Ilona Andrews are offering two free books as a welcome gift to celebrate the opening of their own e-bookstore. (And also, as a bonus, the two free books give you a chance to make sure you can access/use Book Funnel, which will be the delivery “system” for books purchased from their store…including The Inheritance, which should be formally published sometime next week.)
The two free titles are Clean Sweep, which is the first in IA’s Innkeeper Chronicles series, and Silent Blade, which is the first Kinsmen book.
In theory the Book Funnel process involves following the link to their store, provided here, “purchasing” the free books, and then waiting for an email with download information. In reality, it was much easier to just log in to my Book Funnel account right after I “purchased” the books. They appeared promptly in my Book Funnel Library and I was able to download directly from there. All you have to do is click (not right-click) on the cover image, and choose “Download Book” in the drop-down. This opens a smaller window that lets you choose what format you want to download. There is a small “ePub” button in the lower right-hand corner that downloads a generic ePub version. Or you can choose from several different readers – Kindle, Kobo, Nook, Play Books, or Book Funnel’s own reader. If you choose one of those, instructions on how to get the book onto your reader will appear. I’ve always just done a direct ePub download which is super-simple, but others on the IA blog have indicated that the reader-specific downloads were easy too.
Now to wait – not very patiently – for The Inheritance to come out. I’ll post when it’s available…