February 2017 Kindle book releases (and another great KDD)
While I don’t generally pre-order Kindle store books myself, I know many of you do.
I understand the fun of just having the book show up, but I figure I’ll order when I want it…since I could have it within a minute, usually.…
However, it’s worth noting that pre-ordering at a low price will tend to preserve that price. Back when the Agency Model was solidly in place, Amazon couldn’t guarantee that books sold by the publishers using that structure wouldn’t go up in price after you pre-ordered them. It wasn’t likely, it was just that Amazon couldn’t control it. We have largely returned to the Agency Model, but Amazon is allowed to discount in some circumstances
These aren’t necessarily the most popular of the pre-orders…I’m just going to list ones that catch my eye. Since we might not agree on that, here’s a link to the 5,830 titles listed as being released in the USA Kindle Store in February 2017:
February USA Kindle Store releases (at AmazonSmile: benefit a non-profit of your choice by shopping*)
Of those, by the way, 850 (70 fewer than last time…but there are fewer total titles, too) are in
Kindle Unlimited (at AmazonSmile: benefit a non-profit of your choice by shopping*)
As usual, I won’t be deliberately linking to books which block text-to-speech access blocked**.
We’ve gone back and forth recently on whether the top four were the
Kindle First (at AmazonSmile)
picks for this month.
Some of those Kindle Unlimited titles are way up on the list (but not as high as last time). I’m concerned (and I’ve alerted Amazon about it) that people are confused: they think they are pre-ordering a KU borrow, when they are actually pre-ordering a purchase. In other words, they may be thinking they’ll get the book at no additional cost, and actually be charged for it. Amazon has confirmed for me: you can not pre-order a borrow from KU.
Okay, books!
The Shame Myth: 7 Steps to Advance in Your Career, Relationships, and Purpose by Eddie H. Park and Hyo Kim
Snapshot by Brandon Sanderson
Minecraft: Diary of a Minecraft Herobrine Box Set Book 1 – Book 6 (Minecraft, Minecraft Diary, Minecraft Seeds, Minecraft Secret, Minecraft Traps, Minecraft Building, Minecraft Potions) by Alton Roberts (also available through Kindle Unlimited)
Cape Harriet Series Box Set Vol 1 (Books 1-3): Clipper Beach, Wicked Summer, Christmas Morning by Roma Brooks
Psychology of Learning and Motivation
The Deplorables’ Guide to Making America Great Again by Todd Starnes
Tillie Madison vs Reality by P.L. Winn (KU)
Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #4 by Matthew Manning and Jon Sommariva
The Walking Dead #163 by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard
Murder in the Mail: A Diane Dimbleby Cozy Mystery by Penelope Sotheby (KU)
Open Grave: a Beacon Falls novel featuring Lucy Guardino (Beacon Falls Mysteries Book 3) by CJ Lyons
Malala: Activist for Girls’ Education by Raphaele Frier and Aurelia Fronty
Arab Spring Then and Now: From Hope to Despair by Robert Fisk and Patrick Cockburn
The Innovation Mentality: Six Strategies to Disrupt the Status Quo and Reinvent the Way We Work by Glenn Llopis and Jim Eber
The Side Hustle: How to make extra income with just 4 hours per week by J, Jonathan (KU)
The Legend of Zelda: Art & Artifacts by Nintendo
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
Fields of Fire (Frontlines Book 5) by Marko Kloos
My Desk is Driving Me Crazy: End Overwhelm, Do Less, and Accomplish More by Sue Rasmussen
Reprogram Your Weight: Stop Thinking about Food All the Time, Regain Control of Your Eating, and Lose the Weight Once and for All by Erika Flint
The Night Bird by Brian Freeman
Ansel Adams: An Autobiography by Ansel Adams and Mary Street Alinder
Sweet Tea at Sunrise (A Sweet Magnolias Novel) by Sherryl Woods
Apostles of Disunion: Southern Secession Commissioners and the Causes of the Civil War (A Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era) by Charles B. Dew
Gig Posters Volume 2: Rock Show Art of the 21st Century by Clay Hayes
The Wind’s Twelve Quarters: A Story by Ursula K. Le Guin
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq by Dahr Jamail and Amy Goodman
King Philip’s War: The History and Legacy of America’s Forgotten Conflict (Revised Edition) by Eric B. Schultz and Michael J. Tougias
Creating Short Fiction by Damon Knight
Rules of Thumb: A Life Manual by Tom Parker
That’s only a small fraction, and just ones that caught my eye. If you have other books being released to the USA Kindle store in February 2017 to suggest for me and my readers, you can do so by commenting on this post. If you are directly connected to the book (the author, the publisher) that’s okay…just identify yourself as such and make your comment in your own words (not as an ad).
Enjoy!
Bonus sale: today’s
Kindle Daily Deal (at AmazonSmile…benefit a non-profit of your choice by shopping*)
has some well-known’ books! This is definitely a case where I would consider buying some as gifts…you can delay the delivery until the appropriate date, or have them sent to yourself and print them out for whenever you want to give them. Titles (and there are 37) include:
Five (!) kids’ series starters from Rick Riordan! You can get the first books in: The Trials of Apollo; Percy Jackson and the Olympians (The Lightning Thief); Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard; The Heroes of Olympus; The Kane Chronicles (some of these have thousands of positive reviews)
Deathbird Stories by Harlan Ellison
I Can Read books, including Amelia Bedelia, Frog and Toad, Biscuit, Pete the Cat, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flat Stanley…
Killing Trail: A Timber Creek K-9 Mystery by Margaret Mizushima
Enjoy!
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* I am linking to the same thing at the regular Amazon site, and at AmazonSmile. When you shop at AmazonSmile, half a percent of your purchase price on eligible items goes to a non-profit you choose. It will feel just like shopping at Amazon: you’ll be using your same account. The one thing for you that is different is that you pick a non-profit the first time you go (which you can change whenever you want)…and the good feeling you’ll get. Shop ’til you help!
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