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Don Humberson's avatar

I'm confused - "Escaping Fate" is listed as $3.74 here : https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CK221X45?&linkCode=sl1&tag=uwbantennacom-20&linkId=c0ecf47f868f769e9b3b3e456ddc9e04&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl

What happened to $.99 ??

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Hans G. Schantz's avatar

I did mention it was one week only, but I wasn't clear when the sale ended. I've updated the header on the post. The Spring 2024 Based Book Sale ended Wednesday, April 3. The next quarterly sale will be 12:00AM PDT Wednesday June 19, 2024 through 12:00AM PDT Wednesday June 26, 2024.

Check out the Everyday Based Book Sale for more great deals on more than SIXTY additional titles...

https://basedbooksale.substack.com/p/the-everyday-099-or-free-based-book

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Don Humberson's avatar

Thanks for the clarification - the book is worth the higher price, and I won't miss another of your sales!

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Hans G. Schantz's avatar

Great! Hope you find some good books to read.

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Don Humberson's avatar

Edit - I misread the price, it is $3.97. I'm still buying the book, but the higher price bothers me a bit.

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Henry Brown's avatar

Hi Don, I'm the author. Guess I should have checked here for comments earlier. If you like, I can make some Smashwords coupons for any of my books you like. If you don't mind downloading from Smashwords (they have .mobi and .epub file downloads), I can save you some $$.

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Uncouth Barbarian's avatar

How Black the Sky isn't free as listed - let me know if that changes!

Awesome stuff. Always look forward to the new authors that decide to join in, and getting to know their work.

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Hans G. Schantz's avatar

My post was wrong. Corrected, now. Well worth the $0.99, @UncouthBarbarian!

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R. H. Snow's avatar

SOOOO awesome like a fantasy scifi dream come true💖💖💖

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R. H. Snow's avatar

SOOOO awesome like a fantasy scifi dream come true💖💖💖

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Meenaz Lodhi's avatar

My gratitude to the authors for the book sales and to Michael, for posting so many fantastic books links! I already had some, bought some more and left others to purchase another day.

Thank you! 🧡

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R. H. Snow's avatar

We LOVE you, Meenaz! You are always so supportive and helpful 💖

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Scruffy's avatar

A thank you to the authors who made their books free for this sale!

And while I can't afford to buy _every_ book in the sale, for the last few sales, I've been stockpiling Amazon digital credits as I stockpile my prep supplies. Amazon credits you if you don't 'rush' the shipping, so you get the item ordered a day or three later but get $1+ in credit. If you order lots of individual items, this adds up very quickly. I'm happy to see a quarterly sale planned now, as that lines up nicely with the quarterly expiring credits...

So if you use Amazon wisely, you can subsidize your Based Books acquiring just by deferring your instant gratification, a very based economic approach.

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Scruffy's avatar

Grr, just realized the remaining credits I currently have ($10+, and I easily spent $20+ this sale already) will expire right BEFORE the next sale (June 15th, next BBS starts June 19)... But I'm sure I'll make new credits before June in time for the next sale. I'll just have to spend the current balance between now and then... If only there was an ongoing all the time sale.... Oh look!

Or maybe on some of the other sequels/etc to the books I bought already...

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R. H. Snow's avatar

I trrid to make TransMutation Texas Free but Kindle won't let me wahhhh

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Scruffy's avatar

BackTracker is NOT free as listed, but 99 cents.

Penance is still $1.99 (found comment from author, will be 99 cents from March 29 - April 3)

Just posting so Hans is aware

(Traitor to dreams and stormbringer series are 99 cents now)

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Paula Richey's avatar

Hi, I'm really sorry about that. I keep hitting a wall with Amazon. 1.99 is the best they'll let me do on the illustrated edition.

However, I could get the previous Kindle edition (blue cover!) listed free temporarily.

https://www.amazon.com/Penance-Heroes-Unleashed-Paula-Richey-ebook/dp/B09XVNF5MV

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Paula Richey's avatar

Y'all, I just checked again and FINALLY Amazon got the memo and put the illustrated edition ebook on sale.

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Hans G. Schantz's avatar

Fixed Backtracker. Thanks for helping me update and correct listings. Tough to get everyone marching to the same beat. Much appreciated.

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Henry Brown's avatar

If I haven't told you lately, Hans, thanks for setting this up. You not only help indie authors individually, but you're making a difference in the culture war and doing a great service for hungry readers everywhere.

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Hans G. Schantz's avatar

Thanks!

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Scruffy's avatar

Penance is still $1.99 as of today.

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Hans G. Schantz's avatar

Sorry for the delay. Paula wasn't able to get the price to $0.99 on Amazon. You can either pay her the extra dollar, or get her novel for $0.99 from Barnes & Noble. I added the link.

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Paula Richey's avatar

Amazon finally did it! I'm sorry it's taken so long, but at last Penance went on sale for. 99

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