Free Kate Daniels Novella by Ilona Andrews (Urban Fantasy)

Diana495 · 12-25-2011, 01:00 AM

I don't know if this counts as a deal, and if it doesn't my apologies, but I just wanted people to know that Ilona Andrews has put up a free novella, Magic Gifts set in the Kate Daniels series. It's only available for 2 weeks starting Dec. 24. Just click the banner to get the ebook.

Quote:

What is this? This is that novella we kept promising you. It’s about 35,000 words long so about a third of a book and it’s yours free.

This novella takes place at the same time as Andrea’s book, right after MAGIC SLAYS, and the two stories intersect.

Synopsis:

A dinner date after a hard day at work sounds heavenly. Of course, when that date is between the Beast Lord and Kate Daniels, things don’t go as planned. Before you know it, undead are running amok, heads are being chopped off, lawyers are deployed and used with extereme prejudice, and drunk vikings are calling people out.

This novella is available only for a limited time. You have two weeks from today, December 24th, to download it.

This novella will not be sold on Amazon or at BN in the near future.

VictoriaP · 12-25-2011, 01:04 AM

For those who love the series, it's a fabulous addition and a great Christmas gift from the authors. One word of warning: it IS an ARC. There's a few spelling/word choice errors in there, not enough to detract though.

Terisa de morgan · 12-25-2011, 03:28 AM

Thank you very much! A great Christmas present!

tilia · 12-25-2011, 06:06 AM

Thank you! I love this series, and have been saving the last book and a half(I just had to read a bit of it...) for reading during the holidays. An extra novella is great!

treadlightly · 12-29-2011, 08:34 AM

In this blog post, Ilona alludes to the fact that ebook prices are mostly out of the author's control, but one way of giving back to readers is to offer a free novella. I think it's extremely generous of them.

Blue Tyson · 12-29-2011, 11:46 PM

Yeah, S/he ;-) is/are really cool.

This is a great series.

And yeah, unfortunately the UK editions (which don't have the same level of art talent doing the covers, either) are Gollancz.

And as we know, Hachette is Australian for Ripoff. So 13.23 when it was much less than that not so long ago.

Seems to now only be one of them available, too. First three not there in Australia. Crazy.

US Kindle price for all of them is $7.99 though. Which is interesting, because I have been looking at an Ace sample for an upcoming article, and a bunch of their books are 6.39 in Australia - which is cheaper. Ones without the UK rights sold separately, perhaps.

And check out the difference - sales rank for the UK book is 105000 - and likely falling. The sales rank for the USA book is 8800.

bookratt · 12-30-2011, 03:19 PM

I have not read her books before, but I did start this last night and so far am enjoying it!

Thanks for the freebie from everyone (author, publisher & Diana495 for posting it...karma to come!)

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12-25-2011, 01:04 AM	#2
VictoriaP Addict Posts: 298 Karma: 491576 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Kindle PW2; Kindle Touch; Kindle 2; iPad Mini; iPad1	For those who love the series, it's a fabulous addition and a great Christmas gift from the authors. One word of warning: it IS an ARC. There's a few spelling/word choice errors in there, not enough to detract though.

12-25-2011, 03:28 AM	#3
Terisa de morgan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,242 Karma: 11768331 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Madrid, Spain Device: Kobo Clara/Aura One/Forma,XiaoMI 5, iPad, Huawei MediaPad, YotaPhone 2	Thank you very much! A great Christmas present!

12-25-2011, 06:06 AM	#4
tilia Evangelist Posts: 432 Karma: 1720909 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Voyage, K3	Thank you! I love this series, and have been saving the last book and a half(I just had to read a bit of it...) for reading during the holidays. An extra novella is great!

12-29-2011, 08:34 AM	#5
treadlightly Wizard Posts: 1,370 Karma: 6957792 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Ottawa, ON Device: Kobo H2O	In this blog post, Ilona alludes to the fact that ebook prices are mostly out of the author's control, but one way of giving back to readers is to offer a free novella. I think it's extremely generous of them.

12-29-2011, 11:46 PM	#6
Blue Tyson Blue Captain Posts: 1,595 Karma: 5000236 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Keyboard 3G,Huawei Ideos X3,Kobo Mini	Yeah, S/he ;-) is/are really cool. This is a great series. And yeah, unfortunately the UK editions (which don't have the same level of art talent doing the covers, either) are Gollancz. And as we know, Hachette is Australian for Ripoff. So 13.23 when it was much less than that not so long ago. Seems to now only be one of them available, too. First three not there in Australia. Crazy. US Kindle price for all of them is $7.99 though. Which is interesting, because I have been looking at an Ace sample for an upcoming article, and a bunch of their books are 6.39 in Australia - which is cheaper. Ones without the UK rights sold separately, perhaps. And check out the difference - sales rank for the UK book is 105000 - and likely falling. The sales rank for the USA book is 8800.

12-30-2011, 03:19 PM	#7
bookratt Wizard Posts: 1,513 Karma: 1953200 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Kingdom of Nye, Nevada Device: Sony Reader PRS505 & PRS600, iPad, Pandigital Novel, iPad 2	I have not read her books before, but I did start this last night and so far am enjoying it! Thanks for the freebie from everyone (author, publisher & Diana495 for posting it...karma to come!)

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