I graduated as an English major from the University of Michigan, and as a result, I ended up on all sorts of listservs, including the PR listserv for the U of M press. Here's an email I received today, that I thought I'd share:

Hey all—

Just a quick note that for the first time in its history, the University of Michigan Press is offering two brand-new novels FREE for reading, a chapter at a time, on its Facebook page starting next week.

The two novels are:

Marjorie Kowalski Cole’s A Spell on the Water, about a woman attempting to put her family back together in a small town after her husband’s death. Barbara Kingsolver said, “I couldn’t put it down.”

Becky Thacker’s Faithful Unto Death, a historical whodunit set at the turn of the last century. When a mother of five mysteriously dies, is it illness, murder—or suicide?

Both novels are being serialized free of charge online for all Friends of our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/University-of-Michigan-Press/37383103953 .

Of course we hope that folks will buy copies of the books (in print or electronic form) once they’ve gotten a taste – but the online serialization is free, and will be up until Labor Day weekend. Spread the word!

Let me know if you have any questions.

Cheers,

Heather

Heather Newman Marketing and Media Manager The University of Michigan Press 734-615-6477 [email protected]

Personally, I know nothing about the books, and I'm probably not going to have a chance to read them, especially in a serialized manner. But hopefully someone out there will enjoy this.