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How do I submit a book to your list? My novel, THE MAN WHO SAW SECONDS, has been named to a bunch of "best of 2024" lists and is currently on the shortlist for the 2025 SF Locus Award. It's definitely based--and I really appreciate you compiling a list like this!

The entire plot is a man fighting to protect his family from the government, with just a very slim superpower (the ability to see 5 seconds into the future) to balance the odds.

https://locusmag.com/2025/02/from-the-2024-recommended-reading-list-the-man-who-saw-seconds-by-alexander-boldizar/

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(Because I don’t use Kindle) Today I added 22 titles to my wishlist on Amazon. And it’s so few only because I ruthlessly controlled my scroll finger, and kept it working, even when my brain was frantically sending signals to STOP AND CHECK THAT OUT!!!! I will say that I saw some names often enough that they’ll be burned into my brain and I’ll probably wind up buying some even if they’re not on my wishlist! Thanks so much for this. And if I meet you at an event sometime and I’m weird, it’s probably because a) it’s my nature! and b) I’ve seen your name so many times and wanted to read all the things at once—I do get confused! I’ll be the old lady with the blurry eyes.

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Is this price all Kindle? I work on screen all day long, and prefer print (or audio) for relaxation. I’m still going to go through this selection and add books to my wishlist in print. Thanks!

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Yeah, KDP paperbacks have a minimum price for print on demand which is higher than the max price for this sale so it's essentially all ebooks

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I thought probably. It’s a great thing for all those who read Kindle. I wonder if there’s a way to get a list of titles to look for, down the road, other than just writing them down? Does this stack have that?

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This post is the list of all the books included in the Spring sale :) Just scan through it

Here's my listings if you're interested: https://www.amazon.com/Michael-Finney/e/B08BFJHHMZ

All of mine have audiobooks as well if you like those

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yeah, I was looking for just titles and authors. This is pretty bulky, but wait!! (old person alert) I COULD just bookmark it! And thanks for sharing yours. I’m always on the lookout, even though my husband is considering building a second house just for my TBR pile.

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"The Rooster Rider" is still $9.99 at the link. Is this correct?

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I'm very happy to see Children of the Black among so many great books. Thank you for posting about this opportunity.

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Thanks for setting up this sale! We all appreciate it!

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Glad to be back on the sale and super excited!

And for all of you guys who are thinking of buying Answering the Human Question: A Gnome's Essays on Mankind, feel free to check out the reviews on its Goodreads page! And leave a review as well, if you like it!

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/218309554-answering-the-human-question

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w00t!

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(ALL BOOKS FREE OR 99 CENTS) Here's reviews of a bunch of books in the sale: https://brianheming.substack.com/p/some-based-book-sale-reviews

Here's my list of *FREE* books as of today:

Transmutation Texas (Watcher of the Damned Book 1) by R.H. Snow

Black Amazon of Mars by Leigh Brackett

God Emperor Trump (Trump Imperium 1) by (ME) Brian Heming

Body and Blood by Michael Gallagher

The Trilisk Ruins (Parker Interstellar Travels Book 1) by Michael McCloskey

Eta Cancri by Russell May

Fire Ant (The Navy of Humanity: Wasp Pilot Book 1) by Jonathan P. Brazee

The Unexpected Enlightenment of Rachel Griffin(The Books of Unexpected Enlightenment) (Volume 1) by L. Jagi Lamplighter

American Stasi: The Domestic Surveillance Targeting You and Your Children by Michael Trust

On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington Book 1) by David Weber

Let me know if I missed any.

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Is there a link with genres and titles for the book sale or do we just scroll? Sorry, my first time to the sale. Thank you.

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Long story. Substack is supposed to have a feature where you can create "anchor links" to subject headings, but I could not get it to work, so everyone's just going to have to scroll.

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Murder on the Stellar Schooner doesn't seem to have a link, so here goes: https://amzn.to/3WXf4BK

Anyway, some reviews and free-stuff-listing to come shortly.

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Fixed. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

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Thank you for all the hard work

For those interested, check out Hans on my podcast last month: https://youtu.be/8VzoztC-IuM

Always looking for guests to talk about their new projects, get in touch!

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Would be nice to get in touch. I write on politics, so far on how elections are stolen, and about global power structures and argentinian politics.

Wrote a couple of books you already liked.

Can contact me at 541149734762 or pablovillizzianto@gmail.com

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DM me on Twitter and we can talk - thanks for following up

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Thank you, Hans!!

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Good luck to everyone!

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Woohoooo!

Hope I move a digital ton of books!

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