#$0.99 books

[richardmmulder]

Deception (Conquest: A Dystopian GameLit Saga Book 2) - Chapter Eleven: Lost Zone

Deception (Conquest: A Dystopian GameLit Saga Book 2) – Chapter Eleven: Lost Zone

I’ve got to get away, just keep running, don’t look back. There’s nothing back there but evil. Survive like always. WARNING!You have entered the Lost Zone. Your map has been disabled, and your chances for survival have greatly decreased. Many players have perished at the hand of unspeakable creatures in these woods. Proceed with caution! She didn’t stop to see what happened behind, instead…

[csuitebitches]

Reading List: Spirituality, Globalisation, Parenting and the 0.99 Cent Pricing Bias

What I’ve read (🖤) and planning to read (🤍)

Books

• Fall of human intellect - A Parvasarthy (genre: spirituality, humanness) 🖤

Academic Papers

The backlash against globalisation - Stefanie Walter (from annual review) 🤍

In recent years, the world has seen a rising backlash against globalization. This article reviews the nature, causes, and consequences of the globalization backlash. It shows that, contrary to a popular narrative, the backlash is not associated with a large swing in public opinion against globalization but is rather a result of its politicization. The increasing influence of globalization- skeptic actors has resulted in more protectionist, isolationist, and nationalist policies, some of which fundamentally threaten pillars of the contemporary international order. Both material and nonmaterial causes drive the glob- alization backlash, and these causes interact and mediate each other. The consequences are shaped by the responses of societal actors, national gov- ernments, and international policy makers. These responses can either yield to and reinforce the global backlash or push back against it. Understanding these dynamics will be an important task for future research.

The causes and consequences of urban riot and unrest - Tim Newburn (from annual review) 🤍

This review explores those varied bodies of work that have sought to un- derstand crowd behavior and violent crowd conduct in particular. Although the study of such collective conduct was once considered central to social science, this has long ceased to be the case and in many respects the study of protest and riot now receives relatively little attention, especially within criminology. In addition to offering a critical overview of work in this field, this review argues in favor of an expanded conception of its subject matter. In recent times, scholarly concern has increasingly been focused on ques- tions of etiology, i.e., asking how and why events such as riots occur, with the consequence that less attention is paid to other, arguably equally impor- tant questions, including how riots spread, how they end, and, critically, what happens in their aftermath. Accordingly, as a corrective, the review proposes a life cycle model of riots.

Parenting and it’s effects on children : reading and misreading behaviour genetics (from annual review) 🖤

There is clear evidence that parents can and do influence children. There is equally clear evidence that children’s genetic makeup affects their own behavioral characteristics, and also influences the way they are treated by their parents. Twin and adoption studies provide a sound basis for estimating the strength of genetic effects, although heritability estimates for a given trait vary widely across samples, and no one estimate can be considered definitive. This chapter argues that knowing only the strength of genetic factors, however, is not a sufficient basis for estimating environmental ones and indeed, that attempts to do so can systematically underestimate parenting effects. Children’s genetic predispositions and their parents’ childrearing regimes are seen to be closely interwoven, and the ways in which they function jointly to affect children’s development are explored.

More than a penny’s worth: left-digit bias and firm pricing- Avner Strulov-Shlain (from MorningBrew) 🤍

A penny saved. What’s the difference between $2.99 and $3.00? Basic math says one cent, but you probably perceive the difference to be about 22 cents, a new paper by a University of Chicago business school professor estimated. The research explores left digit bias—the phenomenon where consumers’ perceptions are overly influenced by the leftmost number in the price—and it brought receipts, analyzing retail scanner data on 3,500 products sold by 25 US chains. And while it might seem like every price you see ends in .99, the paper argues that retailers are leaving money on the table by underestimating this bias when setting prices.

[fingertipsmp3]

I love when Amazon plays itself. It’s genuinely so funny

[authorkarajorgensen]

Get 2 Books for $2

From now until August 28th, both The Reanimator’s Heart (TRM #1) and The Reanimator’s Soul (TRM #2) are on sale for $0.99, so you can grab both books for $2. It’s the perfect time to read and catch up before The Reanimator’s Remains (TRM #3) comes out October 29th. There is one day left in the Narratess Indie Sale (ends the 26th), so if you are looking to beef up your to-be-read pile for Indie…

[nettirw]

QUALIA NOUS, VOL. 2 - $1.99 BookBub, and VOL. 1 discounted for a limited time

QUALIA NOUS, VOL. 2 is currently a BookBub selection. Snag this eBook now through June 21st for only $1.99 in the US, UK, Australia, and Canada.

Qualia Nous, Vol. 2 is currently a BookBub selection. Snag this eBook now through June 21st for only $1.99 in the US, UK, Australia, and Canada. Qualia Nous, Vol. 2 is an anthology of dark science fiction and fantasy edited by Michael Bailey and featuring artwork throughout by Pat R. Steiner. This second volume of the award-winning Qualia Nous series contains short stories, novelettes, and…

[sherryewing]

Valentine Day Book Blast!

Love historical romance books? Then hop on over to BookFunnel for eBooks from 100+ historical romance authors who have their stories on sale for only $0.99! It’s a one day only sale and our Valentine’s Day present to you. You’ll find my medieval romance, If My Heart Could See You there for your reading pleasure. Happy reading and enjoy, my lovelies, and happy Valentine’s Day! BookFunnel Link:…

[johnbierce]

Fantasy short story anthology time!

My new book, The Gorgon Incident and Other Stories: A Mage Errant Anthology, is out now on Amazon and Audible!

I absolutely love writing short stories. They push me as an author in ways that novels don't, and each one presents me with a unique, fascinating challenge. And, with this anthology, they allow me to explore parts of Anastis, the world of Mage Errant, in ways I couldn't in the main series. I get to travel to out-of-the-way corners, visit ordinary people to see how they get by in a world of giant monsters and ruthless archmages battling for control of petty territories, to explore secret conspiracies and legendary historical figures, and to flesh out Anastis' ecology, culture, and history.

If you haven't read Mage Errant yet, the first three ebooks are free for the next few days, and books four through six are on sale for $0.99 in the US and UK! Mage Errant is a completed, seven book magic school progression fantasy series, following the adventures of Hugh of Emblin as he goes from being a shy, neurodiversefailure of a student mage who struggles with anxiety and depression to being a shy, neurodiverse terrifying archmage who struggles with anxiety, depression, giant monsters, and magical superweapons. It features found family, giant monsters, a science-inspired hard magic system where you're as liable to run into hair or bismuth mages as fire mages, giant monsters, lots of queer characters, giant monsters (some of whom are also queer characters), kaijucratic systems of government, and sapient living cities. (Did I mention the giant monsters?)

The stories in the Gorgon Incident are written to be legible even to people who haven't read Mage Errant yet- though I think most people will get more out of them after reading the main series. The twenty-four stories, all originally published on my Patreon, span five centuries of history, from the last years of the Ithonian Empire up to the events of the series itself, even visiting another of Anastis' continents for the first time.

I also leaned hard into the science-inspired aspects of the setting with many of the stories, building what I like to call science puzzle stories, where the plot of the story revolves around the real-life behavior of various materials and natural processes, through a magical lens. (I had a lot of fun doing it, and it even let me include a whole additional appendix filled with notes on the science of the short stories- I love appendices.)

(Art by Aaron McConnell and Lee Moyer.)

A fugitive child finds shelter with a monster of legend. A mind-blind scholar outwits the mages who disdain him. A gold mage must secure a bank vault from a monster capable of obliterating entire cities. An aging basketweaver wakes up one morning to find a brand new river in front of her house. A palace-sized octopus seeks to defend his city from a living fortress of bone— if he can get his arms to cooperate.

In these twenty-four short stories set in the world of Mage Errant, John Bierce explores the murky depths of history, forgotten corners of Ithos and beyond, and the strangest reaches of magic itself.

Gorgon Incident US link Gorgon Incident UK link Gorgon Incident CA link Gorgon Incident AU link

Gorgon Incident Audible US link Gorgon Incident Audible UK link Gorgon Incident Audible CA link Gorgon Incident Audible AU link

Amazon US series page Amazon UK series page Amazon CA series page Amazon AU series page

[probablyasocialecologist]

If, as they used to say, everyone has a book in them, AI has created a world where tech utopianists dream openly about excising the human part of writing a book — any amount of artistry or craft or even just sheer effort — and replacing it with machine-generated streams of text; as though putting in the labor of writing is a sucker’s game; as though caring whether or not what you’re reading is nonsense is only for elitists. The future is now, and it is filled with trash books that no one bothered to really write and that certainly no one wants to read. The saddest part about it, though, is that the garbage books don’t actually make that much money either. It’s even possible to lose money generating your low-quality ebook to sell on Kindle for $0.99. The way people make money these days is by teaching students the process of making a garbage ebook. It’s grift and garbage all the way down — and the people who ultimately lose out are the readers and writers who love books. None of this is happening through any willful malice, per se, on the part of the platforms that now run publishing and book-selling. It’s happening more because the platforms are set up to incentivize everything to cost as little as possible, even if it’s garbage.

[...]

The incentives of the modern book-selling economy for writers are to keep your costs low, low, low and your volume high, high, high, and definitely put your book on Amazon because where else are you going to sell an ebook? The incentive of the modern book-buying economy for readers is to go onto Amazon and lazily click around with a few search terms, and then buy the first book that looks right with the click of a single button. The incentives are, in other words, driving us all straight into a flood of garbage.

[richardmmulder]

Deception (Conquest: A Dystopian GameLit Saga Book 2) - Interlude 2: The Rapture

Deception (Conquest: A Dystopian GameLit Saga Book 2) – Interlude 2: The Rapture

Doug’s many years of paranoia had prepared him for just this kind of scenario. Having logged out of Conquest, he hurried around his apartment and grabbed his antiquated laptop, his 72-hour kit, his sawed-off shotgun, his sash filled with military grade 12-gauge shells, and his hidden wad of hundred-dollar bills, and scurried out the back door. He wasn’t exactly sure where Brittany’s body was, but…

[defire]

Dance of Death is on Amazon!

I'm so excited, I just released my book!

It's a dark gaslamp fantasy with a gradually building whump plot, in short--When an impudent young noble tries to protect her friends, her enemies come together to take her down. But she has no idea exactly how far they'll go to erase her sense of self.

Due to Tumblr's content guidelines, this version will be non-NSFW because the protagonist is a teenager. For the canon version:

You can find Dance of Death on Amazon for $0.99 :) and AO3 for the chapter-by chapter canon.

Let me know if you want to be tagged as I upload chapters!

Content warnings for this book are:

Institutionalized slavery, fantasy racism, child abuse, intimate whumper, humiliation, whipping, caning, ptsd, magical torture, suicide, more specific content warnings per chapter

Chapter 1: Low Expectations

Chapter 2: Oh You Shouldn't Have

Chapter 3: So Cozy

Chapter 4: The Stiletto

Chapter 5: She Said What

Chapter 6: A Bit of a Temper

Chapter 7: Totally Not Blackmail

Chapter 8: I Smell a Lawsuit

Chapter 9: We All Fall Down

Chapter 10: Horizons

Chapter 11: Druid Justice

Chapter 12: Warren Raizden

Chapter 13: Ostensibly Torture

Chapter 14: Generous Accommodations

Chapter 15: What Choice Do We Have

Chapter 16: You Lost Him

Chapter 17: What a Fucking Morning

Chapter 18: Hurt feelings

Chapter 19: Unskilled Labor

Chapter 20: Solutions to Slavery

Chapter 21: My Crimes

Chapter 22: Secrets

Chapter 23: A Bad Feeling

Chapter 24: Trickery By Capitulation

Chapter 25: Slavery Is Getting Old

Chapter 26: Slavery Is Wrong

[in case you're wondering, these chapter titles are what Nife would sarcastically name them]

Chapter 27: Clever Lies

Chapter 28: Striker Being Very Impolite

Chapter 29: Fun Times

Chapter 30: A Rather Unpleasant Night

Chapter 31: The Rare Gift of Literacy

Chapter 32: Striker's Other Other Psychopathic Side and Other Problems

Chapter 33: I Feel So Wanted

Chapter 34: The Worst Day of my Life

Chapter 35: Breakdancing and Other Fun

Chapter 36: The Finger of Death

Epilogue

Taglist: @tildeathiwillwrite @mimostic @fleur-a-whump @a-n-j-a-maria

[ladzwriting]

I'm not sure I've picked myself off the floor after @olivejkelley called my f/f romantasy horror "a triumph"

“This chewable, gripping sapphic horromance has everything: monstrous lesbians, epic combat, mind-blowing lore, and decadent prose. THE CRADLE OF ETERNAL NIGHT is a triumph—perfect for anyone looking for their next dark romantasy fix.”

Junker Seven is an epic sci-fi also about lesbians, and I think Castor and Juno would be in great company with Hanka and Basia

The book comes out October 22 $0.99 eBook preorder for Sapphic September

goodreads | preorder

[physalian]

Send Me Your Indie Lit To Review (Book Swap Campaign)

Inspired by a post from a mutual in the same boat as I am unable to get any sales. For me, at least, the idea of hocking my book like the insufferable BookTok influencers is the antithesis of who I am and who I want to resort to being just to get the word out… but then, I also kept completely forgetting about this mutual’s book for like, a whole month, and then spontaneously paid a whole $0.99 for the kindle ebook and read it in one sitting and you can check out that review here (I am an extremely fast reader).

So!

Send me your books and even if I don’t like them, I’ll come up with something good to say because there is an audience for them that I might not fit. There's not a lot of content that I won't at least give a chance, rating regardless, so don't be shy! I don’t have a million followers but maybe if we all help each other out, we can succeed in spite of the Daily Grind rhetoric they want to convince us is the only way.

Fee? $0.00

But. If I read and review yours, you read and review mine. That’s the deal. I’ll pay for your book, you pay for mine, and together we can all boost each other’s Amazon rankings. We. Can. Do. This!

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And if you’re curious, my debut queer adult fantasy novel “Eternal Night of the Northern Sky” is out now!

*I do reserve the right to DNF. As do you. I’m not promoting any book that I would not recommend personally to a friend. This blog has integrity, where the shameless Bookstagram and Booktok influencers do not.

[kelliealtogether]

This is why I shouldn't look in tags:

I also deeply recommend the Opal short story, however, I don't recommend pirating from an author who very nearly didn't have a series picked up by her publisher because of piracy. I don't recommend pirating from any author.

There are many other ways to read Opal:

It's included in the paperback edition of The Raven King (the US version, at least), which you can score a used copy of on Thriftbooks for less than $8

The ebook is available starting at $0.99 from various international online retailers including Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and Apple Books (and even Amazon Kindle if you want to throw money at Jeff Bezos)

It's available from libraries through Libby and Overdrive in both ebook and audiobook format

Pirate from Disney. Pirate from Netflix. Pirate textbooks. But please don't pirate from authors whose livelihoods rely on readers purchasing books or checking books out of libraries. Unless their books are selling serious volume à la Stephen King, many authors scrape by on royalties, and if you love an author's work and want them to be able to continue writing, pirating their books isn't a good option. ✌️

[nettirw]

ADAM'S LADDER - $0.99 BookBub, and all volumes of CHIRAL MAD still discounted

ADAM'S LADDER is currently a BookBub selection. Snag this eBook now through June 3rd for only $0.99 in the US, UK, Australia, and Canada. Also overlapping this campaign is a discount on all volumes of CHIRAL MAD, which ends May 31st

Adam’s Ladder is currently a BookBub selection. Snag this eBook now through June 3rd for only $0.99 in the US, UK, Australia, and Canada. Also overlapping this campaign is a discount on all volumes of Chiral Mad, which ends May 31st: Adam’s Ladder is an anthology of dark science fiction. The future of humankind as an ever-changing organism is a subject of much debate. Where is our evolutionary…

[sherryewing]

A Sale & Giveaway from Sherry Ewing!

If you’ve seen my posts on social media, you know I’m about to release my next book in my MacLarens series, It Began With A Kiss. Yes, I know… it’s been a long time in the making, but the wait is almost over as it will release on September 5th! In preparation for my new book baby, I’ve put If My Heart See You: The MacLarens (Book One) on sale for only $0.99! Read on to learn more about both…

[finnlongman]

This is not a drill: both The Butterfly Assassin and The Hummingbird Killer are currently only £0.99 on Kindle!

These are the first two books in my trilogy about a traumatised teenage assassin trying, and failing disastrously, to live a normal life in a fictional closed city in Yorkshire. And when I say failing, I mean she killed someone in the first chapter of book one, so...

If you've been looking for:

Dark, stabby YA without a romance subplot

Actually morally grey characters who do genuinely bad things

Traumatised characters grappling with all the ways their experiences have shaped them

Friendship, street art, and Esperanto

Subtextual (well, mostly) critique of the military and arms industry

A main character arc that's less of an arc and more of an out-of-control downward spiral off a cliff

An ace/aro protagonist with food disabilities, PTSD, and a number of other chronic health issues, plus a generally queer cast of secondary characters

Badass librarians, secret revolutionary hideouts, and gluten-free biscuits

Then this is a good day for you, because you can get all of that and more!*

Full details and content warnings are on my website. As far as I'm aware, the 99p offer only applies to Amazon UK, but there may be other promotions elsewhere. I don't know when it'll end, but as of 02/07/23 it's current for both books. Please spread the word!

*Actual gluten-free biscuits not included.