Free Kindle Nation Shorts – September 12, 2010 A Brand New Free Kindle Nation Short: An Excerpt from Carlos the Impossible By J.T.K. Belle Like a ‘Ferdinand’ for grown-ups, J.T.K. Belle’s stunning debut novella, Carlos The Impossible, is a sort of love story: part tall tale, part sad, sly amusement, and part subtle, comic fable – all rolled together...
We’re walking a fine line here. I’m not very enthusiastic about this “free preview” marketing scheme that the big publishers have been going to more and more often. They share an excerpt that’s little more than the free sample you can already get in the Kindle Store, and try to hook us so that we’ll pay their ridiculous “agency...
By Stephen Windwalker Editor of Kindle Nation Daily ©Kindle Nation Daily 2010 (Please support our sponsor: Fallen Walls and Fallen Towers: The Fate of the Nation in a Global World)Results from the largest public survey ever of Kindle owners provides plenty of good news for Amazon and for authors and publishers who are able to make the changes...
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Whether you’re in the mood for a frothy escapist romance — “with sensual love scenes, flirty repartee, and a man and woman clearly meant to be together” – or a compelling fictional consideration of the legacies of 9.11, today’s Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert has you covered…. But first, a word from … Today’s Sponsor “… vital, gripping, convincing …...
The latest addition to our free listings in the UK Kindle Store is something special in fantasy fiction from Harper Voyager author Blake Charlton …. But first, a word from … Today’s Sponsor The Gift of Fury by Richard Jackson Now with free bonus material: an extra short story added by the author! 4.7 out of 5 stars (3 customer...
By Stephen Windwalker Editor of Kindle Nation Daily ©Kindle Nation Daily 2010 This is one of the first of hundreds of similar “Kindle receiving” photographs that are going to be taken in high schools and colleges all over the world in the next couple of years. Thanks to the Kindle Educators’ Group for emailing this pretty amazing photograph of...
Whether your own “big 5-Oh” is looming large, miles ahead, or in the rear-view mirror, you may find yourself laughing or crying along with the protagonist in today’s latest addition to our free book listings in the Kindle Store…. But first … a word from Today’s Sponsor Today’s Free Book Alert is sponsored by a favorite author among Kindle...
Okay, your Kindle can’t play videos (yet) or make your morning coffee, but you can pack it full of great books that will help you do everything else that’s really important in life, including two important new books from FT Press at the head of our daily listings of free titles in the Kindle Store this morning…. But first...
Frank Morrison “Mickey” Spillane (1918-2006) was the creator of the hard-boiled Mike Hammer detective novel series and sold over 225 million copies of his books around the world. The UK Kindle Store is currently offering several of his full-length classics at prices so low that you can pick up all five of those listed below without it setting you...
Click here to download the Kindle Software Update beta from Amazon Amazon has just released the beta version of a new Kindle 3.0.1 software update for both of the latest “Kindle 3″ models: the wi-fi only and the 3G-and-wi-fi unit. In addition to addressing some issues such as the freezing display that some Kindle 3 owners have experienced, this...
Everyone needs a change of pace now and then, and today’s free listings in the Kindle Store (as well as a few additional listings for under a dollar) will focus on a diverse group of spiritual titles as well as some fiction from religious publishers…. But first … a word from Today’s Sponsor (Editor’s Note: For plenty of perfectly...
Related post: William Gibson’s Futuristic ‘Dream Scenario’: Enhanced POD Every morning I check one of my favorite book business newsletters, Shelf Awareness, and one of my favorite features there is a “quotation of the day” that is often provocative. This morning’s quotation is an interesting one from William Gibson, whose latest novel, Zero History, was released yesterday: “My dream...
Sometimes readers may put so much focus on looking for free book listings in the Kindle Store that they miss out out some other pretty amazing deals. Recently, as the phenomenal popularity of the new Kindle 3 and Kindle Wi-fi have swelled the ranks of Kindle owners and publishers have shown signs of learning more effective pricing strategies for...
Today’s Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert sponsor, Moses Siregar III, is no slouch when it comes to providing a variety of ways to introduce readers to his new ebook The Black God’s War: A Novella Introducing a new Epic Fantasy. Here’s a very enjoyable video of his reading of the book’s first chapter: If you are viewing...
