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Get not one, but TWO free Freeper novels today on Amazon.com.
Amazon.com ^ | 4/4/2014 | Bern Pearson

Posted on 04/04/2014 3:00:44 AM PDT by Gen.Blather

http://amzn.to/1dSYZ7h

“Havelock’s Inheritance.” Havelock is on a voyage of discovery involving fraud, deceit, two crime families and enough dead bodies to start his own morgue.

http://amzn.to/1fR47nx

“A Plague of Dragons.” Something is trying to kill Kyle Fortune and when it does, an ancient menace will return to enslave and devastate the world.


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: bernpearson; books; converter; freenovel; freeper
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1 posted on 04/04/2014 3:00:44 AM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: Gen.Blather

http://amzn.to/1dSYZ7h

“Havelock’s Inheritance.” Havelock is on a voyage of discovery involving fraud, deceit, two crime families and enough dead bodies to start his own morgue.

http://amzn.to/1fR47nx

“A Plague of Dragons.” Something is trying to kill Kyle Fortune and when it does, an ancient menace will return to enslave and devastate the world.


2 posted on 04/04/2014 3:01:09 AM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: Gen.Blather

;-)


3 posted on 04/04/2014 3:03:38 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
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To: AD from SpringBay; Starstruck; RedinaBlue; unlearner; MHGinTN; Tainan; jim macomber; GeronL; ...

This is the Freeper Author Ping List. Please Freep mail me if you want on or off.

This list is available to help Freeper authors connect with Freeper readers.


4 posted on 04/04/2014 3:03:53 AM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: Gen.Blather

Is Havelock named after Henry Havelock, the Victorian general?


5 posted on 04/04/2014 3:25:48 AM PDT by sinsofsolarempirefan
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To: sinsofsolarempirefan

I was struggling for a character name and I saw a bond movie. Havelock Pigeon was named after Judy Havelock in “For Your Eyes Only.” When the villain said, “You’ve shot your last bolt Miss Havelock” I scrambled for my note pad.

Almost all of the characters are named from other literature. Effie Perine was Sam Spade’s secretary. Gertie on the front desk is from Perry Mason. I built the story in many layers to entertain people who read deeply. But the story moves fast and there’s plenty of action so even a superficial read should be entertaining.

Thanks for asking.
Bern


6 posted on 04/04/2014 3:33:51 AM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: Gen.Blather

I need EPUB or PDF.


7 posted on 04/04/2014 4:11:28 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
"I need EPUB or PDF."

calibre-ebook.com

It will convert most formats to what you need.

Awesome program and its free!

8 posted on 04/04/2014 4:15:51 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: Mad Dawgg

I haven’t found a way to download a Kindle file from Amazon to the computer, only to a Kindle device.


9 posted on 04/04/2014 4:18:06 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
"I haven’t found a way to download a Kindle file from Amazon to the computer, only to a Kindle device."

Kindle for PC

10 posted on 04/04/2014 4:21:44 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: Gen.Blather

Incidentally, although I changed names many of the characters, as grossly exaggerated as they seem, are as true as a photograph. I worked for a quality director who had AADD so badly it was a wonder he could find the building in the morning. And the event described where he took a screwdriver to a multi-million dollar unit that had just passed acceptance and been sold off really happened. He was on the payroll because he’d sign ANYTHING.

The bribery situation is a composite of several similar ones as the company (now out of business) had elastic ethics. There was an entire floor of offices with brass plaques reading something like “General John Jones Special Consultant.” They had wet bars, built in polished wood shelving and they’d never, to my knowledge, been visited by their “occupants.” Those men were on the payroll but never showed up at work as they’d already done their “service.”
I really did buy a bunch of assembled equipment as “repair parts” to keep my department functioning. As I passed the buyer nursing a coffee cup in the cafeteria, without looking up and just loud enough for me to hear he said, “I’m not a f*cking idiot, Bern. I know what you did.” I stopped and without looking down said, “Then why didn’t you kick it back?” He said, “Somebody’s got to make the d*mned place work.”

And, let’s not even talk about the government’s quality rep. Yikes.


11 posted on 04/04/2014 4:22:45 AM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

http://shelfless.org/2012/11/how-to-convert-your-kindle-ebooks-to-epub-how-to-remove-drm-from-kindle-books/

http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/how-to-convert-kindle-to-pdf/

Here you go!
Thanks,
Bern


12 posted on 04/04/2014 4:24:21 AM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: Mad Dawgg

Got to get it on my Nook, I can’t sit at the computer long enough to do any serious reading.


13 posted on 04/04/2014 4:25:46 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: Gen.Blather

What word processing program do you use to write your books and do you create your own Kindle books and upload yourself or do you hire it done?


14 posted on 04/04/2014 4:25:46 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: Gen.Blather

Freeper bray has book comng out based on Texas as a country not a state. I just orderd a copy.You might want to check with him as well.


15 posted on 04/04/2014 4:26:26 AM PDT by rodguy911 (FreeRepublic:Land of the Free because of the Brave--Sarah Palin our secret weapon)
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To: Mad Dawgg

“What word processing program do you use to write your books and do you create your own Kindle books and upload yourself or do you hire it done?”

I use Word. I you save it as a Webpage, filtered and then upload it. Write me if you have problems.
Thanks,
Bern


16 posted on 04/04/2014 4:28:14 AM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
"Got to get it on my Nook, I can’t sit at the computer long enough to do any serious reading."

Kindle for PC allows you to download the book to your computer. Once that is done you can use the program I noted OR check out Gen.Blathers link on the How to convert Book files.

17 posted on 04/04/2014 4:28:46 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: Gen.Blather

Thanks for the info and I will!


18 posted on 04/04/2014 4:30:22 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Transfer via USB, will allow you to download the kindle format straight to your desktop, and then if you dump it through calibre, you can convert it to EPUB.

Only glitch as I recall is if you have a kindle fire, that doesn’t work with calibre, or at least, it didn’t as of last December.


19 posted on 04/04/2014 4:31:19 AM PDT by RikaStrom ("To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize." ~Voltaire)
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To: Mad Dawgg; SWAMPSNIPER

Buy the book directly at the Amazon site and then hit “Transfer via USB”.


20 posted on 04/04/2014 4:39:38 AM PDT by SeaDragon ("Life is tough ..... It's even tougher if you're stupid." - John Wayne)
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