Robin M Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 (edited) This is a great coincidence since part of the 2011 52 books challenge is reading Jane Austen. In celebration of Jane Austen's birthday Sourcebook Publishers is making available for free today special editions of her novels Special e-book editions of Pride and Prejudice , Emma , Sense and Sensibility , Northanger Abbey , Persuasion and Mansfield Park . These celebratory editions include the full novels, plus the legendary color illustrations of the Brock brothers, originally created to accompany the books in 1898. In addition to the Jane Austen classics, readers can also enjoy these bestselling Austen-inspired novels. The following bestselling e-books will be free on December 16th in honor of her birthday: Eliza’s Daughter by Joan Aiken The Darcys and the Bingleys by Marsha Altman Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife by Linda Berdoll What Would Jane Austen Do? by Laurie Brown The Pemberley Chronicles by Rebecca Ann Collins The Other Mr. Darcy by Monica Fairview Mr. Darcy’s Diary by Amanda Grange Mr. and Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy: Two Shall Become One by Sharon Lathan Lydia Bennet’s Story by Jane Odiwe Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy by Abigail Reynolds Due to a slight snafu, the offer has been extended through Friday, December 17TH. The ebooks are currently available at Ibooks and Google books. Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Sony are working on fixing their prices, so check back this afternoon. Sourcebooks.com will have the special editions available on their site as well soon. -- Edited: Barnes and Noble has fixed their site - Link to free special editions Edited December 16, 2010 by Mytwoblessings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeaganS Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Thanks so much! This is great. I just got my Kindle this week, so I'm definitely going to take advantage of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Oh, thanks for the heads up. By way of warning: Some of those spin-off books are . . . ahem. . . decidedly less discreet about Elizabeth and Darcy's relationship than Austen was. Just throwing that out there in case anyone would be as unpleasantly surprised as I was :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcjlkplus3 Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Can you saave e-books online wherever you get them until you get either an e-reader or an e-reader app? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corraleno Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Here is the Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&field-keywords=jane+austen+the+illustrated+edition+sourcebooks&x=0&y=0 Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corraleno Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Can you saave e-books online wherever you get them until you get either an e-reader or an e-reader app? You can download a free Kindle app for PC, Mac, iPod touch, Blackberrry, and many other devices here. Download the free NOOK app for most devices here. Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkInTheBlue Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Thank you! I already have all her books on my Kindle but have wanted to check out some of the so-called sequels for fun. Just so Kindle users know, this book "Mr. and Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy: Two Shall Become One by Sharon Lathan" does NOT come up as free today. Maybe check it later or tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2a&z Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Thanks for the info. I don't have a Kindle or Nook so my laptop will have to do for now. I usually don't like to read books that way, but I will if they are free. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth S Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Thank you, thank you! My son did this for me, and said it won't take up much hard drive space. It makes a FREE Christmas present for any female on your buying list! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Thanks so much! I already had a couple of the spin-off's. Then there were a couple I didn't want :eek: But the illustrated books are awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephanier.1765 Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Thank you! I bought my mother a Nook for Christmas so I opened it up and stocked it full of these books. Plus, it gave the opportunity to learn how to use it since I probably need to show her. Better to learn now when things are less chaotic. Also stocked up my Kindle. I love having it full of things to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Inna* Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Thanks for posting this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 I may have to put an eReader onto my birthday wish list next year. I can almost justify one as an educational expense. I read Northanger Abbey last year for the first time and it was such a delight. I'm glad I saved it for after I'd read and reread others in the series. It was almost satire. Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife, however, was one of the worst books that I read all year. Really horrid. The negative reviews on Amazon are a stitch though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corraleno Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife, however, was one of the worst books that I read all year. Really horrid. The negative reviews on Amazon are a stitch though. One of the reviews said "This is the kind of book that gives p*rnography a bad name." :lol: Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmermom3 Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 No Kindle here but I am glad to know that I ordered an old-fashioned paperback copy of Mansfield Park in order to unwittingly celebrate the great lady's birthday. I seem to do a lot of things unwittingly these days.:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 (edited) JA's e-books should be free anyways. The copyright on them is expired. I might er...check out the pron though. :lol: Thank you! You can download the kindle program for your computer or iphone/android and read them on those devices. I don't own a kindle but I use it on my computer and phone. :) Edited December 17, 2010 by Sis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted December 17, 2010 Author Share Posted December 17, 2010 JA's e-books should be free anyways. The copyright on them is expired. I might er...check out the pron though. :lol: Thank you! You can download the kindle program for your computer or iphone/android and read them on those devices. I don't own a kindle but I use it on my computer and phone. :) They are free and can be found on Project Gutenberg and other sites. However, the special illustrated editions were made free for the day. Plus the other books. Check out this link - sourcebooks explains the process of trying to organize getting the books free from all sources and the lessons they learned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whereneverever Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Oooh, thanks- and I've sent the link to all my friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamee Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Thanks! I got a couple of them. We'll see. I've read some of the spin-offs and they've not been too bad, I've avoided the others with such horrid reviews. Ewww. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirch Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife, however, was one of the worst books that I read all year. Really horrid. The negative reviews on Amazon are a stitch though. :iagree: A book has to be reeaaallly bad for me not to finish it. If it's not well written but I'm still interested in the story, I'll usually finish it, even if I'm rolling my eyes the whole way. I didn't finish this one. Yuck. The book was pretty much just a vehicle for lots of descriptions of Darcy and Elizabeth having s*x. And poorly written ones at that. I totally didn't know what I was getting myself into when I checked it out of the library. It should've had a warning label on it! :ack2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greta Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 What am I doing wrong??? I downloaded the Nook app for my iPad, and tried to download a couple of the free books. I was informed that there was a problem with my payment method and I should call the 1-800 number to clear things up. Um, how can there be a problem with my payment for a FREE item?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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