Archive for March, 2011

New York Times Offers “Free” Access to Its Website to Kindle Owners Who Pay $20 a Month

March 28, 2011
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New York Times Offers “Free” Access to Its Website to Kindle Owners Who Pay $20 a Month

Trying to follow the New York Times’ various pricing policies for electronic access makes my hair hurt. When the Kindle was first launched, you could subscribe to the Kindle edition of the Times for $13.99 a month. Then, a year ago this week, the Times announced it was raising its Kindle price to $19.99. Kindle owners could be excused...

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Guest Post by Susan Moody Prieto of WorldReader.org: “Win a Kindle Lover’s Dream Trip to Ghana!”

March 28, 2011
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Guest Post by Susan Moody Prieto of WorldReader.org: “Win a Kindle Lover’s Dream Trip to Ghana!”

Regular readers of Kindle Nation may recall our past efforts to help get the word out about a terrific non-profit organization called WorldReader.org that is doing all it can to spread the Kindle Revolution worldwide: A Great Video from WorldReader.org – 500 Down, Millions to Go Helping Kids Around the World to Read, One Kindle at a Time So...

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Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert, Monday, March 28: 220+ FREEBIES including Aftershock: The Blast That Shook Psycho Platoon plus … Gary Ponzo’s A Touch Of Deceit is just 99 cents (Today’s Sponsor)

March 28, 2011
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Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert, Monday, March 28: 220+ FREEBIES including Aftershock: The Blast That Shook Psycho Platoon plus … Gary Ponzo’s A Touch Of Deceit is just 99 cents (Today’s Sponsor)

But first, a word from … Today’s Sponsor A Sicilian FBI agent, Nick Bracco, recruits his mafia cousin to chase down the world’s most feared terrorist in this award-winning, heart-thumping thriller from Kindle Nation fave Gary Ponzo – the first volume in the Nick Bracco Series, for the bargain price of 99 cents! “This book grabbed me and wouldn’t...

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KND Free Sample! ACCIDENTS WAITING TO HAPPEN: Josh Michaels is worth more dead than alive. He just doesn’t know it yet … Simon Wood’s Accidents Waiting To Happen is as streamlined as a bullet from a hit man’s gun. Here’s a free sample of our eBook of the Day!

March 28, 2011
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KND Free Sample! ACCIDENTS WAITING TO HAPPEN: Josh Michaels is worth more dead than alive. He just doesn’t know it yet … Simon Wood’s Accidents Waiting To Happen is as streamlined as a bullet from a hit man’s gun. Here’s a free sample of our eBook of the Day!

With time running out, Josh had better figure out who wants him dead and why … before it’s too late. Here’s the set-up for Accidents Waiting To Happen, just $2.99 on Kindle: Josh Michaels is worth more dead than alive. He just doesn’t know it yet. He has no idea why someone would try to kill him, clearly that’s...

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Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert, Sunday, March 27: A Brand New Freebie from a Bestselling Novelist, plus … Reena Jacobs’ sensual adventure Shadow Cat (Today’s Sponsor)

March 27, 2011
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Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert, Sunday, March 27: A Brand New Freebie from a Bestselling Novelist, plus … Reena Jacobs’ sensual adventure Shadow Cat (Today’s Sponsor)

Lisa Jackson’s The Life and Death of Lauren Conway tops this morning’s latest additions to our 200+ Free Book Alert listings….   But first, a word from … Today’s Sponsor All it takes is one beautiful novice shaman, and Eric finds himself stranded in a world of Malaysian myths and legends, facing a life/death struggle against demons …  ...

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What if a girl and her tooth fairy fell all the way to Nearandfar and discovered that she had more power than the fairies? Page Truly and The Journey To Nearandfar – Just 99 cents on Kindle, and here’s a free sample!

March 27, 2011
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What if a girl and her tooth fairy fell all the way to Nearandfar and discovered that she had more power than the fairies? Page Truly and The Journey To Nearandfar – Just 99 cents on Kindle, and here’s a free sample!

Page Truly is on a mission in our Kindle Nation eBook of the Day, award-winning author L B Gschwandtner’s first novel for children! Here’s the set-up for Page Truly And The Journey To Nearandfar, just 99 cents on Kindle: What if … a girl and her tooth fairy flew away to the realm called Nearandfar and the girl discovered...

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Free Kindle Nation Shorts — March 26, 2011: An Excerpt from CALLING CROW, Book One of the Southeast Series, by Paul Clayton

March 26, 2011
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Free Kindle Nation Shorts — March 26, 2011: An Excerpt from CALLING CROW, Book One of the Southeast Series, by Paul Clayton

From Hemingway to Hiaasen, some of our finest authors have written countless novels set against the beautiful if corruptible backdrop of Florida. But the state is also rich with a history that goes back centuries and cries out for the staggering gifts that historical novelist Paul Clayton brings to the genre… One of our most popular Free Kindle Nation...

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Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert, Saturday, March 26: We Promise You Won’t Be Blue if You Download the Latest Additions to Our 200+ Contemporary Kindle Freebies! plus … Join our heroine Lucinda Dent as she enrolls in Demon High by Lori Devoti (Today’s Sponsor)

March 26, 2011
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Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert, Saturday, March 26: We Promise You Won’t Be Blue if You Download the Latest Additions to Our 200+ Contemporary Kindle Freebies! plus … Join our heroine Lucinda Dent as she enrolls in Demon High by Lori Devoti  (Today’s Sponsor)

What’s this morning’s latest addition to our 200+ Free Book Alert listings? A free limited-time pre-order of New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson’s fun, romantic, and hilarious European adventure, 13 Little Blue Envelopes, along with a bonus excerpt from the forthcoming sequel, Last Little Blue Envelope…. But first, a word from … Today’s Sponsor     Lucinda Dent...

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KND eBook of the Day Murder by Mortgage is a delightfully twisted tale, and here’s a free sample!

March 26, 2011
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KND eBook of the Day Murder by Mortgage is a delightfully twisted tale, and here’s a free sample!

When Jennifer Roberts’ daughter dies, she’s filled with guilt and pain. Nothing could penetrate the fog surrounding her. Nothing but murder. Here’s the set-up for Katherine Storm’s Murder By Mortgage:   Jennifer Roberts was not having a good life. Neither was her best friend, Evelyn, found dead in her home. Jennifer knows it’s murder, but how does she prove...

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Guest Post by Joe Konrath: Depression and Writers

March 25, 2011
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Guest Post by Joe Konrath: Depression and Writers

(Ed. note: This post by author Joe Konrath first appeared today, Friday, March 25, 2011 at his excellent blog. — S.W.) I get a lot of email, and though I try to read it all, I can’t reply to everyone. Here’s one I replied to, reprinted with the author’s permission. I think it’s important for reasons I’ll disclose afterward....

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