Free/Bargain Christian Interest, July 2014

[KyBunnies]

I was just going to do this for the older ladies at church that do not know how to search. I am sure you understand what I mean.

It may be easier for me to just have a small newsletter and send out each day to them.

Thanks I did not know that about the advance search.

[Loosheesh]

I just discovered a goldmine and need someone to come take my credit card away from me

Someone I follow on Twitter posted this lovely innocent-looking tweet: "Huge e-book sale at @wtsbooks" followed by a link. At first I was baffled; to my knowledge, the Westminister Bookstore didn't sell ebooks. But, curious as a cat as usual (ok, it was the word "sale" that did it ), I forwarded the tweet to my email. As soon as I got home I checked it out and, et voilà, a goldmine of many great books at only $1.99!! And the best part is, they're DRM-free, so very convertable to epub (they're mobi files). I've already bought, cough, a few. Only a little over 300 books available for now but, according to the ebooks info page, they're testing the waters before expanding. And they do gift certificates, for those who care about such.

Here is the link to the ebooks, and a link to the info page. I'm going back to look around some more

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Loosheesh

I just discovered a goldmine and need someone to come take my credit card away from me

Someone I follow on Twitter posted this lovely innocent-looking tweet: "Huge e-book sale at @wtsbooks" followed by a link. At first I was baffled; to my knowledge, the Westminister Bookstore didn't sell ebooks. But, curious as a cat as usual (ok, it was the word "sale" that did it ), I forwarded the tweet to my email. As soon as I got home I checked ithttps://www2.mobileread.com/i/smiliesadd1/help.gif out and, et voilà, a goldmine of many great books at only $1.99!! And the best part is, they're DRM-free, so very convertable to epub (they're mobi files). I've already bought, cough, a few. Only a little over 300 books available for now but, according to the ebooks info page, they're testing the waters before expanding. And they do gift certificates, for those who care about such.

Here is the link to the ebooks, and a link to the info page. I'm going back to look around some more

Being the nice guy that I am, I will volunteer to take your credit card. I will want your PIN number too, of course.

Great post. I am on Westminster Book Store's email mailing list, but I haven't been checking my email much the last few days.

I almost wish that I had not read your post. I am like a child in a candy store when it comes to ebook sales, especially when it comes to religious ebooks. My budget is already busted and I'm sure that I'll have to mortgage this house if this sale is as good as it sounds.

A heads up: WTS's BS also has free ebooks occasionally. I've forgotten now how I've learned of new ones; I'll try to find out.

[Loosheesh]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Being the nice guy that I am, I will volunteer to take your credit card. I will want your PIN number too, of course.

Nooo, not the PIN number too!

Enjoy the sale!

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Loosheesh

. . . .
Enjoy the sale!

I'm enjoying it too much.

This is a really great sale! I can't believe the number of books that they have in it. And they're all great quality, so far--and I'm still in the 90% and 80% off selections.

[KyBunnies]

Free: Spotting the Sacred: Noticing God in the Most Unlikely Places by Bruce D. Main


Published by Baker Books 2006

Most people these days are overwhelmed by the busyness of life, and so they often miss the little evidences of God's presence and activity around them. In contrast, Jesus led a full life but never hurried. He took time to notice his surroundings, and he often saw and then pointed out great spiritual truths in the everyday experiences of life. Using Jesus as a model, Bruce Main explores the act of noticing as a means for spiritual growth. Filled with engaging, often poignant stories that illustrate acts of godly virtue, Spotting the Sacred will challenge and encourage readers to go through their day more attuned to God's work in their lives and the lives of others.

[KyBunnies]

Cross posting for those who might not visit the romance thread

Free: Pattern for Romance: Quilts of Love Series by Carla Olson Gade

Publisher: Abingdon Press 2013

Honour Metcalf’s quilting needlework is admired by a wealthy customer of the
Boston Mantua-maker for whom she works. In need of increasing her earnings, she
agrees to create an elaborate white work bridal quilt for the dowager’s niece. A
beautiful design emerges as she carefully stitches the intricate patterns and she
begins to dream of fashioning a wedding quilt of her own. When Honour is falsely
accused of thievery and finds herself in a perilous position, merchant tailor Joshua
Sutton comes to her aid. As he risks his relationships, reputation, and livelihood
to prove her innocence, the two discover a grander plan—a design for love.

I love this series but that is me

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Loosheesh

I just discovered a goldmine . . . .
Someone I follow on Twitter posted this lovely innocent-looking tweet: "Huge e-book sale at @wtsbooks . . . ."

Did the Twitter post mention when the sale ended? It's going to take a while for me to go through all of the books (researching ones that I'm not familiar with, etc.). In case I wouldn't be able to finish before the sale ended, my modus operandi has been to go through the books starting with the 90% off, then going through the 80%, then the 70%, etc.

[Loosheesh]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Did the Twitter post mention when the sale ended? It's going to take a while for me to go through all of the books (researching ones that I'm not familiar with, etc.). In case I wouldn't be able to finish before the sale ended, my modus operandi has been to go through the books starting with the 90% off, then going through the 80%, then the 70%, etc.

I saw today someone mentioned it may end tomorrow but the person wasn't 100% certain, and no movement on the site's Twitter account in the past few days.

Regarding going through them by percentages, aren't they all showing as $1.99 for you? Today I went back and bought some more and I *think* I'm officially done. Plus, Banner of Truth should be releasing their first batch of ebooks any day now, and I want to have money for that.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Loosheesh

I saw today someone mentioned it may end tomorrow but the person wasn't 100% certain, and no movement on the site's Twitter account in the past few days.

Regarding going through them by percentages, aren't they all showing as $1.99 for you? Today I went back and bought some more and I *think* I'm officially done. Plus, Banner of Truth should be releasing their first batch of ebooks any day now, and I want to have money for that.

I wrote up a reply and somehow it disappeared into cyberspace! Let me try again tomorrow.

[Difflugia]

The World of Jesus: Making Sense of the People and Places of Jesus' Day by William H. Marty is free today. It's been free before, but not for a while and it's pretty good.
B&N Amazon

[GtrsRGr8]

Quote (from Looshesh):
I saw today someone mentioned it may end tomorrow but the person wasn't 100% certain, and no movement on the site's Twitter account in the past few days.

Regarding going through them by percentages, aren't they all showing as $1.99 for you? Today I went back and bought some more and I *think* I'm officially done. Plus, Banner of Truth should be releasing their first batch of ebooks any day now, and I want to have money for that.

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

I wrote up a reply and somehow it disappeared into cyberspace! Let me try again tomorrow.

Well, it's a moot point, I guess, now: the sale was to have ended at about 10 a.m. EST today.

I found the above information out when I (finally) checked my email for the announcement of the sale, read the message, and saw that information.

I loaded up on the $1.99 books, before the expiration of the sale and reading my email. However, the email said something like "please limit your purchase to two books." Ack! Although the system allowed all of my purchases to go through, I conscientiously could not have made all of those purchases given their desired restriction on the number of purchases. As a practical matter, one of the lessons that I've learned in life is that if you abuse a privilege or someone's generosity, often that privilege will be taken away or that generosity brought to an end.

Thanks, again, for letting us know about the sale!

I think that I'm on Banner of Truth's mailing list, but would you please let us know when you get word of their release of the first batch of ebooks in their sale?

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Difflugia

. . . .
The "$0-$0" thing is from going to the advanced search page and entering the information I want. After the list comes up, I then add &price=0-0 to the URL and bookmark the page. The search page used to have a "price" selection with several presets ("Under $5", "$5-$10", etc.) that were easily changed, but it looks like that's gone even though the search page still recognizes the "price" keyword in the URL.
. . . .

Awesome information to have! Thanks for going to the trouble of sharing it!

[Loosheesh]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Well, it's a moot point, I guess, now: the sale was to have ended at about 10 a.m. EST today.

I found the above information out when I (finally) checked my email for the announcement of the sale, read the message, and saw that information.

I loaded up on the $1.99 books, before the expiration of the sale and reading my email. However, the email said something like "please limit your purchase to two books." Ack! Although the system allowed all of my purchases to go through, I conscientiously could not have made all of those purchases given their desired restriction on the number of purchases. As a practical matter, one of the lessons that I've learned in life is that if you abuse a privilege or someone's generosity, often that privilege will be taken away or that generosity brought to an end.

Thanks, again, for letting us know about the sale!

I think that I'm on Banner of Truth's mailing list, but would you please let us know when you get word of their release of the first batch of ebooks in their sale?

I found out about the sale through Twitter so I wasn't aware of the two-book limit. And I totally understand about not wanting to abuse privileges. I haven't always respected that but I'm better at it now.

I'm not on the Banner of Truth mailing list (I'm on very few actually; I loathe promo mail, even the ones I sign up ) but I follow them via both Twitter and Facebook. I'll definitely post as soon as I see the first ebook. I'm so psyched for this development; my first Banner ebook will definitely be the Valley of Vision prayer book. I lent my print copy to a good friend who hasn't returned it yet and I've been torturing myself trying to figure out how to ask her to give it back; now I won't have to

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Loosheesh

I found out about the sale through Twitter so I wasn't aware of the two-book limit. And I totally understand about not wanting to abuse privileges. I haven't always respected that but I'm better at it now.

I'm not on the Banner of Truth mailing list (I'm on very few actually; I loathe promo mail, even the ones I sign up ) but I follow them via both Twitter and Facebook. I'll definitely post as soon as I see the first ebook. I'm so psyched for this development; my first Banner ebook will definitely be the Valley of Vision prayer book. I lent my print copy to a good friend who hasn't returned it yet and I've been torturing myself trying to figure out how to ask her to give it back; now I won't have to

I'm surprised that the two-book limit wasn't mentioned on Twitter; it was prominently mentioned in the email message.

I'm just the opposite of you--I loathe Facebook and can barely tolerate Twitter; I want to get my information from "promo mail." I'll find out if I'm on BOT's email mailing list and, if not, I'll get on it. If I find out about this upcoming sale before anyone else on this thread, I will go ahead and post the information about it.

Thanks, again, for your post of the WTS Bookstore sale. If I haven't sent you karma for it, or can't find out if I did or not, I'll definitely send you some more (for what it's worth.(ha)).