Kindle First selections are available for January 2016 (six options!)

It’s a new month, and that means, among many other things, if you are a Prime member, you can a get a new free e-book before the rest of the world. January 2016 brings six different choices. You get one for free now. The rest of the books become available for everyone February 1st. They are all pre-release now. If you are not a Prime member, you can buy one of the six right now for $2.

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The choices for January 2016 are mostly beginnings of new book series, four out of six of them are so. Here’s the list:

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Kindle First options for December 2015 now available

It’s December 2015 already, time sure does fly, and with it we have a new selection of Kindle First selections. There are six pre-release e-books available. Prime members get one of them for free, while non-Prime members can purchase one of $2. If you like more than one, you have to wait until January 2016 to purchase them at regular prices or borrow them from Kindle Unlimited (if you are a paying subscriber).

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Since these are brand new, they have very few customer reviews, so if none of them speak to you, you can wait for a couple of weeks until they pick up more reviews and the wisdom of the crowds sorts them out.

Without further ado, the six options are:

  • “Terms of Use” by Scott Allan Morrison in Thrillers
  • “Grave of Hummingbirds” by Jennifer Skutelsky in Literary Fiction
  • “A Death in Sweden” by Kevin Wignall in Conspiracy Thrillers
  • “Before Goodbye” by Mimi Cross in Coming of Age
  • “The King of Taksim Square” by Emrah Serbes and Mark David Wyers in Modern Fiction
  • “Out of Sorts” by Aurélie Valognes and Wendeline A. Hardenberg in Contemporary Fiction
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KindleFirst six choices for November 2015 are out

It is November 2015 already, time sure does fly, and among many other things, this means a new round of selections has gone live at Amazon’s Kindle First page. If you are a Prime member, you can get one of those six pre-release e-books for FREE and start reading it right now, before the rest of the general population. If you are not a Prime member, you can get one too but you have to pay $2 for it. The general population will be able to buy these starting December 1st.

Without further delay, the choices for November 2015 are:

  • “The Burned Bridges of Ward, Nebraska” by Eileen Curtright in Modern Fiction
  • “The Short Drop” by Matthew FitzSimmons in Thrillers
  • “Christmas in Good Hope (A Good Hope Novel Book 1)” by Cindy Kirk in (Seasonal) Romance
  • “Daughter of Sand and Stone” by Libbie Hawker in Historical Fiction
  • “Gateway to Fourline (The Fourline Trilogy Book 1)” by Pam Brondos in Fantasy
  • “Sleeping Embers of an Ordinary Mind” by Anne Charnock in Experimental Fiction

TIP: since these ebooks just got released to the world, they have only a small number of reviews each, ranging from 2 to 9 as of the time of writing. If you are not sure which one to get, you may want to wait for another week or two, more people will read them and review them, and hopefully by then, the reviews will help you pick something interesting. You can get them at any point during the month, from the 1st until the 30th, just don’t wait until 11:59pm on the last day of the month 🙂

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Kindle First for October 2015: pick one out of six options

Another month is in the books, and October 2015 is here. For the whole month, from the 1st until the last day, if you are an Amazon Prime member, you can select one FREE e-book from a choice of six. All are pre-release books that will become available to the general public on November 1st. But as a Prime member, you can pick one of those six, and start reading it right now.

If you are not a Prime member, you can pick one as well, but you have to pay $2 for it. So without further delay, here are the six options:

  • “The Mentor” by Rita Carla Francesca Monticelli, Aaron Maines in Mystery
  • “Life and Other Near-Death Experiences” by Camille Pagán in Contemporary Fiction
  • “This Is the Night” by Jonah C. Sirott in Literary Fiction
  • “Here & There” by Joshua V. Scher in Experimental Fiction
  • “Infinity Lost (The Infinity Trilogy Book 1)” by S. Harrison in Scifi Thrillers
  • “The Concealed (The Lakewood Series Book 1)” by Sarah Kleck, Michael Osmann, Audrey Deyman in Romantic Fantasy

Since you have until October 30th to make a pick, if you are not certain yet, you can wait for a few more days and monitor their reviews. In general, other things equal, the reviews can help you sift through potential gems and help you avoid potential disasters.

You can find links to all these selections at the Kindle First page. The selections at that page change every month.

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Kindle First Choices for September 2015: Pick One Out of Six Options

September is here already, and a new month, among many other things, means a new round of Kindle First selections. If you are a Prime member, you are allowed to select one of those pre-release e-books for FREE and start reading it immediately (they get released to the general public on October 1st).

If you are not a Prime member, you can buy one for $2. If more than one interest you, you have to wait until October 1st for the rest. Some may be part of Kindle Unlimited, so check that too before buying them.

For the September 1st until the 30th time period, we have SIX selections to pick from. IF you are not certain, wait a few days until they build up reviews – those can be helpful in figuring out which one might be the most interesting to you. Without further ado, the options are:

  • “The Capital of Latecomers” by Nina Nenova and Vladimir Poleganov in Modern Science Fiction
  • “Pale Queen Rising (Pale Queen Series Book 1)” by A. R. Kahler in Fantasy
  • “Still Waters (Sandhamn Murders Book 1)” by Viveca Sten, Marlaine Delargy in Mystery
  • “Hot Sur” by Laura Restrepo, Ernesto Mestre-Reed in Literary Suspense
  • “The Prettiest One” by James Hankins in Thrillers
  • “Kissing Mr. Right” by Michelle Major in Romance

You can see the September 2015 selections at the Kindle First page. Keep in mind, the selections change every month. The ones mentioned above in this post are only good for the full month of September 2015.

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Kindle First for August 2015 has six choices

The Kindle First program has a new tweak for August 2015. You have six pre-release ebooks to pick from instead of the usual four. So if you are a Prime member, you can get one of those six for FREE and start reading it right now, a month before it gets released for the rest of the world. If you like more than one, the rest will become available September 1st in 2015. The six choices are:

  • “The Girl from Krakow” by Alex Rosenberg in Historical Fiction
  • “City of Echoes” by Robert Ellis in Mystery
  • “Young Babylon” by Lu Nei and Poppy Toland in Modern Fiction
  • “The Hundred Year Flood” by Matt Salesses in Lit. Fiction
  • “About that fling” by Tawna Fenske in Romance
  • “The Good Neighbor” by AJ Banner in Psychological Suspense

You can see all the choices and pick one between August 1-31 in 2015 at the Kindle First page. After August 31st, a new set of choices will replace them.

TIP: if you are not certain which one to pick yet, wait for a few days for more reviews to get posted on them. These could be helpful in deciding which one to get. You have until August 31st to pick one of these six but don’t wait until 11:58pm on that day 🙂 Happy reading!

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Kindle First options for July 2015 are up: pick one from four choices

July is here and this means a new round of Kindle First options have gone live. For the whole month of July 2015 (1st until the end of day on the 31st, but don’t wait until the last minute), if you are a Prime member, you can pick exactly one of those four pre-release e-books for FREE. If you are not a Prime member, you have to pay $2 for it. If you like more than one, you have to wait for their general release (August 1st) to purchase them at their regular $5 price, or pick them up from Kindle Unlimited or Prime Lending library if they are available through that.

So, without further delay, here are the four options for July 2015:

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Kindle First June 2015 e-book selections are now ready (pick one of four)

Time flies fast, June 2015 has arrived, and Amazon has a new set of four pre-release e-books available through its Kindle First program. Prime members can get one of these four e-books for FREE and start reading it right now. All four are scheduled to be published a month later (July 1st in this case). So the Prime benefit here is double, 1) you can get a free e-book, 2) you read it one month ahead of everybody else.

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Kindle First May 2015 e-book selections are now ready (pick one of four)

May is here and this means, among many other things, a new four-pack of pre-release e-books is available at Amazon’s Kindle First program. If you are a Prime member, you can get one of those e-books for FREE, and you can start reading it right away, before the general public. If you like more than one, you have to wait until June 1st to buy them like everybody else.

If you are not a Prime member, you can purchase one of the four for $1.99. The general public will have access to all four ebooks on June 1st, so this is a plus if you like to be among the first to read and discover new books.

The four selections for May 2015 are:

  • “(R)evolution (Phoenix Horizon Book 1)”, start of a new book series, by PJ Manney in SciFi Thrillers
  • “Crow Hollow” by Michael Wallace in Historical Fiction
  • “Sugar” by Deirdre Riordan Hall in Contemporary Fiction
  • “Queen of the Trailer Park (Rosie Maldonne’s World Book 1)”, start of another new book series, by Alice Quinn, Alexandra Maldwyn-Davies

You can find and pick from the May 2015 selections, between May 1st-31st, at the Kindle First page. Happy e-reading!

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Kindle First titles for April 2015 are up: Pick One

The last couple of months the Kindle First program spoiled us by offering two free ebooks instead of the usual one, but for the April 2015 offerings, we are back to picking one of the four available options. As usual, these are pre-release books that will be e-published the following month (May 1st), but Prime members can get one of the four for free, and start reading it immediately. The offers are running April 1-30 in 2015, and will be replaced on the first of every month.

Without further ado, this month’s Kindle First choices are:

  • “Boundary Crossed (Boundary Magic Book 1)” by Melissa F. Olson in Urban Fantasy
  • “Trail of Broken Wings” by Sejal Badani in Contemporary Fiction
  • “The Altar Girl” by Orest Stelmach in Mystery
  • “This Thing Called Love (A Mirror Lake Novel)” by Miranda Liasson in Romance

If more than one of them sounds appealing, wait until May 1st to purchase them or if they are part of Kindle Unlimited or Prime, borrow them for free.

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Kindle First March 2015 selections are up: up to two free for Prime members

It is March 1st, and this means, among many other things, a new selection of Kindle First ebooks. If you are a Prime member, you can select two of the four choices for free, and read them right now! Everybody else has to wait until April 1st before they can buy them. March brings us a diverse selection of genres, as follows:

  • “Helen of Sparta” by Amalia Carosella in Historical Fiction
  • “The Gemini Effect” by Chuck Grossart in Science-Fiction Thriller
  • “Younger” by Suzanne Munshower in Thriller
  • “It Had to Be Him” by Tamra Baumann in Romance

You can find the monthly choices with more details, reviews, and excerpts (where available) at the Kindle First page. Happy reading!

PS: if you are not a Prime member, you can purchase up to two of these for $2 per e-book.

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Kindle First choices for January 2015 are up: now you can get two free

One of the least well-known benefits of an Amazon Prime membership is the Kindle First benefit. Every calendar month, four pre-release e-books are available. Before, as a Prime member, you were allowed to select one of them for free, and read it right away, a month before the rest of the world can read them. But for January 2015, you are allowed to get TWO of these four e-books for FREE! It is nice when a benefit expands instead of retracting. The selections change every month.

For January 2015, here are the four selections:

  • “Everything Burns” by Vincent Zandri (Thriller)
  • “Miramont’s Ghost” by Elizabeth Hall (Historical Fiction)
  • “Flirting with Felicity” by Gerri Russell (Contemporary Romance)
  • “Heart Collector” by Jacques Vandroux, Wendeline A. Hardenberg (Mystery)

Happy e-reading 🙂

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