Archive for February, 2010

Now Available: Free Kindle for Blackberry App!

February 18, 2010
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Now Available: Free Kindle for Blackberry App!

  The long-awaited Kindle for Blackberry App has just become available in the Kindle Store! It’s a snap to download the App free to your Blackberry. Just type amazon.com/kindlebb directly into your Blackberry browser, or go directly to Amazon’s Kindle for Blackberry pageand and type in your Blackberry’s email address to send an email to your Blackberry with a...

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But Mommy! It’s like your Kindle and Daddy’s iPhone had a baby! I want it! Now!

February 17, 2010
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But Mommy! It’s like your Kindle and Daddy’s iPhone had a baby! I want it! Now!

Is this the latest Kindle Killer? Probably not, but it’s easy to see why the $79.95 Fisher-Price iXL is creating plenty of pre-release buzz among those market analysts who follow the likes and dislikes of the pre-school set. It’s already being called a Kindle for Kids, a Tablet for Toddlers, or an iPad for Rugrats. Slap a Kindle App...

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Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert for Wednesday, February 17, 2010: Tomorrow is "Pitchers and Catchers," and It’s Time to Kindle Your Pennant Fever

February 17, 2010
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Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert for Wednesday, February 17, 2010: Tomorrow is "Pitchers and Catchers," and It’s Time to Kindle Your Pennant Fever

By Stephen WindwalkerOriginally posted February 17, 2010 – © Kindle Nation Daily 2010 Tomorrow is “Pitchers and Catchers,” so it’s time for some free baseball reading. What am I talking about? We may have had seven inches of snow here in my neighborhood yesterday, but at noon tomorrow, February 18, Josh Beckett, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Jason Varitek and several dozen...

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What If Big Six Market Share Leader Random House Breaks Ranks with the Apple Five?

February 16, 2010
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What If Big Six Market Share Leader Random House Breaks Ranks with the Apple Five?

By Stephen WindwalkerOriginally posted February 16, 2010 – © Kindle Nation Daily 2010 “The sense of entitlement of the American consumer is absolutely astonishing,” said novelist Douglas Preston in a direct reference to Kindle owners in the New York Times last week, but Preston’s equally astonishing notion that we in Kindle Nation are governed by “the Wal-Mart mentality” misses...

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With Some Worrisome Signs for Traditional Book Publishers, Record Turnout of Kindle Nation Citizens Votes Loud and Clear to Continue the Kindle Revolution

February 16, 2010
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With Some Worrisome Signs for Traditional Book Publishers, Record Turnout of Kindle Nation Citizens Votes Loud and Clear to Continue the Kindle Revolution

By Stephen WindwalkerOriginally posted February 16, 2010 – © Kindle Nation Daily 2010 You can’t fool all of the readers all of the time. If the Big Six traditional print-book publishers thought they could snooker readers into turning their backs on ebooks and going back to a book business built around exorbitantly priced hardcover bestsellers, here’s a news flash:...

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Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert for Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010: Addendum – Mad Church Disease: Overcoming the Burnout Epidemic by Anne Jackson

February 16, 2010
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Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert for Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010: Addendum – Mad Church Disease: Overcoming the Burnout Epidemic by Anne Jackson

Mad Church Disease: Overcoming the Burnout Epidemic by Anne Jackson and here’s the rest of today’s list: http://bit.ly/c7BQdm ©Kindle Nation Daily 2010

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Authors are Readers, Too: The Joys of Finding Independently Published Treasures in the Kindle Store

February 16, 2010
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Authors are Readers, Too: The Joys of Finding Independently Published Treasures in the Kindle Store

By DL RoseAuthor of Shepherds of Terror So I wandered into my local Barnes & Noble bookstore yesterday to browse the bestsellers.  Yes, I’m a huge Kindle fan, but I also like my hardcover library.  The trouble is, as I was perusing I kept telling myself how many Kindle books I could get for the same price as one...

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Rumor Central: Free Kindles for Amazon Prime Customers?

February 16, 2010
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Rumor Central: Free Kindles for Amazon Prime Customers?

Is Amazon about to send out a free Kindle to each of its millions of Amazon Prime customers? That’s what TechCrunch reporter Michael Arrington said in a post last week, quoting “a reliable source.” Amazon Prime customers, as you probably already know, pay an annual fee of $79 for free two-day (or $3.99 overnight) shipping on all eligible purchases,...

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Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert for Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010: Wolf Signs: Granite Lake Wolves, Book 1 by Vivian Arend

February 16, 2010
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Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert for Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010: Wolf Signs: Granite Lake Wolves, Book 1 by Vivian Arend

Granite Lake Wolves, Book 1, by Vivian Arend, is the latest free book offering in the Kindle Store, and we can safely say that this is not another religious-themed romance (unless your religion involves the use of a wolf totem). Here’s the product description from Samhain Publishing Ltd., offered with the bold-faced disclaimer that I’m just quoting here: Talk...

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Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert for Monday, Feb. 15, 2010: Daring Chloe (Getaway Girls #1) by Laura Jensen Walker, and more….

February 15, 2010
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Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert for Monday, Feb. 15, 2010: Daring Chloe (Getaway Girls #1) by Laura Jensen Walker, and more….

Daring Chloe (Getaway Girls #1) by Laura Jensen Walker Daring Chloe is another serving of women’s religious fiction from Zondervan. Here’s the copy from the back cover: When Chloe Adams’ fiance dumps her-the night before their wedding-two girlfriends from her book group decide a little adventure is in order for the three of them. After all, why let a...

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