Even More Sony freebies

[tech_au]

Apart from the freebies highlighted by lisreed in another thread there are others.
One is on the front page and is the Fantasy Magazine 2008 Sampler(available till Dec 15th).
Also if you search you will also find Knife Music by David Carnoy and The Last Town on Earth by Thomas Mullen(orig $13.95 now free)
A total of 12 new freebies by Sony

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by tech_au

Apart from the freebies highlighted by lisreed in another thread there are others.
One is on the front page and is the Fantasy Magazine 2008 Sampler(available till Dec 15th).
Also if you search you will also find Knife Music by David Carnoy and The Last Town on Earth by Thomas Mullen(orig $13.95 now free)
A total of 12 new freebies by Sony

Got them. Thank you!

And the other 10 are....?


Don

[Elfwreck]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

Got them. Thank you!
And the other 10 are....?

Don

I found the following free books at the Sony bookstore (by opening every category and sorting by price). I tried to remove duplicates but may not have caught them all.

(Biography)
The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death: Reflections on Revenge, Germophobia, and Laser Hair Removal by Laurie Notaro

(Children)
Secret Vampire by L.J. Smith

(Entertainment)
Free-Range Chickens by Simon Rich

(Fiction & Literature)
Prague: A Novel by Arthur Phillips
The Whiskey Rebels: A Novel by David Liss
The Last Town on Earth: A Novel by Thomas Mullen

(Mystery & Thrillers)
Caught Stealing (also under Fiction & Literature) by Charlie Huston
Six Bad Things: A Novel (also under Fiction & Literature) by Charlie Huston
A Dangerous Man: A Novel by Charlie Huston
The Murder List by Julie Garwood
The Foreign Correspondent: A Novel (also under Fiction & Literature) by Alan Furst
Knife Music by David Carnoy

(Science Fiction & Fantasy)
Fantasy Magazine: 2008 Sampler by K. Tempest Bradford
Full-Blooded Fantasy: 8 Spellbinding Tales In Which Anything Is Possible by Nancy Farmer

[vivaldirules]

Sure would be nice if Sony would let people know about specials like these instead of having to pull out your machete and hack your way through to find them.

[mizo9999]

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Sure would be nice if Sony would let people know about specials like these instead of having to pull out your machete and hack your way through to find them.

if EVERYONE knew about the deal, then Sony would quicly run out of...wait.

[RCR]

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Sure would be nice if Sony would let people know about specials like these instead of having to pull out your machete and hack your way through to find them.

It's surprising. Poor marketing?

These are all good quality, current books. If Sony promoted these freebies in their advertising, they might sell more devices.

Does Amazon do a better job?

[Elfwreck]

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Sure would be nice if Sony would let people know about specials like these instead of having to pull out your machete and hack your way through to find them.

But hiding them gives you the thrill of discovery! That way, you know that ebook reading is an special club, and only the most ardent devotees will get the best deals!

That's how most businesses survive--by convincing their customers that the bargains at their store involve stealth and and cunning, so that only the most clever have access to them. This creates a feeling of elitism among their customers, which in turn convinces them to continue shopping at an establishment that treats them with the respect their cleverness deserves!

Isn't that how brick-and-mortar bookstores do it? Hide the bargain books in the middle of the other ones, so you have to pull them off the shelf to find out which ones have lower prices, so when you find a bargain, you feel like you've won a prize?

[nwinter]

so how do you sniff these out?

Natalie

[grooks]

The book 'Free-Range Chickens' by Simon Rich is very funny. It is only 133 pages on my Reader on the small font. It is all dialogue and each chapter is about 2 pages. Since it's a free download....worth every penny.

[Faenad]

Thanks. I now have them on my Reader.

Very nice freebies, too bad for Sony that they don't make more advertising for them.
I checked the latest Sony store newsletter, its only mentioned the fantasy magazine free download, and only at the end of the newsletter.

[winspiration]

I've downloaded all but The Last Town on Earth which wasn't showing as free - thank you very much indeed for the info!

[Elfwreck]

Originally Posted by winspiration

I've downloaded all but The Last Town on Earth which wasn't showing as free - thank you very much indeed for the info!

I missed it too--it was free in the morning; by the time I got back from work and had time to download, it was full price again.

And there was a banner ad on the first page, claiming 4 free books--only one of which was actually available as free.

[lilac_jive]

Thanks for the heads up! I snagged The Foreign Correspondent and Prague.

[DrMoze]

Originally Posted by nwinter

so how do you sniff these out?

Natalie

Click 'Specials' tab at top, then 'Bargain Priced' link on upper left, and there's a category mid-page of Free eBooks Bonanza that has most of the freebies.

[MidknytOwl]

Private by Kate Brian is free right now too. (Stumbled on it by accident)

Tradition, Honor, Excellence...and secrets so dark they're almost invisible

Fifteen-year-old Reed Brennan wins a scholarship to Easton Academy -- the golden ticket away from her pill-popping mother and run-of-the-mill suburban life. But when she arrives on the beautiful, tradition-steeped campus of Easton, everyone is just a bit more sophisticated, a bit more gorgeous, and a lot wealthier than she ever thought possible. Reed realizes that even though she has been accepted to Easton, Easton has not accepted her. She feels like she's on the outside, looking in.

Until she meets the Billings Girls.

They are the most beautiful, intelligent, and intensely confident girls on campus. And they know it. They hold all the power in a world where power is fleeting but means everything. Reed vows to do whatever it takes to be accepted into their inner circle.

Reed uses every part of herself -- the good, the bad, the beautiful -- to get closer to the Billings Girls. She quickly discovers that inside their secret parties and mountains of attitude, hanging in their designer clothing-packed closets the Billings Girls have skeletons. And they'll do anything to keep their secrets private.