Month: July 2012
Daily Deals: The Physician and AppDads Coloring Expansion
Today Amazon offers The Physician (Cole) by Noah Gordon just for $1.99 In eleventh-century London, a child holds the hand of his dying mother and is terrified, aware something is taking her. Orphaned and…
ABC News App Now Available for Kindle Fire
Fans of ABC News can now get their content directly from the source using their Kindle Fire without the hassle of using the website. ABC decided it was time to…
Daily Deals: Cat’s Cradle and Gallop for Gold Slots
Today Amazon offers Cat’s Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut Series) by Kurt Vonnegut just for $1.99 Cat’s Cradle (1963) is Vonnegut’s most ambitious novel, which put into the language terms like “wampeter”, “kerass” and…
Funamo! Parental Controls for Kindle Fire May Cover For Lack of Built-in Options
The lack of intricate parental control options has been a popular complaint about the Kindle Fire since about the time it was released. Amazon has made some moves to address…
Daily Deals: “The Hangman’s Daughter” Thriller Series and So You Think You Know Words Pro
Today only, the Kindle editions of Oliver Pötzsch’s internationally best-selling “Hangman’s Daughter” historical thriller series are just $0.99 each, and the deluxe, hardcover version of “The Hangman’s Daughter” is 60%…
Kindle Fire 2 Interface Improvements
While the Kindle Fire’s interface is one of its biggest selling points, there are a number of things that might be done to improve the user experience further. It would…
Daily Deals: Death of a Cozy Writer and Butter Fingers
Today Amazon offers Death of a Cozy Writer (A St. Just Mystery) by G.M. Malliet just for $1.99 From deep in the heart of his eighteenth century English manor, millionaire Sir Adrian…
Amazon Caps Kindle 3G Use at 50MB/Month
The Kindle Keyboard has been the overall recommendation of this site, and myself in particular, since it was first introduced. It stands out from the current generation for a couple…
Daily Deals: On Bear Mountain and Shape Safari Pro
Today Amazon offers On Bear Mountain by Deborah Smith just for $1.99 Dirt-poor, sensitive as poets, and proud as kings, the Powell family has lived on a Georgia mountain top for generations.…
Kindle Library Lending Off to a Slow Start
Kindle Library Lending debuted last year, and has shown modest growth, but has a ways to go before it really takes off. The number of libraries that offer the service…