Posts tagged: mary robinette kowal

June #WhispersyncDeal roundup: Umberto Eco, T. Kingfisher, Scott Meyer, Rysa Walker, Gwenda Bond, Steve McHugh, Dennis Lehane, Ian Fleming, and more

Posted on 2016-06-25 at 20:01 by Sam

Between this month's Summer Reading Deals in Kindle Books and 50 Kindle Book Deals for $2 Each listings there's quite a few (over 300!) Whispersync for Voice titles to check out. From comedic fantasy to YA time travel, Umberto Eco to new fiction in translation, there's something for everybody to check out:

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco for $2.99+$3.99 is the legendary Eco's award-winning first novel, read by the marvelous Sean Barrett along with Nicholas Rowe and Neville Jason: "The year is 1327.

Posted in Whispersync Deals | Tagged amy mcfadden, amy rubinate, aric davis, ayse kulin, dennis lehane, gwenda bond, ian fleming, james bond, jeff strand, kate rudd, luke daniels, mary robinette kowal, rysa walker, scott meyer, sean barrett, simon vance, t kingfisher, the name of the rose, umberto eco

November #WhispersyncDeal roundup: A Calculated Life, Off to Be the Wizard, The Broken Sword, I Am Princess X, Ella Enchanted, and more, and! a glance through Audible's "Treat Yourself" sale, and! Downpour.com's Black Friday sale (UPDATED)

Posted on 2015-11-27 at 05:31 by Sam

As promised, you've got more than 48 hours this time! But there's a lot to look over, as among the 299 Whispersync for Voice-enabled Monthly Deals in Kindle Books there's a good-sized pile that catch my eye this month. And! Through December 2, there's additionally a very nice "Treat Yourself" sale on a big pile of audiobooks as well, and I have a glance through those titles below, followed by a really, really quick mention of Downpour.com's Black Friday sale through December 3.

First, though, the usual

Posted in Whispersync Deals | Tagged anne charnock, bronson pinchot, cherie priest, downpour.com, jennifer marie brissett, john scalzi, luke daniels, marko kloos, mary robinette kowal, oliver wyman, poul anderson, redshirts, samuel r delany, scott meyer, skyboat media, stefan rudnicki, susan duerden, the broken sword, wil wheaton, wild-cards

August WhispersyncDeal roundup: Ken Liu, Chuck Wendig, Joyce Carol Oates, Max Brooks, and more; read by Michael Kramer, Luke Daniels, Kate Rudd, Grover Gardner, Mary Robinette Kowal, and more!

Posted on 2015-08-27 at 17:33 by Sam

I keep getting later and later in the month with these... so this time, once more, with feeling, don't wait too long. The first two sections of deals all expire on August 31. Tick-tock.

First, a rough pass through the 156 Whispersync-enabled Monthly Deals for $3.99 or Less which, let me tell you, is a lot of titles. Here's what most caught my eye, and there are some really good ones:

The Grace of Kings (The Dandelion Dynasty) by Ken Liu, read by Michael Kramer for Simon & Schuster Audio for $1.99+$3

Posted in Whispersync Deals | Tagged arthur c clarke, chuck wendig, emily beresford, grover gardner, joyce carol oates, kate rudd, ken liu, luke daniels, mary robinette kowal, max brooks, michael crichton, michael kramer, Michael R Underwood

June #WhispersyncDeal Roundup: James Bond, Max Gladstone, Pierre Grimbert, Mary Robinette Kowal, Arthur C. Clarke, Chuck Wendig, Richard Matheson, Cassandra Clare, and much more

Posted on 2015-06-21 at 03:26 by Sam

Well, June's over half over, so it's again past time to have the monthly #WhispersyncDeal roundup posted. I'm going to start with highlighting a few of the 13 James Bond titles that are on sale for $1.99+$3.99 this month, as the sale ends June 22. So, if you like 007, don't wait too long:

Casino Royale (James Bond - Extended Series Book 1) for $1.99+$3.99 by Ian Fleming (Author), Simon Vance (Narrator) -- "Introducing James Bond: charming, sophisticated, handsome, chillingly ruthless, and licensed to

Posted in Whispersync Deals | Tagged arthur c clarke, cassandra clare, chuck wendig, james bond, mary robinette kowal, max gladstone, pierre grimbert, richard matheson

Whispersync Deal Roundup for May 2014: Seanan McGuire's Indexing, Stant Litore's No Lasting Burial, Ania Ahlborn's The Shuddering, Peter Lerangis' Seven Wonders, and Christian Cantrell's Containment

Posted on 2014-05-01 at 18:38 by Sam

In the interests of time (and blog clutter) I'm going to do most "daily" Whispersync Deal posts only on Facebook/Twitter. But! As it's May 1, there's a whole crop of monthly deals to scan through. Which I have. As far as I can tell, they're valid through May 31.

In the 20 Kindle Books for $2 Each listings I found a couple of good ones, starting with Seanan McGuire's Indexing, read by Mary Robinette Kowal, for $2 Kindle plus $1.99 Whispersync for Voice upgrade. "For most people, the story of their lives is

Posted in Whispersync Deals | Tagged ania ahlborn, benjamin darcie, christian cantrell, containment, indexing, johnathan mcclain, kyle mills, mark russinovich, mary robinette kowal, mikael naramore, no lasting burial, peter lerangis, seanan mcguire, seven wonders, stant litore, the colossus rises, the immortalists, the shuddering, the zombie bible, william dufris

Release Week: Paul Cornell's London Falling, Mary Robinette Kowal's Valour and Vanity, and Carlos Fuentes' Terra Nostra

Posted on 2014-04-30 at 16:17 by Sam

APRIL 23-29, 2014: Last week I warned that it would be a quiet week in terms of numbers, and that bore out, though two excellent titles make for two easy top recommendations this week, and Audible's production of no fewer than nine books by Carlos Fuentes make for quite a literary feast. There's ALSO a pile of books for young readers to check out including Christopher Healy's The Hero's Guide to Being an Outlaw and Tania Unsworth's The One Safe Place, as well as plenty more for adults including Jeremy

Posted in Release Week | Tagged Carlos Fuentes, london falling, mary robinette kowal, one safe place, paul cornell, rc bray, terra nostra, valour and vanity

Whispersync Daily Deal: Ransom Stephens' The God Patent and Rosa Montero's Tears in Rain

Posted on 2014-03-02 at 19:13 by Sam

Sunday, March 2, 2014: Another glimpse through the Kindle Daily Deals today shows me two books to pass along. The first is an actual "Daily" deal, The God Patent by Ransom Stephens, at $1.99 Kindle plus $0.99 upgrade to the Audible edition read by Luke Daniels for Brilliance Audio. "When electrical engineers Ryan McNear and Foster Reed coauthored two patents for company cash incentives, they thought it was all just a joke. One describes the soul as a software algorithm, and the other described the Big Bang

Posted in Uncategorized, Whispersync Deals | Tagged luke daniels, mary robinette kowal, ransom stephens, rosa montero, tears in rain, the god patent

Whispersync Daily Deal: Celebromancy, Clive Barker's The Books of Blood, House of Bathory, and Cassandra Rose Clarke's The Assassin's Curse

Posted on 2014-01-24 at 15:12 by Sam

Friday, January 24, 2014: Four more deals to share today, starting with Celebromancy: Ree Reyes, Book 2 by Michael R. Underwood, narrated by Mary Robinette Kowal for Audible Frontiers, book two in the series after Geekomancy and on sale for $1.99 Kindle, offering a $1.99 Whispersync for Voice upgrade to the Audible edition. "Things are looking up for urban fantasista Ree Reyes. She’s using her love of pop culture to fight monsters and protect her hometown as a Geekomancer, and now a real-live production

Posted in Whispersync Deals | Tagged AudioGO, cassandra rose clarke, Celebromancy, Chris Patton, clive barker, crossroad press, Dick Hill, Geekomancy, House of Bathory, Kathleen Gati, Linda Lafferty, mary robinette kowal, Michael R Underwood, peter berkrot, Ree Reyes, simon vance, Tania Rodrigues, The Assassin's Curse, The Books of Blood

Release Week: Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam, Kim Stanley Robinson's Shaman, Toby Barlow's Babayaga, and Seanan McGuire's Chimes at Midnight

Posted on 2013-09-04 at 19:05 by Sam

AUGUST 28-SEPTEMBER 3, 2013: September kicks off with two of my most anticipated titles of the year, Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam and Kim Stanley Robinson's Shaman. It also brings news from The Hugo Awards at this weekend's World Science Fiction Convention in San Antonio, where Mur Lafferty (The Shambling Guide to New York City) won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Author, and John Scalzi's Redshirts was named Best Novel. This week does not, however, bring all the audiobooks that were hoped for: in

Posted in Release Week | Tagged babayaga, kim stanley robinson, maddaddam, margaret atwood, mary robinette kowal, seanan mcguire, shaman, toby barlow

Featured author and narrator: Mary Robinette Kowal

Posted on 2013-05-14 at 17:36 by Sam

AudioBookaneers Features Presents: Mary Robinette Kowal, author, narrator, and puppeteer

By Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

Hugo Award winning author Mary Robinette Kowal visited Raleigh's Quail Ridge Books on Friday, on her book tour for Without a Summer, the third book in her The Glamourist Histories series which began with 2010's Shades of Milk and Honey. Billed as, more or less, "the fantasy novel which Jane Austen might have written" the series is a Regency period historical fiction with plenty of manners,

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