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Leap Day Special--Free Shipping Friday is back

With February 29, Leap Day, falling on a Friday it seemed like a great time to bring back Free Shipping Friday.

Here's the deal: Place an order today, Friday Feb. 29th and you can free shipping just by using Coupon Code fsf when you check out. That's all there is to it.

Oh, because we're basically nice guys and we realize that our customers are fallible, we'll actually give you the whole weekend to take advantage of Free Shipping Friday. Just place your order by Monday, March 3, use coupon code fsf and you're good to go.

But wait, there's more

Yes, I hear you asing: Free shipping is all well and good but what if my order already qualifies for free shipping because it's more than $65? Well, then we'll give you 10% off your order. All you have to do is use coupon code fsf10 and--bingo--we'll take 10% off your total order plus you'll still get free shipping.

So, that's it. If your order is less than $65 use Coupon Code fsf and you'll get free shipping.

If you're order is over $65 use Coupon Code fsf10 and you'll get free shipping plus 10% off.

Happy shopping and enjoy your Leap Day

Weekly special

Probably, you thought that with all this Leap Day frivolity that we'd forgotten about the Weekly Special. Well, no, we're offering 20% off on a fine new novel by a winner of the British Crime Writers Silver Dagger Award. Check out This Week's Special.

Agatha Award nominees announced

Malice Domestic has announced the Agatha Award nominees for 2008 in the category of Best Novel and Best First Novel.

We're pleased to say that five of the nominees will be coming to MLB in April.

Hank Phillippi Ryan, author of Best First Novel nominee Prime Time will join us on April 17 during our Little Night of Romance (Mystery and Suspense, too).

Three of the five Best Novel nominees will be here on April 28 for the Festival of Mystery. Donna Andrews for Penguin Who Knew Too Much, Rhys Bowen for Her Royal Spyness and Elaine Viets for Murder With Reservations.

Congratulations are also in order for Donna Andrews, Rhys Bowen and Elizabeth Zelvin who all received nominations for Best Short Story. Elizabeth will be making her first appearance at the Festival with her debut mystery Death Will Get You Sober.

Take a look at our Agatha 2008 Nominations page for the full list.

Sen. Arlen Specter, March 27

We're very excited to announce a special appearance by Sen. Arlen Specter on Thursday, March 27 from 2 to 3 pm at MLB.

Sen. Specter will be signing copies of his memoir Never Give In: Battling Cancer in the Senate. Please give us a call at 412-828-4877 or use our Contact Form to let us know if you can join us.

If you can't make it to the signing, we'll be happy to get you a signed copy, personalized if you wish. Simply call or order Never Give In on the website. You can use the Special Instructions on checkout to give us any signing requests.

New arrivals

New Arrivals this week include new books from Mary Kay Andrews, Mary Daheim, Stephanie Barron, Peter Robinson, Michele Martinez and Jodi Picoult as well as paperbacks from Jonathan Kellerman, Tammy Hoag, Laura Lippman and others.

You'll find the complete list at New Arrivals.

Laura Lippman - correction

Laura Lippman is coming to MLB on Friday, April 4. The talk and signing will be at the bookstore and it is free. We do ask that you call or email us if you're coming.

The recent MLB News had an incorrect location for the event and suggested that there was a charge. There is not. Our apologies for the confusion.

Winter Coffee & Crime Series

Our Winter Coffee & Crime Series is halfway through. Perhaps that means that winter is more than half way over. Here's what's coming up:

Upcoming Events

Mar. 9 - Nancy Martin
Mar. 15 - John Banville
Mar. 27 - Arlen Specter
Mar. 29 - Joanne Fluke

Keep on reading,
Richard, Mary Alice and the MLB Staff

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