Sunday Saver – Kindle Freebie Alert!

August 29th, 2010

Happy Sunday All,

I only found 2 freebies this week that I thought may be worth your time, but no worries… I compromised. In addition to your 2 NEW reads, below you will find 3 books that are ALWAYS free for Kindle (so no big rush in the download department.) Pride & Prejudice, Anna Kerenina, and Dracula are just 3 examples of classic literature that shaped modern writing. Each have strong original characters and themes that were unheard of in their era.  If you have yet to read them, please take the time to do so… you won’t be sorry.

Happy Reading my fellow Kindle-ites and remember: A little dust never hurt anyone.


Being bad never felt so good-

After being jilted by her former master, Jane Porter looks to end her year-long celibacy by attending a bondage-themed event. Thanks to her ex-boyfriend-s stunning betrayal, she isn-t looking for happily-ever-after, just a master who-s willing to explore the depths of her passion and teach her what the BDSM lifestyle is all about.

Antonio Villareal was a wanted man. Single, rich and good looking, he-s on the hunt for a submissive to share his world. The moment he sees Jane on the arm of another man, he wants to possess her body and soul. The only problem is; Jane makes it clear she isn-t a forever kind of girl.

Can Antonio convince Jane to give him a chance?


After one of the most harrowing weeks of Henry Parker’s life, night has finally come. Settled in with Amanda Davies, he sleeps before preparing to chase a story alongside his mentor, Jack O’Donnell. Meanwhile Jack sits on the other side of town, fresh out of rehab, hoping to salvage a once-great career derailed by public humiliation. This is Jack’s last chance to leave his mark. Elsewhere in the city, two killers are on the move. They are brutal, calculating, and after tonight their decade’s long plan will come to fruition. But before the morning comes they have a few stops to make… THE HUNTERS: The thrilling lead-in to THE DARKNESS




For over 150 years, “Pride And Prejudice has remained one of the most popular novels in the English language. Jane Austen herself called this brilliant work her “own darling child.” “Pride And Prejudice, the story of Mrs. Bennet’s attempts to marry off her five daughters is one of the best-loved and most enduring classics in English literature. Excitement fizzes through the Bennet household at Longbourn in Hertfordshire when young, eligible Mr. Charles Bingley rents the fine house nearby. He may have sisters, but he also has male friends, and one of these — the haughty, and even wealthier, Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy — irks the vivacious Elizabeth Bennet, the second of the Bennet girls. She annoys him. Which is how we know they must one day marry. The romantic clash between the opinionated Elizabeth and Darcy is a splendid rendition of civilized sparring. As the characters dance a delicate quadrille of flirtation and intrigue, Jane Austen’s radiantly caustic wit and keen observation sparkle.


When beautiful, aristocratic, and married Anna falls madly in love with the dashing Count Vronsky, their affair shocks Russian society, tears her family apart, and leads, inevitably, to tragedy. Count Leo Tolstoy’s epic story of passion, infidelity, vengeance, and retribution has held readers spellbound since it was first published in the late 1800s. Set against the fatal attraction of Anna and Vronsky, unfolding in perfect symmetry, is another love story: of the melancholy nobleman Constantin Levin and his devoted wife, Kitty. In doubt about the meaning of life, haunted by thoughts of suicide, Levin’s struggles echo Tolstoy’s own spiritual crisis. Filled with unforgettable characters, rich in history and social realism, “Anna Karenina” is a masterpiece of world literature, a story that fires the imagination and touches the heart.


The punctured throat, the coffin lid slowly opening, the unholy shriek as the stake pierces the heart—these are just a few of the chilling images Bram Stoker unleashed upon the world with his 1897 masterpiece, Dracula. Inspired by the folk legend of nosferatu, the undead, Stoker created a timeless tale of gothic horror and romance that has enthralled and terrified readers ever since.

A true masterwork of storytelling, Dracula has transcended generation, language, and culture to become one of the most popular novels ever written. It is a quintessential tale of suspense and horror, boasting one of the most terrifying characters ever born in literature: Count Dracula, a tragic, night-dwelling specter who feeds upon the blood of the living, and whose diabolical passions prey upon the innocent, the helpless, and the beautiful. But Dracula also stands as a bleak allegorical saga of an eternally cursed being whose nocturnal atrocities reflect the dark underside of the supremely moralistic age in which it was originally written — and the corrupt desires that continue to plague the modern human condition.


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Kindle Freebies Alert!

August 14th, 2010

Happy Saturday Kindle-ites!

I will have a review later today for “His Eyes” and tomorrow will be “Eat Pray Love” but until then I wanted to give you a heads up on some Kindle freebies I found today. Now… I get tons of emails throughout the weeks that say ‘Misty!!! I thought you said these were free, why does it say $9.99?” Well, just because it is free today, does not mean it will be free tomorrow, so if you see something below that peaks your interest be sure and download it TODAY! 1 days worth of dawdling may cost you a free read, and that’s just no fun.

Happy Reading my fellow Kindle-ites and remember: Make your own plot… don’t follow someone elses.


A City Gripped By Fear. . .

Seattle newspaper photographer Nick Wilder has snapped his fair share of gruesome homicide scenes. But when a serial killer dubbed the Street Butcher takes his sick crimes to new depths of depravity, Nick finds the case suddenly getting to him in more ways than one. . .

A Killer Who Knows No End. . .

With each new murder Nick is shocked by what he won’t soon forget. But the deeper he digs, the closer he gets to his own disturbing past–and the more he must risk to unmask an unpredictable, deranged psychopath. As the motives multiply and the suspects mount, the cold, stark Seattle winter is about to turn even chillier. . .


Flowers For Elvis is quirky Southern fiction with a literary edge, surprising humor and an uplifting spirit. In 1956, Olivia and her twin sister are born to a nun an old auto parts store turned convent in rural Mississippi. Little Olivia doesn’t survive the day, but her spunky spirit hangs around and takes on the role of ethereal watchdog over her twin. When the Reverend Mother-and holy guilt-convince the nun’s sister (a young pregnant newlywed) to secretly raise the baby as the twin of her own soon-to-be-born child, Olivia realizes the urgency of her presence and support. Not only is her aunt a fanatical Elvis fan, she’s a renegade Southern belle, bent on self-indulgence and desperate to safeguard her multitude of sins. Without revealing which girl is her twin until the end, Olivia takes the reader on a flower strewn tour of misguided love and maternal betrayal which culminates at Elvis’ funeral, where they finally discover the truth of their parentage and unravel the generations of secrets that shadowed their lives.


The Blues were born out of need, anger and pride. Murder comes from those same dark places. Memphis has both. One of Memphis’ most seductive and notorious socialites has vanished. Either she’s off on another drunken escapade or the disappearance is something much more frightening. What begins as an ordinary day’s work for Detective Billy Able quickly grows into a complex spider’s web of tragedy, mystery, suspicion, and sordid secrets including a few of Billy’s own. With the help of Mercy Snow, the estranged sister of the missing socialite, Billy follows a twisted trail of human frailty and corruption to disturbing truths that undermine everything he thought he knew about himself and the people he loves.




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Did Someone Say Free Downloads?

July 30th, 2010

Well since so many of y’all seemed to LOVE the instant access to Free Kindle Downloads the last time I did it,  I figured… WHY NOT… so here are the most recent that I found. (Well… at least the ones that look worth the effort.)  Happy Free Reading!

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Brown, author of the Navy Justice Series and a former U.S. Navy lawyer, has written a book destined to top Christian fiction lists. A rogue Indonesian general and his army of terrorists attack oil tankers in the Strait of Malacca in order to profit from oil futures and buy nuclear weapons to establish an Islamic superpower. Navy JAG officers Zack Brewer and Diane Colcernian race against the odds and a 24-hour deadline before nuclear attacks hit the United States. Departing from the sea of books barely better than soap opera romance and using the frantic pacing of suspense fiction, Brown glides flawlessly among global hotspots of terrorism–including the United States–and the book’s principal settings in Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia. The plot surges headlong with energy; characters–from various cultures–are both believable and accessible; rich dialogue flows. A Bible-quoting evangelical Christian president in the war room is over the top, and while evangelical hot-button issues may please some readers and turn others off, Brown has penned another winner.
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From an extraordinary new voice in fiction comes a haunting, powerful novel about mothers and daughters, choice and regret, the mistakes we make and the ones we hope we can correct before it’s too late.

Nothing much ever happens in Falling Rock, Kentucky. So when Virginia Lemmons’ husband takes off in his Trans Am to take up with a beautician, there’s not much to do but what people in rural Kentucky have always done–get on with it. Now, overwhelmed and unsure, Virginia’s got her hands full trying to keep it together, body and soul, while raising her two teenage kids–eighteen-year-old son, Will, and her spirited fourteen-year-old daughter, Shannon.

But Shannon has her own ideas for breaking free of Falling Rock, and in her reckless, wild-child daughter, Virginia sees echoes of herself and her own painful past. She’ll do whatever it takes to keep her daughter from making the same tragic mistakes, and saving what’s left of her fragile family just may be the biggest fight of Virginia’s life.

In this compelling, heartbreaking first novel, Janna McMahan brings to authentic life the dreams, passions, and troubles of one southern town, where choice isn’t always easy to come by, and living the hand you’re dealt with is a grace all its own.

“A beautifully wrought novel populated by a vivid cast of characters. . .Janna McMahan takes us completely into the lives of these people and their small town, presenting this world with authenticity and dignity. I absolutely loved this book and will carry it with me for a long time.” –Silas House


Sixteen-year-old Nathan Shepherd has a great life traveling where the careers of his father, an investigator, and mother, a renowned violinist, take him … until his parents are found murdered. Left with only a mirror and notes from his father’s last case, Nathan goes into hiding at the remote country home of Tony, his father’s college buddy, and Tony’s teenage daughter, Kelly. The mysterious mirror must be a clue to what happened to his parents, and when images appear in it—people and things that don’t exist—Nathan and Kelly painstakingly gather evidence. But the killers want the mirror too, and danger threatens the teens at every turn. As it becomes evident that Nathan’s father had stumbled upon dark forces at work in the world, several questions arise. Could it be that the mirror is a portal to a parallel world? Could this technology be used for evil purposes? And could his parents still be alive, trapped in another dimension? Nathan and Kelly struggle to solve the mystery before they too become victims. This chilling, hair-raising adventure is jam-packed with action in a fantastical world where nothing is as it seems, and even mirrors tell lies.


Grief. Hope. Love. Sword fights. And the crisp glory of fried okra. Ex-cocktail waitress and “convenience story professional” Eudora “Pea” O’Brien is filled with grief and regret, low on cash and all alone. Headed down the hot, dusty back roads of central Texas, Pea is convinced she’ll find a sign leading her to the reincarnated soul of the sister who raised her. A sign that she’s found her place in the world of the living again. At least that’s what the psychic promised. In an unforgettably funny and poignant journey, Pea collects an unlikely family of strays-a starving kitten, a pregnant teenager, a sexy con man trying to go straight, and a ferocious gun dealer named Glory, who introduces Pea to the amazing, sword-wielding warrior goddesses of Texas author Robert E. Howard-creator of the Conan the Barbarian novels-and celebrated in festival every year. Six foot tall, red-headed Pea looks good with a sword in her hand. Glory, the goddesses, and a grandmotherly café owner become Pea’s unlikely gurus as she struggles to learn swordplay and the art of perfect fried okra. She’ll have to master both if she’s going to find what matters most-her own lost soul. “Jean Brashear writes with warmth and emotion truth. The depth of her understanding of human nature marks her as a writer to watch, a writer to read and a writer to enjoy.” –Debbie Macomber, #1 NY Times Bestselling Author “THE GODDESS OF FRIED OKRA is a fabulous read. Riveting. Original. Those characters grabbed my imagination and didn’t let go.” –Cathy Maxwell, NY Times Bestselling Author

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Kindle vs. Hardcover.. And The Winner Is…

July 20th, 2010

Kindle’s Digital Sales Overtake Hardcover

The battle has been ragging for a while now, Kindle vs. Hardcover, but it was unclear until this morning who the winner would be. While Amazon boast a very vague “millions” of Kindle’s sold it was still unclear if the eBook would topple the well establish bound copies. Sure… Millions of people own a Kindle, but are they actually purchasing books or using it as a very fancy coaster? Well…the numbers are in! Since Amazon’s decision to drop the Kindle price from a whopping $259 to the more reasonable $189 they have been selling like hot cakes. What is “hot cakes” exactly? How about this…the sale of the Kindle hardware has TRIPLED! (Wowza!) In the last 3 months alone Amazon has sold 143 Kindle downloads to every 100 hardcovers, and that number does NOT include the number of FREE copies readers have been gobbling up! So…for those of you who are still on that “eBooks are just a phase” train, it’s time to grab your bags and get off at the next station. Remember: It’s still reading… it’s just reading in a brand new way!

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Guest Blog – Stacey Cochran (Author of CLAWS 2)

July 9th, 2010

Dear Kindle-ites!

I won’t waste your time with loads of mumbo jumbo but I did want to (very quickly) introduce author and fellow Kindle enthusiast Stacey Cochran.  I was first introduced to Stacey through his Ustream show “Book Chatter” and was immediately enamored with his vast knowledge of eBook publishing. Up until this point I have never seen anything but the unwavering serious side of Stacey but today (lucky for us) he has embraced the smart-ass within (I blame my own influence for that one) and has graced us with a very interesting and informative blog.

:-) Happy Reading! – Misty

P.S. I didn’t ask for all the flattery, but I’m a girl so hey… I’m not going to argue… or remove it!

Thanks so much, Misty, for letting me visit the KindleObsessed Blog today as I make my way around this 2-month Blog Tour. For folks unfamiliar with a “blog tour,” it’s a basically the eBook author’s version of the traditional book tour. Only, instead of visiting brick-and-mortar bookstores and libraries, I’m visiting blogs like Misty’s. If you’d like for me to make a stop by your blog, just drop me a line. It’d be a huge help to me as I’m spreading the word about my new thriller CLAWS 2, a Kindle exclusive publication.

Misty, you probably know me best for the interviews I’ve done on Book Chatter. You’ve certainly been a great panelist the times I’ve been honored to have you join us on the show. Book Chatter is currently on a 2-month hiatus (imagine that), but we plan to start airing new LIVE episodes in September.

That said, I thought I’d try and entertain you with an interview of myself at the KindleObsessed Blog today.

Ready?
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INTERVIEWER: Stacey, thanks so much for visiting us today. Have you lost weight? You’re more handsome in person than I expected.

STACEY: I use a Sham-Wow after showering. That’s my secret. Don’t tell anybody.

INTERVIEWER: You sometimes seem to be kind of polarizing. Like some people really hate you. While other folks seem to dig your style. How do you account for that?

STACEY: Again, I blame the Sham-Wow.

INTERVIEWER: I’ll have to try one of those. Didn’t that guy get arrested? The Sham-Wow guy?

STACEY: Yes, but he’s a celebrity, and he’s selling towels. It goes with the territory.

INTERVIEWER: Seriously. What can you tell us about your fabulous new novel CLAWS 2?

STACEY: Well, it’s available exclusively from the Amazon Kindle Store. I decided to launch an eBook only novel this year because I had some pretty good success last year with the first CLAWS novel and with The Colorado Sequence. For now, the POD paperback versions of my books have too high of a base cost, and they simply don’t sell well enough to justify the time spent in booking, formatting, and designing a wrap-around cover. eBooks on the other hand are inexpensive; CLAWS sells for 99 cents and CLAWS 2 sells for $2.99. Folks who have never heard of me are much more likely to give my books a shot at those price points.

INTERVIEWER: So, is this whole eBook thing just a fad?

STACEY: I don’t think so. Or, at least if it is, it’s going to be a decade-long kind of fad, like how CDs were a fad. I think the landscape of publishing is changing in a dramatic and fundamental way. People want to read like they haven’t in 30 years, but they want something new as a way to get them into a book. There’s a researcher named Dr. Lotta Larson at the University of Kansas who has done some extraordinary research showing how reading on a Kindle dramatically improves reading retention and comprehension among younger readers. (Teaching literacy using a Kindle)

Amazon has forever altered the way books are distributed, and now with Kindle they’re re-imagining what a “book” is. I, for one, wish this change would have occurred twenty years ago.

INTERVIEWER: You’re a true believer.

STACEY: I believe in the Sham-Wow. That is all.

INTERVIEWER: Doesn’t Misty have a cool blog?

STACEY: I think it’s one of the neatest blogs I visit on a regular basis. I love her style, and I love her passion for books. We are all truly blessed for having folks like Misty with us.

INTERVIEWER: You’re just sucking up to get a good review of CLAWS 2 aren’t you?

STACEY: Do I seem like that kind of person?

INTERVIEWER [long pause]: So, uh, how does it feel to be interviewed?

STACEY: You ask such probing questions. You’re gonna make me cry.

INTERVIEWER: What in your childhood made you want to be a writer?

STACEY: My parents used to lock me in a dark coat closet for days on end. When they let me out, they beat me with a whip.

INTERVIEWER: You’re not serious.

STACEY: No, my parents are boringly middle-class folks. I had a very ordinary childhood.

INTERVIEWER: So what accounts for your tenacity as a writer?

STACEY: I genuinely want to become a better human being. When I was in my early twenties, I was diagnosed with some pretty shitty mental issues, and was once at the point of total self-destruction. Somewhere along the way, I hit rock bottom, and decided I wanted to try to do good things with my life… rather than constantly fuck shit up.

INTERVIEWER: What was “rock bottom”?

STACEY: Again, with the probing questions. You’re trying to make me cry, aren’t you? Do you get off on this?

INTERVIEWER: The people want to know.

STACEY: Which people? Who wants to know? I want their names and numbers.

INTERVIEWER: Rock bottom, Stacey? Care to discuss it?

STACEY: Well, if you really must know, I had a pretty nasty drug and alcohol habit. Nothing that a lot of college kids don’t deal with every day, but I took it to the extreme. Got arrested a couple times. Sitting in jail, even if only for a couple days, kind’a sucks.

At first I was like, “I don’t have a problem.” After a bunch of shit like that, I finally started to realize that I did actually have a problem. Then, I wanted help. It’s been a long road these past ten years.

INTERVIEWER: What has been your high point recently?

STACEY: You mean aside from speaking with you?

INTERVIEWER: You are a charmer.

STACEY: I do my best.

INTERVIEWER: What’s next for you?

STACEY: Hopefully, the wonderful readers here at Kindle Obsessed will ask some questions or post comments. Maybe they’ll tell Misty what a wonderful job she’s doing and how much they appreciate her. I could respond to that kind of stuff.

INTERVIEWER: So if CLAWS 2 was made into a movie who would play Angie Rippard?

STACEY: Where has Julia Roberts been the past ten years? I think movie fans would love to see her on the screen again.

INTERVIEWER: Really, Julia Roberts? I would think Angelina Jolie would be a better fit.

STACEY: I think Julia Roberts is ripe for a comeback. She’s been quiet a long time.

INTERVIEWER: Who would play Abraham Foxwell?

STACEY: Robert Duvall would be great. On the other end of the spectrum, Richard Gere might be interesting. Plus you’d have the whole Julia-Richard thing. Reunited. Tom Hanks doesn’t make a bad picture.

INTERVIEWER: The Man with One Red Shoe?

STACEY: Okay, Tom Hanks hasn’t made a bad movie in twenty years. Is that better?

INTERVIEWER: Hey, I wonder how Sandra Bullock would do as Angie Rippard?

STACEY: Sandra would rock it. Nice call, Interviewer. She’s golden. Do you know her agent?

INTERVIEW: Sandra Bullock’s agent?

STACEY: Yeah.

INTERVIEWER: I’m sorry. I don’t.

STACEY [looking at watch]: I really should be wrapping things up.

INTERVIEWER: Okay.

STACEY: Thank you, Misty, for having me and the Interviewer at your blog today! You’re an angel.

INTERVIEWER: Stacey, have you lost weight? I’m serious, you’re really a good looking guy.

 

(Stacey Cochran was born in the Carolinas, where his family traces its roots to the mid 1800s. In 1998 he was selected as a finalist in the Dell Magazines undergraduate fiction competition, and he made his first professional short story sale to CutBank in 2001. In 2004, he was selected as a finalist in the St. Martin’s Press/PWA Best First Private Eye Novel Contest. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina with his wife Dr. Susan K. Miller-Cochran and their son Sam, and he teaches writing at North Carolina State University.)

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Graphite Kindle DX? Snazzy!!

July 1st, 2010

Kindle DX Graphite Amazon has always been known for it’s options… need socks, gummy bears and a good book? No problem, 1 stop shopping with lots of variations, but up until now their Kindle lineup has been 1 dimensional. Not anymore. Just 1 week after Amazon dropped the price of their Kindle 2 they are releasing a snazzy new DX. (Lets just pretend that this is the original DX’s hot girlfriend.)

With a sleek new graphite exterior and a stunning list of new features. (including social networking options) this little beauty is bound to turn some heads. (Especially since the price is a shocking $379 compared to the previous $489) And, although she won’t be leaving her comfy home in the Amazon warehouses until July 7th, you can pre-order her today, (weather you’re a domestic or international customer.)

Check out what she has to offer and you be the judge. Stick with old faithful or trade her in for a new model.


Features:

Slim: Just over 1/3 of an inch, as thin as most magazines

Lightweight: At 10.2 ounces, lighter than a typical paperback

Books in Under 60 Seconds: Get books delivered wirelessly in less than 60 seconds; no PC required

3G Wireless: 3G wireless lets you download books right from your Kindle; no annual contracts, no monthly fees, and no hunting for Wi-Fi hotspots

Global Coverage: Enjoy 3G wireless coverage at home or abroad in over 100 countries.

Paper-Like Display: Reads like real paper without glare, even in bright sunlight

Carry Your Library: Holds up to 1,500 books

Long Battery Life: Read for up to one week on a single charge with wireless on. Turn wireless off and read for up to two weeks.

Social Networks: Share your passion for reading with friends and family by posting favorite passages to Twitter and Facebook directly from your Kindle

Built-In PDF Reader: Carry and read all of your personal and professional documents on the go. Now with Zoom capability to easily view small print and detailed tables or graphics

Read-to-Me: With the experimental Text-to-Speech feature, Kindle can read content out loud to you, unless the rights holder made the feature unavailable

Large Selection: Over 620,000 books and the largest selection of the most popular books people want to read, including 109 of 112 New York Times® Best Sellers, plus U.S. and international newspapers, magazines, and blogs. For non-U.S. customers, content availability and pricing will vary.

Low Book Prices: New York Times Best Sellers and New Releases from $9.99

Out-of-Copyright, Pre-1923 Books: Over 1.8 million free, out-of-copyright, pre-1923 books are available to read on Kindle, including titles such as The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Pride and Prejudice, and Treasure Island.

Free Book Samples: Download and read first chapters for free before you decide to buy

You can read More about the New Graphite Kindle DX at Amazon.com or click the image above

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Kindle App Gets Audio & Video

June 28th, 2010

Amazon’s Kindle App for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch Gets Embeddable Audio and Video


BY Dan NosowitzToday

Amazon doesn’t really care if the Kindle hardware dies. They’d rather it didn’t, of course, but Kindle is much more than a couple of e-ink e-book readers. Kindle is much more important (and more profitable) as a store, available from tons of different devices–so just because its Kindle 2 and Kindle DX can’t handle audio or video (or, um, color), that doesn’t mean Amazon can’t keep pushing the medium forward.

Amazon thus announced today that its Kindle app for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch is receiving a significant update, allowing the embedding of audio and video inside books. Says Dorothy Nicholls, director of the Kindle team, in a press release:

“Readers will already find some Kindle Editions with audio/video clips in the Kindle Store today–from Rose’s Heavenly Cakes with video tips on preparing the perfect cake to Bird Songs with audio clips that relate the songs and calls to the birds’ appearances. This is just the beginning–we look forward to seeing what authors and publishers create for Kindle customers using the new functionality of the Kindle apps.”

This has some pretty fantastic possible uses–Amazon also mentions that a guide of London will include embedded audio narration from the book’s author, which is a great idea. You could read the book on your iPad, then listen to the tour on your iPhone or iPod Touch as you walk around Olde London-Towne. Finally, a compelling reason to have an e-book reader app on a 3.5-inch screen!

No word on what other devices might be supported. Windows, Mac, and BlackBerry all have Kindle apps, and can all support video, but were not mentioned in the press release.

The newest update also includes higher resolution images for the iPhone 4′s eye-searingly sharp screen. It’s available in the App Store now.

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Where For Art Thou Kindle 3

May 30th, 2010

Where For Art Thou Kindle 3?

James Mulroy, PC World May 30, 2010 11:25 am

For those of you who think that the Kindle’s 1/3 of an inch thick architecture is just too thick, you may be able to check out a new slimmer Kindle come August this year. According to a Bloomberg.com article, Amazon.com plans to introduce the next version of the Kindle electronic-book reader.

The Kindle is a fashionably slim e-book reader that weighs in at only 10.2 onces, or lighter than your typical paperback book. It has 3G Wireless worldwide, and an impressive paper-like display that truly looks like paper, even in bright light.

Besides the book-sized Kindle, Amazon markets a magazine-size Kindle DX. But apparently another model is in the works.

According to Bloomberg via two people who wish to remain anonymous, “The device will be thinner and have a more responsive screen with a sharper picture” and “The new Kindle won’t include a touchscreen or color.”

As a matter of fact, Amazon states that while color prototypes are in the works, they are not ready for production. The two people who wish to remain anonymous are reportedly close to Amazon’s plans but do not wish to be public because the plans are not yet public.

For an added bonus, the Kindle uses its state of the art e-paper technology, giving the Kindle up to a week of battery life with the Wi-Fi on (much shorter than the Apple iPad LCD screen competitor) and the delay between page turns will also be shortened in the new version.

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Kindle for Android!

May 24th, 2010

Kindles Kindles EVERYWHERE. For those of you that have chosen to take the Android route… Have no fear, your day will come. Introducing Kindle for your Android phone!

Read Kindle books on your Android phone

  • Get the best reading experience available on your Android phone. No Kindle required
  • Access your Kindle books even if you don’t have your Kindle with you
  • Automatically synchronizes your last page read and annotations between devices with Whispersync
  • Adjust the text size, add bookmarks, and view the annotations you created on your Kindle, computer, or other Kindle-compatible device
  • Read in portrait or landscape mode
  • Tap on either side of the screen or flick to turn pages

Shop for books in the Kindle Store optimized for your Android phone

  • Buy a book from the Kindle Store optimized for your Android phone and get it auto-delivered wirelessly
  • Search and browse more than 500,000 books, including more than 96 of 110 New York Times bestsellers. If you are a non-U.S. customer, book availability may vary
  • Find New York Times® Best Sellers and new releases from $9.99
  • Get free book samples. Read the beginning of books for free before you decide to buy
  • Books you purchase can also be read on a Kindle, computer, or other Kindle-compatible mobile devices
  • Kindle newspapers, magazines and blogs are currently not available on Kindle for Android

Technical Details

  • Requires Android OS 1.6 or greater
  • Requires an SD card
  • Supports Droid Incredible, Google Nexus One, HTC MyTouch, Motorola CLIQ, Motorola Droid, and many more Android phones

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Battle Of The E-readers!

March 1st, 2010

After scrambling to finish my book today…and being unsuccessful, I thought I would let y’all ponder an article I read today. Just 1 more reason to be in love with my Kindle.  Happy Reading!

Battle of e-readers shows Kindle books much cheaper than Nook, Sony

Tom Barlow

Mar 1st 2010 at 3:00PM

After reviewing various e-readers recently in one of our savings experiments, I thought I would compare the cost of a variety of books currently sold by the three dominant forces in the e-book field, Amazon (Kindle), Barnes & Noble (Nook), and the Reader Store, which sells books for the Sony Reader.

For this study, I chose the New York Times selection of the 10 best books of 2009; five fiction, five non-fiction. I avoided current bestsellers, since they are often subject to price wars and loss-leader pricing.

The results of my survey were startling. Since Amazon recently came to an agreement with major publishers, agreeing to sell e-books in Kindle format at a price closer to that of of the printed versions (a sop to the brick and mortar book business), I wasn’t surprised the prices had risen on Amazon above what had been $9.99.

Book Amazon for Kindle Barnes & Noble for Nook Reader Store for Sony
Chronic City by Jonathan Letham $15.37 $20.76 $9.99
Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It by Maile Meloy $14.27 $18.53 $18.16
A Gate At The Stairs by Lorrie Moore $14.27 $19.27 $9.99
Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls $9.99 $9.99 $9.99
A Short History Of Women by Kate Walbert $9.99 $17.82 $9.99
The Age Of Wonder by Richard Holmes $23.76 $29.71 $40.00
The Good Soldiers by David Finkel $9.99 $18.57 $9.99
Lit: A Memoir by Mary Karr $9.99 $22.27 $9.99
Lords Of Finance by Liaquat Ahamed $9.99 $9.99 $9.99
Raymond Carver: A Writer’s Life by Carol Sklenicka $19.25 $26.00 $24.50
Total $136.87 $192.91

$152.5


What did surprise me was how many books remained at that low price, and the shocking difference in price between Amazon, the Reader Store and Barnes & Noble. In just these 10 books, books for the Sony Reader were 11.5% more expensive, while the Nook cost 41% more.

I asked Mary Ellen Keating, senior vice president of corporate communications and public affairs for Barnes & Noble, about this price disparity. She replied via e-mail “eBooks are an emerging category and many pricing models are being tested by both publishers and retailers. What’s important is that we are committed to providing our customers with the widest catalog of digital books and eperiodicals, that they can read and take with them on their computers and most (or mobile) devices. We are not focused on any one device, rather we’re about giving consumers choices as to where they want to read their digital content. We are also committed to offering these ebooks and periodicals at a very competitive price.” Take from that what you will.

Is Amazon continuing to sell these books at a loss to build its Kindle business? That would be my guess. In the meantime, those of us who read books on another platform, Blackberry in my case, have a choice between versions of the Nook and Kindle readers. Guess which one I’ll be using.

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