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Thursday, December 16, 2010

Happy Birthday Jane Austen!

Today is Jane Austen’s 235th birthday!



Jane Austen Sourcebooks, the world’s leading publisher of Jane Austen fiction, is offering a unique deal to readers who want to celebrate Jane by reading special editions of all six of Austen’s beloved novels in a 21st century format.

Special e-book editions of Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Sense and Sensibility, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion and Mansfield Park will be available for free for one day only. 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
Darcys & 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. & Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy: Two Shall Become One by Sharon Lathan
Lydia Bennet's Story by Jane Odiwe
Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy by Abigail Reynolds

Available wherever eBooks are sold. (The links I have provided are for the Amazon Kindle eBook.)

Edit to update:

Sourcebooks sincerely apologizes for all the confusion regarding the free offer of Jane Austen special edition titles as well as the 10 Austen inspired novels. They have been trying to fix the problem all morning. It takes a lot of cooperation from different parties to make the offer happen and it unfortunately it took some extra time to iron out the kinks.

iBooks and Google books currently has everything correct. Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Sony are currently working to get their prices adjusted. They should be correct shortly.  Sourcebooks.com will also have our books and the illustrated versions available for free within the next hour!

Because of this confusion they want to celebrate Jane Austen’s birthday an extra day! This offer will be good tomorrow as well.

6 People had something to say:

  1. SheenaDec 16, 2010 01:46 PM
    Thanks! =)
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  2. ChristinDec 16, 2010 03:23 PM
    Thanks so much for posting this! Off to look for some of these e-books :-)
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  3. MissieDec 16, 2010 04:21 PM
    BV!!!!

    Thanks for the FYI and the links!

    This post is so full of win!

    *cries happy tears*
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  4. WOW! This is exciting... maybe I will put them on my mom's kindle and say "Merry Christmas, you have some of your fav classics"... okay, okay I will tell her they were free :)
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  5. LeeDec 17, 2010 09:16 AM
    Thanks for the information. Now I have no excuse for not being thoroughly educated on Jane Austen. Time to add these books to my Kindle reading list!
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  6. Alyssa@Teens Read and WriteDec 17, 2010 05:41 PM
    What a great way to celebrate such a wonderful writer. Her words are still a joy 235 years later - now that's a talented writer!
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