Month: June 2012
Daily Deals: The Test and Paranormal Agency
Today Amazon offers The Test by Patricia Gussin just for $0.99 Renowned philanthropist and billionaire Paul Parnell had reached the pinnacle of monetary success, but not without cost. Had he put too much…
Penguin Tentatively Returns eBooks to Libraries, but Not Kindles
By launching a pilot program to bring their publications back to libraries through OverDrive competitor 3M, Penguin has taken a step back toward serving its customers. At least so long…
Daily Deals: In the Courts of the Sun and MASH
Today Amazon offers In the Courts of the Sun by Brian D’Amato just for $2.99 According to the ancient Maya, December 21, 2012, could be the day the world ends. In…
Kindle Fire vs Windows 8 Tablets: Another Pointless Comparison
There is essentially no competition to be found between the Kindle Fire and any imaginable Windows 8 Tablet at this time. I’ve touched on this a bit here already immediately…
Daily Deals: A Small Fortune and Dumb or Smart – The Test
Today Amazon offers A Small Fortune by Audrey Braun just for $0.99. When Celia Donnelly’s husband, Jonathon, surprises her with a family vacation to Mexico, the harried book editor couldn’t be happier. She is…
Amazon Appstore Expansion Indicates Kindle Fire is Nearly Ready For International Release
Amazon recently announced that they are now interested in developer submissions of Android apps for the international expansion of the Amazon Appstore for Android. Those who are interested can now…
Daily Deals: River of the Brokenhearted and PicShop – Photo Editor
Today Amazon offers River of the Brokenhearted by David Adams Richards just for $1.99 From the author of the Giller Prize-winning novel Mercy Among the Children comes the utterly beguiling, big-hearted story…
The Tablet Divide
When I got my iPad, I also got an external keyboard. It worked okay, but since it wasn’t directly integrated with the tablet, it did have some lag time. My…
Daily Deals: Until the Next Time and Router Aqua
Today Amazon offers Until the Next Time by Kevin Fox just for $1.99 For Sean Corrigan the past is simply what happened yesterday, until his twenty-first birthday, when he is given a…
Kindle App Updates Hit iPad, iPhone, and Android
The most recent round of updates to the Kindle platform has begun to expand beyond the realm of Amazon-designed hardware. Users of the Kindle for iOS and Kindle for Android…