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Other Places to Find Good Books: Subscription Services

Other Places to Find Good Books: Subscription Services This is an informal series.  It has been a while since I added to this series, but let’s check out another source of books:  Subscription Services.  These are services that ask you to pay a flat monthly fee, usually quite low, and in exchange, you can read […]

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Do you read on a Kindle or use a Kindle reading app?  You might be missing good stuff

This is a pretty bad image, but I had to hunt one down as I do not read on either a Kindle or a Kindle reading app.  (I use Google Play Book’s reading app.) The image shows what pops up when you reach the end of a book.  But did you know that this is

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Other Places to Find Good Books: Smashwords

This is an informal series.  A lot of readers overlook buying from Smashwords, because it seems to be an indie-author-centric site.  The logo is written with indie authors in mind, and authors who upload their book to Smashwords can also have Smashwords distribute their book to other book retailers. But Smashwords is a retail bookstore,

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Other Places to Find Good Books: Barnes & Noble, Google, Apple Books

This is an informal series.  A few weeks ago, I did a post about finding good books on Kobo, and the benefits of being willing and able to buy from multiple sources, instead of just one bookstore (usually, the Big River).  Today, I’ll round up the other “big” retailers:  Barnes & Noble, Google, and Apple

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Kobo have released their Kobo Plus service for USA and UK readers

Kobo announced the release of Kobo Plus in the USA and UK on April 4th, but this was the soonest I could squeeze it into the post schedule, so you may be aware of this already. However, following up on my post “Other Places to Find Good Books: Kobo” last month, I’m letting you know

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Like Romantic Suspense?  I’ve got a new short RS for you to read

The subject line pretty much says it all.  Deadweight is romantic suspense, very short and readable without signing up for anything or downloading anything.  It’s from the same story world as Dead Again, set before that book. Read it here.  Enjoy!

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24 Unusual Historical Romances. Have you read all these yet?

I came across this post on Book Riot by Namera Tanjeem, from last year.  Really interesting reading!  If you like your historical romances, then browse the post.  Just the first book on the list was enough for me to click through to Amazon and check it out. More deals in Historical Romance Some super discounts

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Bloomin’ Deals You Don’t Want to Miss!

I’m growing things! We’re desperately trying to conserve cash at the moment, but now is the time to get going in the garden (for us northerners. If you’ve already got flowers blooming, farther south, enjoy!). So I have been trying to figure out how to bootstrap a kitchen garden from nothing. I have two old,

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Launch Alert! A New Massive Box Set for a Limited Time Massive Discount!

I’ve been getting a lot of recipes! Thank you for those! I’ll be sorting through them for the next few weeks. Here’s one that sounds like a never-fail, using pantry ingredients only. For the gluten free crowd, I would swap out the flour for all purpose GF flour and add some Xanthan gum. Recipe from

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