A September Kindle deal for readers in Australia

UK/AUS/NZ eBook edition of A Duke in Shining Armor

Most of the deals I report are for U.S. and Canada only, so I’m delighted to announce a Kindle deal for Australia.

The first of the Difficult Dukes Series, A Duke in Shining Armor, is on sale for AUD 1.49 for the entire month of September. My Difficult Dukes find themselves dealing with even more Difficult Women, much to their enlightenment (and other things). In this one, the Duke of Ripley tries to return a a runaway bride to her bridegroom. If you haven’t started the series yet, or want to make a gift of the first volume, now is an excellent time!

An eBook Deal & a New Italian Edition

Yesterday brought some nice holiday surprises. One came to my doorstep (in a downpour) and one to my email via Bookperk.

First off, we have a limited time only eBook deal on My Inconvenient Duke. From now until 2 January, it’s on sale for $1.99 in the U.S. and Canada. Since publishers don’t always let me know when deals are coming up, and it’s impractical to haunt the various bookstores daily to find out, sometimes my news does not come as far in advance as I’d like. But there’s time! If you haven’t yet read the third Difficult Dukes book, here’s a chance to do so and save a few bucks. Or maybe you’ve a friend who might enjoy Blackwood and Lady Alice’s story.

The second item was Il Duca Libertino, the Italian edition of A Duke in Shining Armor. The copies were a little damp, having landed on the stairs instead of the porch, but they survived near drowning. (It was quite a storm.) And they would be readable if only I could. But the Italian I learned in repeated lessons has for the most part either evaporated on gone into deep hiding in my brain. Also, the vocabulary I did learn was limited to beginner level. Italian is not easy for an American, believe me, especially one of very mature years. All those articles and pronouns. But it’s so beautiful that I find myself opening pages and trying to comprehend. And no, I don’t comprehend much, except insofar as I wrote the book and know how it goes. But I think we can all appreciate the cover design. It’s always interesting to see the way other countries do it—how they dress the characters, what scenes they choose, the poses, etc.

"My Inconvenient Duke" Kindle deal for India

I’m delighted to let my readers in India know that My Inconvenient Duke, the third Difficult Dukes novel, will be a Kindle Monthly Deal, at INR 149, during the month of November.

It seems as though 99.9% of the deals I find out about are limited to U.S. and Canadian readers. This is because rights and licenses for my books are different for different parts of the world, English speaking or not. Note, for instance, the slightly different cover for this edition, intended for those numerous other parts of the world. (I will spare you the details and complications of rights & licenses, partly because I barely understand them myself; also, they are boring.)

And so I get pretty excited when I can offer a bargain to some of the the jillions (technical term) of readers who do not live in the U.S. or Canada.

This was my first alert about a deal for India, but I trust there will be more to come.