Month: January 2012
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua
Yale law professor Amy Chua’s memoir, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother has stirred up a lot of controversy to put it mildly. It has been all over the media,…
Kindle Owners’ Lending Library Exclusivity Pays Off For Some Authors
The December numbers are in for Amazon’s rather controversial Kindle Owners‘ Lending Library (KOLL) and for some people they turned out to be quite good. Right around 295,000 rentals were…
Daily Dials: Morgue Drawer Four and Galactic Blast
Today Amazon offer to buy Morgue Drawer Four by Jutta Profijt for $0.99. This entertaining mix of thriller and fantasy, which was shortlisted for Germany’s Friedrich Glauser Prize, works a nice twist…
New Solar Powered Kindle Cover by SolarFocus
On January 14th, SolarFocus releases the first ever solar powered Kindle cover. It is a form fitting cover with a solar panel included for charging. It also comes with a…
Daily Deals: SEAL of My Dreams and Missile Defender
Within Kindle Daily Deals Amazon today offer SEAL of My Dreams by set of authors (Stephanie Bond, Elle Kennedy, Helen Brenna, Kylie Brant, Roxanne St. Clair, Cindy Gerad, Tara Janzen, Alison Kent, HelenKay…
Has the Kindle Killed the Nook eReader?
While the Nook line is clearly among the most popular eReaders ever to hit stores, arguably second only to the Kindle, it seems that the expense of keeping current has…
Daily Deals: The Highest Tide and Touch Racing Nitro
Kindle Daily Deals: today Amazon offer to get The Highest Tide: A Novel by Jim Lynch for $0.99. Miles O’Malley, 13-year-old insomniac, naturalist, worshipper of Rachel Carson, and dweller on the mud…
“Send to Kindle” Simplifies Kindle File Transfers
Users of both the Amazon Kindle and PCs in general may be pleased to note that Amazon has released a new software tool for the PC that will make it…
Daily Deals: Ed McBain’s “87th Precinct” Series and Word Ball
Today Amazon offer great deal: 35 Kindle Books from Ed McBain’s “87th Precinct” series just $0.99 each. Master crime novelist Ed McBain’s “87th Precinct” is one of the longest-running crime series ever…
Top Rated Kindle Games Now Available on Kindle Touch
It took awhile to make any of the Kindle games available for the Kindle Touch, but now, many of the most popular ones are compatible with it. I am excited…