I got signed up for the Book Bale thing on the last day, using Chrome, with no issues at all. Thanks for the notes from everyone indicating that Chrome seemed to be the way (or at least, one of the ways) to go.
One question though, is that I have received an invoice from Book Bale, showing the properly discounted price for my first month, but haven't received the coupon that I think I'm supposed to get, to actually check out with my books. Did I read that right, that I need a coupon for the month's allotment? And if so, how long has it taken others to get their coupon? I didn't see it either on the invoice or in the email.
And I also noted that it said that I have to use the whole coupon at one time, and I'm only secondarily a SF/fantasy reader, so wondering if other folks have recommendations of authors to try. I note someone mentioned Aliette de Bodard, and I really liked her Obsidian & Blood series, and have a few other books of hers, and will be happy to fill in there. And I noted some other authors already mentioned, but would definitely appreciate any more recommendations...