Archive for July, 2010

Kindle Nation Free Book Alert, July 21: Book One of popular sci-fi writer Kay Kenyon’s series “The Entire and the Rose,” and GONE, a book I couldn’t put down by Karen Fenech (Today’s Sponsor)

July 21, 2010
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Kindle Nation Free Book Alert, July 21: Book One of popular sci-fi writer Kay Kenyon’s series “The Entire and the Rose,” and GONE, a book I couldn’t put down by Karen Fenech (Today’s Sponsor)

Today’s Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert offers a chance to pick up the first book in popular sci-fi writer Kay Kenyon’s series “The Entire and the Rose….” But first, a word from … Today’s Sponsor Here’s the book that Kindle Nation citizens and other readers have sent soaring into the Top 10 of all Romantic Suspense listings in...

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Kindle Nation, The Free Weekly Email Newsletter & Digest of Kindle Nation Daily Posts – July 20, 2010 – Volume II, Number 30

July 20, 2010
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Kindle Nation, The Free Weekly Email Newsletter & Digest of Kindle Nation Daily Posts – July 20, 2010 – Volume II, Number 30

For best reading experience, click to read online! Click here to see Kindle Nation on the web In This Issue TIPPING POINT? Amazon Announces Tripling of Kindle Hardware Sales, Says Kindle Books Are Outselling Hardcovers By 80% Around the Kindlesphere: Tracking the Kindle Tsunami is Challenging for Some Publishing Insiders, And Sometimes for Me, Too Pricing to Fail –...

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Kindle Nation PM Free Book Alert, July 20: Celebrate Teen and Young Adult Tuesday at Kindle Nation’s Free Book Alert Bookstand & Check Out a New Page-Turner from Jake Lassiter Series Author Paul Levine (Today’s Sponsor)

July 20, 2010
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Kindle Nation PM Free Book Alert, July 20: Celebrate Teen and Young Adult Tuesday at Kindle Nation’s Free Book Alert Bookstand & Check Out a New Page-Turner from Jake Lassiter Series Author Paul Levine (Today’s Sponsor)

It’s Teen and YA Tuesday here at the Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alerts, and at last count we have nine new teen, young adult, and tween faves just in time to make those summer reading elective assignments a snap, but please don’t delay because these could disappear as suddenly as they’ve appeared!   But first, a word from...

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Around the Kindlesphere: Tracking the Kindle Tsunami is Challenging for Some Publishing Insiders, And Sometimes for Me, Too

July 20, 2010
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Around the Kindlesphere: Tracking the Kindle Tsunami is Challenging for Some Publishing Insiders, And Sometimes for Me, Too

By Stephen Windwalker Editor of Kindle Nation Daily ©Kindle Nation Daily 2010 A few arcane tidbits that are bouncing around the Kindle Nation Kranium following Amazon’s press release yesterday on the Kindle tipping point…. You Shouldn’t Need a Weatherman to Know Which Way the Wind Blows. The usually reliable publishing beat reporter Sarah Weinman muddied the water when she...

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Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert, Tuesday, July 20: It’s Page-Turner Tuesday, Plus Paul Levine’s Jake Lassiter Mystery TO SPEAK FOR THE DEAD (Today’s Sponsor), and Links to Over a Hundred Free Promotional Kindle Store Titles

July 20, 2010
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Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert, Tuesday, July 20: It’s Page-Turner Tuesday, Plus Paul Levine’s Jake Lassiter Mystery TO SPEAK FOR THE DEAD (Today’s Sponsor), and Links to Over a Hundred Free Promotional Kindle Store Titles

It’s Page-Turner Tuesday here at the Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alerts …. But first, a word from … Today’s Sponsor “Mystery writing at its very, very best.” – Larry King, USA Today To Speak for the Dead – An E-Book with All Proceeds to Charity “TO SPEAK FOR THE DEAD” introduced  the world to Jake Lassiter, the linebacker-turned-lawyer...

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TIPPING POINT: Amazon Announces Tripling of Kindle Hardware Sales, Says Kindle Books Are Now Outselling Hardcovers

July 19, 2010
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TIPPING POINT: Amazon Announces Tripling of Kindle Hardware Sales, Says Kindle Books Are Now Outselling Hardcovers

By Stephen WindwalkerEditor of Kindle Nation Daily ©Kindle Nation Daily 2010 Just three days before it will report its quarterly earnings this Thursday, Amazon has just put out a rather dazzling press release about Kindle hardware and content sales. Among the stunning developments: Amazon is now selling more Kindle ebook copies than hardcover books across the board. It was...

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In praise of indie bookstores: Just bring your Kindle to the nearest brick and mortar bookstore today for…

July 19, 2010
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In praise of indie bookstores: Just bring your Kindle to the nearest brick and mortar bookstore today for…

(The following post appeared in slightly different form at Kindle Nation Daily and Teleread in June 2009. I republish it here as an increasing number of us continue to reflect on the possibility that we could be in the last days of brick-and-mortar bookstores unless someone figures out soon how to save them. For more about the future of...

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Pricing to Fail: Case Studies in Dumb Pricing – Despite Some Bestsellers at $12.99, Agency Model House of Cards May Already Be in Danger

July 19, 2010
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Pricing to Fail: Case Studies in Dumb Pricing – Despite Some Bestsellers at $12.99, Agency Model House of Cards May Already Be in Danger

By Stephen Windwalker, Editor of Kindle Nation Daily – Originally posted 7.19.2010 Click here for related posts Click here to see underlying statistical analysis (Based on U.S. Kindle Store book catalog as of 7 a.m. ET 7.18.2010) I did a fresh price check over the weekend on Amazon’s overall Kindle catalog and the composition of the 100 top paid...

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Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert, Monday, July 19: A New Freebie in the “Sullivan’s Law” Series by Nancy Taylor Rosenberg, Plus Karen Fenech’s Thriller GONE (Today’s Sponsor), and Links to Over a Hundred Free Promotional Kindle Store Titles

July 19, 2010
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Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert, Monday, July 19: A New Freebie in the “Sullivan’s Law” Series by Nancy Taylor Rosenberg, Plus Karen Fenech’s Thriller GONE (Today’s Sponsor), and Links to Over a Hundred Free Promotional Kindle Store Titles

The latest addition to our Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alerts is “a bit of a departure , more psychological thriller than police procedural, but the sense of authenticity is still present, and the author’s ability to generate narrative drive still holds readers. A dark, perilous, and compelling ride….” But first,...

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Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert, Sunday, July 18: An Irresistible New Novel Skewering the Fashion World, Plus Karen Fenech’s Thriller GONE (Today’s Sponsor), and Links to Over a Hundred Free Promotional Kindle Store Titles

July 18, 2010
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Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert, Sunday, July 18: An Irresistible New Novel Skewering the Fashion World, Plus Karen Fenech’s Thriller GONE (Today’s Sponsor), and Links to Over a Hundred Free Promotional Kindle Store Titles

If you liked The Devil Wears Prada, you’ll love the latest addition to our Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alerts, says one prominent reviewer…. But first, a word from … Today’s Sponsor “Karen Fenech tells a taut tale with great characters and lots of twists. This is a writer you need to read.” — USA Today Bestselling Author Maureen...

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