Backlist eBooks, a coalition of previously print-published authors, has orchestrated a sale this week at Smashwords that starts today and runs through May 22nd. Below you’ll find a complete list of participating titles and coupon codes provided by the authors.
The Backlist eBooks Merry May Sale features more than 51 working authors and nearly 200 books. The books were previously published by all the major publishers. It includes a half a dozen NY Times bestsellers and about the same number of USA Today bestsellers. As you might expect, some of the titles have earned major literary awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, RITA, Romantic Times and more.
The former publishers represented by this list include, in alphabetical order, Avalon, Avon, Baen Books, Ballantine/Random, Bantam, Berkley Publishing Group, Del Ray, Dell, Delphi, Dorchester, Doubleday, Eclipse, Fawcett, Gollancz/Orion, Hachette/Grand Central Publishing, Harlequin, Harper Collins/Avon, Jove Books, Kensington, NAL, Penguin/Putnam, Pinnacle, Pocket, Putnam/Berkley, Random House, Science Fiction Book Club, Signet, Simon & Schuster, St Martin’s Press, TOR/Forge (Now Macmillan), Walker & Co and Wm. Morrow.
Here you go, arranged by category:
MYSTERY & SUSPENSE
Goodbye Dolly – 25% off code AK47D –
Dolly Departed – 25% off code YX75W –Murder On The Mind – 25% off code QD93P –
Dead In Red – 25% off code KY47G –
Cheated By Death – 25% off code DW97R –
Bound By Suggestion – 25% off code BB87Q –Ashes to Ashes – 50 % off code XU39Z –
The Secret Portrait – 50 % off code TN95C –
Shadows in Scarlet – 50 % off code QS26E –The Defector – Free –
The Wrecking Crew – $.99 –Loose Screw – 67% off code LM78F –
Pale Immortal – 35% off code EK68H –
Garden of Darkness – 35% off code VA98T –Judgment – 75% off code MC97F
The Devil in Maryvale – $.99 coupon code QJ74B –
The Nelson Scandal – $.99 coupon code ZH98B –Hollywood Scandals – 100% off code SD74L –
Easy Innocence – 50% off code SD27E –
Doubleback – 50% off code TX78H –
Nice Girl Does Noir, Vol. 1 – 50% off code DJ95B –
Nice Girl Does Noir, Vol. 2 – 50% off code ZL96E –Resort to Murder – 25% off code NN95H –
Deadly Blessings – 25% off code RR79T –
Deadly Interest – 25% off code ZK65V –Playing With Matches – 25% off code UB74V –
One Small Victory – $.99 –
The Bluejay Shaman – $.99 code BL87Z –
One O’clock Jump – $.99 code EL93T –
Blackbird Fly – $.99 code UE79W –
Sweet and Lowdown – $1.64 code WC48Y –
Painted Truth – $1.64 code PJ85W –Innkeeping with Murder – 50% off code LE49E –
At Wick’s End – 50% off code WX36G –
Invitation to Murder – 50% off code ZK93B –
Dead Men Don’t Lye – 50% off code CX77E –
Volunteer for Murder – 50% off code NP92U –
Werewolf, PI – 50% off code XW96L –
Caved In – 50% off code CK49K –Blood Son – 50% off code QL25Z –
Honeymoon for One – 25% off code NV45J –
Still Life with Murder – Free –
Murder in a Mill Town – 30% off code HA99Y –
Death on Beacon Hill – 30% off code AN43Z –
Murder on Black Friday – 30% off code GN87G –
Murder in the North End – 30% off code JS22T –
A Bucket of Ashes – 30% off code FQ23U –Freshman Murders – $.99 –
Aremac Power: Inventions at Risk – $.99 –
CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
Loverboy – $.99 –
Aztec Sun – $.99 –
One Whiff of Scandal – $.99 –
Barefoot In the Grass – $.99 –
Cry Uncle – $.99 –
Safe Harbor – $.99 –
Change of Life – $.99 –
Found: One Son – $.99 code –
Found: One Wife – $.99 –Hanchart Land – 50% off code TA28D –
Bridleton – 50% off code YT68U –Snowed – $.99 –
Too Darn Hot – 67% off code CB36M –Thrill of the Chase – 50% off code BZ54B –
L.A. Caveman – $.99 –Trouble in Mudbug – 80% off code PF92Q –
Love is All Around – 50% off code GP27G –
The Merry-Go-Round – 50% off code UQ79A –
Talking Love in Stride – 50% off code DA72X –
Mountain Laurel – 50% off code QX47K –Love In Bloom – $.99 –
At His Mercy – $.99 –Principal of Love – 66% off code ST62W –
Prelude to a Wedding – 66% off code PU32H –
A New World – 66% off code RY77C –
Hoops – 66% off code XL36D –A Singular Honeymoon – 25% off KZ34M –
The Daddy Trap – 25% off code JW32X –
Just a Normal Marriage – 25% off code BF69D –
With No Reservations – 25% off code UL33J –
Taming A Tycoon – 25% off code LS93T –The Fairy Godfather – 50% off code MR28S –
Falling for You – $.99 –
Shelter from the Storm – 100% off code RF86D –
After the Fire – 25% off code DC34L –
On the Line – 25% off code YK47Q –
Nothing More to Lose – 25% off code QK93E –
Someone to Believe In – 25% off code DB92T –
Close to You – 25% off code VV73D –
Taking the Heat – 25% off code UU56J –
Promises to Keep – 25% off code XC92Z –
Trust In Me – 25% off code UY68Z –
Ties That Bind – 25% off code DX98K –
Still the One – $.99 –
Maybe This Time – 25% off code TS73F –
Someone Like You – 25% off code LG68N –
The Father Factor – 25% off code BR47M –
The Betrayal – $.99 –
HISTORICAL ROMANCE
Mattie – $.99 –
Emily’s Captain – 50% off code UN75D –
China Rose – 25% off code GK49Y –
Bound by the Heart – $.99 –Desperate Hearts – $.99 –
Home By Morning – $.99 –
A Taste of Heaven – $.99 –
A Light For My Love – $.99 –
The Irish Bride – $.99 –
The Bridal Veil – $.99 –
Montana Born and Bred – $.99 –
Allie’s Moon – $.99 –
Homeward Hearts – $.99 –
Harper’s Bride – $.99 –The Bride Wore Spurs – $.99 –
Maggie’s Wish – $.99 –Shades of Honor – 50% off code ZX59W –
Kelly McClymer –
The Fairy Tale Bride – $.99 –Spring Blossom – $.99 code SM62N –
Family Reunion – 30% off code UA96Z –Twin Passions – 50% off code WM42Y –
Stolen Splendor – 50% off code GG23X –
A Hint of Rapture – 50% off coupon DF38U –
Captive Rose – 50% off code YH65T –
Defiant Impostor – 50% off code LM58S –
The Pagan’s Prize – 67% off code PA58N –
My Runaway Heart – 50% off code YE97Q –
Wild Roses – 50% off code VV82Q –
Secrets of Midnight – $.99 –
Wild Angel – $.99 –Falcon’s Fire – 30% off code UT67X –
Heaven’s Fire –75 % off code LT63P –
Secret Thunder – 30% off code SB93L –
Wild Wind – 30% off code TN24P –
Silken Threads – 30% off code UL76S –
The Sun and the Moon – 30% off code DP22S –The Devil of Kilmartin – 33% off code EG75D –
Charming the Shrew -33% off code XE84C –
Daring the Highlander – 33% off code SD34D –
PARANORMAL ROMANCE
Deep River Reckoning – 25% off code QL33L –
Wicked Angels – 40% off code RA85T –
ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
Hidden Steel – $.99 –
Making the Rules – 25% off code UN27P –Cool Shade – 35% off code NH52Z –
What’s in a Name? – 50% off code YN92A –
When Danger Calls – 50% off code DZ37H –Artistic License – 25% off code FE78W –
Lucifer’s Crown – 50 % off code WC94L –
A Feral Darkness – $.99 –
The Heart of Dog – 25% off code PU45T –Melanie Jackson –
The First Book of Dreams: Metropolis – $.99 –The Wizard’s Secret – 50% off code RL22G –
Mistress of Molecules – $.99 –
First Stringers – $.99 –
Second Stringers: The Sole Advantage – $.99 –
Earth’s Endless Effort – $.99 –
MAINSTREAM
Coventry – 50% off code PC49Z –
The Hands of God – $.99 –
WOMEN’S FICTION
Secret Lives – 25% off code DB98S –
Brass Ring – 25% off code UJ26N –
Fire and Rain – 25% off code BB53R –
Reflection – 25% off code GV38X –
The Escape Artist – 25% off code FN24X –Romantically Challenged – 25% off code QL62Y –
How I Learned to Love the Walrus (An Arctic Romantic Comedy) – 25% off code UW54E –
YOUNG ADULT
Demon High – 50% off code CJ27H –
Tackling the Truth – 50% off code MN79X –
NON-FICTION
Pressure Falling – Free –
Risk to Gain – 50% off code VL93G –Weinberg on Writing: The Fieldstone Method – 50% off code EB52D
This sale, which ends May 22, is orchestrated by Backlist eBooks, a private initiative run by Patricia Ryan and Doranna Durgin. Learn more about Backlist eBooks at http://backlistebooks.com.
Via Smashwords blog
Some of these titles are available at Amazon in Kindle format. Doesn’t Amazon have a clause which states their price has to be no higher than the lowest price elsewhere? That doesn’t appear to be the case (that is, Amazon delivery is at full price).
Alex: Smashwords coupons are a well-known loophole in Amazon’s price-matching bots.
(Now I’m wondering what happens with e-reads’ books during a Fictionwise promotion :).
It seems fairly reasonable for a time-limited promotion, where you have to be aware of it + manually enter the code.