FREE/BARGAIN - Romance + Discussion - 2014 - Page 59

KyBunnies · 11-23-2014, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Blossom

I get error adding to library but then it shows it's in the library but when I go to my library page it's not there.

Click on the Purchased Items tab and you will be able to download the book.

ScalyFreak · 11-23-2014, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by KyBunnies

Click on the Purchased Items tab and you will be able to download the book.

I tried that, but it took until now for it to actually show up there. Maybe it's just slow.

Britomart · 11-23-2014, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by briefcandles

Free @ Kobo

My Hero by Glynnis Campbell (Book 1 of The Knights of De Ware)
Originally published by Jove - no, really! - in 2000

To all those who couldn't download it at Kobo: It's also available for free at Smashwords, downloadable without problem.

ScalyFreak · 11-23-2014, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Britomart

To all those who couldn't download it at Kobo: It's also available for free at Smashwords, downloadable without problem.

Thank you much! Karma for that one

Terisa de morgan · 11-23-2014, 01:27 PM

My summary this week is brief. No purchased book and a flood of Nalini Singh's. I'm waiting for the book next week and.... I want Naasir's story.

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FizzyWater · 11-23-2014, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Britomart

To all those who couldn't download it at Kobo: It's also available for free at Smashwords, downloadable without problem.

Heads up to folks going to Smashwords. I don't know what criteria it is, but sometimes books offered for free that you add to your library don't stay free in the library. They change to "buy now" links. So be sure to download your free books right away when you select them, just in case they happen to be the kind that don't truly stay in your library after the deal is expired.

library addict · 11-23-2014, 02:26 PM

Weekly Report:

No new purchases for me either. Just added one freebie.

Read:

Unwrapping Her Perfect Match (London Legends 3.5) by Kat Latham (B/4 stars)
The Best Thing (Kent Brothers #3) by Jaci Burton (B-/3 stars)
In the Clear (Winter Rescue #1) by Tamara Morgan (C-/2 stars)
All I Want for Christmas by Kelly Jamieson (B-/3 stars)
The Wedding Night by Jayne Ann Krentz (B+/4 stars)
Too Much to Handle (Bluff City #1.5) by Nicole Helm (B/4 stars)

ETA: I did get the new Calibre library set up relatively quickly (took me about 3 hours most of that just double checking everything). So now I have 4 Calibre libraries: Calibre Library, Calibre Vault, Calibre Warehouse, and Calibre Undetermined.

I add almost all of the books* first to Calibre Warehouse which includes a custom column for where the book was purchased (or a freebie from). Then the book is copied to either the main Calibre Library (where most of books are kept and all included on my Sony even though I don’t use that device as much as I used to), the Calibre Vault (books by authors I just don’t reread very often but I want to keep. It used to be only books I’ve read but now includes some still in my TBR), or the new Calibre Undetermined which is where I keep the books by new-to-me authors. Once I’ve read a book here it will be moved to either the main library, the vault, or simply deleted.

*There are some books in my main library which are not in the Warehouse. These are books I’ve created myself from free website short stories or deleted scenes (such as all of Nalini Singh’s Phy/Changeling stuff, free on-line reads at Harlequin which are part of series, etc).

The Calibre Library and Calibre Vault both have custom columns for Grade (letter grade to go with the star rating), Date First Read, and Read (yes/no column but either blank or green checkmark for Yes). The Vault also has a custom column for Archive Date.

All in all, I think I'm done tweaking. I sure hope so anyway. Though I did plan all of the tags I wanted to use before I started using Calibre (I am super strict about them), I couldn't have planned the custom column stuff even if I'd wanted to as Calibre didn't have the feature back when I started using it. So my comfort level and organizational efforts have grown along with the program.

Blossom · 11-23-2014, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by FizzyWater

Heads up to folks going to Smashwords. I don't know what criteria it is, but sometimes books offered for free that you add to your library don't stay free in the library. They change to "buy now" links. So be sure to download your free books right away when you select them, just in case they happen to be the kind that don't truly stay in your library after the deal is expired.

The only way to keep a free book from Smashwords is to buy it or get it free with coupon code.

Britomart · 11-23-2014, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Blossom

The only way to keep a free book from Smashwords is to buy it or get it free with coupon code.

That's not my experience: I usually add free books to my Smashwords library and download them at the same time, but once I have added them to my library I have been able to download them again any later time I wanted, no matter if the price had risen again since then.

library addict · 11-23-2014, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Britomart

That's not my experience: I usually add free books to my Smashwords library and download them at the same time, but once I have added them to my library I have been able to download them again any later time I wanted, no matter if the price had risen again since then.

At Smashwords, the freebies I've added without a coupon are in the Added Books section of my library. Those I've added with a coupon are in the Purchased Books section of my library.

BuyMore · 11-23-2014, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by library addict

Nope, it's her first book with Carina Press. The series is:

1) Midnight Man [Apr 2003]
2) Midnight Run [Feb 2004]
3) Midnight Angel [Aug 2005]
3.5) Midnight Shadows [Jan 2014]
4) Midnight Vengeance [Aug 2014]
5) Midnight Promises [Jan 2015]

I haven't read the novella yet as it is only available at Amazon. It was at B&N, but doesn't appear to be so now. The author said it would be at Kobo and ARe, so I'm still waiting.

The first three books are still for sale from Ellora's Cave. So buying them now will depend upon how you feel about the lawsuit.

Thanks!

Exactly! I'm not sure if I want to buy from Ellora's Cave. And their books are often much more pricey.

Froide · 11-23-2014, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by FizzyWater

Heads up to folks going to Smashwords. I don't know what criteria it is, but sometimes books offered for free that you add to your library don't stay free in the library. They change to "buy now" links. So be sure to download your free books right away when you select them, just in case they happen to be the kind that don't truly stay in your library after the deal is expired.

This has been my experience, too. What a PITA.

apesmom · 11-24-2014, 12:59 AM

Entangled Brazen freebie

Down for the Count (Dare Me #1) by Christine Bell
Kindle | Google

Quote:

Truth or dare...

When Lacey Garrity finds her groom in flagrante delicto in the reception hall closet with her bridesmaid, she's saved by her best friend's older brother--childhood tormentor, crush, and boxing bad boy Galen Thomas. Galen's solution to her problem is both exciting and dangerous. What better way to forget the mess of her life than go on her honeymoon with a hot guy who can't promise anything beyond today?

...or TKO?

Galen had been counting on Lacey's wedding to put her out of reach--and out of his mind--once and for all, but their steamy Puerto Rican escape is testing all his boundaries. Now that Lacey's embracing her inner bad girl, Galen is tempted to throw in the towel and claim her for himself. But with the biggest fight of his career on the line and an important business merger threatening to derail Lacey's resolve, their romance might be down for the count before it even begins.

ATDrake · 11-24-2014, 01:17 PM

Free from the author via KDP Select @ Amazon:

Rosebud by Faye Adams, 1st in her Triple X Texas Women trilogy of f/m Civil War-set wild western historical romances, which sound like they should be a lot pornier (and more f/f-action oriented) then they probably actually are, this installment originally out from Pocket Books in 1994.

The Triple X cattle ranch is Rachel’s. Her parents are buried in its hot Texas soil. Her own blood, sweat and tears have mixed with the dirt beneath her feet. She’s strong, independent, intelligent, beautiful and completely capable of running the ranch alone…and that’s the way she likes it. She certainly doesn’t need a partner, not even a handsome, sexy partner who seems to have a legal right to claim half ownership in her ranch. She’s determined to rid herself of this nuisance, even if she has to shoot him to get him off her land. The fact that their standoff is heated by lust only aggravates her more.

Sin has nothing left. The Civil War is winding down to a sad ending and this chance at the Triple X is his last. But Rachel is a surprise. He’s never met anyone like her. She doesn’t need his….or any man’s help running the Triple X. But maybe she needs something else from him?

Free from the author via KDP Select @ Amazon:

Taken by the Beast by Dawn Michelle, a prequel to her Claimed by the Beast series of f/m (maybe f/m/m) historical paranormal apparently-shapeshifter romances that probably are as porny as they sound, out from small publisher Novel Concepts, who used to be available on Fictionwise.

Adrian and Guntar came from the old world. Natives of central Europe, they escaped the cruel slaughter of their kind and fled to the new world in search of a new life and new love. A native woman, beautiful and wise beyond her years, soon caught Adrian in her spell.

Content with the fruitful lives of fur traders, and with a young woman to soon call wife, both men were caught unawares when war broke out. The American revolution brought more than unrest, it brought reinforcements from England that included the very threats they'd fled from. Harassed again in America, they must choose whether they have room left to run, or if it's time to stand and face the greatest monster their kind has ever known.

Free from the author via KDP Select @ Amazon:

Tides of Autumn by Amanda McIntyre, an f/m contemporary romantic suspense. McIntyre has had stories appear in anthologies by small press Decadent Publishing (who've given us a fair amount of KDP Select freebies in the past), and a novel paperbacked by Venus Press in the mid-2000s.

Sometimes the tide brings in the unexpected...

Recently widowed, Darci Cunningham swims against popular current that she should take her time and heal after the sudden death of her husband. But in a bold turn, she decides to follow a dream set aside and moves to Mackinac Island to pursue her dream of writing.But as she prepares for her first winter on the island, she is unaware of the dangers that have washed ashore--one that may steal her heart, while the other may steal her life.

Blossom · 11-24-2014, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Britomart

That's not my experience: I usually add free books to my Smashwords library and download them at the same time, but once I have added them to my library I have been able to download them again any later time I wanted, no matter if the price had risen again since then.

Hmm I've never had that happen for me. Books added I can only download while free.

11-23-2014, 02:26 PM	#877
library addict Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,123 Karma: 37197878 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: USA Device: Nexus 7 2, Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8" (retired=Sony PRS650, Kobo Mini)	Weekly Report: No new purchases for me either. Just added one freebie. Read: Unwrapping Her Perfect Match (London Legends 3.5) by Kat Latham (B/4 stars) The Best Thing (Kent Brothers #3) by Jaci Burton (B-/3 stars) In the Clear (Winter Rescue #1) by Tamara Morgan (C-/2 stars) All I Want for Christmas by Kelly Jamieson (B-/3 stars) The Wedding Night by Jayne Ann Krentz (B+/4 stars) Too Much to Handle (Bluff City #1.5) by Nicole Helm (B/4 stars) ETA: I did get the new Calibre library set up relatively quickly (took me about 3 hours most of that just double checking everything). So now I have 4 Calibre libraries: Calibre Library, Calibre Vault, Calibre Warehouse, and Calibre Undetermined. I add almost all of the books* first to Calibre Warehouse which includes a custom column for where the book was purchased (or a freebie from). Then the book is copied to either the main Calibre Library (where most of books are kept and all included on my Sony even though I don’t use that device as much as I used to), the Calibre Vault (books by authors I just don’t reread very often but I want to keep. It used to be only books I’ve read but now includes some still in my TBR), or the new Calibre Undetermined which is where I keep the books by new-to-me authors. Once I’ve read a book here it will be moved to either the main library, the vault, or simply deleted. There are some books in my main library which are not in the Warehouse. These are books I’ve created myself from free website short stories or deleted scenes (such as all of Nalini Singh’s Phy/Changeling stuff, free on-line reads at Harlequin which are part of series, etc). The Calibre Library and Calibre Vault both have custom columns for Grade (letter grade to go with the star rating), Date First Read, and Read (yes/no column but either blank or green checkmark for Yes). The Vault also has a custom column for Archive Date. All in all, I think I'm done tweaking. I sure hope so anyway. Though I did plan all of the tags I wanted to use before I started using Calibre (I am super strict about them), I couldn't have planned the custom column stuff even if I'd wanted to as Calibre didn't have the feature back when I started using it. So my comfort level and organizational efforts have grown along with the program. Last edited by library addict; 11-23-2014 at 02:48 PM.*

11-24-2014, 01:17 PM	#884
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	Free from the author via KDP Select @ Amazon: Rosebud by Faye Adams, 1st in her Triple X Texas Women trilogy of f/m Civil War-set wild western historical romances, which sound like they should be a lot pornier (and more f/f-action oriented) then they probably actually are, this installment originally out from Pocket Books in 1994. The Triple X cattle ranch is Rachel’s. Her parents are buried in its hot Texas soil. Her own blood, sweat and tears have mixed with the dirt beneath her feet. She’s strong, independent, intelligent, beautiful and completely capable of running the ranch alone…and that’s the way she likes it. She certainly doesn’t need a partner, not even a handsome, sexy partner who seems to have a legal right to claim half ownership in her ranch. She’s determined to rid herself of this nuisance, even if she has to shoot him to get him off her land. The fact that their standoff is heated by lust only aggravates her more. Sin has nothing left. The Civil War is winding down to a sad ending and this chance at the Triple X is his last. But Rachel is a surprise. He’s never met anyone like her. She doesn’t need his….or any man’s help running the Triple X. But maybe she needs something else from him? Free from the author via KDP Select @ Amazon: Taken by the Beast by Dawn Michelle, a prequel to her Claimed by the Beast series of f/m (maybe f/m/m) historical paranormal apparently-shapeshifter romances that probably are as porny as they sound, out from small publisher Novel Concepts, who used to be available on Fictionwise. Adrian and Guntar came from the old world. Natives of central Europe, they escaped the cruel slaughter of their kind and fled to the new world in search of a new life and new love. A native woman, beautiful and wise beyond her years, soon caught Adrian in her spell. Content with the fruitful lives of fur traders, and with a young woman to soon call wife, both men were caught unawares when war broke out. The American revolution brought more than unrest, it brought reinforcements from England that included the very threats they'd fled from. Harassed again in America, they must choose whether they have room left to run, or if it's time to stand and face the greatest monster their kind has ever known. Free from the author via KDP Select @ Amazon: Tides of Autumn by Amanda McIntyre, an f/m contemporary romantic suspense. McIntyre has had stories appear in anthologies by small press Decadent Publishing (who've given us a fair amount of KDP Select freebies in the past), and a novel paperbacked by Venus Press in the mid-2000s. Sometimes the tide brings in the unexpected... Recently widowed, Darci Cunningham swims against popular current that she should take her time and heal after the sudden death of her husband. But in a bold turn, she decides to follow a dream set aside and moves to Mackinac Island to pursue her dream of writing.But as she prepares for her first winter on the island, she is unaware of the dangers that have washed ashore--one that may steal her heart, while the other may steal her life. Last edited by ATDrake; 11-24-2014 at 01:52 PM. Reason: Wrong preposition. At least it wasn't a proposition.

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11-23-2014, 01:27 PM	#875
Terisa de morgan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,637 Karma: 12595249 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Madrid, Spain Device: Kobo Clara/Aura One/Forma,XiaoMI 5, iPad, Huawei MediaPad, YotaPhone 2	My summary this week is brief. No purchased book and a flood of Nalini Singh's. I'm waiting for the book next week and.... I want Naasir's story.