Content FREE (and bargain) books for the Kindle - February 2011

[koland]

the old version of this book has been removed by Amazon or the author. It's been re-issued with a new asin/link:

Origin Scroll (Targa Trilogy) , by Richard S. Tuttle

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Originally Posted by koland

Ravenous: A Food Lover's Journey from Obsession to Freedom, by Dayna Macy, is free on Kindle.

It's also available in the UK store.

[koland]

Heart of the Sea: An Others Bonus Story, by Christine Warren, is a free pre-order in the Kindle store. Not much of a description yet, but is most likely a between-the-novels short story in her Others series.

Book Description
In the world of the Others, affairs of the heart are no less complicated. Even when talented witch, Jenny Ferguson, gets caught in a questionable situation with a current friend and former lover by her fiancé no less, she might need more than magic to save her wedding day.

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Hydrofracked? One Man's Mystery Leads to a Backlash Against Natural Gas Drilling (Kindle Single) by Abrahm Lustgarten

Product Description
This Single is offered for free by ProPublica. You can support their award-winning journalism at: https://www.propublica.org/site/donate.

When the well water on Louis Meeks’ ranch turned brown and oily, he suspected that the thousands of natural gas wells dotting the once-empty Wyoming landscape were somehow to blame. The hard part was proving it. Meeks’ struggle to get the energy companies to take responsibility, meticulously documented through three years of investigative reporting by ProPublica’s Abrahm Lustgarten, coincide with a national uproar over the oil and gas drilling process called hydraulic fracturing – a technology that promises to open large new energy supplies, perhaps at the expense of the nation’s water.

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Originally Posted by koland

Ravenous: A Food Lover's Journey from Obsession to Freedom, by Dayna Macy, is free on Kindle.

No longer free, seem to have missed it by a day.

[koland]

Originally Posted by Forbid

No longer free, seem to have missed it by a day.

Yes, prices can change quickly. Still a bargain at $1.99, though.

For this morning, a couple from Bob Mayer for 99 cents each. One is backlist, written under pseudonym, the other appears to be from last year. You can find a lot of his backlist for 2.99.


ATLANTIS, by Greg Donegan, Robert Doherty and Bob Mayer

Book Description
By NY Times Bestselling Author Bob Mayer writing as Robert Doherty (author of the bestselling Area 51 series)

Over 1,000,000 copies sold! Amazon Hot 100 in print. Amazon Top 10 in Thriller.

“Spell-binding! Will keep you on the edge of your seat. Call it techno-thriller, call it science fiction, call it just terrific story-telling.” Terry Brooks, #1 NY Times Bestselling author of the Shannara series and Star Wars Phantom Menace

What if the Shadow that destroyed Atlantis 10,000 years ago, comes back to threaten our present world?

A war beyond time. An enemy beyond space. A thriller beyond your wildest dreams. Three areas on the Earth’s surface defy explanation: the Bermuda Triangle, the Devil’s Sea of Japan, and a small region of Cambodia. Inside these realms, planes have disappeared, ships have vanished, and, in Cambodia, an entire civilization has been lost leaving behind Angkor Wat.

In 1945, Training Flight 19 disappears in the Bermuda Triangle.
In 1963, the USS Thresher, a nuclear submarine, is lost under unusual circumstances, part of a secret government investigation into mysterious gates.
Near the end of of the Vietnam War, Green Beret Eric Dane led a team of operatives deep into Cambodia and encountered a strange fog near the legendary city of Angkor Kol Ker. His entire team disappears, attacked by strange creatures out of the fog. Only Dane survives to return.

Now a plane goes down. In the same area Dane lost his team. He’s called back. To find out who is the darkness behind these gates to our planet. What does this Shadow force want? It is a threat that will take on the world’s greatest military forces and defeat them. A power that will overwhelm our science and technology. A merciless enemy that will lead Dane—and the whole planet—into the final desperate battle for survival.

If you enjoyed LOST, you’ll love this book and be amazed at the similarities in concept (although this book was published before Lost).


Chasing the Ghost (Black Ops), by Bob Mayer

Book Description
Covert operative Horace Chase has been chasing ghosts his entire life.

First, his Medal-of-Honor winner father who died in Vietnam without ever meeting his son. And left him the legacy of an automatic appointment to the Military Academy at West Point which shaped the next thirty-five years of Chase's life. Then, the ghost of his mother, who died while he was at war in Afghanistan and wounded, causing him to resign his commission and return to the United States, a lost soul.

Chase now wears two hats as a Federal counter-terrorism liaison to the local police department in Boulder, Colorado where he becomes embroiled in two seemingly un-related cases. Working as a detective with Boulder PD he chases another death, this one the apparent rape/murder of Rachel Stevens, an upscale housewife attending night classes at the University of Colorado. And with his counter-terrorism team he is embroiled in a series of killings involving a militia group, a rogue ex-Special Forces officer, a psychopathic ex-CIA contract mercenary, and ruthless drug runners.

From the streets of Boulder, to the highest railroad tunnel in the world, to a swingers club hiding in plain site in suburbia, Afghanistan starts to look pretty good to Chase.

[koland]

Publish on Amazon Kindle with Kindle Direct Publishing, by Amazon.com, has been re-issued with a new ASIN, still free. The previous ASIN had seen at least one full revision and title change, but it looks like Amazon noticed that you could not get your version automatically updated, so this time they changed the ASIN.

Book Description
A free guide to publishing your book on Kindle with Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). KDP is a fast and easy self-publishing tool that lets anyone upload and format their titles for sale in the Kindle Store.

It's Your Thing.
Have a book you want to sell? Sign up with Kindle Direct Publishing and publish your content in the Amazon Kindle Store.

Do It.
If you have an Amazon.com account, you're already signed up with Kindle Direct Publishing. Start publishing now!

Your Way.
Kindle Direct Publishing gives you everything you need to become your own publisher today. See for yourself.

[koland]

There are now eight total language training apps out for Kindle, all from 24/7. Each language has a pair of apps, each of is which is priced at $3.99. These are targeted at reading comprehension (there doesn't appear to be support yet for Kindle Apps to use the speaker, which would allow pronunciation guides). Since the description is nearly identical for each title, I'm only going to include the first one, but there are links for all of the languages (so far) available.

24-7 French - Vocabulary and 24-7 French - Basic Phrases
24-7 German - Vocabulary and 24-7 German - Basic Phrases
24-7 Italian - Vocabulary and 24-7 Italian - Basic Phrases
24-7 Spanish - Vocabulary and 24-7 Spanish - Basic Phrases

App Description
Learn French/German/Italian/Spanish with your own personal language tutor.

24-7 French/German/Italian/Spanish - Vocabulary is a fun way to learn a language. Going beyond a phrasebook or set of flashcards, this title provides a set of interactive study tools to help you learn the language, including traditional flashcards, a multiple choice quiz, an entertaining hangman-style game, and a write-in quiz to test language recall.

Content includes basic vocabulary organized in 22 categories including Family & Friends, Travel, Home, Office, School, Countryside, Around Town, Other Nouns, Food & Drink, Clothing, Weather, Time & Date, Pronouns, Adjectives, Opposites, Colors, Descriptives and Numbers. French - French/German/Italian/Spanish is different from 24-7's other language tutor title French/German/Italian/Spanish - Basic Phrases in that it provides basic vocabulary terms versus full phrases.

24-7 French/German/Italian/Spanish - Basic Phrases is a fun way to learn a language. Going beyond a phrasebook or set of flashcards, this title provides a set of interactive study tools to help you learn the language, including traditional flashcards, a multiple choice quiz, an entertaining hangman-style game, and a write-in quiz to test language recall.

Content includes conversational phrases organized in 12 categories including First Phrases, Greetings, Getting to Know, Communication, Questions, Wants, Needs, Feelings, Common Expressions, Interjections, To Go, and other common and miscellaneous phrases. French/German/Italian/Spanish - Basic Phrases is different from 24-7's other language tutor title French/German/Italian/Spanish - Vocabulary in that it provides full phrases versus basic vocabulary terms.

French/German/Italian/Spanish - Vocabulary is a useful tool for beginners who may wish to refresh basic [language] skills, and a great companion for a trip in a [non-English]-speaking country.

If your language skills are a little more advanced (or English isn't your first language), you might want to venture into the world of Foreign Language Kindle eBooks (or, at least foreign to most of those born in Amazon's native land). What you may not have realized is that Amazon has a page to spotlight some of them, making a few of them easier to find, with a link for each of five languages that will display the books that have been marked for each specific native tongue.

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Riven by Jerry B. Jenkins

Product Description
When a condemned man with nothing to lose meets one with nothing to gain, everyone washed by the endless ripples of that encounter will forever recall the day a little bit of heaven invaded a whole lot of hell. Brady Wayne Darby and Thomas Carey could hardly have been more disparate individuals. Yet when Darby, a no-account loser raised in a dingy suburban trailer park, encounters Carey, a weary man of God, an entire--state indeed, a nation--is affected. Embark on a wondrous journey where death, guilt, and despair are unfathomably trumped by rebirth, forgiveness, and hope.

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Gray Matter by Joel Kilpatrick and David Levy (Pre-order)

Product Description

A perfect blend of medical drama and spiritual insight, Gray Matter is a fascinating account of Dr. David Levy’s decision to begin asking his patients if he could pray for them before surgery. Some are thrilled. Some are skeptical. Some are hostile, and some are quite literally transformed by the request.
Each chapter focuses on a specific case, opening with a detailed description of the patient’s diagnosis and the procedure that will need to be performed, followed by the prayer “request.” From there, readers get to look over Dr. Levy’s shoulder as he performs the operation, and then we wait—right alongside Dr. Levy, the patients, and their families—to see the final results.
Dr. Levy’s musings on what successful and unsuccessful surgical results imply about God, faith, and the power of prayer are honest and insightful. As we watch him come to his ultimate conclusion that no matter what the results of the procedure are, “God is good,” we cannot help but be truly moved and inspired.

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Whisper on the Wind by Maureen Lang

Product Description
In Brussels at the height of WWI, a small, underground newspaper is the only thing offering the occupied city hope—and real news of the war. The paper may be a small whisper amid the shouts of the German army, but Edward Kirkland will do anything to keep it in print. Meanwhile, Isa Lassone, a Belgian-American socialite whose parents whisked her to safety at the start of the war, sneaks back into the country to rescue those dearest to her: Edward and his mother. But Edward refuses to go, and soon Isa is drawn into his secret life printing the newspaper . . . And into his heart.

[koland]

How to Make Money with Social Media: An Insider's Guide on Using New and Emerging Media to Grow Your Business, by Jamie Turner and Reshma Shah, is a repeat freebie on Kindle.

Book Description
Want to earn big profits from social media?

Now, there’s an authoritative, up-to-the-minute resource you can trust–and use.

This in-the-trenches guide is written by experts who’ve developed money-making marketing campaigns for many of the world’s largest companies. Jamie Turner and Reshma Shah, Ph.D., combine practical strategies and proven execution techniques to show how to avoid crucial pitfalls that other companies have encountered, how to make the most of limited resources, and how to strengthen your brand instead of placing it at risk.

Turner and Shah present realistic guidance for setting objectives, assessing competitors, crafting strategies, selecting platforms, integrating social media into broader marketing programs, and effectively measuring results. Whether you’re a marketer, executive, or entrepreneur, this book will help you drive maximum business value from social media–starting right now.


Circle of Friends Cookbook 25 Slow Cooker Recipes, by Gooseberry Patch

Book Description
Want to save time in the kitchen without sacrificing slow-simmered taste? Put your slow-cooker to work with these 25 recipes bound to become family favorites. Enjoy Easy Chili Rellenos, Vickie's Shredded Chicken Sandwiches, JoAnn's Country Corn Pudding, Triple Chocolate Cake and 21 more!


Good, Better, Best Buy is a business short from New Word City.

Book Description
For any company contemplating a major course correction, the tale of Best Buy is instructive. It illustrates both the size of the opportunities and the range of difficulties an organization can encounter in accomplishing transformative change. And the story is still being written. In the current economic downturn, with discretionary purchases like electronics plunging, Best Buy’s transformation is being put to the test with encouraging results. Here’s what you can learn.

For years, Best Buy thrived as one of America’s leading national electronics retail chains. It had built its reputation and market share over three-and-a-half decades, along the way embracing the big-box superstore and the growing line of electronic products within. Indeed, the company and its employees were focused on the bevy of products Best Buy offered, which was fine with its tech-savvy customers. But, as rapidly evolving technology added more and more sophisticated products to retailers’ shelves, the ranks of the not-so-savvy began to expand.

Then came the day in 2002 when Best Buy’s new chief executive realized the need for change—big change. In the years since, the company has remade itself into an organization that concentrates relentlessly on its customers.


PR 2.0: New Media, New Tools, New Audiences, by Deirdre Breakenridge

Book Description
The New Future of Public Relations!

In today’s Web 2.0 world, traditional methods of communication won’t reach your audiences, much less convince them. Here’s the good news: Powerful new tools offer you an unprecedented opportunity to start a meaningful two-way conversation with everyone who matters to you. In PR 2.0, Deirdre Breakenridge helps you master these tools and use them to the fullest possible advantage in all your public relations work.

You’ll learn the best ways to utilize blogs, social networking, online newswires, RSS technology, podcasts, and the rest of today’s Web 2.0 tools. Breakenridge shows how to choose the right strategies for each PR scenario and environment, keep the best Web 1.0 tools, and stop using outmoded tactics that have rapidly become counterproductive.

Breakenridge introduces an extraordinary array of new PR best practices, including setting up online newsrooms, using visual and social media in releases, and leveraging new online research and analytics tools. She offers powerful new ways to think about PR, plan for it, and react to the new PR challenges the Web presents. Breakenridge also includes interviews with today’s leading PR 2.0 practitioners.


Breakthrough!: How the 10 Greatest Discoveries in Medicine Saved Millions and Changed Our View of the World, by Jon Queijo, is a repeat freebie on Kindle.

Book Description
10 World-Changing Revolutions in Medicine...and the Remarkable Human Discoveries That Made Them Possible

* The unforgettable life-or-death stories behind antibiotics, vaccines, DNA, X-rays, and more
* What happened, how it happened, and what it means to you today
* A colorful cast of characters whose discoveries were often driven not only by personal tragedy, curiosity, and hard work, but petty bickering, dumb luck, and a healthy dose of humor
* For anyone interested in science, medicine, and beyond...

Why are you alive right now? Chances are, you owe your life to one of the remarkable medical discoveries in this book. Maybe it was vaccines. Or antibiotics. Or X-rays. Revolutionary medical breakthroughs like these haven’t just changed the way we treat disease, they’ve transformed how we understand ourselves and the world we live in. In Breakthrough!, Jon Queijo tells the hidden stories behind 10 of history’s most amazing medical discoveries. This isn’t dry history: These are life-and-death mysteries uncovered, tales of passionate, often-mocked individuals who stood their ground and were proven right. From germs to genetics, the ancient Hippocrates to the cutting edge, these are stories that have changed the world—and, quite likely, saved your life.


The Truth About the New Rules of Business Writing , by Natalie Canavor and Claire Meirowitz, is a repeat freebie on Kindle.

Book Description
Business writing that packs a punch: Make the most of your message to get what you want!

* The truth about supercharging your business writing
* The truth about writing directly, clearly, and convincingly
* The truth about writing in today’s varied business formats

This book reveals 52 proven, bite-size, easy-to-use business writing techniques that work


How to Innovate in Marketing , by Rawn Shah, Monique Reece and Michael Tasner, is a collection of three business books from FT Press.

Book Description
A brand new collection of essential insights for your business and career from world-renowned experts…now in a convenient e-format, at a great price!

Breakthrough marketing techniques for reigniting growth and profitability! Real-time marketing, social networking, Web 3.0, and more!

Three full books of proven solutions for driving breakthrough growth and profitability! Master a six-step strategy for real-time marketing that reignites growth… choose the right social networking tools and resources for your business… reach and motivate customers using advanced Web 3.0 marketing techniques your competitors haven’t discovered yet… and much more!

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There's a new trivia game out for the Kindle, Ultimate Sci-Fi Quiz ($1.99), from HandyX

Book Description
Ultimate Sci-Fi Quiz is a trivia game for science fiction buffs. Do you think you know Star Wars from Star Trek, or Alien from Avatar?

Test your science fiction knowledge with 1,000 questions about sci-fi movies and TV shows from past to present. Questions are drawn from topics such as Back to the Future, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Blade Runner, Forbidden Planet, The Fly, E.T., Terminator, X-Files, Dr. Who, Space 1999, The Twilight Zone, The Matrix, and Jurassic Park. Answer sets of questions ranging from easy to hard, in rounds of 10, or in a continuous stream. Or turn on a question countdown timer for an even greater challenge. Be warned, you may be surprised at how challenging some of the more difficult questions may be!

Do you have what it takes to answer them all?

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There's a whole bunch of new freebies for those in the UK (Amazon Kindle)

She Walks in Beauty by Siri Mitchell (Amazon UK, Amazon Main)

Somewhere to Belong by Judith Miller (Amazon UK, Amazon Main)

Whisper on the Wind by Maureen Lang (Amazon UK)

The Secret (Seasons of Grace, Book 1) by Beverly Lewis (Amazon UK, Amazon Main)

What A Demon Wants by Kathy Love (Amazon UK, Amazon Main)

You Can't Stop Me by Max Allan Collins and Matthew Clemens (Amazon UK, Amazon Main)

Darcy's Voyage (Pride & Prejudice Continues) by Kara Louise (Amazon UK, Amazon Main)

Antiques Roadkill: A Trash 'n' Treasures Mystery by Barbara Allan (Amazon UK, Amazon Main)

Michal: A Novel (The Wives of King David) by Jill Eileen Smith (Amazon UK, Amazon Main)

Riven by Jerry B. Jenkins (Amazon UK)

Healing For a Broken World: Christian Perspective on Public Policy by Steve Monsma (Amazon UK, Amazon Main)

Last Night's Kiss by Shirley Hailstock (Amazon UK, Amazon Main)

Love Me If You Must (Patricia Amble Mystery Series #1) by Nicole Young (Amazon UK, Amazon Main)

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Slingo (A Game for Kindle) by Gameblend Studios is discounted to $0.99 (from $3.99) until March 13

Product Description
Discounted to $0.99 for a limited time (offer ends March 13). Slingo is the unique and exciting combination of classic favorites Bingo and Slots.

The objective of Slingo is to accumulate the highest number of points. Spin and match the reel numbers to the numbers on the 5x5 card, trying to cover all the numbers in 20 spins or less. Earn a "Slingo" and huge bonus points when you match 5 numbers in a row. Slingos can be horizontal, vertical or diagonal.

In addition to number matches, players can earn special reel icons. The joker can match any number in the column, coins earn bonus points, and free spins will save you points. But watch out for the devil, who takes half your score...

Slingo for Kindle is perfect for a quick play or long sessions. All game stats and high scores are tracked, and unique award challenges will keep you coming back for more.

Can you top the high score? Try your luck and take a spin today!