Free E-Books
- Samhain Publishing is giving away a Kindle edition of Nate: Devils on Horseback by Beth Williamson. According to their editor, this promotion ends today, but they’ll do the promotion again next month with Giving Chase by Lauren Dane.
- Dragon Moon Press has a number of offerings on one of their blogs: Alien Deception by Tony Ruggiero, Alien Revelation by Tony Ruggiero, Chalice of Life by Karen Anne Webb, Darwin’s Paradox by Nina Munteanu, Small Magics by Eric Buchanan, Sojourn by Jana G. Oliver, The Darkling Band by Jason Henderson, The Gryphon Highlord by Connie Ward, The Longevity Thesis by Jennifer Rahn, Virtual Evil by Jana G. Oliver, The Case of the Pitcher’s Pendant by Tee Morris, and Digital Magic by Philippa Ballantine.
Contests
- Free Book A Week has Callgirl by Jeanette Angell to a commenter between 150 and 250.
- The Idea Champions Weblog is giving away a copy of Famous Last Words by Ray Robinson if you tell them what your last words will be. No deadline stated.
- Stephanie Boman has a bag full of young adult titles, deadline early Monday.
- The Friendly Book Nook has a copy of The Questory of Root Karbunkulus by Kamilla Reid to give away, deadline 23 July.
- The Literate Housewife has an autographed copy of The i Tetralogy by Mathias B. Freese, deadline 23 July.
- No More Grumpy Bookseller has a copy of DeLauné Michel’s The Safety of Secrets, deadline 24 July.
- Another giveaway for Cynthia Leitich Smith’s Tantalize at The Book Girl Reviews, deadline 25 July.
- Creative Solace has a copy of Painted Paper by Alisa Golden for the crafty-minded, deadline 25 July.
- Farmgirl’in Ga. Style has Smart Decorating by Mary Emmerling, deadline 25 July.
- Lucy Diamond is giving away a copy of her novel Over You to the person who can come up with the best anagram of her (fake) name (along with the book title), deadline 25 July.
- Some love for Canadians from Random House: Ten copies of Salman Rushdie’s The Enchantress of Florence, ten of his Midnight’s Children, five of Howard Shrier’s Buffalo Jump, and five of Katie Hafner’s A Romance on Three Legs. Deadlines vary from 25 July to 31 July.
- Fantasy Book Critic has three sets of Ian C. Esslemont’s Night of Knives and Return of the Crimson Guard to give away, deadline 26 July.
- Win Shop Your Closet by Melanie Charlton Fascitelli at 5 Minutes For Books, deadline 26 July.
- Another giveaway for Brooke Taylor’s Undone at Reviewer X, deadline 27 July (or 25 July — as of compilation time the deadline is confusing).
- Up For Grabs has an ARC of Kathleen Kent’s The Heretic’s Daughter, deadline 27 July.
- Natalie Williams has The Shack by William P. Young, deadline 27 July
- Loaded Questions is giving away four copies of C. W. Gortner’s The Last Queen, deadline 29 July.
- Dorling-Kindersley Publishing (a.k.a. DK) has a number of contests, open to United Kingdom residents only:
- Win an autographed copy of Happyslapped by a Jellyfish by Karl Pilkington by
friending
DK on Facebook. Deadline 31 July . - A set of Atlas of Exploration and Oceans Atlas can be had, deadline 31 July.
- Win any DK book in print, deadline 31 July.
- Win a DK Eyewitness Travel Guide by sending DK a picture of you holding a DK Eyewitness Travel Guide on location, no deadline specified. Presumably you get a different travel guide. Every picture used wins; they have several dozen up.
- Win an autographed copy of Happyslapped by a Jellyfish by Karl Pilkington by
- Continuing the goodness for U.K. people, Penguin U.K. has a couple of contests too:
- One of five autographed copies of Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks, deadline 31 July.
- A ten-pack of Penguin books, deadline 31 August.
- Ten ARCs of The Minutes of the Lazarus Club by Tony Pollard are being given away to Penguin newsletter subscribers who email them back.
- Good Clean Reads has a copy of Trespassers Will Be Baptized by Elizabeth Emerson Hancock, deadline 31 July. I love the title!
- HarperCollins is giving away five sets of a handbag and books prize, consisting of The Safety of Secrets by Delauné Michel, The Flirt by Kathleen Tessaro, and The Godmother by Carrie Adams. Deadline 7 August.
- Destination France is giving away a copy of A Summer in Gascony by Michael Calder to someone who signs up for their newsletter, deadline 8 August.
- Also, The Friendly Book Nook is giving away a $15 Amazon gift certificate to one commenter, deadline 31 August. I’ll count it as
free books
for now since it’s Amazon, and include it in the listing.
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