Free e-book - Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer TODAY ONLY (5/5/11)

Amazon is offering Jeffrey Archer's novel Kane and Able for free in Kindle format for today only. It usually retails for £7.99.

From Amazon UK

Go here to download. 

Free e-book - Zachary Zombie and the Lost Boy: A story for demented children by John H. Carroll

It's always a joy to see children read, and if you have little ones at home this latest offering from John H. Carroll will provide endless reading fun, as well as being absolutely free!

From Smashwords

Zachary Zombie and the Lost Boy follows Zachary who gets sent to fetch newts for Gert the Wicked Witch. Along the way he comes across Tobias, who got lost following an emo bunny, and Zachary agrees to help get Tobias home and that is where their adventure begins. To top it off the author provides this wonderful disclaimer 'Caution: This story is not for normal children. If you have any intention of raising a well adjusted child, this is not the right tale for you.' It is a wonderful book from someone who obviously has lots of experience telling funny stories to his own children. 


To get hold of a copy simply download from here. If you liked Zachary Zombie then you should also have a look at The Emo Bunny that Should: A story for demented children which is also available free from Smashwords.

20% e-books at Kobo!

Kobo Books is offing 20% off all e-book in it's spring sale! Perfect if you want to fill up your reader ready for summer.

From Kobo Books

To claim the discount just enter spring20off at the checkout at Kobo. The offer expires at the end of the month. New members to kobobook.com also get 20% off their first purchase.

Free e-book - The Defector by Mark Chisnell

Mark Chisnell is a British writer, broadcaster and sailor who has released both his maritime thrillers in e-book form. The Defector follows Martin Cormac through the seedy world of drug-smuggling, and has an average 5 star rating on Smashwords.com.

From markchisnell.com

The author is offering the e-book free in a variety of formats from Smashwords.com, as well as an audiobook version available here. A sample of his second offering The Wrecking Crew is available for download from his website.

50% off all Angry Robot books!

Angry Robot books, publisher of many Science-Fiction and Fantasy titles, is offering 50% of it's catalogue until May 9th if you buy two or more e-books.  Perfect if there has been a series that you've been waiting to buy. It doesn't look like this offer is open to Kindle owners who have to purchase through Amazon. It's all in honour of Lauren Beukes' Zoo City winning the Arthur C. Clarke award.

From Angry Books

To take advantage of this offer visit the website and enter clarke11 at the checkout.

Angry Robot's twitter feed with offer details can be found here.

Free e-book - Chasing Science at Sea by Ellen Prager

I'm a sucker for science and the University of Chicago Press is given away free copies of it's book Chasing Science at Sea: Racing Hurricanes, Stalking Sharks, and Living Undersea with Ocean Experts which was first published in 2008, as part of it's monthly give-away. I've flicked through it and it seems well formatted and easy to read. 

From University of Chicago Press

To get your copy go here and enter your e-mail address. The download requires Abode Digital Editions.  

Discounted e-book - Life Games by Trine Daely (Only 99 cents!)

New author Trine Daely has released a collection of poetry called Life Games and is offering it for just 99 cents (59p in the UK) at Smashwords (usually $2.99).

From Smashwords

Here is what the author has to say about the collection:

"A collection of poetry written over a span of dark years in my life, sometimes with hope for the future, sometimes without. I wrote about the images in my dreams, my daydreams, my nightmares - think of it as a verbal expression of a painting in my brain, with all the variations you would expect from colorful to minimalist, strict verse to free verse."


Even if poetry is not generally your thing, give it a try, I know I will and a review will be coming soon. 


To take advantage of this amazing offer click here and enter coupon code EX45P at the checkout. This code will work until 24th May 2012.

Thanks goes to Trine Daely for allowing me to list this offer.

Win an e-book offer - L.J. Sellers's The Baby Thief

L.J. Sellers' mystery novel The Baby Thief was recommended to me by a poster on Mobile Read as a medical thriller. Whilst on the author's site I came across a promotion to win a copy of the book by e-mailing the author. I duly send the e-mail and quickly received a .mobi copy. I am very grateful to the author and will be reviewing the book once I have read it.

Cover from Fantastic Fiction.co.uk

The details of the promotion can be found here. If you do not receive a copy, the author kindly provides extracts so you can try before you buy. The e-book is available from Amazon UK for £2.08.