Month: December 2011
Daily Deals: History Books by Stephen E. Ambrose and Mahjong Solitaire
Today only Amazon offer three top-rated American history books from the inimitable historian Stephen E. Ambrose are just $1.99 each. A biography of Meriwether Lewis that relies heavily on the…
Kindle Fire UK Coming This January
One of the biggest obstacles that Amazon is going to have to overcome in order to continue expanding its Kindle line at a decent rate is the complicated international release…
Daily Deals: The Giver and Warp Dash
Today Amazon offer you to get The Giver by Lois Lowry just for $0.99. In Lois Lowry’s Newbery Award-winning novel, twelve-year-old Jonas lives in a seemingly ideal world. Not until he…
Biography of Steve Jobs
I am currently reading Steve Jobs, a biography of the late CEO of Apple by Walter Isaacson. It hit the bestseller’s list pretty quickly after Jobs’ death earlier this fall. …
Daily Deals: The Handmaid’s Tale and Hot Donut
Today Amazon offer The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood just for $1.49 A radical and brilliant departure for Margaret Atwood, this story is told with such power that the reader will be…
Kindle Fire vs Nook Tablet: Amazon Winning, Sales Looking Great All Around
It’s undeniable that the release of the Kindle Fire, and along with it the competing Nook Tablet, has shaken up the Tablet PC market. Since launch Amazon has already firmly…
Daily Deals: Pictures of You and Monopoly
You can gel Pictures of You by Caroline Leavitt just for $0.99. Award-winning author Caroline Leavitt’s novel of redemption and self-discovery begins with a fatal car crash and ends with a question:…
Could The Kindle Fire vs Nook Tablet Fight Really Hinge On Magazines?
Since the launch of the very first Kindle eReader, the persistent and constantly repeated complaint has been that it lacks color. Everything else that began problematically, from screen refresh time…
Daily Deals: The Detachment and Fruit Ninja: Puss in Boots
Today Amazon offer The Detachment (John Rain) by Barry Eisler only for $0.99 John Rain is back. And “the most charismatic assassin since James Bond” (San Francisco Chronicle) is up against his…
Kobo Launches Book Club Against Kindle Owners’ Lending Library
It was recently announced that Kobo, Amazon’s leading competitor against the Kindle outside the United States, is offering a fun new perk for anybody who picks up one of their…