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Over the past few weeks, I’ve noticed a lot of publishers giving away books or selling them for a very cheap price. And I know that others have posted on this before, bit It won’t hurt to post them again.

Suvudu, an SF/F portal for Random House, has a list of books for free. One of them is Blood Engines by T. A. Pratt a new author that you may not have read yet. I’m always a big advocate of trying new authors, but I understand that it’s difficult buy a new author without the gaurantee of knowing that you will love it. So this is a great opportunity to try him out being afraid you’ve wasted this month’s budget on an unknown author. He also has another book coming out if you like his work.
Baen Free Library has a lot of books from authors that I’ve read, and a ton that I haven’t. Authors include Bujold, Lackey, Turtledove, and Weber. It’s a huge treasure trove of books..
One Dollar Orbit is exactly what it sounds like. Orbit books is selling one novel a month for one dollar. This month’s book is Empress by Karen Miller. I’ve seen this book on the shelves, but I wasn’t sure about whether or not to pick it up. I mean, I’m a sucker for stories about slaves who end up being more than that. But lile vampire novels, there are lots of those that aren’t really good at all.
Tor.comis currently giving away Spiritwalk by Charles de Lint. It’s a promotion, so it won’t last long. Previous authors were Emma Bull and Will Shetterly. It’s a little difficult to find these books, so do a search for ‘free e-books’. The blog entries are tagged as such.

So try some out. You might find a new favorite author!

Originally published at Samantha Ling. You can comment here or there.