✬ Get yer red hot bargains here! ✬ Part 7

Time for a new thread!

Nettle & Bone is on sale for $1.99. Highly recommended. I had borrowed a copy from OverDrive to read, so I snagged this.

I snagged it today too--same price at Barnes & Noble.

>2 Marissa_Doyle: I assumed/hoped it was across all platforms.

Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett is on sale for Kindle* for $2.99. I've already read a borrowed copy, and I've listen to it, and I bought it anyway.

*And possibly other platforms.

>4 clamairy: Humble Bundle has 39 Discworld Books for $18

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/terry-pratchetts-discworld-harpercollins-book...

Kobo only, but Calibre + sideloading works

>5 jab1972: Holy crap. That's 46 cents per book!

>5 jab1972: Also, not everywhere (not in NL for example) but VPNs exist :D

For those curious about the Discworld Humble Bundle, it's missing just two books: The Last Hero (#27) and Raising Steam (#40).

I grabbed Nettle & Bone on y'all's recommendation, thanks. :)

>8 saltmanz: I hope you enjoy it!

I just found A Very Lively Murder, sequel to The Three Dahlias, for 99 cents on Barnes and Noble, so I assume it's that price elsewhere...

Gemma Files' horror novel EXPERIMENTAL FILM (one of my favorite reads from a couple years ago) is only $1.99: https://amazon.com/dp/B08F9NT1K7

Some more favorites on sale right now:

Elizabeth Hand's Wylding Hall for $2:
US: https://amazon.com/dp/B00UA1KO82
CA: https://amazon.ca/dp/B00UA1KO82

Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Untamed Shore for $2:
US: https://amazon.com/dp/B0BRW6GLRX

Tolkien's Children of Hurin for $3:
US: https://amazon.com/dp/B007978NKG

The first books of Tanith Lee's SECRET BOOKS OF VENUS (mostly-unconnected stories set in an alternate Venice) are on sale for $1.99 each:

#1 FACES UNDER WATER:
US: https://amazon.com/dp/B07RT35CFJ
CA: https://amazon.ca/dp/B07RT35CFJ

#2 SAINT FIRE:
US only: https://amazon.com/dp/B07RW6RBTW

The Lost Bookshop Kindle edition on sale on Amazon.co.uk for £1.08.

HERE!

ETA: $2.99 on Amazon.com

William Goldman's The Princess Bride is $1.99:
US: https://amazon.com/dp/B003IEJZRY
CA: https://amazon.ca/dp/B003IEJZRY

If you have an Audible membership A Wing and a Prayer: The Race to Save Our Vanishing Birds is on sale for $2.99. Definitely worth it.

You almost got me, but Cassandra Campbell...ugh. She's almost as bad as Scott Brick.

>17 Bookmarque: I thought she was fine. She only narrates half of the book anyway. The guy was okay too, but he pronounced a lot of words oddly. I need to check to see where he's from. (He says "expeeriment." LOL)

It's funny, I've heard Campbell in conversation and it's much nicer when she drops all that affectation. Expeeriment. Weird. I'll give it a pass. Bad narration makes me crazy.

Story Bundle is offering The Galactic Mystery Bundle.

From their e-mail/ website:

The Galactic Mystery bundle runs for three weeks only. This is a great deal, and a great way to pick up a batch of books that will let you escape the gravity of our little blue planet for a time. – Simon Kewin

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For StoryBundle, you decide what price you want to pay. For $5 (or more, if you're feeling generous), you'll get the basic bundle of four books in .epub format—WORLDWIDE.

Synthesis: Weave by Rexx Deane
Agrotharn by Milo James Fowler
Infinite Waste by Dean F. Wilson
Grand Master's Pawn by Aurora Springer

If you pay at least the bonus price of just $20, you get all four of the regular books, plus seven more books for a total of 11!

Lift Off by Tyrean Martinson
Dead Star - The Triple Stars Vol. 1 by Simon Kewin
Dark Nebula - Books 1-3 by Sean Willson
Birds of Paradise by Rudolf Kremers
The Galathea Chronicles by J.J. Green
Loophole by Ian Stewart
Milijun by Clayton Graham

Plus, if you sign up for our free StoryBundle newsletter, you get:

Home World - The Triple Stars - Vol. 0
for free! Make sure to grab this book before starting Dead Star - The Triple Stars Vol. 1 by Simon Kewin!

This bundle is available only for a limited time via http://www.storybundle.com. It allows easy reading on computers, smartphones, and tablets as well as Kindle and other ereaders via file transfer, email, and other methods. You get a DRM-free .epub for all books!

Anyone interested in "Martin Walker: The Dordogne Mysteries Books 1 to 6 Kindle Edition" and who gets their kindle editions from Amazon (dot) co (dot) uk, can purchase the set for £2.56.

It appears that 33 different books by JRR Tolkien are on sale for Kindle (and possibly on other platforms) today.

https://www.amazon.com/b?node=120337246011&ref_=pe_170810_855739030

If you have Amazon Prime you have until until April 30th to claim one free Kindle book to celebrate World Book Day. (I remember when they used to give us a bunch of them.)

I am not sure if this link will work: https://www.amazon.com/b?node=87672506011

>23 clamairy: Looks like that is only good if you have Kindle Unlimited?

>23 clamairy: I don't have Kindle Unlimited. Scroll down on whatever you picked, and the price should be free. Try this link:

https://www.amazon.com/b?node=87672506011&ref_=pe_2251220_876995640

>25 clamairy: Nope. Says I can read or listen free with Unlimited, but to buy on Kindle is $4.99. Maybe because you are an Audible member?

>26 MrsLee: I got one for free and I don’t have Audible. It looks like there is a charge, but further down it applies a credit and says you pay 0. I remember having to look around the page last year a bit before I was convinced it was free.
They aren’t making it easy to get the one book. I also remember when it was 10 free books.

>27 raidergirl3: & >26 MrsLee: Yes, you have to scroll down. Might be easier to see on a computer screen than on a phone. And I thought it definitely stated it was for Prime members, but it might have been for Kindle content customers.

>29 Sakerfalcon: I hope you tried the link anyway. The wording in the email was odd, and part of it was cut off when I clicked on it.

Here is the small print. You DON'T need Prime, but you must have an Amazon account. Some of the books might be for US users only.

• Offer only applies to select Kindle book titles sold and delivered through Amazon.com on the page provided.
• Offer expires at 11:59 p.m. (PDT) on April 30, 2024.
• The maximum benefit you may receive from this offer is $4.99 to be used for a qualifying purchase on one eligible Kindle book.
• The promotional credit expires at 11:59 p.m. (PDT) on April 30, 2024.
• After activating the offer, the promotional credit will be automatically applied to your next qualifying purchase.
• Offer can only apply to 1 unit in a bulk order purchase.
• Purchaser will be responsible for the final price of the selected, eligible Kindle book after discount, plus applicable taxes.
• Redemption of this offer requires an Amazon.com account and acceptance of the Amazon Kindle Store Terms of Use.
• Offer does not apply to physical goods, digital magazines, audiobooks (including Audible companions for your Kindle eBook purchase), print books, Amazon Gift Cards, or digital subscriptions such as Kindle Unlimited.
• Digital content and services may only be available to customers located in the U.S. and are subject to the terms and conditions of Amazon Digital Services LLC.
• Offer limited to one per customer and account.
• Offer may not be combined with other offers.
• Amazon reserves the right to modify or cancel the offer at any time.
• Offer is non-transferable and may not be resold.

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by George R. R. Martin is on sale for $2.99. I already read this, but I didn't own it, so I snagged it. I loved this Book set in Westeros before the Game of Thrones books.

>31 clamairy: I got my book in Canada, Amazon.ca

>33 raidergirl3: Good. I think many of them will be available in Europe, too. (But possibly not all.)

This month's StoryBundle offering:

The Universe of Adventure Sci-Fi Bundle - Curated by independent authors John Wilker & Dave Walsh

When it comes to science fiction, there are a lot of different flavors. Through the ages, science fiction has been many things to a great many people. It's never been just one thing. Just one type of story. There's sci-fi that's quiet and contemplative, sci-fi that sticks to our understanding of modern science, then there's sci-fi that spans different galaxies and times, or even sci-fi that warps our understanding of reality.

But when most people think of science fiction, it's hard not to think of adventure.

It doesn't always have to be grand, galaxy-hopping adventures, either. Sometimes it's smaller-scale stories, focusing instead on a few characters going up against inconceivable odds.

For this bundle, we've collected books from all across the wide world of science fiction and found adventures big and small. The kind of books that help you remember why you fell in love with science fiction in the first place. – John Wilker & Dave Walsh

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For StoryBundle, you decide what price you want to pay. For $5 (or more, if you're feeling generous), you'll get the basic bundle of four books in .epub format—WORLDWIDE.

Constelis Voss 1 by K. Leigh
Ghost Pirate Gambit by Jessie Kwak
Broken Ascension by Dave Walsh
Convergence by C. Gockel
If you pay at least the bonus price of just $20, you get all four of the regular books, plus 8 more books, for a total of 12!

Ptolemy Lane 1-3 by Cameron Cooper (StoryBundle Exclusive)
Devon Island Mars Colony by Si Clarke
Psycho Electric by Randolph Lalonde
Shifting Reality by Patty Jansen
League of Independent Operatives - Books 1-3 by Kate Sheeran Swed
The Big Sigma Collection Vol. 1 - Enhanced by Joseph R. Lallo
Fire Ant by Jonathan P. Brazee
Space Rogues 1-2 & Grand Human Empire 1-2 by John Wilker (StoryBundle Exclusive)

This bundle is available only for a limited time via http://www.storybundle.com. It allows easy reading on computers, smartphones, and tablets as well as Kindle and other ereaders via file transfer, email, and other methods. You get a DRM-free .epub for all books!

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi is on sale as an ebook for $1.99. Definitely worth it!

>36 clamairy:
I nominated five books for the 2024 Hugo Awards. The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi is the only one that made it to the final short list. It is a grest story.

>37 pgmcc: It made my best of 2023 list. And I'm pretty sure it showed up on some other "Best of" list that I read recently... I just can't find it right now. LOL

StoryBundle is offering the Supernatural Detectives bundle:

For StoryBundle, you decide what price you want to pay. For $5 (or more, if you're feeling generous), you'll get the basic bundle of four books in .epub format—WORLDWIDE.

Olympia Investigations - The First Four Cases by Sherry D. Ramsey
Death Coach by Sandra Wickham
Blood Kissed by Keri Arthur
Dying on Second by E.C. Bell

If you pay at least the bonus price of just $20, you get all four of the regular books, plus 7 more books, for a total of 11!

The Killing Beach - With Bonus Novella by Skyla Dawn Cameron
Guardian of Chaos by Michelle Manus
Selene by Lilith Saintcrow
Spirit Caller Vol. 1-4 by Krista D. Ball
Urban Shaman by C.E. Murphy
Phantom Echoes by BD Wilson
Over the River by October Weeks

This bundle is available only for a limited time via http://www.storybundle.com. It allows easy reading on computers, smartphones, and tablets as well as Kindle and other ereaders via file transfer, email, and other methods. You get a DRM-free .epub for all books!

I happened to be surfing the Audible Plus collection today and noticed that the whole Lord of the Rings trilogy narrated by Andy Serkis is included until 5/31. They are now in my library :)

>40 Narilka: Of course! I bought them all with credits last year...

StoryBundle is offering the Pride collection this month.

StoryBundle has always allowed its patrons to donate part of their payment to a related charity, and this year we're again supporting Rainbow Railroad, a NGO helping LGBT+ people escape state-sponsored persecution and violence worldwide. Their work is desperately needed, and if you choose, you can pass part of the bundle's price to them — a gift that can save a life.

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For StoryBundle, you decide what price you want to pay. For $5 (or more, if you're feeling generous), you'll get the basic bundle of four books in .epub format—WORLDWIDE.

The Lever by Mark Salzwedel
The Deep And Shining Dark by Juliet Kemp
Champion of the Scarlet Wolf - Books 1-2 by Ginn Hale
Off-Time Jive by A.Z. Louise

If you pay at least the bonus price of just $20, you get all four of the regular books, plus 9 more books, for a total of 13!

Black from the Future edited by Stephanie Andrea Allen & Lauren Cherelle
Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea by Sarah Pinsker
Through the Doors of Oblivion by Michael G. Williams
A Feast for Flies by Leigh Harlen
We're Here - The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2022 by Naomi Kanakia and series editor Charles Payseur
Little Nothing by Dee Holloway
A Death at the Dionysus Club by Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold
Rabbits of the Apocalypse by Benny Lawrence
Pluralities by Avi Silver

This bundle is available only for a limited time via http://www.storybundle.com. It allows easy reading on computers, smartphones, and tablets as well as Kindle and other ereaders via file transfer, email, and other methods. You get a DRM-free .epub for all books!

Robert Silverberg's excellent "Heart of Darkness but in space", Downward to the Earth, is only $2 right now: https://amazon.com/dp/B09RPRDG5F

Audible is running a big sale right now. Got some great bargains. The three Silo books - Wool, Shift & Dust - each are about $2.50 or less.

I think the Audible sale is site wide, though not everything is equally discounted.

>44 Bookmarque: & >45 Narilka: There's a lot of Scalzi on sale!

Yeah Narilka the discounts vary, but every audiobook is discounted. Hard not to go too crazy!

>47 Bookmarque: Agreed. And I already have a backlog... At least lately I've been listening to them at a much faster rate than I've been buying them. Theoretically I should eventually catch up.

>47 Bookmarque: Completely understandable :)

>43 saltmanz: Thanks, that was too good to pass up!

The Beekeeper’s Apprentice Kindle version is free today on Amazon(dot)co(dot)uk

>51 pgmcc: Nice. Not here, sadly.

Tigana is $1.99 for Kindle 'for a limited time'.

From 'Dreamline' by Rush:

"We are young
Wandering the face of the Earth
Wondering what our dreams might be worth
Learning that we're only immortal
For a limited time"

>53 Karlstar: Thanks. I was on the fence about buying it but I looked it up on Amazon and found out that the audible version is included free with a membership. So I put that in my library.

Subterranean Press is starting a thank-you of offering free ebook stories every month or so. The first one is a short by Travis Baldree, in the Legends & Lattes universe titled Goblins & Greatcoats - https://subterraneanpress.com/goblins-greatcoats/

>55 Narilka: Thanks! For anyone that might have missed it, there are six other free titles under the 'Free Ebooks' link in their navigation menu.

StoryBundle's current offering:

The 2024 Best of British SFF Bundle

Ah, Britain! Rain, fog, Sherlock Holmes, Jack the Ripper, bad food, worse weather, Mary Poppins! It is an island separated from the European mainland by the sea, wreathed in legends, and filled to the brim, it sometimes seems, with writers. Well, what else is there to do when it's dark and cold outside, and the rain never stops raining?

This is now the third iteration of the Best of British SFF bundle that I get to do, and they are always so much fun to put together! These are some of my favourite writers – and favourite people! – all writing at the top of their game. From metamorphosed Wild Wests to vampires and apocalypses, spaceborne science fiction to mind-bending classic cyberpunk, this has it all – and I'm delighted to be sharing it with you!

So come with me and, in the words of a certain classic movie, you will be in a world of (sings) pure imaginaaation! Take a chance on some of the best working writers today from across the United Kingdom, and I promise you won't be disappointed! – Lavie Tidhar

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For StoryBundle, you decide what price you want to pay. For $5 (or more, if you're feeling generous), you'll get the basic bundle of three books in .epub format—WORLDWIDE.

Three Eight One by Aliya Whiteley
Lockdown Tales by Neal Asher
Red Snow by Ian R. MacLeod
Best of British Science Fiction 2022 edited by Donna Scott

If you pay at least the bonus price of just $20, you get all four of the regular books, plus 6 more books, for a total of 10!

Advanced Triggernometry by Stark Holborn
Ironclads by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Hell on Earth by Philip Palmer
Mappa Mundi by Justina Robson
Vurt by Jeff Noon
Four Novellas by Lavie Tidhar

This bundle is available only for a limited time via http://www.storybundle.com. It allows easy reading on computers, smartphones, and tablets as well as Kindle and other ereaders via file transfer, email, and other methods. You get a DRM-free .epub for all books!

StoryBundle time!

The Fantasy Box Set Bundle - Curated by Adam Gaffen

If you're reading this, you're probably like me, at least in one important way: I love reading a good fantasy.

Is it any surprise? It's one of the first genres we're introduced to as children. Talking bears who go for a walk for their porridge to cool? Dwarves who care for a princess? Greedy imp who spins straw into gold? Come on, these are fantasies, and we get them in the crib!

For many of us, that love of the fantastic carries through childhood and into adulthood. I remember reading – no, devouring – the various Piers Anthony series. Xanth? Absolutely, dreadful puns and all. Split Infinity? Definitely. And I will continue to argue that his Incarnations of Immortality series was one of the first urban fantasies out there (with a splash of paranormal fantasy for good measure).

More recently, the planet went crazy for the HP books, the LOTR movies, and, of course, the GOT television series. There's a huge, almost boundless, demand for fantasy worlds, and as authors we work hard to meet the demand.

But…

From a reader's point of view, waiting for The Next Book can be painful, can't it? No matter how quickly the author writes, there's a need to know how your favorite character fares. Is the evil ruler vanquished for good, or are they coming back for round eighteen? Did the third wheel love interest finally get the hint? And what, exactly, is IN that locked box?

And authors hate leaving readers hanging. We really do. We understand, viscerally, what it means to be kept on tenterhooks.

That's why I've put together this StoryBundle.

Every one of these box sets is a complete story arc!– Adam Gaffen

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For StoryBundle, you decide what price you want to pay. For $5 (or more, if you're feeling generous), you'll get the basic bundle of three box sets in .epub format—WORLDWIDE.

The Vampire's Reign - A Corvidae Guard Boxed Set by Rissa Blakeley
Elisabeth & Edvard's World Box Set by Astrid V.J.
Godsfall: Books 1-3 by Adam Gaffen

If you pay at least the bonus price of just $20, you get all three of the regular box sets, plus 5 more, for a total of 8 complete collections!

Shadow's Beginning by Peter Sartucci
Edward's Cat by Maria P Frino
Mark of Valliath - Books 0-3 by M. H. Woodscourt
The Dragonmasters Trilogy by Katie Cross
On Behalf of Death - The Complete Series by E.G. Stone

This bundle is available only for a limited time via http://www.storybundle.com. It allows easy reading on computers, smartphones, and tablets as well as Kindle and other ereaders via file transfer, email, and other methods. You get a DRM-free .epub for all books!

>58 humouress: But the best bit of the Xanth books is the puns! After a few, the storyline gets repetitive (same quest, different characters and puns) IMHO.

>59 hfglen: Talk to Mr Gaffen. I'm just copying it across.

Best bit as in 'awful'? ;0)

The Big Time Bundle - Curated by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Once upon a time, only science fiction fans understood time travel. Occasionally it crept into the mainstream, in movies like Somewhere in Time, with the late lamented Christopher Reeve, but mostly, it was something only a handful of us loved. Then things changed.

Maybe the world got more fraught. Maybe consumers got more open minded. Whatever caused the change, it was for the good. Now, everyone seems to love a good time travel story.

We have a lot of good time travel stories here. Some of them have a number of accolades, like Canadian Douglas Smith's two Aurora finalists or my own 'The Gallery of His Dreams' which was a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards. These are pure time travel stories, as is Kevin J. Anderson's 'Trinity Paradox', but other books in this bundle combine genres.

Lisa Silverthorne and Kathryn Kaleigh give us time travel romance, which has become a hot subgenre all its own. Dean Wesley Smith's novel 'Thunder Mountain' has time travel and romance and tosses in Western tropes for good measure.

Michael A. Stackpole's Realm of Chaos combines fantasy and romance. Brothers Ron and Jeff Collins add music to their time travel tale (and put us on a cruise ship as well!). WMG Publishing's 'Time Travel Holidays' anthology is exactly what the title promises—a variety of time travel tales set during the holiday season. And Robert Jeschonek is a genre all to himself. You'll see what I mean when you read his exclusive in the bundle, filled with great and gonzo tales.

There are a lot of time travel stories that will take you into the past as well as the future. Stories in which time travel goes wrong, and stories in which it goes very, very right.

You can get all of these for as little as $20. Throw in some money for our charity, Girls On The Run, which helps girls secure their future (perfect for a time travel bundle!), and you'll guarantee that your own future is filled with great and powerful fiction.

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For StoryBundle, you decide what price you want to pay. For $5 (or more, if you're feeling generous), you'll get the basic bundle of four books in .epub format—WORLDWIDE.

Timeless by Lisa Silverthorne
The Trinity Paradox by Kevin J. Anderson and Doug Beason
The Gallery of His Dreams by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Thunder Mountain by Dean Wesley Smith

If you pay at least the bonus price of just $20, you get all four of the regular books, plus 6 more books, for a total of 10!

The Magical Mystery Cruise! by Ron Collins & Jeff Collins (StoryBundle Exclusive)
Time, Warped by Robert Jeschonek (StoryBundle Exclusive)
Written in the Wind by Kathryn Kaleigh
Two Time Travel Tales by Douglas Smith (StoryBundle Exclusive)
Time Travel Holidays edited by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Realms of Chaos - Boxed Set by Michael A. Stackpole

This bundle is available only for a limited time via http://www.storybundle.com. It allows easy reading on computers, smartphones, and tablets as well as Kindle and other ereaders via file transfer, email, and other methods. You get a DRM-free .epub for all books!

Read more.

The Riddle-Master trilogy omnibus edition is on sale for Kindle for $4.99 right now.

Audible has a promotion to get 1 free credit when you use 3 credits between August and Thanksgiving. You will need to activate it in on the Deals page or if it pops up on the homepage. Looks like any purchase counts as long as it's not returned.

Amazon UK has The tainted cup in a 99p kindle daily deal today.

Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher and The Once and Future Witches
by Alix E. Harrow are on sale for Kindle for $2.99 right now.

For Kindle folks, Amazon is having a sale on ebooks.

https://www.amazon.com/amz-books/book-deals?ref=abpmalc_24_3_us_psoc_fb_s_alc_pb...

StoryBundle is offering 'Monsters & Cryptids'

For StoryBundle, you decide what price you want to pay. For $5 (or more, if you're feeling generous), you'll get the basic bundle of four books in .epub format—WORLDWIDE.

Only Monsters in the Building by Mark Leslie
Atlanta's Guide to Cryptids by Kevin A Davis
Cryptid by Ian Faulkner
Task Force E by Jason Rubis

If you pay at least the bonus price of just $20, you get all four of the regular books, plus 6 more books, for a total of 10, with a StoryBundle exclusive!

Bigfoot Hunters by R. Gualtieri
The Hungry Moon by Ramsey Campbell
Zombie Bigfoot by Nick Sullivan
Piggyback and Other Beastly Tales by Robert Jeschonek (StoryBundle Exclusive)
Night Terror by Russ Tilton
Cryptid Zoo by Gerry Griffiths

This bundle is available only for a limited time via http://www.storybundle.com. It allows easy reading on computers, smartphones, and tablets as well as Kindle and other ereaders via file transfer, email, and other methods. You get a DRM-free .epub for all books!

Humble Bundle has a horror novel bundle going on for the next 20 days, 18 EPUBs for $18: https://www.humblebundle.com/books/nightmares-from-nightfire-18-essential-reads-...

I loved Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Certain Dark Things, and I'm considering grabbing this just for the Lucy A. Snyder and Cassandra Khaw books...

Silvia Moreno-Garcia's excellent Untamed Shore is $2 right now:
US: https://amazon.com/dp/B0BRW6GLRX
CA: https://amazon.ca/dp/B0BRW6GLRX

StoryBundle is offering a trilogy bundle:

For StoryBundle, you decide what price you want to pay. For $5 (or more, if you're feeling generous), you'll get the basic bundle of six books (parts one and two of three trilogies) in .epub format—WORLDWIDE.

The Lost Level 2: Return to the Lost Level by Brian Keene
The Lost Level 1: The Lost Level by Brian Keene
The Outside 2: The Fallen by Ada Hoffmann
The Outside 1: The Outside by Ada Hoffmann
Infernal Devices 2: Fiendish Schemes by K. W. Jeter
Infernal Devices 1: Infernal Devices by K. W. Jeter

If you pay at least the bonus price of just $33, you get all six of the regular books, plus 19 more books, for a total of 25! That's 9 complete trilogies!

The Hanged God Trilogy 3: Slaughtered Gods by Thilde Kold Holdt
The Hanged God Trilogy 2: Shackled Fates by Thilde Kold Holdt
The Hanged God Trilogy 1: Northern Wrath by Thilde Kold Holdt
Beneath the Rising 3: The Void Ascendant by Premee Mohamed
Beneath the Rising 2: A Broken Darkness by Premee Mohamed
Beneath the Rising 1: Beneath the Rising by Premee Mohamed
The Knights of Breton Court Omnibus by Maurice Broaddus
The Christian Trilogy 3: The Elfin Ship by James P. Blaylock
The Christian Trilogy 2: The Paper Grail by James P. Blaylock
The Christian Trilogy 1: The Last Coin by James P. Blaylock
Aetherial Tales 3: Grail of the Summer Stars by Freda Warrington
Aetherial Tales 2: Midsummer Night by Freda Warrington
Aetherial Tales 1: Elfland by Freda Warrington
The Apex Book of World SF 3 by Lavie Tidhar
The Apex Book of World SF 2 by Lavie Tidhar
The Apex Book of World SF 1 by Lavie Tidhar
The Lost Level 3: Hole in the World by Brian Keene
The Outside 3: The Infinite by Ada Hoffmann
Infernal Devices 3: Grim Expectations by K. W. Jeter

This bundle is available only for a limited time via http://www.storybundle.com. It allows easy reading on computers, smartphones, and tablets as well as Kindle and other ereaders via file transfer, email, and other methods. You get a DRM-free .epub for all books!

^ I can wholeheartedly recommend Premee Mohamed's trilogy. I'd also say the Apex Books of World SF are a good buy as well.

A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon is on sale for $3.99 right today only.
It's the prequel to The Priory of the Orange Tree.

Story Bundle's offering:

The Never Too Old to Save the World Bundle - Curated by Marie Bilodeau

Fantasy is riddled with tales of teens and young adults saving the world. The parents are usually dead, clueless, or waving goodbye as their kids head off to potential death and definite trauma.

Not in this bundle. Here, middle-aged heroines and heroes claim and keep their power. They lift others up and don't shy away from tackling new or continuing challenges. They're older, maybe wiser, and they're certainly not out of the fight!

This bundle shows that saving the world, homes, and communities isn't just for younger folk, and that those 40+ are still kicking butt! – Marie Bilodeau

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For StoryBundle, you decide what price you want to pay. For $5 (or more, if you're feeling generous), you'll get the basic bundle of four books in .epub format—WORLDWIDE.

Helix: Sedition by Pat Flewwelling
Becoming Crone by Lydia M. Hawke
Dragon Steel by Jodi Kendrick
Hunting a Sea-Glass Heart by Carolyn Charron

If you pay at least the bonus price of just $20, you get all four of the regular books, plus 6 more books, for a total of 10!

Lost and Found by Jane Glatt
The Passion of Ivan Rodriguez by Hayden Trenholm
Oath Breaker by Marie Bilodeau
The Demons We See by Krista D. Ball
Grayshade by Gregory A. Wilson
Catalyst by Brandon Crilly

This bundle is available only for a limited time via http://www.storybundle.com. It allows easy reading on computers, smartphones, and tablets as well as Kindle and other ereaders via file transfer, email, and other methods. You get a DRM-free .epub for all books!

The Adventures of Tom Bombadil is on sale for Kindle for $1.99 right now.

Ursula K Le Guin bundle:

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/wizard-earthsea-and-more-ursula-k-le-guin-boo...

Includes:

Annals Of The Western Shore
Gifts
Voices
Powers

Catwings
Catwings
Catwings Return
Wonderful Alexander And The Catwings
Jane On Her Own

Anthologies
Changing Planes
Finding My Elegy
Tales From Earthsea
The Birthday Of The World
The Wind's Twelve Quarters
Unreal And The Real

Earthsea
A Wizard Of Earthsea
The Tombs Of Atuan
The Farthest Shore
Tehanu
The Other Wind

Hainish Cycle
The Dispossessed
The Telling

Nonfiction
No Time To Spare
Steering The Craft
The Language Of The Night
Words Are My Matter

Stand-alone
Always Coming Home
Lavinia
The Lathe Of Heaven

Short stories
The Daughter Of Odren
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas
Very Far Away From Anywhere Else

Anyone fancy gaining an instant Ursula K. Le Guin collection.

For the next few weeks, you can pick up a pretty incredible ebook bundle of Ursula's work—up to 30 books!—and support Portland's Literary Arts in the process.

Humblebundle link

Normal Rules Don't Apply by Kate Atkinson is on sale as an ebook for $2.99. (I'm not sure which platforms. I only saw the Kindle version.)

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett is also on sale for $2.99.

Amazon is currently offering Remnant Population by Elizabeth Moon, and Doomsday Book by Connie Willis for $1.99 each.

>78 ScoLgo: Thanks for that, the Elizabeth Moon book is currently 99p here in the UK

>78 ScoLgo: Oh, tempted by that Moon book.

>80 clamairy: I really enjoyed it! It's not an action-packed epic but falls more into the anthropological category of SF explored by other authors such as Ursula Le Guin, Joan Slonczewski, Mary Doria Russell, etc... Oh, and it's not every day you get to meet some odd aliens alongside an octogenarian grandma. The other humans in the story are rendered rather poorly, (which is perhaps an authorial choice by Moon), but Ofelia is a wonderful main character. I hope you like it if you grab it for your e-reader.

>81 ScoLgo: I went to Amazon to buy it, only to see that the Audible version is free with my membership. So I put that in my library instead. I might try that next.

>82 clamairy: I went to buy it, only to discover that I already have it in my Nook!

>83 Marissa_Doyle: Another pleasant surprise!

The Mountain in the Sea is on sale for $2.99. I snagged this one as it appears that jillmwo gave it 5 stars, and I do vaguely recall her discussing it.

>85 clamairy: Not only did I recommend it here and elsewhere, but I gave both of my sons copies of the book for Christmas last year. I think it was really interesting speculative fiction and wish it had gotten more buzz.

>85 clamairy: Loved The Mountain in the Sea! Thank you for this. I snagged a copy for a future re-read. Nayler's short story, The Tusks of Extinction is also very good.

Incidentally, a few of his short stories, (but not Tusks), are available at Free SF Online.

Just snagged Remnant population for myself. I remember borrowing the print copy from the library years ago but having to return it before I really got started.

>88 Sakerfalcon: I hope you enjoy it. I'm about ⅓ of the way through the audio, and very invested now!

Looks like Audible's Cyber Monday sale has started. I was feeling impatient to start a new audio and was going to spend a credit when I noticed the book I want is now $4.41! So I checked my wish list and everything is on sale. I'm either incredibly lucky or it's a site wide sale for the next week. Confirmed for US. Unsure for other countries.

>90 Narilka: Oooh, thanks for this info.

Yeah thanks...my cart is full!

>90 Narilka: Thanks for the heads up. I picked up a couple of items from my wishlist. A is for Arsenic by Kathryn Harkup, $1.99 and Sister Age by M.F.K. Fisher for under $10.

My wishlist is up to date.

>93 MrsLee:
Are you a member of jillmwo’s cabal of poison experts? Poison in fiction that is, as I am sure you would want people to think.

>95 pgmcc: To that I could never aspire, perhaps acolyte, student or admirer would be a better name for my level of learning. I know many poison plants and chemicals, I have read many murder mysteries for instructions, but I have never knowingly applied any knowledge I have acquired.

>96 MrsLee:

"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I draw your attention to the use of the word 'knowingly'. Is one perhaps seeking to build a defence of plausible deniability?"

For the record, just because one has acquired knowledge does not necessarily mean one has applied that knowledge in any practical sense, >97 pgmcc:. (Psst, >96 MrsLee: you played it absolutely correctly...)

So Jill is apparently a venefice. (Jack Vance uses the word in the sense of "an expert poisoner": in one of his Demon Princes stories*, he refers to a "Sarkoy master venefice" (and Kerth Gerson succeeds in poisoning such a venefice). I always assumed he had invented the word, but not so. OED on line calls it obsolete, last recorded around the mind-1600s, and won't give me a definition unless I subscribe. Other online resources seem to agree on the meaning "the art or practice of poisoning", so Vance's use was apparently non-federation.

*Can't remember which one, the book is not to hand, and the summaries are no help.

>99 haydninvienna: I for one would vote to bring back that word!

>97 pgmcc: I stand on my right not to say anything that might incriminate myself.

>100 MrsLee: If Jack Vance can use it, so can you. No view either way in which sense to use it in.

>97 pgmcc: >99 haydninvienna: >100 MrsLee:. So I reached out to someone who actually has an OED in print format. She sent me a photo from her phone and it's absolute murder to try to read. But here's what I think I understand from it. The word dates back to 1626 (I think -- it might be 1636) and is of French origin.

Venefic is the person -- one who practices poisoning as a secret art; a sorcerer or sorceress; a wizard or witch.
Venefice is the practice - the practice of employing poison or magical potions; the exercise of sorcery by such means.

And again, knowledge without practical application is merely unproven theory. Therefore not considered to be a criminal act. MrsLee is in the clear.

One final question: how many people do you need to get a cabal going?

>103 jillmwo: Well, the original "cabal" had five people in it. Might that be a defining feature?

>104 Marissa_Doyle: It's a goal. If >95 pgmcc: is going to circulate scurrilous rumors of me having a cabal, then I probably ought to get on it. I just need a better sense of the basic parameters. (BTW, I just looked at Wikipedia and now I have a bit of an idea. Learning that the Dutch were key players was useful.)

>99 haydninvienna: Going off on another tangent, "V" and "B" are next to each other on the keyboard. So easy to type "venefice" when one intends to type "benefice"...

>103 jillmwo: I have a two-volume OED that came in a box with a drawer for the magnifying glass necessary to read the 6 point type.

>103 jillmwo:
I have a motto for your cabal. You prompted it with your resurrection of Venefice.

Veni, vidi, venenata

Free for a limited time on Amazon: https://amazon.com/dp/B0184SEECO - Omnibus of the first 3 novels in the Leine Basso thriller series. I read the first 8 books this year, and am enjoying the series. They're about an ex-assassin who keeps finding herself going up against various bad people (usually human traffickers, but her past of spies and assassins begins to catch up to her in later books.) There's also a prequel book for 99 cents on Amazon and a (less necessary) pre-prequel short for free on the author's website in exchange for signing on to her mailing list.

Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench is on sale for $2.99 for Kindle and Nook (and I'm assuming other devices) right now.

>109 clamairy: Definitely one that I would recommend! And it was due to you as well that I picked up Guy Gavriel Kay's book, The Summer Tree at the bargain price of $1.99 today. (Some of the Christmas AMZ gift cards go quickly!)

>110 jillmwo: Yes, I thought of you when I saw it was on sale (and while I was grabbing it.) I believe I was able to get this for free as I earned $3 in Kindle rewards last month.

>110 jillmwo: snagged The Summer Tree. Looks good!

>109 clamairy: I let out a big groan when I saw that you posted that yesterday, but then I went and checked and the deal is still good! I've been wanting this one.

>113 MrsLee: I'm so glad it was still on sale!