FREE/BARGAIN — Science Fiction & Fantasy

[Tarana]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

This offer is only good for one more day.

Is anybody else having trouble trying to create an account? I've tried refreshing the screen repeatedly.

[DNSB]

For Book Bale, pretty much my reasoning. For $1.99, if I pick up 3 books in a month, it's a deal. If they don't have enough books that I want, my subscription will go the way of my KU subscription.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by Tarana

Is anybody else having trouble trying to create an account? I've tried refreshing the screen repeatedly.

I didn't have any trouble creating my account for what it's worth. I was using Edge at the time. I saw one report that a person using Firefox got an endless spinner at one point but that Opera worked for them.

[batpuppy]

I tried to create an account and it seem to work but when I try to login it says"This email doesn't match any account. Try again." .
So guess it does not work,
I tried to create the account a few times and it seem to work, no error messages until I try to login but apparently is not working anyway.
I tired with both Chrome and Edge with the same result.
So guess I have to do a pass on this as the website is not is not functional.

[Tarana]

Thanks DNSB. Switching to Edge worked fine. Yes, I had Firefox and that wasn't working.

[Ashartus]

Originally Posted by salty-horse

The Shades of Magic trilogy by V. E. Schwab are $3 each in the US. (Kobo, Amazon)
These are:
A Darker Shade of Magic
A Gathering of Shadows
A Conjuring of Light

Also on sale in Canada. I read the first one a couple of years ago and enjoyed it, been waiting for the other 2 to go on sale.

[batpuppy]

Originally Posted by Tarana

Thanks DNSB. Switching to Edge worked fine. Yes, I had Firefox and that wasn't working.

After seeing your post, I decided to try one more time.
This time it worked using chrome. I had tried 4 or 5 times before.

[Kindleing]

Originally Posted by batpuppy

After seeing your post, I decided to try one more time.
This time it worked using chrome. I had tried 4 or 5 times before.

Did you get any kind of confirmation? I have tried several times using both the latest Safari and Firefox on a Mac, but when I click "Submit" it just goes back to the main page with no indication anything happened. When I try to log in it gives the "Email doesn't match" message. I expected to get a verification email, but nothing.

It sounds like their website is broken.

[cromag]

Originally Posted by Tarana

Thanks DNSB. Switching to Edge worked fine. Yes, I had Firefox and that wasn't working.

Like others, I was not able to create an account using Firefox. I used Chrome and it worked without any complaints.

Once I had the account created I switched back to Firefox. I was able to log in and complete my first purchase. The books downloaded just fine and have already been through Calibre. (They are DRM-free, but I wanted to tweak some of the settings for my ereader.)

[Aleron Ives]

Originally Posted by Ashartus

Also on sale in Canada. I read the first one a couple of years ago and enjoyed it, been waiting for the other 2 to go on sale.

According to ERIQ, book 3 has never been this cheap before, either.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by Kindleing

Did you get any kind of confirmation? I have tried several times using both the latest Safari and Firefox on a Mac, but when I click "Submit" it just goes back to the main page with no indication anything happened. When I try to log in it gives the "Email doesn't match" message. I expected to get a verification email, but nothing.

It sounds like their website is broken.

I had to use Chrome. And wait a while for the page to refresh after submitting.

[salty-horse]

Originally Posted by Ashartus

I read the first one a couple of years ago and enjoyed it, been waiting for the other 2 to go on sale.

In case it interests you, Schwab is currently hosting a readalong on her youtube channel, to celebrate next month's release of the first book in a new trilogy set in the same world.

[salty-horse]

Hel's Eight by Stark Holborn is $2 in the US (Kobo, Amazon)
Sequel to Ten Low, but can be enjoyed without familiarity with the previous novel.

Ten “Doc” Low is a medic with a dark past, riding the wastes of the desert moon Factus, dispensing medicine to the needy and death to those who cross the laws of the mysterious Seekers. Cursed by otherworldly forces, she stays alone to keep herself safe, and to keep others safe from her… But when she experiences a terrifying vision of conflict, and foresees the deaths of those she once called friends, she must drag herself back to the land of living to stop a war before it begins.

With a rebellion brewing, the Accord’s grip on the Outer Moons weakening and a sinister tycoon buying up all the land in sight, Ten must find allies where she can and face the past, in order to save the future. Even if the cost might be greater than she could ever have imagined…

A wild, adrenaline-packed, whip-smart crash of storytelling and shoot-outs.

[salty-horse]

If you're looking for Book Bale recommendations, they have stuff by JABberwocky Literary Agency, which means Aliette de Bodard, Lavie Tidhar, Adam-Troy Castro, among others.

I didn't find other stuff that interest me, but it's deifnitely worth the sale price.

[Cactus Chef]

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir is on sale today for $2.99 from the vendors below:

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/project-hail-mary-1
https://www.amazon.com/Project-Hail-...dp/B08FHBV4ZX/
https://play.google.com/store/books/...hl=en_US&gl=US
https://books.apple.com/us/book/proj...y/id1526997052
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/pro...=9780593135211

Synopsis

**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of The Martian, a lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this “propulsive” (Entertainment Weekly), cinematic thriller full of suspense, humor, and fascinating science—in development as a major motion picture starring Ryan Gosling.

HUGO AWARD FINALIST • ONE OF THE YEAR’S BEST BOOKS: Bill Gates, GatesNotes, New York Public Library, Parade, Newsweek, Polygon, Shelf Awareness, She Reads, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal • “An epic story of redemption, discovery and cool speculative sci-fi.”—USA Today

“If you loved The Martian, you’ll go crazy for Weir’s latest.”—The Washington Post**

Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish.

Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it.

All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.

His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it’s up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery—and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.

And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he’s got to do it all alone.

Or does he?

An irresistible interstellar adventure as only Andy Weir could deliver, Project Hail Mary is a tale of discovery, speculation, and survival to rival The Martian—while taking us to places it never dreamed of going.