Time flies these days and we are now in February 2017, which means, among many other things, a new round of six pre-release e-books are loaded up on Kindle First. These will be released to the general public on March 1st, but if you are a Prime member, you can get one of those six RIGHT NOW and start reading it RIGHT NOW for FREE. If you are not a Prime-member, you can buy one right now for $2. The rest will be available to everyone on March 1st for $5 each. Many of these end up appearing in Kindle Unlimited, so if you are a subscriber to that service, you can bookmark them until then…

So, without further delay, the six choices are:

• “Extracted Trilogy Book #1” by RR Haywood in Scifi (yes, scifi is back at Kindle First!)
• “The Marvelous Misadventures of Ingrid Winter” by authors JS Drangsholt, Tara F. Chace in Contemporary Fiction
• “Only the Truth” by Adam Croft in Suspense
• “Signature Wounds” by Kirk Russell in Thrillers
• “In Farleigh Field: A Novel of World War II” by Rhys Bowen in Historical Fiction
• “Duck and Hippo in the Rainstorm (Duck and Hippo Series Book 1)” by Jonathan London, Andrew Joyner in Children’s Picture Books

You have until February 28 in 2017 to make a choice, but don’t wait until 11:59pm of that day. Having said that, I tested it in January, I made my pick late on the 31st, after 9pm pacific time, and it was all good. Amazon is in the pacific time zone, so things on their website chance on the pacific time zone day-change – such as the Gold Box deals.

If you are a Prime member and a book fan, the start of a new month is extra special, because you get one more ebook for free, a pre-release one at that, as part of the Kindle First program. Non-Prime members can buy one of the six choices for $2. All these will be released to the general population on January 1st, in 2017.

Your choices for December 2016 are…

• “Fate of Perfection (Finding Paradise Book 1)” by K.F. Breene (this one already has 41 customer reviews!)
• “The Missing” by Caroline Eriksson, Tiina Nunnally in Psychological Suspense
• “The Original Dream” by Nukila Amal, Linda Owens in Magical Realism
• “Into the Thickening Fog” by Andrei Gelasimov, Marian Schwartz in Literary Fiction
• “Sisters One, Two, Three” by Nancy Star in Contemporary Fiction
• “Hope’s Peak (Harper and Lane)” by Tony Healey in Thrillers

As usual, you don’t have to hurry and pick one right now. You have until December 31st to make your choice, and they are e-books, so they won’t “run out” of copies. IF none of them stands out, you can wait for 1-2 weeks until they get a lot more reviews, which can be helpful is figuring out what to avoid (more so than what to get) 🙂

Yes dear calendar aficionados, a new month has arrived! It is November 2016, and with it, among many other things, we have a new set of six pre-release Kindle e-books for Prime members to pick from, as part of their monthly Kindle First benefit. You pick one of the six for FREE and you can start reading it right away. These e-books will be officially released to the general public on December 1st, and then you can buy them rest of them if you like more than one. If you are not a Prime member, you can purchase one of the six right now for $2.

Without further delay, the six choices are…

• “The Food Of Love” by Amanda Prowse in Family Drama (no, not a Valentine’s cookbook!)
• “Nirzona (A Love Story)” by Abidah El-Khalieqy, Annie Tucker in Literary Fiction
• “Ocean of Storms” by Christopher Mari, Jeremy K. Brown in Scifi Thrillers
• “The Odds of Loving Grover Cleveland” by Rebekah Crane in Contemporary Fiction
• “Walk Into Silence” by Susan McBride in Mysteries
• “Knight Kyle and the Magic Silver Lance (Adventures Beyond Dragon Mountain)” in Kids books

Since these are pre-release books, they have very few reviews right away, so if none of the authors or subjects or titles scream “pick me now”, you can wait for 1-2 weeks for more people to read them and post reviews, and then use the reviews to make an educated guess on which one to pick. You have until November 30 in 2016 to make a choice, just don’t wait until 11:59pm of that day 🙂

PS: I just realized that abbreviations of some genres totally change their meaning, “Lit fiction” is not quiet the same thing, and “Contempt fiction” is also something totally different 🙂

Time flies dear old friends, we are just three months away from 2017 already. But one of the benefits of time flying is that we have a new month, it’s October 1st, which means a new round of unreleased e-books are offered up on Kindle First. Prime members can select one of the six options for FREE and read it right now (instead of the official November 2016 e-release date). Non-Prime members can purchase one of the options for $2 and read it right away.

And the choices for October 2016 are *imaginary drum roll*

• “Wake in Winter” by Nadezhda Belenkaya, Andrea Gregovich in Literary Fiction
• “It is Well: A Novel” by James D. Shipman in Historical Fiction
• “The Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds (The Malayan Series)” by Selina Siak Chin Yoke in Historical Fiction
• “Before You Leap” by Keith Houghton in Thrillers
• “Evelyn, After: A Novel” by Victoria Helen Stone in Psychological Suspense
• “Venom and Vanilla (The Venom Trilogy Book 1)” in Shannon Mayer in Urban Fantasy

As usual, if none of these strike your fancy immediately, you don’t have to rush. You have until October 31st in 2016 to make a choice. They won’t run out since these are digital e-books 🙂 Their review profiles will fill up in the next few are more of the voracious readers go through them and post their reviews. Having said that, don’t wait until 10/31/16 at 11:58pm to decide 🙂

It’s that time of the month again, a new month is upon us, and a new selection of e-books has been loaded at the Kindle First page. These are new e-books that are scheduled to be released to the general population on September 1st, but if you are a Prime member, you get one of the six for free AND you get to read it right away. If you are not a Prime, you can buy one for $2 and read it right away.

Without further ado, the choices for August 2016 are:

• “The Shelf Life of Happiness” by David Machado, Hillary Locke in Modern Fiction (this is not in self help despite the teaser title)
• “After Disasters” by Viet Dinh in Literary Fiction
• “Black Rain” by Matthew B.J. Delaney in Thrillers
• “Interference” by Amélie Antoine, Maren Baudet-Lackner in Psychological Suspense
• “The Things We Wish Were True” by Marybeth Mayhew Whalen in Contemporary Fiction
• “Tier One (Tier One Series Book 1)” by Jeffrey Wilson in Military Thrillers

Strategically, it’s best to wait a few days before you pick one unless something calls out to you. Since they are pre-release, the only ones reviewing them are other fellow KindleFirsters, so it will take a few days for them to build review profiles that have enough of them to be helpful in deciding. You have until August 31st in 2016 to pick from these, but don’t wait until 11:59pm on that day 🙂 They will change on 9/1/16.

Surprisingly perhaps there are no fantasy or science fiction books in this month’s choices either 🙁