Month: January 2012
Daily Deals: Bound and FishPop
Today Amazon offer to buy Bound by Antonya Nelson for $1.99 Antonya Nelson is known for her razor-sharp depictions of contemporary family life in all of its sometimes sad, sometimes hilarious complexity.…
Kindle Fire January Re-Review
Over the past several weeks several people have informed me that the most up to date reviews they were able to find regarding the Kindle Fire were a bit outdated,…
Daily Deals: Alone: The Classic Polar Adventure and Lame Castle
Today Amazon offer to get Alone: The Classic Polar Adventure by Richard E. Byrd for $1.99 When Admiral Richard E. Byrd set out on his second Antarctic expedition in 1934, he was…
AWOL on the Appalachian Trail by David Miller
If you have hiked, or considered hiking the Appalachian Trail, or just want to know more about the experience, then I highly recommend reading David Miller’s AWOL on the Appalachian…
Daily Deals: Breathless and EasyMoney
Amazon offer Breathless by Jessica Warman for $0.99 within Kindle daily deals. When Katie Kitrell is shipped off to boarding school by her distant father and overbearing mother, it doesn’t take her…
Kindle Fire Update 6.2.2 Now Live
Amazon has just released the updated 6.2.2 firmware update for the Kindle Fire. While the documentation for this update has not yet hit their support pages, customers will find it…
The Role of E-Books in School Libraries
Since the Kindle and other e-reader have been available, there’s been speculation of how they would do in the K-12 environment. A few schools across the US have piloted programs…
Daily Deals: The Architecture of the Arkansas Ozarks and Pyramix
Within today’s Kindle Daily deals Amazon offer The Architecture of the Arkansas Ozarks by Donald Harington for $0.99 Jacob and Noah Ingledew trudge 600 miles from their native Tennessee to found Stay More,…
Kindle Direct Publishing Helps Indie Authors Achieve Great Success
Two of the bestselling Kindle Books of 2011 were independent authors who used Amazon’s popular Kindle Direct Publishing service. Publishing an e-book has never been easier. This opportunity gives everyone…
Daily Deals: The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom: Movie Tie-In and Cookies & Milk
Today Amazon offer The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom: Movie Tie-In by Slavomir Rawicz for $0.99. Cavalry officer Slavomir Rawicz was captured by the Red Army in…