June 2012 Kindle book releases
While I don’t generally pre-order Kindle store books myself, I know many of you do.
I understand the fun of just having the book show up, but I figure I’ll order when I want it…since I could have it within a minute, usually. Unlike with paperbooks, your pre-order prices for the six biggest US trade publishers aren’t guaranteed by Amazon…they can’t be. Under what’s called the Agency Model, Amazon can’t set the prices for those e-books: hypothetically, if the publisher raised the price between the time you pre-ordered it and the time it was released Amazon couldn’t do anything about it.
I don’t think that tends to happen, though. Publishers don’t tend to raise the price between the pre-order and the release, and I’ve also heard of Amazon canceling pre-orders. I don’t think there is any significant risk that you’ll pay a different price than the one at which you pre-ordered…unless the pre-order is canceled and you decide to re-order it.
I’m looking at the list sorted by popularity:
June 2012 Kindle store pre-orders
but I’m not just going to list the most popular out of the 2,426. I’ll hit some of the big names that I think might interest you, but if something else catches my eye, I’ll list that, too. 
If the book blocks text-to-speech access, I won’t list it.
Robert Ludlum’s (TM) The Bourne Imperative
by Eric Van Lustbader
pre-order for June 5
Van Lustbader is a bestselling author, here continuing Ludlum’s Bourne series.
Pretty Little Liars #11: Stunning
by Sara Shepard
pre-order for June 5
From the popular young adult series (and basis of the TV show).
Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas
by John Scalzi
pre-order for June 5
Yes, Star Trek fans, the title is a reference to the traditionally doomed members of a landing party…it may aspire to be the Rosencrantz and Guildenstern of Trek novels. Might be a good gift for the geek on your list.
Mortal (The Books of Mortals)
by Ted Dekker, Tosca Lee
pre-order for June 5
Dekker writes Christian thrillers…I haven’t read one, but I’ve head them recommended to me.
The Seven Wonders: A Novel of the Ancient World (Novels of Ancient Rome)
by Steven Saylor
pre-order for June 5
A Gordianus the Finder novel, set in 92 B.C.
Kiss the Dead
by Laurell K. Hamilton
pre-order for June 5
An Anita Blake, vampire hunter novel.
We Are Anonymous: Inside the Hacker World of LulzSec, Anonymous, and the Global Cyber Insurgency
by Parmy Olson
pre-order for June 5
Non-fiction
Mission to Paris: A Novel
by Alan Furst
pre-order for June 12
A spy story by a popular writer in the genre, set in 1938.
The Third Gate: A Novel
by Lincoln Child
pre-order for June 12
Historical horror fantasy from the popular author.
Wicked Business: A Lizzy and Diesel Novel
by Janet Evanovitch
pre-order for June 19
Evanovitch is, of course, best known for the Stephanie Plum series, but this is a separate fantasy series.
Wicked Nights (Angels of the Dark)
by Gena Showalter
pre-order for June 26
Romance
Tuesday’s Child
by Fern Michaels
pre-order for June 26
From the New York Times bestselling fiction author…
This post by Bufo Calvin originally appeared in the I Love My Kindle blog.
