Bargain Books February 2009

[Xia]

Someone mentioned to me that they like to read pro wrestling books.  Well, unfortunately, I couldn’t find any pro wrestling books that were bargains, but I did come across this amateur wrestling (I think it’s a fictional story) bargain.  It received good reviews, too, all 4 reviewers gave it 5 stars …



Throwback
Author: Dave Conifer
Price: $0.80

[KindleKay (aka #1652)]

I just stumbled onto this thread and am happy to find it!  I have sent for lots of samples and will be uber busy whittling them down to get me some cheap books!!!  (how's THAT for grammer?   )

[ScottBooks]

I just stumbled onto this thread and am happy to find it!  I have sent for lots of samples and will be uber busy whittling them down to get me some cheap books!!!  (how's THAT for grammer?   )

Read those samples QUICK! All the veteran bargain hunters have learned the hard way that today's $1.45 book is tomorrow's $9.45 book. Prices fluctuate rapidly (and for no discernible (at least to us) reason).

[Xia]

Welcome to the bargain thread, Kay!  (Please also be sure to check out the free book thread - both are stickies in the Book Corner forum and are started anew on the first of each month.)

I second what Scott said.  I’ve seen the price of a book go from 99 cents to $9.99 in less than hour of it being mentioned in this bargain thread.

Also, and this most important, please make sure you check the price of the book before you one-click it.  As mentioned, most of these bargains are bargains for a very short period of time so most of the ones mentioned in the first section of this thread are no longer bargains. 

I think most of us bargain hunters try to check this thread at least once per day so we don’t miss out.

Enjoy!
-Xia-

[KindleKay (aka #1652)]

Thanks for the welcomes and advice!  I love a bargain and the chance of losing it makes it all the more enticing to me! . I just picked up "An Abundance of Katherines" thanks to this thread!!  The sample drew me in...

[CS]

Someone mentioned to me that they like to read pro wrestling books.  Well, unfortunately, I couldn’t find any pro wrestling books that were bargains, but I did come across this amateur wrestling (I think it’s a fictional story) bargain.  It received good reviews, too, all 4 reviewers gave it 5 stars …



Throwback
Author: Dave Conifer
Price: $0.80

Thank you, Xia. Funnily enough, I actually discovered this a couple of weeks ago by accident. It's great.

If you like this book, I urge you to 1-click the rest of this author's offerings (all 80 cents too). I posted a thread about him somewhere here. eBully and Man of Steel are especially good.

[David J. Guyton]

Hey everyone

I just wanted to thank all of you who have purchased my book recently. This $.99 sale recently pushed my Amazon sales stats to 797, meaning I was outselling about 239,000 other Kindle titles. Right now I am hovering at about 2500....still not bad!

I am really grateful and just wanted to thank you guys. I am so thrilled that so many of you are picking up my book! If you like it....tell a friend!

David

[SongbirdVB]

Love this thread.  Not quite sure why it always takes me a week or two to remember there is a new one every month... 

Just picked up Coraline and Soul Identity.  Thanks!!

[chynared21]

Hey everyone

I just wanted to thank all of you who have purchased my book recently. This $.99 sale recently pushed my Amazon sales stats to 797, meaning I was outselling about 239,000 other Kindle titles. Right now I am hovering at about 2500....still not bad!

I am really grateful and just wanted to thank you guys. I am so thrilled that so many of you are picking up my book! If you like it....tell a friend!

David

That's great David :-)

[Fuzzy Dunlop]

I'm currently 1/3 into the second book, which I picked up immediately after finishing the first.  Great read, and so far, the second is even better than the first b/c less world-builiding is necessary.  I don't read much Sci Fi and Fantasy, but have enjoyed this series very much so far.

N

grabbed the first one for a buck..havent read it yet but it has a lot of great reviews..not a huge fantasy fan..I like sci-fi a bit more but this series looked a little less fairy tale'ish than other fantasy series

[Kind]

Love this thread.  Not quite sure why it always takes me a week or two to remember there is a new one every month... 

Just picked up Coraline and Soul Identity.  Thanks!!

Same here, but recently I've been keeping up to date with this one.

[ScottBooks]

is only $3.95; I don't remember seeing it this low before. It's not Blind Assassin but still a pretty good read.

[ConnieK]

Handmaid's Tale looks like a great recommendation.  Just got it - Thanks!

[Betsy the Quilter]

Good time to post a reminder here--this is for bargain book postings, you all have been doing a good job.  They don't have to be books you've read, just cheap books (free books are another thread).  Although if you have read the book and can personally recommend it, it's a good thing to add to the post!

Betsy

[akw4572]

is only $3.95; I don't remember seeing it this low before. It's not Blind Assassin but still a pretty good read.

If I remember right, that was made into a TV movie or mini series, Robert Duvall was in it.

[bkworm8it]

Not sure if this one has been listed yet. Looks good for $0.80




Another for $0.80



Another - no picture for this one. Christian book.

My Soul It Knows His Mercies




Theresam

[Sweety18]

I'm reading this one, pretty good book imo.

is only $3.95; I don't remember seeing it this low before. It's not Blind Assassin but still a pretty good read.

[Silver]

An observation, with request for opinions - I downloaded the mobi version of the Oz books because it was only .99.  Put a bunch of other mobi collections on my list for future purchase.  Those are all 4.79 or 7.99, still a very good bargain for dozens of works in one collection.  Okay, someone mentioned the 'single file' collections as all .99.  Even more of a deal, I says to me.  So I downloaded the Works of Jane Austen.  The one mobi collection I downloaded is beautifully formatted, with illustrations.  A pleasant read.  The Jane Austen collection is not well formatted, and not so easy to read.  I don't know if the two I downloaded are representative of 'mobi' and 'single file' in general.  Opinion, please, from anyone who has downloaded from either collection - how's the formatting, ease or reading, usefulness of Table of Contents? 

BTW, I downloaded both directly from Amazon.  Here are a couple of quick links if you want to know what I'm babbling about...

Mobi
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&field-keywords=mobi&x=12&y=24

Single File
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_kinc?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&field-keywords=single+file&x=13&y=18

[sebat]

An observation, with request for opinions - I downloaded the mobi version of the Oz books because it was only .99.  Put a bunch of other mobi collections on my list for future purchase.  Those are all 4.79 or 7.99, still a very good bargain for dozens of works in one collection.  Okay, someone mentioned the 'single file' collections as all .99.  Even more of a deal, I says to me.  So I downloaded the Works of Jane Austen.  The one mobi collection I downloaded is beautifully formatted, with illustrations.  A pleasant read.  The Jane Austen collection is not well formatted, and not so easy to read.  I don't know if the two I downloaded are representative of 'mobi' and 'single file' in general.  Opinion, please, from anyone who has downloaded from either collection - how's the formatting, ease or reading, usefulness of Table of Contents? 

BTW, I downloaded both directly from Amazon.  Here are a couple of quick links if you want to know what I'm babbling about...

Mobi
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&field-keywords=mobi&x=12&y=24

Single File
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_kinc?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&field-keywords=single+file&x=13&y=18

I don't have those downloaded, so I can't comment on that.
If you don't like something about a book...you have 7 days to return it to Amazon for a refund. 

[Ann in Arlington]

and if formatting is the issue. . .let Amazon know.  Perhaps they will fix it. . . .

Ann

[Silver]

I don't have those downloaded, so I can't comment on that.
If you don't like something about a book...you have 7 days to return it to Amazon for a refund. 

and if formatting is the issue. . .let Amazon know.  Perhaps they will fix it. . . .

Ann

Thanks for the replies.  I have already returned the Austen collection for refund, and I let Amazon know that formatting was bad.  That's not my issue.  I just wanted to know if others have downloaded collections from mobi or single file, and if the formatting is the same.  Just trying to benefit from the experience of KB members.  Right now I would (and intend to) purchase 'mobi' collections and avoid 'single file' collections.

[Ann in Arlington]

My experience has been that mobi collections are pretty good. . . haven't looked at any single file collections.  The only comparison I ever did was with The Sun Also Rises, which is of course a single book, and there were 3 options at Amazon.  I think I decided the mid-priced one was best.  The most expensive was perhaps marginally better in formatting, but not enough better that it was worth the couple dollars extra they were charging.

Ann

[Kind]

 So far, I have not noticed any formatting issues.

[KCFoggin]

Hey everyone

I just wanted to thank all of you who have purchased my book recently. This $.99 sale recently pushed my Amazon sales stats to 797, meaning I was outselling about 239,000 other Kindle titles. Right now I am hovering at about 2500....still not bad!

I am really grateful and just wanted to thank you guys. I am so thrilled that so many of you are picking up my book! If you like it....tell a friend!

David

I've been absent from this thread for a bit and just came across your post.  The reviews look good so I have just "one clicked" it

[CS]

IMPORTANT NOTE: The info listed for the books published by Fictionwise (labeled below) may be incorrect. It seems that the page numbers listed on Amazon are woefuly inaccurate. My apologies. Thanks to Koland for discovering this.

Accidental Encounter, Calypso's Revenge, and The Time Cavern are NOT published by Fictionwise and seem to have accurate descriptions. I can personally vouch for The Time Cavern, which IS the length it's supposed to be and a great book to boot (so far anyway).

A friend of mine listed science fiction as one of the genres she enjoys. I'm not sure if these will her cup of tea (or anybody's), but that's what samples are for.

Note: These are not recommendations, because I haven't actually read them myself yet. I did request samples though.

If anyone has read these, or knows anything about them, please do chime in.

In the Distance, And Ahead in Time
Author: George Zebrowski

Price: $1.03

*FICTIONWISE*



Flatlander
Author: Larry Niven

Price: $1.27

*FICTIONWISE*



Millennium Babies
Author: Kristine Kathryn Rusch
 
Price: $1.27

*FICTIONWISE*



Accidental Encounter
Author: Noel Carroll

Price: $2.04



Calypso's Revenge: A Traitor's Heart
Author: Dehanna Bailee
 
Price: $3.19



The Time Cavern
Author: Todd A Fonseca

Price: $3.96

(I originally had two links to the same listing, but the one below is linked from the author's website, so that's obviously the official and preferred version.)