Monday, May 16, 2011

Backlist eBooks Runs Merry May Sale at Smashwords

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

Deb Baker -

Goodbye Dolly - 25% off code AK47D
Dolly Departed - 25% off code YX75W


L.L. Bartlett -

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


Lillian Stewart Carl -

Ashes to Ashes - 50 % off code XU39Z
The Secret Portrait - 50 % off code TN95C
Shadows in Scarlet - 50 % off code QS26E


Mark Chisnell -

The Defector – Free -
The Wrecking Crew - $.99 -


Rae Davies -

Loose Screw – 67% off code LM78F


Anne Frasier -

Pale Immortal – 35% off code EK68H
Garden of Darkness – 35% off code VA98T


Lee Goldberg -

Judgment - 75% off code MC97F


Jackie Griffey -

The Devil in Maryvale - $.99 coupon code QJ74B
The Nelson Scandal - $.99 coupon code ZH98B


Gemma Halliday -

Hollywood Scandals - 100% off code SD74L


Libby Fischer Hellman -

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


Mary Ellen Hughes -

Resort to Murder – 25% off code NN95H


Julie Hyzy -

Deadly Blessings – 25% off code RR79T
Deadly Interest – 25% off code ZK65V


N.C. Hyzy -

Playing With Matches – 25% off code UB74V


Maryann Miller -

One Small Victory - $.99 -


Lise McCledon -

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


M.C. Walker -

Blood Son - 50% off code QL25Z


Beth Orsoff -

Honeymoon for One – 25% off code NV45J


P.B. Ryan -

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



CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

Judith Arnold -

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 -


Becky Barker -

Hanchart Land – 50% off code TA28D
Bridleton – 50% off code YT68U


Pamela Burford -

Snowed - $.99 -
Too Darn Hot - 67% off code CB36M


Christina Crooks -

Thrill of the Chase - 50% off code BZ54B
L.A. Caveman - $.99 -


Jana DeLeon -

Trouble in Mudbug - 80% off code PF92Q


Lori Devoti -

Love is All Around - 50% off code GP27G



Donna Fasano -

The Merry-Go-Round - 50% off code UQ79A
Talking Love in Stride - 50% off code DA72X
Mountain Laurel - 50% off code QX47K


Alison Kent -

Love In Bloom - $.99 -
At His Mercy - $.99 -


Patricia McLinn -

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


Leigh Michaels -

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


Julie Ortolon

Falling for You - $.99


Patricia Ryan -

Shelter from the Storm – 100% off code RF86D



Kathryn Shay -

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

Judy Alter -

Mattie - $.99 -


Shari Anton -

Emily's Captain - 50% off code UN75D


Marsha Canham -

China Rose – 25% off code GK49Y
Bound by the Heart - $.99 -



Sharon Ihle -

The Bride Wore Spurs - $.99 -
Maggie's Wish - $.99 -


Wendy Lindstrom
-

Shades of Honor - 50% off code ZX59W


Kelly McClymer -

The Fairy Tale Bride
- $.99 -


Jill Metcalf -

Spring Blossom - $.99 code SM62N
Family Reunion – 30% off code UA96Z


Miriam Minger -

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 -


Patricia Ryan -

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


Laurin Wittig -

The Devil of Kilmartin - 33% off code EG75D
Charming the Shrew -33% off code XE84C
Daring the Highlander - 33% off code SD34D



PARANORMAL ROMANCE

Doranna Durgin -

Deep River Reckoning – 25% off code QL33L


Michele Hauf -

Wicked Angels - 40% off code RA85T




ROMANTIC SUSPENSE

Doranna Durgin -

Hidden Steel - $.99 -
Making the Rules – 25% off code UN27P


Anne Frasier

Cool Shade – 35% off code NH52Z


Terry Odell -

What's in a Name? - 50% off code YN92A
When Danger Calls - 50% off code DZ37H


Julie Hyzy -

Artistic License – 25% off code FE78W



SF/FANTASY

Lillian Stewart Carl

Lucifer's Crown - 50 % off code WC94L


(New!) Jeffrey A. Carver

Dragon Space: A Star Rigger Omnibus - 25% Coupon Code FZ82S
Eternity's End - 25% Coupon Code JM96S
The Chaos Chronicles (Books 1-3) - 25% Coupon Code ZH68H


Doranna Durgin -

A Feral Darkness - $.99 -
The Heart of Dog - 25% off code PU45T


Melanie Jackson -

The First Book of Dreams: Metropolis
- $.99 -


WOMEN’S FICTION

Diane Chamberlain -

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


Beth Orsoff -

Romantically Challenged - 25% off code QL62Y
How I Learned to Love the Walrus (An Arctic Romantic Comedy) – 25% off code UW54E




YOUNG ADULT

Lori Devoti -

Demon High – 50% off code CJ27H


NON-FICTION

Mark Chisnell -

Pressure Falling – Free -
Risk to Gain – 50% off code VL93G


Gerald M. Weinberg -

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.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks so much for your support of Backlist Ebooks, Mark! We're all in this indie book miracle together.

Miriam Minger

Terry Odell said...

Add my thanks for your support of indie publishing and for calling attention to the Backlist eBooks authors and their Smashwords sale.

Terry
Terry's Place
Romance with a Twist--of Mystery

ChulaSlim said...

I went to the site to buy all of Gerald Weinberg's books but on the site they were list as $4.99 Here they are $.99. Which is correct?

Lyn Cote said...

Great list!