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KND Kindle Free Book Alert, Wednesday, May 25: 2 BRAND NEW FREEBIES! plus … Paul Levine’s very first JAKE LASSITER mystery, TO SPEAK FOR THE DEAD (Now just 99 cents! – Today’s Sponsor)

Are you tired of being tired? This morning’s latest addition to our 500+ Free Book Alert listings is a book that may put you to sleep, but this time you could be grateful for it….


But first, a word from … Today’s Sponsor

Speak For The Dead


(First in the Jake Lassiter Series)


by Paul Levine

List Price: $0.99

Click here to read an 8500-word free excerpt from TO SPEAK FOR THE DEAD

Click here for a complete list of Paul Levine’s JAKE LASSITER novels for Kindle

It would be interesting to know, if there were an authoritative way to find out, if crime novelists are more likely than the rest of us, in any situation, to do the right thing. Preoccupied as they are with the quest for justice, it seems like a real possibility.

If it were on us to prove the affirmative, we could do much worse than to offer, as Exhibit #1, Kindle Nation fave and all-around good guy Mr. Paul Levine. It’s been a treat to get to know Paul over the past year or so, and it is a special treat to go all the way back down the alley with him here today to offer a special price and a chance to help him do some good with his very first novel in his much-loved Jake Lassiter series, To Speak For The Dead

You’ll get a chance to say hello to Lassiter, a lawyer who doesn’t mind breaking the rules to serve justice, and along the way, as you’ll discover below, you’ll have a chance to help kids who need it most, because Paul is donating all proceeds from To Speak For The Dead to support the search for a cure to childhood cancer.

Join Paul by donating here: Four Diamonds Fund

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About the Author


PAUL LEVINE worked as a newspaper reporter, a law professor and a trial lawyer before becoming a full-time novelist. Obviously, he cannot hold a job. Paul claims that writing fiction comes naturally: he told whoppers for many years in his legal briefs. His books have been translated into 23 languages, none of which he can read.
He has won the John D. MacDonald fiction award and has been nominated for an Edgar, a Macavity, the International Thriller Writers Award, and the James Thurber Humor Prize.

What’s new? Now on Amazon Kindle at $2.99: The 20th Anniversary edition of “To Speak for the Dead,” the first of the bestselling Jake Lassiter novels. All author proceeds of the novel are pledged to the Four Diamonds Fund, which supports cancer treatment and research at Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital.

Paul wrote 20 episodes of the TV series JAG, which gave him an opportunity to steer a nuclear submarine and land on the deck of an aircraft carrier, all without endangering national security. He is a graduate of Penn State University where he majored in journalism and the University of Miami Law School where he majored in the swimming pool. He passed the Florida Bar exam in his first try in what he suspects was a computer glitch.

He was a trial lawyer with the mammoth international law firm of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, where he did not even pretend to know all his partners’ names. He specialized in “complex litigation,” cases so abstruse that even lawyers charging 500 bucks an hour didn’t fully understand them. He tried hundreds of cases and handled appeals at every level, including the Supreme Court. Along the way, he filed expense accounts nearly as creative as his legal briefs.

Paul says he enjoys writing more than lawyering because he no longer keeps time sheets and gets to work in his underwear. He lives in the hills of Southern California, which he claims are populated by rattlesnakes and coyotes, and those are just the Hollywood agents.
More info at http:www.paul-levine.com

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Kindle eBook of the Day: Think “Jack Kerouac’s On the Road meets Keith Richards’ Life” and it still can’t touch Bill See’s deeply personal memoir and rock odyssey 33 Days: Touring In A Van. Sleeping On Floors. Chasing A Dream – 4.8 stars from 15 reviews and an amazing $2.99 on Kindle.

The road is filled with yuppies, brothels, riots, sleeping on floors, spiked drinks, DJs with no pants, and battles with racism.  They set out to sell a few records.  They grew up instead. 

Here’s the set-up for Bill See’s 33 Days: Touring In A Van. Sleeping On Floors. Chasing A Dream. – 4.8 stars from 15 reviews and just $2.99 on Kindle:


For 33 days in the summer of 1987, critically acclaimed L.A. indie rock band Divine Weeks toured in a beat up old van, sleeping on strangers’ floors, never sure they’d make enough gas money to get them to the next town.  

Bill See’s deeply personal memoir follows his band’s first tour across the U.S. and Canada.  No soundman, no roadies, all they have is their music and each other’s friendship.
33 Days captures the essence of what it is to be 22 and chase a dream, back to a time in life when dreams don’t have boundaries, when everything is possible.  The tour is one of those now or never experiences.  Take a shot at making the band work or leave it all behind and go your separate ways.  

Every one of us has that moment where we have to decide to either live our dreams or give up and regret it for the rest of our lives.  33 Days touches that part of us. The road is filled with yuppies, brothels, riots, sleeping on floors, spiked drinks, DJs with no pants, and battles with racism.  They set out on the road to discovery to drink in all they could and maybe sell a few records.  They grew up instead.

Bill See was the lead singer for critically acclaimed Los Angeles indie rock band Divine Weeks for the duration of the band’s lifespan from 1984-1992.

Divine Weeks was signed to the Dream Syndicate’s Steve Wynn’s Down There label in 1987 and released their debut “Through & Through” that May before embarking on their first national tour that summer. The journals Bill kept on that tour are the source of the majority of
33 Days. Divine Weeks released one more full length album on First Warning Records called Never Get Used To It, released in September 1991.

Bill has also released five solo records.

Twelve years in the making,
33 Days is Bill’s first book.

Bill lives with his daughter Maeve, girlfriend Cindy and her two children Emma and Alex in Los Angeles, California.

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Amazon Reduces Kindle 3G Price $25 to $164 with New KINDLE 3G+WI-FI WITH SPECIAL OFFERS

“KINDEAL 3G” – Kindle 3G + Wi-Fi with Special Offers – $164

It’s not the Kindle Tablet, but there’s a new member of the Kindle family this evening!

You can now buy a 3G+Wi-Fi 6″ Kindle for just $164. It’s what we call the KINDEAL, and what Amazon calls the Kindle with Special Offers.

I’ve owned the $114 Wi-Fi KINDEAL  for several weeks and it has already paid for itself with special deals for things that I would have purchased even without the deals. The $114 Wi-Fi KINDEAL is already the #1 bestselling product at Amazon, but don’t be surprised if it gives way soon to this new $164 3G + Wi-Fi KINDEAL.

For the record, the sponsored screen savers on the KINDEAL are no more bothersome than the old literary portrait screensavers had become, and otherwise I never see an ad unless I choose to see an ad. When Amazon offers me books, music, and other products at prices significantly less than I was prepared to pay, I choose to see those ads, just as I tend to grab the supermarket circular when I walk into the supermarket.

You can order the new “KINDEAL 3G” – Kindle 3G + Wi-Fi with Special Offers – $164 now for immediate shipment and have it, depending on when you read this and where you live, on Thursday or Friday.

Here’s Amazon’s press release:

Introducing the Lowest Price 3G E-Reader – Kindle 3G with Special Offers for Only $164

Same features as latest-generation Kindle 3G – free 3G wireless, Pearl E Ink display, up to two months of battery life and more – plus sponsored screensavers and money-saving special offers

SEATTLE, May 24, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — (NASDAQ:AMZN)–Last month, Amazon.com introduced Kindle with Special Offers, a new member of the Kindle family that gives customers access to money-saving special offers. Just five weeks later, Kindle with Special Offers became the bestselling member of the Kindle family in the U.S. Today, Amazon announced that it is now making special offers available for Kindle 3G. Kindle 3G with Special Offers is available starting today for only $164 and ships immediately. At just $164, Kindle 3G with Special Offers is the lowest price of any 3G e-reader, and includes the latest Pearl electronic ink display. Learn more about the entire Kindle family, including the $114 Kindle with Special Offers and the new $164 Kindle 3G with Special Offers, at www.amazon.com/kindle3G.

“Kindle is the bestselling e-reader in the world. It’s been just six weeks since we introduced the new $114 Kindle with Special Offers, and already customers have made it the bestselling member of the Kindle family,” said Jay Marine, Director, Amazon Kindle. “In response to customer requests, we’re now making these money-saving special offers available for Kindle 3G. You will get all the features readers love about Kindle 3G – free 3G wireless, global wireless access, Pearl electronic ink display that’s easy to read even in bright sunlight, access to over 950,000 ‘Buy Once, Read Everywhere’ Kindle books – all for just $164 – the lowest price for any 3G e-reader.”

Special offers that will be available in the coming weeks include:

 

  • $10 for a $20 Amazon.com Gift Card – customers loved this offer, so we’re making it available again in time for Father’s Day
  • Save up to $500 off Amazon’s already low prices on HDTVs with a unique 20% discount on 200 HDTVs from brands including Sony, Panasonic, LG, and VIZIO
  • $1 for a Kindle book, choose from thousands of books including Water for Elephants and the Hunger Games trilogy
  • Spend $10 on Kindle books and get a free $10 Amazon.com Gift Card

Kindle 3G with Special Offers includes all the same features that helped make the third-generation Kindle the #1 bestselling product in the history of Amazon.com:

 

  • Free 3G wireless , no annual contracts, no monthly fees
  • Global 3G coverage means books in under 60 seconds in over 100 countries and territories
  • Paper-like Pearl electronic ink display, no glare even in bright sunlight
  • Lightweight 8.7 ounce body for hours of comfortable reading with one hand
  • Up to two months of battery life with wireless off eliminates battery anxiety
  • Kindle Store with over 950,000 books – largest selection of the most popular books
  • Seamless integration with free “Buy Once, Read Everywhere” Kindle apps for Android, iPad, iPod touch, iPhone, PC, Mac, BlackBerry and Windows Phone

Kindle 3G with Special Offers is available for immediate shipment to customers in the U.S. at www.amazon.com/kindle3G.

Learn more about the new Kindle 3G with Special Offers at www.amazon.com/aboutkindlespecialoffers. Advertisers and agencies interested in learning more about Kindle sponsorship opportunities can contact kindle-sponsorships@amazon.com.

Introducing A New, Weekly Feature: Dispatches From Publetariat.com – Beginning With Advertising In Ebooks: An Inevitable Outcome

Publetariat: For People Who Publish!Since its launch a little over three years ago, Publetariat.com has become the premier online news hub and community for indie authors and small imprints. Ebooks are a major component of most indies’ publication strategy nowadays, and the ebook news and commentary Publetariat shares is often of interest to readers, as well. With that in mind, beginning today Kindle Nation Daily will be sharing weekly cross-posts from Publetariat. Let’s kick it off with a post from indie author and small press owner Alan Baxter.

Advertising In Ebooks: An Inevitable Outcome

I made a passing comment on Twitter yesterday that led to some heated discussion. My comment was this:

Ebooks will soon carry links, photos, video, etc. They will also, in order to really monetize the medium, contain ads.

Which I followed with this tweet:

Your ebook will start in 60 seconds, after these messages from our sponsors. #wontbelong

Man, that triggered some visceral reactions from a lot of people. Particularly the advertising part. I think multimedia ebooks are inevitable too, but they’re already showing up in some guises. It’s a matter of ereaders catching up that stands between the standard ebook as it is now and the future ebook full of other media.

But when it comes to advertising in ebooks, I think it’s something that people need to accept. There are many reasons, not least the desire to monetize the ebook and keep “cover” prices down. I’m a big fan of ebooks, but I believe they need to be a lot cheaper than print books. I know all about the general production, formatting and so on, but the same applies to print books. The simple fact is that a person doesn’t get a physical object and the price needs to reflect that. Also, with ebook retailers, the margins are much wider. I make a bigger royalty on a Kindle version of RealmShift, for example, than I do on a print version, even though the Kindle edition is $2.99 and the print edition $9.99. But it’s obviously in everyones interests for publishers to make a healthy profit as well as authors. The more money a publisher has, the more authors they can take on and the more books they can produce. The more authors and books a publisher has on board, the more choice and variety the reading public have. It’s a win for everyone. But how to make it happen?

Kindle ad Advertising in ebooks   an inevitable outcomeIt’s a simple fact that we live in a capitalist society. If anything is going to work, someone needs to be making money. Ideally, everyone is making money except the people buying the product, and those people are happy with what they get for their outlay. In that environment, other than producing a quality product, a lot of profit comes from advertising. And is it really so bad to have ads in ebooks?

A lot of people on Twitter yesterday complained about ads interrupting the reading experience. I agree that if ads suddenly popped up when you turned a page, that would piss me off no end. But that’s not how it has to work. When you buy a DVD, you put it in and you get some ads and trailers before the film starts and maybe some afterwards as well. The movie experience itself is solid and uninterrupted. I see this as the way forward with ebooks. Hopefully consumer demand will force that to happen. If publishers start putting ads in the middle of books, customers should rightly voice their rage and refuse to buy from the publisher any more. But if you have to flick through a few pages of ads before the start of chapter one, it’s a slightly annoying but overall not very debilitating chore. Especially if the presence of those few pages of ads means the ebook is a reasonable price and the author and publisher are making money. Obviously, with the presence of ads, it’s the publisher that stands to make the most, but don’t forget my point above about publishers with good profit margins taking on more authors and giving readers more books.

I even see a time when an ebook might open with visual or video ads that you have to endure before the book itself starts that aren’t just the publisher promoting their other books, but third party advertisers buying space. Imagine an ebook of something by John Grisham, Dan Brown or J K Rowling. These are people that sell a lot of books. If their publisher sold advertising space in the opening pages of their books, that space could be sold at a premium. The publisher could stand to make a lot of money. Hopefully we’d see some of that money given back to authors in higher advances and royalties as well as being invested in future projects. I realise this is something of a utopian view and perhaps rather naive, but we can all dream. If the money is there, we can all lobby to see at least some of it spent right.

With most ereaders now utilising wifi and 3G technology, we could even see a situation where a different set of ads pop up every time you open a book. Ideally you’d only ever see ads at the start of the book, but if the advertising code used the wireless networks you might decide to reread a book a year later and see entirely new ads at the start. We’re already seeing video games where the billboards are updated with current advertising in-game. It’s no great stretch to see that happen with ebooks, thereby making that advertising space more profitable. Someone on Twitter (@NomentionofKev) even mentioned that the ereaders themselves might carry the ads, not the books. That risks a situation where every time you turn on the reader, you see an ad. For me, that’s going too far and I’d avoid that kind of reader. But it’s quite possible that we’ll see that situation before long.

Someone else (@Cacotopos) said that they have a demand list for ebooks – 1) no DRM 2) .ePub 3) no intertextual ads. And they noted that price wasn’t even on their list yet. I tend to agree with their list, but I would definitely add 4) Never more than $5 RRP.

Advertising annoys all of us, but it’s a necessary evil in a capitalist society. Sure, it would be great to have an ebook with no advertising, but isn’t it better to suffer a bit of advertising and have more choice of books, more new authors given a chance to get their work out to wide audiences and cheaper ebook purchase prices? I’m convinced that ads in ebooks are inevitable. It’s down to us to think about that and start voicing our opinions now so that we can hopefully help to shape the way that advertising is approached from the outset.

What are you thoughts on the matter?

This is a cross-posting from Alan Baxter‘s The Word.

KND Kindle Free Book Alert, Tuesday, May 24: Over 20 Brand New Free Titles! plus … 40? 50? 60? You’ll laugh so hard you’ll lose count with Dianna Estill’s Stilettos No More (Today’s Sponsor)

Visit a perfect human society in the 24th century (The Lens and the Looker) or check out Conor Fitzgerald’s gritty crime thriller with a European flair (The Dogs of Rome) … those are just a couple of the choices available among over 20 new additions to this morning’s presentation of over 600 Kindle Free Book Alert listings….

But first, a word from … Today’s Sponsor

Award-winning humorist Diana Estill is often compared with “the late, great Erma Bombeck,” but with an edgy 21st-century twist. Kindle Nation readers have been laughing out loud as they enjoy her take-no-prisoners collections!

Stilettos No More seems to cover every topic that a woman will face as she hits her middle ages. From looks, to cooking, to shopping, to relationships, this book has it all.” Paige Lovitt for Reader Views


Stilettos No More 
by Diana Estill
4.0 out of 5 stars   5 Reviews
Text-to-Speech and Lending: Enabled 
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Here’s the set-up:

In this collection of essays, award-winning humorist Diana Estill shares her wacky views on the years between mini-skirts and “Mee-maw” panties, tells the truth about “shapewear,” and offers advice on “how to talk so that your spouse will listen” and other mysteries. Lamenting she’s “put up with this thong enough,” Estill invokes her inner fashion critic as she tackles midlife with both eyes squinted.
What the Reviewers Say
” As I read, it occurred to me that I might be getting more laugh lines, from laughing so hard. Then I pondered how many calories one might burn while laughing heartily. I think it is a fair trade. I can’t remember ever reading anything so entertaining in my life. Trust me I have done a lot of reading. I highly, highly recommend reading “Stilettos No More.” I also suggest giving it as a gift to every woman that you know.”
Paige Lovitt for Reader Views


“Diana’s books never disappoint! How she takes everyday dramas and turns them into a comedy reflects her real talent as a writer. You can read the book in one sitting or you can savor the chapters, laughing and enjoying your time with Didi one page at a time.”
–D. S. Weisman


“Sometime around 50 you realize you’ve said goodbye to your youth and hello to world of bodyshapers, random hair growth and senior specials – whether you want them or not. You can spiral into a funk or you can laugh. Stilettos No More helps you laugh, and laugh and laugh! “
–Jamie Engle
 
About the Author



Diana Estill is the author of three humor books, including Deedee Divine’s Totally Skewed Guide to Life, a ForeWord Book of the Year Finalist and International Book Awards Winner (humor category). As a former journalist and columnist, her articles and commentary have appeared in major newspapers, magazines, and journals.


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Get started on this delightful contemporary romance with our free Kindle sample and you’ll have time to download GAME, SET, MATCH and savor every word in time for Wimbledon!

4 Blue Ribbons from Romance Junkies: “Titillating & heartwarming, GAME SET MATCH is a delightful contemporary romance that will touch your heart.” Check out our eBook of the Day on Kindle: Nana Malone’s debut romance, GAME SET MATCH!

Here’s the set-up for Nana Malone’s Game, Set, Match, rated a 4-star read on Kindle:

Off the court, tennis star Jason Cartwright’s playboy image is taking a public beating. On the court, he’s down forty-love. A knee injury is shutting down his game, and the paparazzi are splashing his love life on every magazine.

A comeback is in order, but the makeover he needs to save his faltering career is in the hands of the woman he loved and left fifteen years ago.

While single mom Izzy Connors sees people for who they really are through the lens of her camera, even without it she knows Jason isn’t the star he appears to be. Although his charm and good looks haven’t dimmed since he broke her heart, all she sees is his wasted talent and playboy lifestyle.

Can Izzy put the past behind her and help Jason get his game, and his image, back on track? Or will the click of her camera shatter his world as well as his heart?

From the reviewers:

“Heart wrenching story as the whispers of past mistakes push to heart of the story.” –Single Titles We Love Fiction

“Nana Malone has an awesome book in this story that will make you wonder ‘what if’…Loved it and can’t wait for more of Nana Malone. ” –Happily Ever After Reviews

4 Blue Ribbons from Romance Junkies “Titillating & heartwarming, GAME SET MATCH is a delightful contemporary romance that will touch your heart. I recommend it to anyone looking for a terrific story with plenty of spice.” –Romance Junkies

Finally! A fresh voice in contemporary romance. Game, Set, Match by Nana Malone is a delightful, sexy story with well-written characters and an entertaining storyline.

Entertaining, engaging, funny and lusty all in one great read


Nana’s love of all things romance and adventure started with a tattered romantic suspense she borrowed from her cousin on a sultry summer afternoon in Ghana at a precocious
thirteen. She’s been in love with kick butt heroines ever since. With her overactive imagination, and channeling her inner Buffy, it was only a matter a time before she started creating her own characters.

Waiting for her chance at a job as a ninja assassin, Nana, meantime works out her drama, passion and sass with fictional characters every bit as sassy and kick butt as she thinks she is. Though, until that ninja job comes through, you’ll find her acting out scenes for hubby and puppy while catching up on her favorite reality television shows in sunny San Diego.

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Kindles Galore! From $89.99 to $379.99, and Don’t Forget the Chance to Win One Free from Kindle Nation or Sign Up for a Kindle Tablet Alert!

There are some great ways to get a Kindle cheap these days, just in case you’re on the lookout….

What’s the Woot deal all about? Well, if Amazon were announcing a new Kindle-compatible product sometime in the next three or four months, it would be natural to want to clear out the “refurbished”inventory of everything but the latest-generation Kindle. Not only do we think that Amazon will announce a Kindle tablet in June or July (for shipment sometime before Labor Day), but we’re set up to send you a personal email alert when the K-Tab is ready for order — all you have to do to get on the list is send an email to kindlenation+KTab@gmail.com.

Meanwhile, don’t forget to check today’s Free Book Alert to make sure you have plenty of good reading to look forward to any or all of your present and future KIndles!