"Dirigible on my Mind": Steampunk Deals/Freebies + Discussion

[crich70]

Kobo US has Eunoia for sale. Kobo US. The Perkopolis coupon doesn't work for it and it's $9.39 according the page at Kobo.

[ATDrake]

^

I was planning on getting the 2nd edition of Eunoia (I've owned the 1st for years) as a paperback, as according to the publisher's website, they offer a free e-book download anyway once you show the receipt for a matching print-purchase made anywhere, which is something I like to encourage*.

But you've just made me look up the price at Chapters, and I noticed they're having a bonus 10% off online physical book purchases through Thursday with a coupon code and there's a bunch of print-only stuff I've had sitting on my wishlist for months which I've been waiting for a promo of this sort to get.

So, thank you very much for this!

Uhh, steampunk content: the combined steampunk and story tags over at Tor.com bring up a number of their free online read shorts.

Also, Fullmetal Alchemist, which pops up in the Tor.com tag results, is an excellent manga adapted to anime series and can apparently have the first few episodes watched for free online in the States at the distributor's website in both its incarnations: original flavour Fullmetal Alchemist which had to make up its own ending and some of the character backstory since the manga hadn't been completed yet, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, re-adapted from the fully completed manga.

Choose the Watch tab, then filter by Access to Free. Both are good, though the 2nd is better-produced, having been assembled from a more complete story and having a bigger budget due to the popularity of the 1st series.

* For some reason a number of Canadian publishing houses do this: Coach, ECW, probably more. I like this and hope it becomes a trend.

[crich70]

One thing I've noticed over at Kobo is that 1st of all there is a sub-section of Sci Fi that is all Steampunk and that if you select to go lowest price to highest they appear to have a good long list of free steampunk books.

[peachiekene]

(Serial) Freebie - Today Only
I've never read anything by this author and it is one of those Kindle Serials (*shakes fist*), but it's being toted as Steampunk Inspired Fantasy in an Alternate Universe.
But it's free and only 57 pages, so might be worth a look.
--"Free" with Kindle Unlimited no matter what.

Chronicles of Steele: Raven: Episode 1 by Pauline Creeden

Human life has value.
The poor living in the gutter is as valuable as the rich living in a manor.
The scoundrel is no less valuable than the saint.
Because of this, every life a reaper takes must be redeemed.

Raven has lived by this first tenet since she was trained by her father to become a reaper. But since his death, she’s been spending years redeeming the lives she’s taken. By her count, she’s even and it’s time for that life to end. If she settles down and becomes a wife, she might just feel human again. But on the way to the life she thinks she wants, the baron of New Haven asks her to complete a task which she cannot ignore… Just when Raven decides to give up on her life as an assassin, she’s pulled right back in.

The Chronicles of Steele: Raven is a steampunk-inspired fantasy set in an alternate universe.

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[crich70]

Thanks peachiekene.

[koland]

Originally Posted by peachiekene

(Serial) Freebie - Today Only
I've never read anything by this author and it is one of those Kindle Serials (*shakes fist*), but it's being toted as Steampunk Inspired Fantasy in an Alternate Universe.
But it's free and only 57 pages, so might be worth a look.
--"Free" with Kindle Unlimited no matter what.

Chronicles of Steele: Raven: Episode 1 by Pauline Creeden

Not a Kindle Serial (with those, you get the entire thing, a chapter or section at a time).

Instead, this is a broken into parts and sold separately at well over the price you'd pay for the entire thing book. That needs it's own name/category (rip-off comes to mind, but ...)

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by koland

That needs it's own name/category (rip-off comes to mind, but ...)

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by crich70

One thing I've noticed over at Kobo is that 1st of all there is a sub-section of Sci Fi that is all Steampunk and that if you select to go lowest price to highest they appear to have a good long list of free steampunk books.

Excellent! I'll give that a look.

[ApK]

I just finished my introduction to steampunk, the audiobook of "Lady of Devices." I enjoyed it (and I enjoyed the audio performance) but it's rather short for a novel, and it's clearly "part 1" of a bigger story. Part 2 in audio is rather expensive for what I have every reason now to expect is merely the next part of the serial, and I'm not sure I'm interested in spending what could be >$50 for what seems like it should be one book.

[peachiekene]

Originally Posted by koland

Not a Kindle Serial (with those, you get the entire thing, a chapter or section at a time).

Instead, this is a broken into parts and sold separately at well over the price you'd pay for the entire thing book.

You're right.
I just saw the whole "episode 1" and assumed.

That needs it's own name/category (rip-off comes to mind, but ...)

Completely agree!!

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by ApK

I just finished my introduction to steampunk, the audiobook of "Lady of Devices." I enjoyed it (and I enjoyed the audio performance) but it's rather short for a novel, and it's clearly "part 1" of a bigger story. Part 2 in audio is rather expensive for what I have every reason now to expect is merely the next part of the serial, and I'm not sure I'm interested in spending what could be >$50 for what seems like it should be one book.

I finished this last week. I loved it!

A great, fun read.

[ApK]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

I finished this last week. I loved it!

A great, fun read.

Did you think the same thing I did:
(very minor spoiler)

Spoiler:

When they mentioned early on that the Mother's Helper ran on "perpetual motion", my first thought was "if this world has perpetual motion, why do they need coal and steam???"

They later addressed it to my satisfaction, that the term was not meant literally, but rather as a common or marketing term like "unbreakable comb."

Also
(another minor spoiler)

Spoiler:

I wonder if it will occur to those Arabian supporters that petroleum just might be better at making steam than coal is....

Now I just wish my library had part 2 on audio.....

ApK

[Dr. Drib]

Actually, ApK, I read right through that, and with my first thought gearing toward The Rolling Stones' song.

[BearMountainBooks]

Originally Posted by ApK

I just finished my introduction to steampunk, the audiobook of "Lady of Devices." I enjoyed it (and I enjoyed the audio performance) but it's rather short for a novel, and it's clearly "part 1" of a bigger story. Part 2 in audio is rather expensive for what I have every reason now to expect is merely the next part of the serial, and I'm not sure I'm interested in spending what could be >$50 for what seems like it should be one book.

I thought it stood as complete book, although it was obvious it was a series. That said, I wasn't necessarily interested in getting the next in the series. It's fairly light reading and a good way to pass the time. There are a lot of authors offering first books free and moving to a 4.99 or even 5.99 price for subsequent books. I didn't think for this type of book it was particularly short. Cozy books (whether cozy steampunk, cozy mystery or cozy fantasy) are typically on the shorter side when compared to sci fi/fantasy or steampunk that is not cozy!

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks

I thought it stood as complete book, although it was obvious it was a series.

I enjoyed it as well, but, it felt like an extended introduction. The story in the novel is complete, but it seemed to be as much about setting everything up for the later novels as telling one story.

That said, I wasn't necessarily interested in getting the next in the series. It's fairly light reading and a good way to pass the time. There are a lot of authors offering first books free and moving to a 4.99 or even 5.99 price for subsequent books. I didn't think for this type of book it was particularly short. Cozy books (whether cozy steampunk, cozy mystery or cozy fantasy) are typically on the shorter side when compared to sci fi/fantasy or steampunk that is not cozy!

I used a code at Kobo to get the first four books in a collection for less than $3. I'm not sure if I would have continued if they were full price.