I did respond on Oct 31st at 11 PM. It didn't say the first 500 or limited to any other limitation.
> Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 15:54:38 -0800
> From:
mc@smashwords.com
> To:
dennisvjames@hotmail.com
> Subject: Re: Comment:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/5441
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> Sorry about that...
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> The authors had a limited time coupon.
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> Welcome to Smashwords, though!
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> Mark
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dennisvjames@hotmail.com wrote:
> > Smashwords Site Comment
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> > From:
dennisvjames@hotmail.com
> > User: (dvjames)
> > IP: 24.16.194.193
> > URL:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/5441
> >
> > Comment:
> > hummm....came up based on free books as noted on mobileread and it says
> > "Sorry, that code is either invalid or expired." bummer...
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> >
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