Nov 23 2011

DA Weekly Deals: 29+ Books Under $2.99 (and Black Friday updates)

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There are not a ton of new deals under $2.99 but there are quite a few new books to the list that are at $4.99.  Both Avon and Pocket are experimenting with pricing with several at 4.99, 5.99, and so on. I listed only the $4.99 books.  Before we get to the lists, though, we have a couple of announcements:

First, www.AWritersWork.com having a 99-Cent Black Friday Sale — Every book on the site will cost 99 cents* from midnight to midnight (EST) on Friday, Nov. 25.   Along with backlist titles, they offer a sprinkling of original fiction and non-fiction. Any reader anywhere in the world who can use PayPal can buy the books as ePub or PDF.

(*Purchasers are charged full price at the time of purchase, then refunded all but 99 cents — this is to minimize fees charged to our authors. The refunds happen as quickly as I can get the report, but certainly no later than Dec. 3.)

Second,

The Harlequin Historical Authors Holiday Giveaway is back!
Twenty-one Harlequin Historical authors have teamed up to bring you daily prizes during this holiday season.
Readers can follow the online Advent calendar (http://jeannielin.com/hh-giveaway-2011.html) between November 29 and December 22 and enter into daily prize giveaways hosted by a different historical author. Best of all, one lucky entrant from the month will qualify to win the Grand Prize –a Kindle Fire, so the more days you visit a new historical author, the greater your chances to win!
Participating authors include: Michelle Willingham, Elizabeth Rolls, Charlene Sands, Diane Gaston, Annie Burrows, Elaine Golden, Barbara Monajem, Michelle Styles, Deborah Hale, Marguerite Kaye, Lynna Banning, Carol Townend, Blythe Gifford, Julia Justiss, Terri Brisbin, Ann Lethbridge, Bronwyn Scott, Sarah Mallory, Kate Bridges, Amanda McCabe and Jeannie Lin.
Residents of the US, UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, any European country where a Kindle may be shipped are eligible to participate in the Harlequin Historical giveaway.   If the Kindle Fire is not available in the winning entrant’s country of origin, a Kindle of comparable value will be offered with a gift certificate to make up the remainder of the prize value of $199.00.

Black Friday Ads:

A couple of places like Radio Shack and Staples are selling the devices at retail but offering a $10-$20 gift certificate to the stores along with the purchase of the device.  Target is offering a $30 Target Gift Card with purchase of a Nook or Nook Color (not Tablet) until Thursday.  I did not see any online deals:

  • Pandigital 6″ Novel (reads ePubs) $49 – Radioshack
  • Nook Touch WiFi $79 – BN in stores
  • Nook Touch WiFi $79 (regular price $99) – Best Buy (10 per store minimum)
  • Apple iPad 2 16GB with Wi-Fi $454.99 (regular price $499) – Best Buy
  • Kindle Keyboard w SO & 3G $85 (regular price $139)  - Target
  • Kindle Keyboard w SO & WiFi $89 plus a $25 GC to Meijer – Meijer
  • Blackberry Playbook $199 (regular price $299) – Office Depot, Staples, and Best Buy

Wal-mart and Target also have iTunes gift card sales.  Wal-mart is buy a $100 GC for $80 and Target’s is buy $25 GC for $20.

Update:  I received a press release from Kobo indicating that there would be Black Friday deals and Cyber Monday deals for the Kobo reader from Best Buy, Target, Kmart, and Sears. I haven’t seen these advertised yet.  Kobo did indicate that it would be selling the Kobo Wireless for $59.99 direct from Kobo.

The “new” tag means deals different than were included in the previous post.

Digital Backlist:

Avon

Bantam | Ballantine | Dell 

Forever

Kensington

Pocket

  • To Scotland with Love by Karen Hawkins * $2.99 * Amazon | nook | Sony | Kobo
  • Simmer All Night by Geralyn Dawson * $2.99 * Amazon | nook | Sony | Kobo
  • Warlord Wants Forever by Kresley Cole * $1.99 * Amazon | nook | Sony | Kobo (this is a novella in the Bad Boys Collection which is still price at $9.99 so a fairly good deal if you are a Cole fan)

Sourcebooks

SMP

  • NEW Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas * $2.99 * Amazon | nook | Sony | Kobo

Samhain

  • Nine-Tenths of the Law by L.A. Witt * $0.00 * Amazon | nook

Books I bought that were not romance:

Additionally, there are several Sue Grafton books that are discounted this month, likely in preparation for the release of V is for Vengeance (Kinsey Millhone Mystery) along with some other MacMillan books:

Some random books priced higher than $2.99 but still decent deals.

Avon:

  • Any Man of Mine by Rachel Gibson * $4.99 * Amazon | nook | Kobo
  • Waking Up With the Duke by Lorraine Heath * $4.99 * Amazon | nook | Kobo
  • The Seduction of Scandal by Cathy Maxwell * $4.99 * Amazon | nook | Kobo
  • A Night to Surrender by Tessa Dare * $4.99 * Amazon | nook | Kobo
  • What a Duke Wants by Lavinia Kent * $4.99 * Amazon | nook | Kobo
  • One Night in London by Caroline Linden * $4.99 * Amazon | nook | Kobo
  • In Total Surrender by Anne Mallory * $4.99 * Amazon | nook | Kobo
  • The Norse King’s Daughter by Sandra Hill * $4.99 * Amazon | nook | Kobo
  • Every Scandalous Secret by Gayle Callen * $4.99 * Amazon | nook | Kobo

Pocket Books:

We search prices by the following imprints: Avon, EOS, Forever, HarperCollins, HQN, Kensington, MIRA, Pocket, Pocket Star, Orbit, Samhain, Sourcebooks, and Macmillan. Note that Kensington Zebra Debuts are often under $3.00.  These searches are performed at Amazon and the prices are not always reflected at other stores.  These prices reflect US deals and may not be present at non US retailers.

I’m trying to add in digital backlist titles under $2.99.  If you are an author re-releasing your digital backlist or having a “sale” and the book is priced 2.99 or under, send the titles to jane at dearauthor.com to be included in the bi monthly posting.

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