Free e-reads!

Harlequin is celebrating 60 years.  They are generously giving away $60 worth of e-books as a gift to their readers.  They are offering 16 books from all different genres.  There are historicals, suspense stories, an African-American romance, steamy stories, three different types of Christian novels, a paranormal, some tender romance, family stories, and yes, a Harlequin Presents title.  Go to their anniversary website and download something from your favorite genre.  Try a new genre for free.  Enjoy your books!

Free subscriptions: Elle and more

I’ve got more magazines for you!  Elle and Elle Decor, and Woman’s Day are offered through Mercury Magazines.  Finally, RewardsGold is giving a free sub to Body + Soul.  As always, comments on these magazines or their offering sites are welcome and encouraged.  Since I already get a ton of free magazines, I can’t take part in every offer, so feedback from others is helpful.  To explore these magazines’ websites before you decide to get your free subscription, click any of the titles below.

Elle

Elle Decor

Body + Soul

Woman’s Day

Another magazine offer!

I have been able to keep my word when it comes to magazines.  I won’t pay for them!  Why should I when I can get them for FREE?

The latest offer I found was for Smithsonian.  This one is from RewardsGold, so you will have to fill out a review/survey before you are taken to the offer page.

If museums aren’t your thing, go here for another RewardsGold offer for Prevention magazine.

I’ve successfully gotten mags from them before, so the offers shouldn’t give you any problems.  As always, enjoy!

Read free and help others

I’ve posted freebies for readers before, but this time you can help a charity while enjoying your freebie.  Avon books is sharing excerpts of some upcoming romance novels and fully browsable copies of already-released books online.  Check out the new releases to help their Love Gives Back campaign!  According to the site,

For every 100,000 pages browsed from these new titles, Avon will donate 100 books to ProLiteracy Worldwide, an organization that promotes literacy around the world. Each month, from August 13, 2008, through December 23, 2008, we’ll donate up to 1,000 books, so start reading and share the love!

All you lovers of the love stories, get browsin’!

FYI: If you like this this ‘reading for free’ thing (aside from your library, of course!), check out the publisher’s other free-to-read online books here.

Magazines galore!

I have seen so many magazine offers lately that I had to share them with you. Feel free to click on the magazine’s name to check out that magazine’s homepage before responding to the free offer, if you wish.

• Click here for a free subscription to Spa Magazine.
• Click here for a free subscription to Traditional Home.
• Click here for a free issue of Bridal Guide.
• Click here for a free subscription to Latina.
• Click here for a free subscription to Pink. (magazine for professional women)

Free magazine issue

Want a little luxury for free?  Get a no-committment issue of Robb Report Magazine here from Start Sampling.  (The offer was sponsored by Restaurant.com)  If you’re not yet signed up on Start Sampling’s website, I encourage you to join and get the September issue, with no need to cancel!

I’ve never read this magazine before, but I ordered the issue because it looked intriguing.  If it were a whole year, I admit, I wouldn’t have signed up for it because I wouldn’t want to waste the paper and energy getting unwanted issues of an unfamiliar magazine that I end up not liking.  Has anyone out there in Readerworld ever picked up an issue of this mag?

I won a free salad!

Thanks to Heather at Freebies 4 Mom, I have a few sweepstakes and contests that I enter online.  Today, I won one of them!  While (sadly) it wasn’t the $100,000 cash prize on the Better Homes & Gardens Play & Win Sweepstakes, I did win a coupon for a free Distinctively Dole salad!  This contest has over 15,000 winners (as reported by Freebies 4 Mom!), so try for your coupon today!

Click here and here to see what else I’ve won!

Free FTD flowers for Good Neighbor Day

Mark your calendars! Wednesday, September 3rd is Good Neighbor Day and FTD florists is giving away free flowers! According to their website,

“FTD florists have celebrated FTD® Good Neighbor Day® since 1994, encouraging all neighbors to help create a friendlier, more caring and compassionate world through the gift of flowers. That’s why customers are encouraged to keep one flower for themselves and give the others away — brightening the day of many other people.”

FTD’s site says you can pick up a free bouquet, but as recommended, don’t keep it all to yourself! Check out this website to see if your local FTC florist is participating.

Reader Panel: Tell Harlequin

Looks like Harlequin has revamped their reader panel website. Since I am a reader who loves free books, I had to share this news with you. Previously We Hear You, the new site looks better than the old one (which I’ve mentioned before on this blog). The new site seems to work in a manner similar to the old one.

To join, go to the homepage and click “Join today”. You’ll complete a questionnaire about your reading habits and then they will ask for your address and other information so they can send you free books. The books they send will have corresponding surveys for you to fill out. If you hated the plot, say so. If you thought the cover was cheesy, you have a chance to share. If the hero was a well-written character, speak up. This program gives you not only free books but a chance to give the publishers your opinions of them.

It’s not clear what books you will receive, but keep in mind that Harlequin does not just publish “trashy romance novels”. It’s easy to equate “Harlequin” with “My Millionaire Boss’s Italian Baby Mama” etc. (No offense intended to Harlequin Presents readers.) The reality is that they publish a variety of fiction lines, including romantic suspense, chick lit, African-American teen fiction, Christian romance, fantasy, African-American romance, contemporary women’s fiction, Christian romantic suspense, African-American inspirational books, Christan women’s fiction, Christian chick lit, and Christian historical romance. Quite the variety!

No, I am not a Harlequin affiliate, author, or superfan. Though I have read a few pretty good books published by them.

Mailbag excitement

Part of the reason I look forward to getting my mail each day is the possibility of receiving some of the freebies I’ve requested. As for this week, not only did I get some toiletries I’ll end up using, but I got something I have been keeping an eye out for: a pedometer.

I’ve been needing a pedometer since I’ve started exercising more, but now I have one for free from the Tylenol Arthritis Keep Moving offer. It also came with an exercise DVD. Request yours here. The tampons, pad and pantyliner were part of the Kotex sample pack which you can request here. A $1 off coupon was also included, plus an invitation to take a survey. The survey gives you another coupon to print out when you’ve completed it! The little blue bottle is an Old Spice Body Wash sample from Walmart, with a $1 off coupon. Finally, I got a bilingual Pond’s sample and coupon. An impressive haul, especially when I get something I’ve been needing!

Recently, even when the mail carrier brings me bills and unwanted advertisements, I can usually count on receiving a sample, coupon, or the latest issue from one of my free magazine subscriptions.