Month: October 2012
Daily Deals: All Cry Chaos, The Ghost of Crutchfield and It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown
Today Amazon offers All Cry Chaos (Henri Poincare) by Leonard Rosen just for $1.99. All Cry Chaos, a debut thriller by the immensely gifted Leonard Rosen, is a masterful and gripping tale…
iPad Mini Details Provide Amazon With Kindle Fire Sales Boost
As the rumors grew more intense and details began to leak from production line sources about the reality of Apple’s new device, it became fairly common to see “hold off…
Can the iPad Mini Give the Kindle Fire a Run for its Money?
In Steve Jobs’ biography, he repeatedly stressed the importance of creating fewer, top of the line products, rather than a slew of mediocre ones. Apple has always thrived on branding…
Daily Deals: Against His Will, Rise of the Wolf and Wonder Witches (Ad-Free)
Today Amazon offers Against His Will by Trish Jensen just for $1.99. They tried to resist each other, but it was impossible. Soon their passions were unleashed, and their self-control went to…
First Japanese-Language Kindles Coming Next Month
The move away from physical keyboards gave Amazon an easy route into any number of non-Anglophone markets for the first time. They’ve made good use of that since the Kindle Touch…
Daily Deals: Blackberry Winter, Coraline and Face Frenzy
Today Amazon offers Blackberry Winter: A Novel by Sarah Jio for $2.99. From acclaimed novelist Sarah Jio, a new “mystery-slash-love story [that] will have you racing to the end” Seattle, 1933. Vera…
Amazon Launches Kindle App for Windows 8
Bringing Windows 8 into the Kindle App family didn’t take long. Amazon has already got a polished version of the reading software in the Windows Store and ready to use. …
Amazon Whispercast Makes Organized Kindle Management Possible
Amazon has now introduced the Whispercast service, which allows for organizational management of Kindle devices. This includes both Kindle eReaders and the Kindle Fire tablet series. Using this service it…
Daily Deals: A Life in Stitches, Unglued, Monster and Witches’ Brew – Halloween potion making fun!
Today Amazon offers A Life in Stitches: Knitting My Way Through Love, Loss, and Laughter by Rachael Herron just for $1.99 In these 20 heartfelt essays, Rachael Herron celebrated romance novelist by…
Daily Deals: The Great Crash of 1929, Six Maisy the Mouse Picture Books and Ghost Radar
Today Amazon offers The Great Crash of 1929 by John Kenneth Galbraith. It costs only $1.99. Rampant speculation. Record trading volumes. Assets bought not because of their value but because the buyer believes…