2012 07:28 AM

Nice one. Thanks!

melmac 06-07-2012 07:49 AM

I'd get in quick on this one I think it's a pricing error the link in OP runs to 18 pages and includes the enhanced version of Death come to Pemberley by PD James at least it does in the Aussie store for free??? seems like an error to me but I'm clicking while the goings good :D

HarryT 06-07-2012 09:23 AM

Has to be a mistake. I hope they fix it before too many people download.

DrNefario 06-07-2012 09:29 AM

It's mostly poetry. Still not cheap enough! ;)

RareBird 06-07-2012 09:40 AM

I agree it is mostly poetry but a good selection of crime/mystery novels in there. I think I downloaded 9 or 10 crime/mystery/thriller novels.

pdurrant 06-07-2012 09:53 AM

I agree with HarryT - it's probably a mistake. I've emailed Kobo.

On the other hand, it's not unknown for a publisher to do a large promotion on ebooks in the hopes of boosting paper sales.

Andreiuta 06-07-2012 10:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant (Post 2106691)
I agree with HarryT - it's probably a mistake. I've emailed Kobo.

On the other hand, it's not unknown for a publisher to do a large promotion on ebooks in the hopes of boosting paper sales.

When I tried to download The Somme Stations by Andrew Martin (after adding it to the library), I got the following message:

You don't have permission to view the requested content. You might be seeing this message because you are trying to view content which you have not purchased or edit content which you did not create.

RareBird 06-07-2012 10:38 AM

Well if it is a mistake, I'm sure we'll find out soon enough. I've never seen the error message that Andreiuta is seeing but it could be an indication that it was an error and they're in the process of fixing it.

melmac 06-07-2012 10:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RareBird (Post 2106752)
I've never seen the error message that Andreiuta is seeing but it could be an indication that it was an error and they're in the process of fixing it.

I got the same message as Andreiuta on 2 books, I think it's because those 2 were Geo restricted it let me add them to the library but not download.

sunnysmiles 06-07-2012 01:46 PM

I down loaded a lot of books crime novels and some Ohan Parmuk . I did see that error a couple of times but im still very happy.

pietvo 06-07-2012 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andreiuta (Post 2106724)
When I tried to download The Somme Stations by Andrew Martin (after adding it to the library), I got the following message:

You don't have permission to view the requested content. You might be seeing this message because you are trying to view content which you have not purchased or edit content which you did not create.

Sometimes it helps to click "Add to Library', then go to 'My Library' and download it from there.

piperclassique 06-07-2012 02:21 PM

Oh yes! Some really good stuff there, I jumped in with both feet and did a grabfest.
Pdurrant, you _were_ joking about emailing the publishers, I hope? :D

Btw, Esprit de Corps may well be a candidate for funniest book ever.....

koland 06-07-2012 02:39 PM

I've still got a few to download, but did get an error on several titles (many give errors trying to open the page for the book, but adding to library from the search and downloading from the library works for most).

Did anyone manage to get "The Somme Stations"? I would love to read it, but it seems to be quite stubborn in giving out error messages.

Fbone 06-07-2012 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by koland (Post 2107055)
I've still got a few to download, but did get an error on several titles (many give errors trying to open the page for the book, but adding to library from the search and downloading from the library works for most).

Did anyone manage to get "The Somme Stations"? I would love to read it, but it seems to be quite stubborn in giving out error messages.

The Somme Stations is priced at $5.99 for me.


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