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Kindle Nation Daily Digest

The Kindle Nation Weekender – July 23, 2011: Announcing the Most Powerful Kindle Bargain-Hunting Tools Ever!

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Greetings from Kindle Nation!

( GENERAL LINK FOR THIS ISSUE: http://conta.cc/WEEKENDER-072311 )

Things have come to a head here at Kindle Nation.

Don’t get me wrong. We haven’t quit doing any of what we had been doing. In this issue you’ll still find news about new Kindle features, other ebook readers, benchmarks in the ongoing Kindle Revolution, and insightful analysis by Publetariat founder (and Kindle Nation general manager) April Hamilton on ebook business-to-consumer models.

But we never forget how important it is for us to deliver value to our readers, and to respond to your requests. So — in addition to information on Amazon’s Kindle BIG DEAL ebook sale this week, the new Kindle Textbook Rental program that was announced the other day, and chances to win a free Kindle or a $25 gift card — we are today unleashing the most powerful Kindle bargain-hunting tools ever, and we are announcing them here first.

It’s not just one thing.

When we launched Kindle Nation Free Book Tool with category search and sort features several weeks ago, we immediately began to get emails asking for additional categories. We got right to work on that, and today we are delivering a full set of genres and categories in our Free Book Tool. Just navigate down to this week’s Free Book Alert to see the complete list — all of them linked so you can check any of them out with a single click.

But we didn’t stop there, because the key to saving money on Kindle is not just the ability to find free and bargain books, it’s the ability to find the free and bargain books that you want.

We are also, today, unleashing an amazing Kindle Nation Search Tool for Quality 99-Centers. There are tens of thousands of cheap books on Kindle, but this tool, and with an amazing array of search and sort categories and features, will allow you to hone in one the best books — those with 4-star ratings from at least 4 reviewers — priced at 99 cents and below. Sunshine Deals and Big Deals may come and go, but from now on you’ll always be able to count on Kindle Nation Deals.

A little further below you’ll find a full set of linked categories for quality 99-cent books, but first….

… yes, first, I just wanted to call your attention to our sponsors — like the weekly sponsor of this issue and our Romance of the Week and Thriller of the Week features. Their sponsorships pay for our ability to hire the web developers and staff to create the features that we deliver each week with Kindle Nation, so … well … I’m just saying. What goes around comes around. Don’t ever buy any books you don’t want, but when you see something of interest by one of our sponsors, I hope you’ll jump on it. And thanks. Nuf sed, I imagine.

And here are the categories in our new Quality 99-Centers Book Search Tool:

Enjoy,
Steve
sponsor This Week’s Kindle Nation Sponsor:

by Mitch Davies
4.5 stars – 4 Reviews
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“The book is a sailing person’s dream….a lot of seafaring terms and fun details for folks who enjoy being on board a ship/boat. The beautiful landscape of Tahiti was also well described, along with some mystery and, of course, romance.”
–Elizabeth
Here’s the set-up:
Who hasn’t dreamt of sailing in the South Pacific as the owner of a sleek, gleaming yacht? Ben Beck finds that dream job as a crew member sailing on just such a ship. With a history of working ‘too good to be true’ opportunities, he still can’t believe his luck. Sailing excursions in Tahiti for a year then sell the yacht and get a nice chunk of the proceeds. 

The ad said, “No Sailing Experience Necessary” and he had the qualifications. His fellow group members include Carl, the millionaire boss, Duane, a hard-to-please captain, Purrette, a serious beauty and Rudy, a potential danger.

After a confusing start of mis-information, Ben isn’t sure of exactly what he’s gotten himself into. How many partners does he have? Where exactly are they going?

And then there’s Tahiti.

Can they sail the southern seas without any mishaps? When Ben finds out what’s really going on, can he save the dream?

One Reviewer Notes:
“When something is too good to be true, it almost invariably is. Better Than Ever, Again is a story of Ben Beck, who follows his dreams of sailing the South Seas despite having no nautical experience whatsoever. A crew filled with offbeat characters, plenty of danger, and Tahiti, Better Than Ever, Again is a quirky and fun read that will prove hard to put down. “
–Midwest Book Review
  • This Week’s Kindle Nation Sponsor: Better Than Ever, Again, by Mitch Davies
  • Four Days Left for Amazon’s BIG DEAL!
  • Amazon Launches Kindle Textbook Rental Program; Promises Savings Up to 80% for Students
  • Less Than 48 Hours Left to Enter! Win a Free Kindle 3G in this Kindle Nation Sweepstakes Sponsored by Bestselling Novelist M.J. Rose
  • If You Count Titles Available for Pre-Order…. Kindle Store eBook Inventory Reaches the Million-Title Mark!
  • Write a Review for Chance to Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card! Over 100 Free Kindle Romances, Sponsored by a Must-Read Romance of the Week: Kailin Gow’s BEAUTIFUL BEINGS
  • eBook News You Won’t Want to Miss, From Our Sister Site, BookGorilla
  • Over 100 Free Kindle Thrillers, Sponsored by an Edgy 5-Star Thriller of the Week: Brent Battles’ SICK
  • Eileen Schuh’s compelling debut novel THE TRAZ confronts young readers with life’s complicated and unsettling issues, but it also provides a guide to help illuminate these challenges – 12 straight rave reviews, just $2.99 on Kindle
  • Here’s a new release from Kindle Nation fave and NY Times bestselling novelist Victorine Lieske: THE OVERTAKING
  • Publetariat Dispatch: Could the Subscription Model Work For Trade Publishers?
  • Guest Kindle Nation Post: Experience Overwhelming Relief with THE BOOK OF AWFUL, by Romi Moondi
  • Think “Huck Finn meets Kerouac meets Catch-22 against the backdrop of a 60s haze” and you might be ready for George O’Har’s humorous 5-star road novel THE THOUSAND HOUR CLUB
  • Kindle Nation Free Book Alert: Over 800 Free Contemporary Titles on Kindle – With New Search Categories!

Free Online Now: Kindle Nation Weekly Digest for 6.17.2011 – Interactive Novels, eBook News You Won’t Want to Miss, and More!

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eBook News You Won’t Want to Miss
Last Chance to Enter to Win a Kindle Tablet (Sweepstakes Ends June 21)
(See Below for Details)

In This Issue

  • This Week’s Sponsor: TAG by Simon Royle
  • Publetariat Dispatch: Interactive Novels? Not So Much.
  • eBook News You Won’t Want to Miss, From Our Sister Site BookGorilla.com
  • We’re STILL Giving Away a Free Kindle Tablet And There’s STILL Time to Enter!
  • Don’t miss the latest reviews at Kindle Kids’ Corner!
  • A New Source of Help for Authors and Indie Publishers
  • Kindle Nation Free Book Alert: Over 800 Free Contemporary Titles on Kindle!

Click here to read the entire issue free online now

BACK ISSUES FROM THE LAST MONTH:

 

Kindle Nation Weekly Digest for 6.13.2011 – DEADLINES, DEADLINES! Don’t Let These Kindle Deals Expire Without Taking Advantage!

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Kindle Sunshine Deals expire June 13;
Last Chance to Enter to Win a Kindle Tablet (Sweepstakes Ends June 21)
(See Below for Details)

In This Issue

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BACK ISSUES FROM THE LAST MONTH:

 

Kindle Nation Weekly Digest for 6.4.2011 – Brand New Free Book Tool with Category Sorting of Over 500 Free Titles! Amazon’s New Sunshine Deals = The Best Kindle Book Sale Ever! Enter to Win a Kindle Tablet!

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You Asked for It, and Here It Is!
Search and Sort Free Kindle Books by Reviewer Rating, Date Added, Bestselling and Your Favorite Category:

Suspense, Romance, Kids, Horror, Nonfiction, Business, How-To, Fantasy, Erotica and More!

By Steve Windwalker

Ever since we first began posting free Kindle book listings — when was that, sometime in the 70s? — our readers have written in from time to time with requests that we make it possible search and sort these lists by category. We’ve tried manual approaches which haven’t really worked, but now we’ve got some great news!

In our ongoing effort to make Kindle Nation the best and most useful site it can possibly be for the greatest readers in the world — yep, I’m talking to you — we invested a while back in bringing on a terrific development team to turn the reader request into a reality. There are other very cool things on the way, believe me, but today I am thrilled to announce the launch of our brand new Free Kindle Book Tool that allows readers unprecedented features for searching and sorting among the Kindle Store’s ever-growing offering of free contemporary titles, including:

Karen Cantwell, this week's Kindle Nation sponsor
  • multiple category search by our most popular categories, with more to come, as well as a complete list that shows all free contemporary titles; and
  • the ability to sort any of these category or complete lists in ascending or descending order by Bestselling, Reader Review Ratings, or Date Added.

And I think this is the right place for me to extend a huge thank you to all the authors and publishers who have sponsored Kindle Nation over the past year. Just in case it is not manifestly clear, it is our sponsors’ past, present and future support that has enabled us to invest in bringing such cool features to Kindle Nation, and I urge and encourage you to give their books a try whenever you are able and interested.

This week’s newsletter, for instance, is sponsored by a terrific novelist named Karen Cantwell, whose novel Take the Monkeys and Run has already proven a favorite with Kindle Nation readers and is guaranteed — at just 99 cents — to deliver one of the best returns on investment you’ll ever find in the Kindle Store when it comes to hitting the sweet spot at the intersection of Humor and Whodunit.

Here’s our current listing of Category choices, and we will be adding additional categories and other brand new features in the future:

ALSO In This Issue:

This week’s Kindle Nation weekly newsletter is now live on the web – 600+ Free Books, Kindle Store Price Check in Aisle 5, and Preparing the Way for a Kindle Tablet

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In This Issue

 

Greetings from Kindle Nation!

You may not be shocked to learn that I absolutely love it when your citizenship in Kindle Nation leads to good things in your live, whether they be great reading, cool Kindle accessories, a chance to win a free Kindle like Cyndi Collins won last week, or …

wait for it …

how about a free trip halfway around the world?

So imagine how happy I was to receive this email this morning from Susan at WorldReader.org, who you may recall appeared here at Kindle Nation back in late March with a guest post about a chance to win a trip to Africa to participate in WorldReader’s mission putting Kindles in the hands of kids there:

Hi Stephen,
How are you?  I hope all is well.
I just wanted to point you in the direction of Sara Rhyne–she won the video competition to travel to Africa with us, and she saw it on Kindle Nation!
I am passing over a link to an interesting interview with her: http://bit.ly/jfgM3b.  She is currently in Kenya and is having a great time…
Take it easy,
Susan

Doesn’t get much better, for me. Thanks, Susan, and congratulations, Sara!

Kindle Nation’s Free Weekly Newsletter and Digest for 5.13.2011 – 500+ Free Books, Kindle Give-aways, and News of a Kindle Tablet

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Greetings from Kindle Nation!

  • Even with plenty of work to do and the occasional crisis — this week’s was generated by Google’s Blogger service — we had tons of fun this week! Why? Mainly because we completed our first-ever Kindle Nation Sweepstakes and got to give away a brand new Kindle 3G! We had 2,998 entries and the level of excitement was high on our Facebook page, where we will be announcing new Kindle give-aways very, very soon to everyone who becomes a fan by clicking the Like button on our page.
  • Our first Kindle give-away is out for delivery as I type and by the time you read this it will probably arrive at the home of winner Cyndi Collins. And meanwhile, if you don’t want to wait for our next Kindle sweepstakes, a little bird told us that there’s another Kindle 3G giveaway going on right now over at the Facebook page of our friends at BookLending.com.
  • Finally, before we get started, Amazon announced this week that Charlaine Harris, author of the Sookie Stackhouse series, has become the fourth member of what it calls the Kindle Million Club. I double checked with a human at Amazon who assured me that they are also keeping track of indie or direct-to-Kindle authors, and it’s my view that there will be several indie author members of the Kindle Million Club by the end of the year. Maybe we should have a contest where the Kindle Nation citizen who correctly predicts the names of any such indie authors wins a new Kindle!

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In This Issue

This Week’s Sponsor – Unmentionables by David Greene

More Free Books Than Ever! Why We Are Going to Keep This Issue of the Kindle Nation Newsletter Especially Short!

Stay Tuned: Will Amazon Announce a $299 Color+Touch Kindle Tablet in July?

Another New App Expands the Power of the Kindle: Converter (Easy Conversions for Kindle)

Amazon: The Hidden Empire — A Fascinating Look at What’s Really Going On

A Word on the Current Blogger Outage

Don’t miss the latest reviews at Kindle Kids’ Corner!

Kindle Nation Free Book Alert: Over 500 Free Contemporary Titles on Kindle!





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