I Have a Serious Grumble

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Today, Rainbow Ebooks is offering 2 ebooks for free.  However, to get said ebooks, you have to pay by giving them all your personal information including birthdate, full address, and phone number. In my mind, that's not free. Making me join with an email and password I can understand but wtf do they need that other data for?

So, that rhetorical question led me to their privacy policy. They store my IP address as well.  Grrrr

I expect better from a queer company.  And people wonder why users prefer the darknet for getting free ebooks.

Comments

[tameiki]

Oh, and since you've never read the authors I've named, you might give them a shot.

One of my favorite series is by Madeleine Urban and Abagail Roux. Cut & Run is the first book, Sticks & Stones, then Fish & Chips. It's about two FBI agents. The writing is very good, the characters feel "real" and remain as two men instead of one being a female substitute, which really irritates me. There is plot! And the fourth book in the series should be coming out in a month or so :)

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Thanks for the recommendations. Have you read Jamie Samms?

[tameiki]

If memory serves, I think I bought some of her books and they're in my "to read" folder that I haven't gotten to yet. Would you rec some titles that you liked?

Also very highly recommended for great writing, characterizations, plot, hot and steamy scenes would be anything written by Heidi Cullinan, Marie Sexton and K.A. Mitchell. Jordan Castillo-Price's PsyCop series is also very good :)

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I've only read "Who Says Shamrocks Aren't Lucky?" which is a short story but I liked it enough to save it in my "to buy more from this author) list.

I did download 2 of the PsyCop series so I'm glad to hear they are recommended.

I like plot and I like interesting characters so I will check out those authors. :D

I highly recommend Cecilia Tan, if you haven't read her. I adore her Magic University series. There are 2 more books in that series planned, one of which is published fanfiction. She is awesome.

[tameiki]

I've never heard of Cecilia Tan, will have to look up her books to buy. Thanks :)

If you like plot and interesting characters, you're going to love PsyCop, I think.

Now, if I could only find some uninterrupted time to read all the books I've bought but haven't read yet... ;p

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Time. Therein lies the problem. I have way more stuff to consume than I have time to consume it in.

(Cecelia Tan is ravenna_c_tan and she publishes a couple of stories in chapters before publishing them as entire books. She also writes HP slash.)

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Serendipity!

Cecilia is offering a book for free on Smashwords this week. Her tweet:

@ceciliatan I'm making volume one of Daron's Guitar Chronicles free in ebook for one week only: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/25887

[tameiki]

Sorry for the late reply but thank you for the heads up. I've downloaded the book. If I wind up liking it, which I think I will, I'll more than likely go buy everything else she has up for sale. XD

Thanks again!