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NBC Sports
a day ago
- Entertainment
- NBC Sports
Free Father of Mine/Son of Mine offer ends today
In honor of the fact that the chief cook and bottle washer of this specific business establishment turned 60 on Sunday, we made the ebook of both Father of Mine and Son of Mine available at no charge for the weekend. The offer runs through midnight on Monday, Pacific time. Go get either or both. For the low cost of nothing. Download now, read whenever. The third book in the series is coming, eventually. And I've started on a fourth. For today, Father of Mine and Son of Mine are completely free in ebook form. Meanwhile, to those of you who are counting the days until I retire, keep on counting. As mentioned during PFT Live on Monday, I've decided to keep doing this as long as I can. Whether it's with NBC or independently or under some other arrangement, PFT (which I fully and completely own) will keep on going until the day I drop dead — and at that point my son will ideally take the wheel. Or he can do whatever he wants with it. Sell it. Shut it down. Whatever. It'll be up to him. I'll have bigger issues at that point, like figuring out whether I can get into the Great Parents' Basement in the Sky despite the fact that I fully intend to buy a Ferrari ASAFP.
NBC Sports
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- NBC Sports
This weekend, the Father of Mine and Son of Mine ebooks are free
Everybody loves free stuff. This weekend, in honor of the fact that I'll be completing my 60th trip around the sun (if I make it two more days without dropping dead), I'm giving you free stuff. From time to time, I've made the Father of Mine or Son of Mine ebook available at no charge. From Saturday through Monday, both are free. As in free. Free, free. No charge. No strings attached. Sure, it would be great if you read one or both — primarily since you'll enjoy the experience. It would be good if, after reading either or both, you drop a review on the Amazon page. The goal is to get you to read for enjoyment. We were forced to read in school, and we hated it. Reading as an adult is a great way to break up the monotony of life, especially as we wait for football season to return. The third book in the Father of Mine series is coming. For now, the final touches are being put on a football/mob/gambling story that hopefully will serve as a cautionary tale for the NFL regarding the ways that sports betting can create very real complications. Hopefully, it'll be available in August. There's nothing complicated about this. On Saturday, Sunday, or Monday, get a free ebook copy of Father of Mine here — and/or a free ebook copy of Son of Mine here. All I ever ask is to start reading. If you decide to stop, that's on me.
NBC Sports
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- NBC Sports
It's three-day Father of Mine giveaway weekend
It's Memorial Day weekend. Beyond it being the unofficial start of summer, these three das are the annual occasion to honor those who gave their lives in defense of our nation. As we remember our fallen veterans, we also remember others we have lost. My own father, who had a health condition that kept him from serving in World War II, has been gone for nearly 30 years. Like many of you who have lost one or both parents, I think about him every day. He wouldn't be happy that I wrote a novel inspired by his chosen profession, as a bookie who had direct ties to the mob that ran the small town where I was raised. And if/when I see him again (who really knows how any of that works?), the first thing he'll say is, 'What's wrong with you?' (At least we'll have eternity for me to give him the full list.) For those who have yet to try Father of Mine, it remains available in ebook form for the very low price of 99 cents. It's an ongoing extension of my New Year's resolution to make it as cheap as possible, in order to promote reading as a diversion that can be far more enjoyable than it was when we were required to do it in school. Now that we're close to hitting (I think) low tide for NFL news, it's the perfect time to give it a shot. Again, it's only 99 cents. While the story itself is entirely fabricated, some of the crimes committed by the characters actually occurred. Including one fairly graphic and surprising murder. On Friday, I mailed the three free, signed copies of Son of Mine from last weekend's giveaway. (It's also 99 cents.) I'll include those entries in this week's contest. If you didn't enter then, send an email to florio@ with this subject line: 'Memorial Day 2025 Book Giveaway.' My stash of Father of Mine hard copies (the print version is $14.99) will soon be replenished. When the box of books arrives, I'll send out three more to this weekend's winners. Otherwise, keep checking your phones or tablets or laptops or desktops for fresh PFT content all weekend long. I gave the staff the three-day weekend off, so you're stuck with just me through Monday. And you can fill the gaps between postings by working your way through the short, punchy 100-plus chapters of Father of Mine. For a measly 99 cents. That's less than one penny per chapter.
NBC Sports
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- NBC Sports
It's a free, signed Son of Mine weekend
It's been a few weeks since I offered up a free copy of Son of Mine. Now that things are slowing down, I'll be offering up freebies more often. Which allows me to remind you that you can get all three books — Father of Mine, Son of Mine, and On Our Way Home — for a mere 99 cents in ebook format on Amazon. The print editions are available, too. But not for 99 cents. For Kindle Unlimited members, all ebooks are free. (As of this posting, 271,676 pages have been read.) All three are objectively good (in my inherently subjective opinion). And more are on the way, mainly because I've been spending 2-3 hours per night, 5-6 nights per week, for nearly five years blowing off steam by escaping to made-up worlds with made-up people and figuring out their made-up interactions (they're usually arguing, scheming, and periodically killing). The third book in the Father of Mine series will arrive, sooner than later. Audio versions of all books are definitely coming; we're just waiting for the final paperwork from the company that bought the rights. From the logjam on unfinished manuscripts, the current focus is a last major edit to a story that reimagines the aftermath of the mass escape from the West Virginia State Penitentiary in November 1979. There's also a cautionary tale about the intersection of gambling and pro sports that is 95 percent finished. Along the way, an idea inspired by intense fear of The Exorcist, fascination with the slowly-building tension that suddenly explodes into cartoonishly graphic violence in Tarantino films, and a past life of fumbling around in a courtroom became a short story that scared the shit out of me as the words flowed. (After the last line was written, I didn't sleep right for a week.) They're all coming, in time. For now, get a free, signed, personalized copy of Son of Mine. Three are up for grabs over the next three days, or so. To enter, send an email to florio@ with this subject line: '5/17/25 Book Giveaway.' No purchase is required. No purchase will be rejected, either.
NBC Sports
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- NBC Sports
Get the Father of Mine ebook for free, on Thursday and Friday only
The draft is upon us. After it ends, things could get slow. You'll need a diversion. Here's one that costs nothing. For Thursday and Friday, the Father of Mine ebook on Amazon can be yours for the low price of nothing. It's normally 99 cents, so it's not a huge savings. But free is free, and everybody loves free stuff. Technically, the window opens at 3:00 a.m. ET on Thursday and stays there until 3:00 a.m. ET on Saturday. Download it. Read the first chapter. (It's short.) If you like it, read the second. And keep going until you decide it's caca. Whenever that happens, you will have at least gotten your money's worth. If you finish it and like it, get the sequel — Son of Mine — for 99 cents. If you like that, sit tight because the third book in the series is coming soon. It's a mob tale set in the early 1970s, in the small town where I grew up. To learn more, download it and give it a try. You literally have nothing to lose.
