Eight free books from Digi Books Cafe

Susan Crealock · 03-08-2011, 02:23 PM

Digi Books Cafe, a Read an E-Book Week partner, is offering eight free Monthly Specials For March :

1. Expedition of Love
2. Beauty And The Geek
3. Hot Blooded - 38 pages
4. Hyacinths in Winter - 5075 words
5. Promises
6. Redemption
7. Target
8. Those Baby Blues

Elfwreck · 03-08-2011, 02:59 PM

Thank you! Grabbed them; I look forward to reading them.

They're available in 3 formats: HTML, LIT and PDF. Only one format goes into the cart at a time, but it's possible to go back & add the other formats to the cart. Checkout requires registration through the site, which wants a name & address in addition to email. Purchases can only be downloaded 5 times.

Warning note--the PDFs have atrocious metadata. Beauty and the Geek, for example, has the title as "Microsoft Word - BeautyAndTheGeek_w829.doc," and the author in the PDF Doc Info field is "Robbie Barrett," despite Roni Adams being listed on the cover, and the book being copyrighted by Rhonda Penders. (Presumably, Roni Adams is a pen name.) And they're not tagged; reflow may be awful.

But they're not locked, so they're editable/fixable. (And people can use the HTML version, but that doesn't have the cover art.)

I tried reading the TOS to sort out whether they claimed these are purchases or licensed uses; they seem to say "license" but the TOS is convoluted and rather lacking in info about the sales part of the site. It's not at all clear what they're claiming to sell.

Blossom · 03-08-2011, 03:21 PM

Thanks so much! Grabbed 6 of them.

Sheridon Smythe is awesome! She is a former Dorchester author and I just love her books and this one was on the wishlist to get! The Promises by Jo Barrett I already own but she's another great indie author.

Wild Rose Press books I usually buy so this is really nice to get some for free!

amward · 03-08-2011, 06:03 PM

Can't understand why they aren't offered in other formats.

chilady1 · 03-08-2011, 08:00 PM

Thanks so much for posting - I grabbed 6 of them.

icedtea · 03-08-2011, 09:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by amward

Can't understand why they aren't offered in other formats.

Do you mean epub? Html and lit should be easy to convert from, using calibre.

koland · 03-08-2011, 10:02 PM

The lit converts perfectly.

astra · 03-09-2011, 05:50 AM

What genre is it?

Iridal · 03-09-2011, 06:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by astra

What genre is it?

I was wondering about this too. Judging by the titles and a quick look on the website, they're romance novels.

astra · 03-09-2011, 06:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iridal

I was wondering about this too. Judging by the titles and a quick look on the website, they're romance novels.

Ta.
I suspected so and shall pass this one.

FlorenceArt · 03-09-2011, 07:57 AM

Very much romance from what I could see. I registered with my special anti-spam addy just in case, and grabbed them all, for the next time I'll need a romance fix. The lit files converted smoothly in Calibre but I haven't checked the result yet.

Thanks for the info Susan!

03-08-2011, 02:23 PM	#1
Susan Crealock Online Novels Posts: 484 Karma: 1229104 Join Date: May 2009 Device: Apple iTouch	Eight free books from Digi Books Cafe Digi Books Cafe, a Read an E-Book Week partner, is offering eight free Monthly Specials For March : 1. Expedition of Love 2. Beauty And The Geek 3. Hot Blooded - 38 pages 4. Hyacinths in Winter - 5075 words 5. Promises 6. Redemption 7. Target 8. Those Baby Blues Last edited by Susan Crealock; 03-08-2011 at 03:12 PM.

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03-08-2011, 02:59 PM	#2
Elfwreck Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,185 Karma: 25133758 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area, California, USA Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3 (Past: Kobo Mini, PEZ, PRS-505, Clié)	Thank you! Grabbed them; I look forward to reading them. They're available in 3 formats: HTML, LIT and PDF. Only one format goes into the cart at a time, but it's possible to go back & add the other formats to the cart. Checkout requires registration through the site, which wants a name & address in addition to email. Purchases can only be downloaded 5 times. Warning note--the PDFs have atrocious metadata. Beauty and the Geek, for example, has the title as "Microsoft Word - BeautyAndTheGeek_w829.doc," and the author in the PDF Doc Info field is "Robbie Barrett," despite Roni Adams being listed on the cover, and the book being copyrighted by Rhonda Penders. (Presumably, Roni Adams is a pen name.) And they're not tagged; reflow may be awful. But they're not locked, so they're editable/fixable. (And people can use the HTML version, but that doesn't have the cover art.) I tried reading the TOS to sort out whether they claimed these are purchases or licensed uses; they seem to say "license" but the TOS is convoluted and rather lacking in info about the sales part of the site. It's not at all clear what they're claiming to sell.

03-08-2011, 03:21 PM	#3
Blossom Treasure Seeker Posts: 18,708 Karma: 26026435 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: Kobo HD Glo, Kindles, Kindle Fires, Andriod Devices	Thanks so much! Grabbed 6 of them. Sheridon Smythe is awesome! She is a former Dorchester author and I just love her books and this one was on the wishlist to get! The Promises by Jo Barrett I already own but she's another great indie author. Wild Rose Press books I usually buy so this is really nice to get some for free!

03-08-2011, 06:03 PM	#4
amward Wizard Posts: 1,299 Karma: 2081110 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: SW Australia Device: Eco Eclipse, Sony PRS 350 (pink), Ipod Touch, Kindle Touch	Can't understand why they aren't offered in other formats.

03-08-2011, 08:00 PM	#5
chilady1 I devour books! Posts: 789 Karma: 1285226 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: iPad Air, Kindle 3/Kobo Aura HD, iPhone 6	Thanks so much for posting - I grabbed 6 of them.

03-08-2011, 10:02 PM	#7
koland Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,560 Karma: 8033155 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: TN, USA Device: kindle(all), nook, nookcolor, Sony, Kobo, epic, iphone, iPad, pc	The lit converts perfectly.

03-09-2011, 05:50 AM	#8
astra The Introvert Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500	What genre is it?

03-09-2011, 07:57 AM	#11
FlorenceArt High Priestess Posts: 5,761 Karma: 5042529 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Montreuil sous bois, France Device: iPad Pro 9.7, iPhone 6 Plus	Very much romance from what I could see. I registered with my special anti-spam addy just in case, and grabbed them all, for the next time I'll need a romance fix. The lit files converted smoothly in Calibre but I haven't checked the result yet. Thanks for the info Susan!