BIG List of ebook Week Freebies & Offers

[bookratt]

Here is a BIG list of ebook week participants. Website can be found here: http://www.ebookweek.com/ebook_store.html



E-Books for Read an E-Book Week!

This is the page you've been looking for -- the list e-publishers, booksellers, and authors who are participating in Read an E-Book Week. Most of the e-books on this list are free. Others are deeply discounted. Some of the participants offer contests or coupons - even a Nook eReader!

For an expanded list of all participants, including, supporters, blogs and e-zines, please visit the partners page.



E-Book Vendors

Smashwords (general) This popular e-publisher/vendor has created a special catalogue with thousands of free or deeply discounted e-books for Read an E-book Week - available on their website, the Stanza app and Aldiko app.

OmniLit: The bookstore on the corner of your digital neighborhood. Hundreds of thousands of fiction and non-fiction titles. Specials during Read an E-Book Week.

All Romance eBooks: All the romance you need from all the publishers you love. The romance specialty store with over 30,000 romance and erotica titles. Free downloads and specials during Read an E-Book Week.

CurrClick.com: The largest destination for downloadable curriculum, offering thousands of resources for parents, educators and students. Participate in their Twitter Contest and you could win a Nook eReader. CurrClick.com will be giving away a free eBook every day, March 7-13th!

Mindset Triathlon: The only online destination for running, swimming, biking, nutrition and training eBooks. Will offer a free eBook every day during Read an E-Book Week.

DriveThruComics: The largest destination for digital comics featuring Judge Dredd, Mouse Guard, Girl Genius and more. Offering a free eBook every day during Read an E-Book Week.

Wargame Vault: The world's largest wargame download site, offering hundreds of e-books for games and rule sets, plus paper terrain and paper figures. Wargame Vault will have dozens of free e-book downloads available during Read an E-Book week.

BooksonBoard: (general) E-books in all categories. Offering a free download during Read an E-Book Week.

Kobo (general) E-Book store offers a coupon for $1.00 off an e-book. The coupon code is Read2010 and is valid from March 7-13th only.

RoseDog Books: (general) Offering a free download each day during Read an E-Book Week.

Red Led Bookstore: (general) Offering a different free e-book download each day.

eBook Pie: Unique e-book store offers free chapters to many of their books (click on the cover, then "echapters"). Offering a free download of Triple Threat.

Diesel eBook Store: Many free e-books at Diesel's e-book store. Check the list at the left side of the screen.

Sylvan Dell Publishing: (children) Picture books that excite children's imaginations. Offering a free download of Pandas' Earthquake Escape.



E-Book Publishers

Smashwords (general) This popular e-publisher/vendor has created a special catalogue with thousands of free or deeply discounted e-books for Read an E-book Week - available on their website and on the Stanza app.

Zulu Express (general) Free downloads in all genres. Accepting authors who wish to publish in e-book format.

Drollerie Press: (fantasy) Free short stories, limited full length novels.

BooksInMyPhone: Free e-books in many genres for Java enabled phones.

BooksForABuck: offers free and $1.00 stories and novels. If you mention Read an E-Book Week and buy 2 e-books, you'll get one free.

Birds Hill Publishing: (children) Offers a free download of the e-book Bullying: A Parent's Primer.

Ellora's Cave: (Steamy Romance) Romantica in all genres.

Twilight Times Books: (general) Offering free download each day during Read an E-Book Week. Also on the Aldiko app.

E-Reads : Two free downloads. E-Reads is a publisher dedicated to bringing out-of-print books back in electronic and print formats.

Badosa.com: Free e-books in Spanish, Catalan, English and French.

Sharing Books: (children) Offers e-books, stories and classic children's literature.

Bast Press: (general) Offers a free download of the illustrated poem: The Effects of Gravity on the Soul of a Poet.

Dorrance Publishing Co Inc.: (general) Offering a free e-book download each day during Read an E-Book Week.

Cerridwen Press: (general) Mainstream fiction for all tastes.

SynergEbooks.com: (general) Free eBooks in a myriad of genres during Read an E-Book Week.

ireadiwrite Publishing: (general) Digital small press. Offering 1/2 price on longer works and daily $2.00 deals.

Macabre Ink Digital Publishing: (macabre) Offering a 50% discount on all e-books. Use coupon code eBOOKWeek



Authors

Steve Jordan: (sci-fi and fiction) Free e-books. Steve did a great job with the website! He's also an e-book author with a growing reputation for the quality of his books.

Warren Adler: writer and playwright, is a great supporter of e-books. Check out his website for a writing contest.

Lillie Ammann, writer and editor Will be giving away a number of e-books, both fiction and non-fiction.

Cliff J. Burns Canadian author (noir). Free short stories and novels. Two novellas have been optioned for movies.

Patricia and James Taylor (spiritual) Free e-book On the Wings of the Wind.

Pauline Rowson: Offers a free download of In For the Kill. (Marine Mystery)

Cory Doctorow: Fans can find a download of his book Eastern Standard Tribe and a collection of free essays (IN ITALIAN) entitled Content .

David Bowles : (historical) Free downloads of Spring House: Book 1 in the Westward Sagas and Adam's Daughters: Book 2 in the Westward Sagas.

Heather Wardell (women's fiction) Free novels Life, Love and a Polar Bear Tattoo and Go Small or Go Home.

Rae Lori: (multi genre) Free download of short story The Real Miranda.

L. Diane Wolfe: (young adult) Free download of The Circle of Friends Book V...Heather.

Jeffrey A. Carver: (Sci-Fi) Free downloads, including a Nebula Award finalist.

Meira Eliot: (mystical) Free download of Moldavite.

Jean Sheldon: (general) Free download during Read an E-Book Week.

Nara Malone: (romance) A draw each day for a flash drive with starter e-library and e-reading program pre-installed so readers have a no hassle way to discover e-reading.

Online-Business-Guide: (business) 10 Easy Steps to Write an E-book for free. Sharon L. Cohen authored three books on Internet businesses and writes/ghostwrites e-books.

A Summer Ago: R. Andrew Reeves, Jr. and Tzynya L. Pinchback combine poetry, haiku and prose with imagery in this unique e-book. Free during Read an E-Book Week.

Rita Toews: (humor) Offering a free download of Confessions of a Failed Domestic Goddess at Smashwords.

Danielle Raine: (general) 50% off Housework Blues-A Survival Guide. Non-fiction motivational/inspirational manual for women who 'have issues' with the domestic stuff.

Dawn Colclasure: (general) Offers free download of BURNING THE MIDNIGHT OIL: How We Survive as Writing Parents.

Beth Trissel : (romance) Will give away a download of each of her e-books to individuals chosen from comments on her blog.

[hidari]

Ta for the list...

[neilmarr]

A terrific list, Bookratt. Many thanks. My own wee publishing house's site is down for reconstruction this week (of all weeks!), so we're joining in this year through Smashwords. The offer's in my sig line below. Cheers. Neil

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by bookratt

RoseDog Books: (general) Offering a free download each day during Read an E-Book Week.

Red Led Bookstore: (general) Offering a different free e-book download each day.

Dorrance Publishing Co Inc.: (general) Offering a free e-book download each day during Read an E-Book Week.

These guys want name, address, phone# and email to get their downloads. I'll pass. I guess you could make something up, but...

[SimonSays]

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

These guys want name, address, phone# and email to get their downloads. I'll pass. I guess you could make something up, but...

The books arent really novels or stories either. From the first site, Rose Dog, it ended up being a a plumbing manual

[koland]

So far, looks like a short manual and several short stories, some geared towards kids. No novels this year from these three. (which are all related).

[Critteranne]

Originally Posted by SimonSays

The books arent really novels or stories either. From the first site, Rose Dog, it ended up being a a plumbing manual

That was pretty pathetic of them. I wonder if they picked something random? I checked Dorrance on AbsoluteWrite, as I thought, they're an expensive vanity press. So if you filled out your information, they'll probably send you offers to publish your novels or something.

I was writing an article on Read an E-Book Week, so I joined and downloaded stuff from all sorts of e-book sites to compare the experience. Plumbing manual aside, it was great because I got to sign up for several sites I had meant to join.

[Katti's Cat]

Originally Posted by SimonSays

The books arent really novels or stories either. From the first site, Rose Dog, it ended up being a a plumbing manual

Yeah but didn't you want one of those forever?

[koland]

Perhaps they thought we all needed one, what with the economy forcing people to do their own repairs?

[neilmarr]

I've noticed, too, that many so-called freebies come with strings attached or are a blatant come-on. You can easily be put off. Don't be, many offers out there are absolutely genuine. But, generous as they might be, they are not entirely altruistic.

An MR member PMd me yesterday to say that when a good book was on offer freely or cheaply, she wouldn't go for it because it would impact the author's royalties.

I was touched by that sentiment, but explained to her the value to authors and serious publishers of offers to expose and promote work. And I further explained that authors and publishers joining in Read an Ebook Week were also promoting ereading in general to everyone's mutual advantage.

She said she understood and downloaded four of our BeWrite ebooks. Know what, though? She voluntarily paid half normal price for each of them when I'd just told her the advantages to authors and publishers of actually giving books away sometimes.

And I happen to know this lovely lass had already given generously to Haiti, so her intent could only have been to encourage authors.

If it wasn't for the fact that I'm a big tough Scotsman, that would really have brought a tear to my eye. In fact ...

Cheers. Neil

[koland]

David - I want to thank you (and all the other publishers and authors) for participating, whether each book is to my taste or not (for example, I skip school curriculum and kids books and never could figure out the running/cycling bookstore, as I can't see any changes day-to-day, nor do most of the free titles interest me).

I do wish Dorrance would tell you what the book is first, but they didn't last year, either. Some are good, some are so-so (and some are kid's books that I would not have bothered with). Their registration screen is the same as last year and seems the same as they use for sending out print book (thus, all the extra junk it asks for). I haven't noticed any extra book related junk mail in the mailbox, though, physical or e, so I don't worry about giving them the info.

I do wish some of the sites were easier to locate their "free" offers. For a few, I'm not entirely sure there even is one, at least, not one specific to this promotion and other than the usual PD freebies they always have.

[dickon25]

I do wish some of the sites were easier to locate their "free" offers. For a few, I'm not entirely sure there even is one, at least, not one specific to this promotion and other than the usual PD freebies they always have.

I'll second that one! I spent some useful time on Smashwords and downloaded several (ahem!) very interesting titles...they are definitely the exception. Thanks Smashwords!

Has anyone managed to find the Books on Board offering though? The link on their homepage just takes you back to the ebookweek.com site - sort of circular reporting LOL!

[David.Niall.Wils]

I find it very odd that the main places linked on the site are difficult to navigate. I was told to be listed there I had to A: prominently display one of the banners with a link back to the Read and eBOOK Week site - which I did - and to provide a free, or deeply discounted e-Book "AND A LINK" - and I just assumed that the link in question should lead directly to whatever was free...

Hmmm

Anyway, that's how mine works.

[hidari]

Originally Posted by dickon25

I do wish some of the sites were easier to locate their "free" offers. For a few, I'm not entirely sure there even is one, at least, not one specific to this promotion and other than the usual PD freebies they always have.

I'll second that one! I spent some useful time on Smashwords and downloaded several (ahem!) very interesting titles...they are definitely the exception. Thanks Smashwords!

Has anyone managed to find the Books on Board offering though? The link on their homepage just takes you back to the ebookweek.com site - sort of circular reporting LOL!

I am a member of Books on Board but did not find any way to "get" a free download. I spent a good 15 minutes clicking away to no end.

Have found the same problems others have mentioned above.... too many strings attached.... except for Smashwords.....which I will check out today...

[SimonSays]

Originally Posted by Katti's Cat

Yeah but didn't you want one of those forever?

nah.. I was kind of hoping for a electrical wiring one