Rumor mill is spinning that Apple will launch a 15 inch laptop that rivals the Macbook Air in thinness. This might mean that Apple is ditching optical drives for an overall thinner appearance in their laptops.
via BGR
Monday, October 31, 2011
Apple to make Air like 15 inch laptop
Rumor mill is spinning that Apple will launch a 15 inch laptop that rivals the Macbook Air in thinness. This might mean that Apple is ditching optical drives for an overall thinner appearance in their laptops.
via BGR
Best Buy to sell HP TouchPad with purchase of select HP computers and laptops
HP Touchpad never had it's last batch sold to consumers. The closest thing you will able to get the HP Touchpad is from Best Buy. The catch is you must buy an HP or Compaq laptop, desktop or all-in-one computer.
via BGR
Amazon Prime adds new streaming content, from ABC/Disney, for Kindle Fire
Amazon adds NEW library content to PRIME from ABC Studios, Disney Channel, ABC Family...Finishing vacation today, without much access to WiFi at all.
The first new person I met opened up a small case to take a note, and I saw she had a... Kindle :-)
Peeking in and will pass on an Amazon announcement for those who don't get them - as this is another set of streaming video that will be available for the Kindle Fire.
Here's the announcement. Will do some regular blogging later tonight.
' SEATTLE, Oct 31, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
Amazon.com today announced a new licensing agreement with Disney-ABC Television Group that will allow Amazon Prime members to instantly stream a broad selection of library content from ABC Studios, Disney Channel, ABC Family and Marvel. The agreement was brokered by Disney-ABC Domestic Television with Amazon.
Popular Disney-ABC Television Group offerings for Prime members will include:
* Prior seasons of current ABC hit series "Grey's Anatomy"
* All episodes of recent ABC favorite "Lost"
* Prior seasons of Disney Channel's popular animated series "Phineas & Ferb"
* Prior seasons of ABC Family's groundbreaking series "The Secret Life of the American Teenager," including the most recently aired episodes from summer 2011
* Prior seasons of Marvel's animated shows "Spider-Man," "X-Men Evolution," "Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers" and "Iron Man: Extremis"
* All episodes of ABC Family's "Greek"
* All episodes of "Felicity" from ABC Studios
Amazon Prime members can watch these TV shows on over 300 different devices, including the recently announced Kindle Fire--the Kindle for movies, TV shows, music, magazines, apps, books, games, and more. Kindle Fire customers enjoy a free month of Amazon Prime right out of the box.
"We are excited to add some of the very best content available from Disney-ABC to Prime instant video," said Brad Beale, director of video content acquisition for Amazon. "This includes every episode of past seasons from the ABC hits Lost and Grey's Anatomy, fan favorites like Felicity and Greek, the popular Disney Channel show Phineas & Ferb and great animated series from Marvel. We're working hard to add even more selection for Kindle Fire customers and Prime members leading up to the holidays, and expect to have nearly 13,000 titles available in Prime instant video by early next year."
About Prime Instant Video
Prime instant video is a benefit for paid Amazon Prime members. Prime members get unlimited, commercial-free, instant access to nearly 13,000 movies and TV shows at no additional cost. Since the launch of Prime instant videos, Amazon has secured licensing deals from partners such as CBS, Fox, PBS, NBCUniversal, Sony, Warner Bros. and many more.
About Amazon Instant Video
For customers who are not Prime members, or who are looking to instantly purchase or rent movies and TV shows, Amazon offers Amazon Instant Video. Amazon Instant Video is a streaming video service that provides more than 100,000 titles including new release movies, TV shows the day after they air, as well as contemporary and classic videos in SD and HD. Customers can instantly watch movies and TV shows from Amazon Instant Video or Prime instant video on a Mac, PC or directly on a TV with any of the 300 compatible devices, including the new Kindle Fire.
About Prime
Amazon Prime is the annual membership program for $79 a year that includes access to Prime instant videos as well as unlimited Free Two-Day Shipping on millions of items including books, home and garden products, electronics, video games, clothing, and much more.
Customers who receive free Prime shipping benefits through the Amazon Student and Amazon Mom programs can upgrade to an annual paid membership to receive Amazon Prime's digital benefits. '
Basically, all these added videos will be streamable at no added cost for those on a regular Prime membership. The Kindle Fire will be one way to view them on an affordable portable device.
Kindle Touch 3G Kindle Touch WiFi Kindle Basic (UK: KBasic) Kindle Fire
Kindle Keybd 3G (UK: Kindle Keybd 3G) K3 Special Offers K3-3G Special Offers DX
Check often: Temporarily-free late-listed non-classics or recently published ones
Guide to finding Free Kindle books and Sources. Top 100 free bestsellers. Liked-books under $1
UK-Only: recently published non-classics, bestsellers, or £5 Max ones
Also, UK customers should see the UK store's Top 100 free bestsellers.
a taste of fall
The first time I tried pumpkin pie was just a few weeks ago at Minneapolis, right before catching my flight home. I've been craving for it since then and I was so happy that I saw this at S&R earlier today:
It's best served with whipped cream and since they didn't have it, I had to wait 'til I got home so I can load it up with lots of cream...
The one from Perkin's is better but this ain't bad just to satisfy my craving for a little taste of fall :)
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Jamba!
It's coming in a few weeks...and the best part is, it's very close to our office! I can now have my regular fix of Orange Dream Machine. Excited much! :)
Saturday, October 29, 2011
A Q&A with Amazon VP on what Kindle Fire can and can't do -
KINDLE FIRE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS REVIEWED A MONTH LATERThe story about a Q&A after the big Kindle demo on Sept. 28 was posted by The Seattle Times's Brier Dudley. I hadn't posted on this earlier, but at least one answer was interesting vs what has been written about the Kindle Fire. There have been all kinds of estimates, some thinking a $40 profit, some saying a $5-$10 loss, but the general trend has been to say that, just guessing, without looking at the insides of a product they can't examine, Amazon might be taking a loss on each device while looking at long-term gains from customers interested in content for the tablet-reader.
Dudley reported that Amazon VP Dave Limp, when asked if Amazon would lose money on the device and make it up on services, said:
' That's not how we look at our business. ... We need to try to make money off both devices and services and do that in a way that's sustainable. That's what we owe to our shareholders and we continue to do it. '
When asked if there'd be a lower-priced version of the Fire with Special Offers [ads] as there are with the e-Ink Kindles, his answer was:
"Nothing to announce today."
On the other hand, with browsers, ads abound.
He confirmed there's a headphone jack and a USB - the latter of the type that allows the user to transfer files to and from the device via the USB cable that comes with most Kindle power cords.
He said they hadn't "optimized" for that use but "if you plug it into a PC or Mac, folders will show up and you can drag
Media purchased elsewhere can be played on the Fire. Limp said that he had uploaded his entire iTunes library to the Amazon Cloud, where it becomes visible to the device, -- but the files have to be DRM [digital rights management] free.
When asked if it supports ePub or other book formats besides Amazon's, he said,
"We don't support that. We think our book selection and magazine selection are broad. It does support a great new PDF engine. The PDF reader is great — [a] desktop-class PDF reader."
However, the Amazon Android AppsStore has "Aldiko" app, a third-party app which reads non-rights protected ePub files. It would surprise me if they didn't make that available to the Kindle Fire.
Photos can be shown of course in a 'Gallery' but that wasn't ready for presentation on 9/28.
It does two-finger multitouch and you can pinch-to zoom (verified by another Amazon rep on the Kindle forums recently).
Re cameras, he said they think most tend to carry around a smartphone of some type and most of those have great cameras.
"To get to these price points, that was one of those trade-offs we were willing to make to get to $199."
It will come with mail, but they've optimized it for "media consumption."
What is battery life like?
' I like to start with the worst-case scenario: if you got on a plane, no Wi-Fi, and you wanted to watch movies straight through. You're going to get up to seven hours [of battery life]. If you do more mixed use — reading, movies, those types of things — you'll get up to eight hours. '
Re Productivity apps:
' We have a mail app and the mail app will treat enclosures as first-class citizens so you can open up Word documents and Excel documents. '
Re portable computing:
"I watch my movies and read magazines on this [Fire] because it's such an amazing experience.
But then, when I sit down and want to read a novel, I take out my Kindle 3G. At $199 and $79 you can buy two of these and it's still lower cost than other people's first device.
Here's an interesting answer on popular apps that will be available:
' I haven't talked to Hulu. We have talked to Netflix, Pandora, Facebook and Twitter, and they all seem very enthusiastic to put an app on the device. '
The version of Android:
"It's a Gingerbread-based Honeycomb variant of 2.3. People will get periodic updates of the software."
Read the article to see a bit more I didn't include though.
Reminder: Check Current Kindle Daily Deal at ANY time. It changes at midnight each day.
Kindle Touch 3G Kindle Touch WiFi Kindle Basic (UK: KBasic) Kindle Fire
Kindle Keybd 3G (UK: Kindle Keybd 3G) K3 Special Offers K3-3G Special Offers DX
Check often: Temporarily-free late-listed non-classics or recently published ones
Guide to finding Free Kindle books and Sources. Top 100 free bestsellers. Liked-books under $1
UK-Only: recently published non-classics, bestsellers, or £5 Max ones
Also, UK customers should see the UK store's Top 100 free bestsellers.
Free Kindle books (10/28-29) - 24 for 10/28 + discounted-book alerts + usual promos
FREE/DISCOUNTED KINDLE BOOKS DISCOVERED BY FORUM MEMBERS
Writing this on Saturday morning as I go ON VACATION for 2 days, and unable to convince either housemate to update the blog but will try to tune in, although WiFi isn't readily available at Yosemite.
Oct. 28 - 29: - Friday: Morning - 1 newly-free book; LATE evening, at about midnight - 23 MORE (total 24). Nothing for Saturday yet at 3:40am
Clues to Christie, from Agatha Christie, Pre-Order (November 22), $0.00
Sold by: HarperCollins Publishers (It's not likely it'll stay $0.00 for long, since it's HarperCollins.)
From Product Description: "This fully authorized and comprehensive guide to the Queen of Mystery includes an introduction by award-winning Agatha Christie expert John Curran with features on each of her classic detectives including Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot and Tommy & Tuppence; guides to reading each of her series and her stand-alone novels; and an A to Z of Agatha Christie.
Interspersed throughout are quotes from Christie, a list of the Christie novels that were her personal favorites and three of her classic short stories..." (There is no book image yet, so I used one from Destination Unknown.)
Kindle Daily Deal (Often U.S. only, unfortunately) (The Daily Deal link above changes at MIDNIGHT each day.
Click it to see what the daily deal book is, at any time.)
Brave New World Revisited, by Aldous Huxley, 106 customer reviews, 4.6 stars
Daily Deal until the end of Friday 10/27:
Thursday's Price: $5.79
Friday's Discount: $3.80
Friday's Daily Deal Price: $1.99 (65% off)
"A thought jabbing, terrifying book." -- Chicago Tribune
""It is a frightening experience.... to discover how much of his satirical prediction of a distant future became reality in so short a time." -- New York Times Book Review"
MORE... ( The temporarily newly-free books and discounted-book forum-alerts are on the 2nd page now, to load the main page more quickly and so that those wanting to go through the details can do so by: clicking on "MORE" just below)
*****
LATEST DISCOUNTED Kindle books (some temporarily) -
Forum-thread starter RandomizeME cautions, "This thread is [only] for discounts and price drops that readers find from publishers." Another main finder is Emily Bronte.
For 10/27-29
Includes somewhat lower cost and higher-rated ones:
Alerts by Emily Bronte:
Random House:
9 earlier works by Deborah Smith, Pre-orders (delivery November 16th), $2.99
Click today's link to discounted alerts to see them
TEMPORARILY-Free Books: Alerts from the Amazon Kindle forums - via the tireless"Happy Reader" Joyce , who is ever on the lookout on behalf of forum members.
NOTE: The alerts are quoted from Joyce's collecting of mostly temporarily-free books. They're*not* recommendations by anyone but are a popular, unfiltered daily set of forum release-alerts by Joyce, logged here for those who don't or can't make it to the forums. The eBooks are often no longer free within days, sometimes, within hours. Thanks to Joyce for gathering and organizing them for us.
Ongoing popular discussions
. Feel like almost crying - Kindle loss and personalizing Kindles - lighthearted Newer
. Unusual calls from Amazon because of forum posts
. Personal docs now sendable to individual Kindles again
. [WAS] Warning: Personal docs now sent to a Kindle will now go to all new Kindles
. To Avoid Confusion, Please Use the Official Product Names in Forum" [entertaining]
. Discussion of geographic restrictions on digital purchases
. Discount-alert books discussed on separate message thread (Newer)
. What have been your favorite public domain books that are not so well known?
. Best "Free" books you've read (many are no longer free, however).
. Highly recommended Indie authors
. Unique Uses of Kindles
Other current forum threads that might interest some
Public Library Lending questions at the forums, and Lendle's Kindle borrowing
. How many e-books does your public library have?
. Public librarians: what has been your Kindle/Overdrive experience?
. Changes to lendle (This is Kindle owner-to-Kindle owner lending.)
The changes include incentives for offering loaners
Kindle Touch 3G Kindle Touch WiFi Kindle Basic (UK: KBasic) Kindle Fire
Kindle Keybd 3G (UK: Kindle Keybd 3G) K3 Special Offers K3-3G Special Offers DX
Check often: Temporarily-free late-listed non-classics or recently published ones
Guide to finding Free Kindle books and Sources. Top 100 free bestsellers. Liked-books under $1
UK-Only: recently published non-classics, bestsellers, or £5 Max ones
Also, UK customers should see the UK store's Top 100 free bestsellers.
Writing this on Saturday morning as I go ON VACATION for 2 days, and unable to convince either housemate to update the blog but will try to tune in, although WiFi isn't readily available at Yosemite.
Oct. 28 - 29: - Friday: Morning - 1 newly-free book; LATE evening, at about midnight - 23 MORE (total 24). Nothing for Saturday yet at 3:40am
Clues to Christie, from Agatha Christie, Pre-Order (November 22), $0.00 Sold by: HarperCollins Publishers (It's not likely it'll stay $0.00 for long, since it's HarperCollins.)
From Product Description: "This fully authorized and comprehensive guide to the Queen of Mystery includes an introduction by award-winning Agatha Christie expert John Curran with features on each of her classic detectives including Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot and Tommy & Tuppence; guides to reading each of her series and her stand-alone novels; and an A to Z of Agatha Christie.
Interspersed throughout are quotes from Christie, a list of the Christie novels that were her personal favorites and three of her classic short stories..." (There is no book image yet, so I used one from Destination Unknown.)
Click it to see what the daily deal book is, at any time.)
Brave New World Revisited, by Aldous Huxley, 106 customer reviews, 4.6 stars
Daily Deal until the end of Friday 10/27:
Thursday's Price: $5.79
Friday's Discount: $3.80
Friday's Daily Deal Price: $1.99 (65% off)
"A thought jabbing, terrifying book." -- Chicago Tribune
""It is a frightening experience.... to discover how much of his satirical prediction of a distant future became reality in so short a time." -- New York Times Book Review"
MORE... ( The temporarily newly-free books and discounted-book forum-alerts are on the 2nd page now, to load the main page more quickly and so that those wanting to go through the details can do so by: clicking on "MORE" just below)
*****
LATEST DISCOUNTED Kindle books (some temporarily) -
Forum-thread starter RandomizeME cautions, "This thread is [only] for discounts and price drops that readers find from publishers." Another main finder is Emily Bronte.
For 10/27-29
Includes somewhat lower cost and higher-rated ones:
Alerts by Emily Bronte:
Random House:
9 earlier works by Deborah Smith, Pre-orders (delivery November 16th), $2.99
Click today's link to discounted alerts to see them
TEMPORARILY-Free Books: Alerts from the Amazon Kindle forums - via the tireless
NOTE: The alerts are quoted from Joyce's collecting of mostly temporarily-free books. They're
' Happy Reader "Joyce" says:
[Only 1 so far, early morning]
The Sentinels: Fortunes of War (Sentinels (Greenleaf))
Author: Gordon Zuckerman
Genre: Suspense
DESCRIPTION: In this riveting amalgam of political intrigue, poignant romance, and bare-knuckled action, six friends risk everything to thwart an international Nazi conspiracy. In the financial devastation of the 1930s, a greedy, power-hungry group of German industrialists plot to usher in the National Socialist Party in order to rearm Germany and reap the financial rewards. Thus rises Hitler. With Hitler in power, the Six Sentinels, graduates of an elite American doctoral program, uncover the industrialists' plan to hoard hundreds of millions of dollars in illegal war profits. Using their financial and familial connections around the globe, they work to foil the machinations of the financiers of the Third Reich. In a daring strategy of Robin Hood-style thievery, the sentinels put their lives on the line to serve justice - and thus become embroiled in a dangerous and violent international conspiracy.
***** [23 more added near midnight)
When I Lay Me Down
Uncle Flynn
done.: What most religions don't tell you about the Bible
Mann on Film: It's a Mad World and other essays
OCEAN OF FIRE
The Jetsam
The Glassblower's Daughter
Spermjackers
The Last Sorcerer (Fiction Friday)
Extreme Skiing and Psychedelic Mushrooms: The Art of Chasing Fear
Hunting on Halloween
River Daughter and Other Stories
A Hint of Murder: The Writer
Glimpse (Zellie Wells Book 1)
Loaners
Delivered to Eternity, An Alesta the Vampire Book
Hard Press'd (The Preston Andrews Mysteries)
I Love You I Hate You
Missing
Fissure Monroe
How We Met: Sita Describing Her Marriage to Rama
A Taste Sweet and Salty
Erotica Romance Short Story (The Gift) '
[This is from Joyce's free-books alert Friday morning in the forums, 10/28 - morning, 1 book as of morning; 10/28 - late, near midnight, 23 more books.
Ongoing popular discussions
. Feel like almost crying - Kindle loss and personalizing Kindles - lighthearted Newer
. Unusual calls from Amazon because of forum posts
. Personal docs now sendable to individual Kindles again
. [WAS] Warning: Personal docs now sent to a Kindle will now go to all new Kindles
. To Avoid Confusion, Please Use the Official Product Names in Forum" [entertaining]
. Discussion of geographic restrictions on digital purchases
. Discount-alert books discussed on separate message thread (Newer)
. What have been your favorite public domain books that are not so well known?
. Best "Free" books you've read (many are no longer free, however).
. Highly recommended Indie authors
. Unique Uses of Kindles
Other current forum threads that might interest some
Public Library Lending questions at the forums, and Lendle's Kindle borrowing
. How many e-books does your public library have?
. Public librarians: what has been your Kindle/Overdrive experience?
. Changes to lendle (This is Kindle owner-to-Kindle owner lending.)
The changes include incentives for offering loaners
| Amazon's own ongoing listing of LIMITED-TIME OFFERS - Promos Amazon sorts these by Bestsellers first. I've added a by Low-to-High pricing. Editors' Picks: $1.99-$3.99 thru' October | Free contemporary books: subsets Filters out excerpts, chapters, previews US: by Last 30+ days Oct 2011 Publication Date Late-listed Bestselling High-ratings UK: by PubDate Popular |
Kindle Touch 3G Kindle Touch WiFi Kindle Basic (UK: KBasic) Kindle Fire
Kindle Keybd 3G (UK: Kindle Keybd 3G) K3 Special Offers K3-3G Special Offers DX
Check often: Temporarily-free late-listed non-classics or recently published ones
Guide to finding Free Kindle books and Sources. Top 100 free bestsellers. Liked-books under $1
UK-Only: recently published non-classics, bestsellers, or £5 Max ones
Also, UK customers should see the UK store's Top 100 free bestsellers.
Friday, October 28, 2011
delivery
Just when I thought that I'd be spared from the flu virus going around (my family has been sick these past days), I now have it. It started with a bad case of colds and a slight fever the other night but I woke up feeling better and 'normal' yesterday so I went to work. But on my way home, my colds acted up again and I felt really bad. By the time I finally got home, I can't breathe anymore and I was already running a fever. Crap.
It didn't improve much today so I just worked from home. I finished working at around 3pm so I could get some rest already when the box we had shipped from the US arrived. I already forgot what stuff I ordered a couple of months back and seeing them as I unpacked the box made me feel better...didn't realize I bought quite a lot! Hihihi.
I've got my fix of Harry Potter with The Burrow Lego set, as well as a desk calendar for next year:
A couple of chick flicks which will be perfect for the long weekend - this calls for some cheese dip (better get some mild salsa and Tostitos Scoops!) and a nice bottle of shiraz:
And of course some hard bounds to add to my collection (beats me how I'll fit all these in my shelves!):
These totally makes up for my crappy day. Now, if only my flu will go away already so I can enjoy the long weekend ahead...
Dana's BIG adventure!
I got up yesterday morning, got myself going and went about my morning routine, nothing appeared to be out of the ordinary, I was planning for a party that evening, so I did some cleaning and then left for my monthly massage. I had a busy day planned, but it was out of the ordinary at all.
After my massage, I ran by the store to get a few things for the party and then headed over to Brian's office. I was going to pick out the cabinets and stain color for the house we are re-building on 17th St. Our friend is going to move in there as soon as it is done and I wanted her to go with me to give her input on the cabinets. She works with Brian at Pro 100...
So off we went to check out the cabinets. I wasn't familiar with the location of the cabinet shop, but hat was okay - I had the garmin. Little did I know that she would take us down the wrong road.
We turned exactly as she told us and came to a dead end area - the road was missing a huge chunk. Now, we were in the Jeep, it does have 4 wheel drive and there were tire tracks that showed me that other people had climbed the innocent looking dirt pile to the side of the road.
Little did I know that if I would've turned around and gone another few blocks there was a brand new road that came right where we needed to be! Things would've gone completely different if I had known that.
So, over the little dirt pile I go and promptly get stuck.
I look at Judy and tell her that I think we are high-centered. I tired 4 wheel drive high and low, going in reverse and forward, turning my wheels right and left. I pushed and Judy drove, Judy drove and I pushed. Nothing. I HAD to pick up the phone and call Brian. This was not going to be good, however, Judy and I could NOT stop laughing.....
He picks up the phone and I tell him, you are going to have to come and get us, I am stuck. He has a FEW words for me. I won't repeat them here in case little ears are listening. But, he said he was on his way. Now, I think he is understanding that I am HIGH-CENTERED. The Jeep isn't going anywhere. get it? He didn't. He and a buddy from work show up in a PRIUS. Danny has his coffee mug, so he can really understand the situation. I told Judy, we are in trouble here they come - in the Prius. Not sure how that is going to help.
Brian tells me to get out of the jeep, he needs to try everything I have already done..... Danny needs to take photos and then had assessed the situation at this point and decides that a fulcrum will work. He gets a piece of steel and a rock and proceeds to try and pry the front of the Jeep up and Brian is going in reverse. Not happening, hot stuff....
Brian thinks it needs more weight in the back, Judy and I hop in the back and Danny stands on the back of the Jeep. Nope. Not working either.
So, Brian decides that since we are now late for our appointment with the cabinet people, we should just head on over there and then we will deal with the Jeep. The first words out of his mouth at the cabinet shop is "Do you have a tow strap and a truck?" I think he finally got it.....
They did and Judy, Danny and I picked out the cabinets, Brian and the cabinet guy took off to get the Jeep. Thank goodness it worked after all.
I am sure that I am the laughing stock of Pro 100 and maybe here, but I'm okay with that. We've taken the Jeep on a level 5 trail in Colorado and I get the darned thing stuck 2 feet off the pavement....
Funny thing is I just burst out laughing at random moments now just thinking about it! It was a BIG day!
After my massage, I ran by the store to get a few things for the party and then headed over to Brian's office. I was going to pick out the cabinets and stain color for the house we are re-building on 17th St. Our friend is going to move in there as soon as it is done and I wanted her to go with me to give her input on the cabinets. She works with Brian at Pro 100...
So off we went to check out the cabinets. I wasn't familiar with the location of the cabinet shop, but hat was okay - I had the garmin. Little did I know that she would take us down the wrong road.
We turned exactly as she told us and came to a dead end area - the road was missing a huge chunk. Now, we were in the Jeep, it does have 4 wheel drive and there were tire tracks that showed me that other people had climbed the innocent looking dirt pile to the side of the road.
Little did I know that if I would've turned around and gone another few blocks there was a brand new road that came right where we needed to be! Things would've gone completely different if I had known that.
So, over the little dirt pile I go and promptly get stuck.
I look at Judy and tell her that I think we are high-centered. I tired 4 wheel drive high and low, going in reverse and forward, turning my wheels right and left. I pushed and Judy drove, Judy drove and I pushed. Nothing. I HAD to pick up the phone and call Brian. This was not going to be good, however, Judy and I could NOT stop laughing.....
He picks up the phone and I tell him, you are going to have to come and get us, I am stuck. He has a FEW words for me. I won't repeat them here in case little ears are listening. But, he said he was on his way. Now, I think he is understanding that I am HIGH-CENTERED. The Jeep isn't going anywhere. get it? He didn't. He and a buddy from work show up in a PRIUS. Danny has his coffee mug, so he can really understand the situation. I told Judy, we are in trouble here they come - in the Prius. Not sure how that is going to help.
Brian tells me to get out of the jeep, he needs to try everything I have already done..... Danny needs to take photos and then had assessed the situation at this point and decides that a fulcrum will work. He gets a piece of steel and a rock and proceeds to try and pry the front of the Jeep up and Brian is going in reverse. Not happening, hot stuff....
Brian thinks it needs more weight in the back, Judy and I hop in the back and Danny stands on the back of the Jeep. Nope. Not working either.
So, Brian decides that since we are now late for our appointment with the cabinet people, we should just head on over there and then we will deal with the Jeep. The first words out of his mouth at the cabinet shop is "Do you have a tow strap and a truck?" I think he finally got it.....
They did and Judy, Danny and I picked out the cabinets, Brian and the cabinet guy took off to get the Jeep. Thank goodness it worked after all.
I am sure that I am the laughing stock of Pro 100 and maybe here, but I'm okay with that. We've taken the Jeep on a level 5 trail in Colorado and I get the darned thing stuck 2 feet off the pavement....
Funny thing is I just burst out laughing at random moments now just thinking about it! It was a BIG day!
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Free Kindle books (10/27) - 36 + discounted-book alerts + usual promos - UPDATE
FREE/DISCOUNTED KINDLE BOOKS DISCOVERED BY FORUM MEMBERS
Oct. 27: - Thursday: Morning - 30 newly-free books; Late Evening, 6 more (Total 36)
Also, Thursday there were a few higher-rated, lower-cost newly (temporarily) discounted books.
Zero Sum Book 1 - Kotov Syndrome, by Russell Blake, 5 customer reviews, 5.0 stars, $0.00
Genre: Action and adventeure - Wall Street
First book in the Zero Sum serial trilogy of Wall Street thrillers.
Customer reviews, mostly Amazon Verified Purchases are mainly raves+.
Kindle Daily Deal (Often U.S. only, unfortunately) (The Daily Deal link above changes at MIDNIGHT each day.
Click it to see what the daily deal book is, at any time.)
Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Bourne Betrayal, by Eric Van Lustbader, 107 customer reviews, 2.6 stars
Daily Deal until the end of Thursday 10/27:
Wednesday's Price: $9.99
Thursday's Discount: $7.00
Thursday's Daily Deal Price: $2.99 (70% off)
Genre: Spy Stories & Tales of Intrigue Also, Contemporary Fiction
MORE... ( The temporarily newly-free books and discounted-book forum-alerts are on the 2nd page now, to load the main page more quickly and so that those wanting to go through the details can do so by: clicking on "MORE" just below)
*****
LATEST DISCOUNTED Kindle books (some temporarily) -
Forum-thread starter RandomizeME cautions, "This thread is [only] for discounts and price drops that readers find from publishers." Another main finder is Emily Bronte.
For 10/26-27
Includes somewhat lower cost and higher-rated ones:
Alerts by Robin L. McLaughlin:
HOME: A Memoir of My Early Years by Julie Andrews, $2.51 and a George Carlin book for $2.69.
Also, Children of the Blood (The Sundered) by Michelle Sagara West, the 2nd book in a series that some have been waiting to see discounted, $2.69 (paperback is $11.21).
Alerts by Emily Bronte:
Macmillan:
Why My Third Husband Will be a Dog by Lisa Scottoline, $2.99
The Christmas Shoes by Donna VanLiere, $2.99
TEMPORARILY-Free Books: Alerts from the Amazon Kindle forums - via the tireless"Happy Reader" Joyce , who is ever on the lookout on behalf of forum members.
NOTE: The alerts are quoted from Joyce's collecting of mostly temporarily-free books. They're*not* recommendations by anyone but are a popular, unfiltered daily set of forum release-alerts by Joyce, logged here for those who don't or can't make it to the forums. The eBooks are often no longer free within days, sometimes, within hours. Thanks to Joyce for gathering and organizing them for us.
Ongoing popular discussions
. Feel like almost crying - Kindle loss and personalizing Kindles - lighthearted Newer
. Unusual calls from Amazon because of forum posts
. Personal docs now sendable to individual Kindles again
. [WAS] Warning: Personal docs now sent to a Kindle will now go to all new Kindles
. To Avoid Confusion, Please Use the Official Product Names in Forum" [entertaining]
. Discussion of geographic restrictions on digital purchases
. Discount-alert books discussed on separate message thread (Newer)
. What have been your favorite public domain books that are not so well known?
. Best "Free" books you've read (many are no longer free, however).
. Highly recommended Indie authors
. Unique Uses of Kindles
Other current forum threads that might interest some
Public Library Lending questions at the forums, and Lendle's Kindle borrowing
. How many e-books does your public library have?
. Public librarians: what has been your Kindle/Overdrive experience?
. Changes to lendle (This is Kindle owner-to-Kindle owner lending.)
The changes include incentives for offering loaners
Kindle Touch 3G Kindle Touch WiFi Kindle Basic (UK: KBasic) Kindle Fire
Kindle Keybd 3G (UK: Kindle Keybd 3G) K3 Special Offers K3-3G Special Offers DX
Check often: Temporarily-free late-listed non-classics or recently published ones
Guide to finding Free Kindle books and Sources. Top 100 free bestsellers. Liked-books under $1
UK-Only: recently published non-classics, bestsellers, or £5 Max ones
Also, UK customers should see the UK store's Top 100 free bestsellers.
Oct. 27: - Thursday: Morning - 30 newly-free books; Late Evening, 6 more (Total 36)
Also, Thursday there were a few higher-rated, lower-cost newly (temporarily) discounted books.
Zero Sum Book 1 - Kotov Syndrome, by Russell Blake, 5 customer reviews, 5.0 stars, $0.00
Genre: Action and adventeure - Wall Street
First book in the Zero Sum serial trilogy of Wall Street thrillers.
Customer reviews, mostly Amazon Verified Purchases are mainly raves+.
Click it to see what the daily deal book is, at any time.)
Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Bourne Betrayal, by Eric Van Lustbader, 107 customer reviews, 2.6 stars
Daily Deal until the end of Thursday 10/27:
Wednesday's Price: $9.99
Thursday's Discount: $7.00
Thursday's Daily Deal Price: $2.99 (70% off)
Genre: Spy Stories & Tales of Intrigue Also, Contemporary Fiction
MORE... ( The temporarily newly-free books and discounted-book forum-alerts are on the 2nd page now, to load the main page more quickly and so that those wanting to go through the details can do so by: clicking on "MORE" just below)
*****
LATEST DISCOUNTED Kindle books (some temporarily) -
Forum-thread starter RandomizeME cautions, "This thread is [only] for discounts and price drops that readers find from publishers." Another main finder is Emily Bronte.
For 10/26-27
Includes somewhat lower cost and higher-rated ones:
Alerts by Robin L. McLaughlin:
HOME: A Memoir of My Early Years by Julie Andrews, $2.51 and a George Carlin book for $2.69.
Also, Children of the Blood (The Sundered) by Michelle Sagara West, the 2nd book in a series that some have been waiting to see discounted, $2.69 (paperback is $11.21).
Alerts by Emily Bronte:
Macmillan:
Why My Third Husband Will be a Dog by Lisa Scottoline, $2.99
The Christmas Shoes by Donna VanLiere, $2.99
TEMPORARILY-Free Books: Alerts from the Amazon Kindle forums - via the tireless
NOTE: The alerts are quoted from Joyce's collecting of mostly temporarily-free books. They're
' Happy Reader "Joyce" says:
30 FREE Books... [morning -- and 6 more added Late Evening]
The Ghost Legion: Cold Blades, Story I
Dodge the Bullet
Twice a Rake (Lord Rotheby's Influence, Book 1)
Super Zombie Juice Mega Bomb
The Glass Wall (Book One - The Return of the Ancients)
Soul Tattoo: A Bilingual Edition
The Journey of the Raindrop
Nordic Nights (The Alix Thorssen Mysteries)
Take Control Of Your Life: Self Help For Depression, Anxiety Disorders, Confidence, Success & More
Thanatos Rising (The Memoirs of Harry Chesterton)
Sin and Sacrifice (The Daughters of Eve #1)
Names of Allah
We Hold These Truths
A Scandalous Past (Scandalous Series, BOOK 4)
Gothic Runes
Child of the Ghosts
Tiger of Talmare
Reflections at Sunrise
House Report (Kat Carpenter Mysteries)
Erra (Gods and Thurs)
The Librarian (Book One: Little Boy Lost)
Orchard Park
First Through the Post (Short Story)
A Dark Kiss of Rapture
Compelled (The Adam Chronicles)
Blood Spatter -- A Short Story
Jetting Away
In The Mind of Thaddeus (Short Story)
The Chicken Project (Fiction Friday)
Edge of Grace
***** [Added Late Evening, Thursday, 6 more]
Ten Tales of Tilted Love
Crossing the Camp (Fiction Friday)
American Nightmare
Dust
Farewell to the Tramps
Vermin '
[These are from Joyce's free-books alerts Thursday in the forums, 10/27 - morning, 30 books as of morning; 10/27 - Late Evening, 6 more.]
Ongoing popular discussions
. Feel like almost crying - Kindle loss and personalizing Kindles - lighthearted Newer
. Unusual calls from Amazon because of forum posts
. Personal docs now sendable to individual Kindles again
. [WAS] Warning: Personal docs now sent to a Kindle will now go to all new Kindles
. To Avoid Confusion, Please Use the Official Product Names in Forum" [entertaining]
. Discussion of geographic restrictions on digital purchases
. Discount-alert books discussed on separate message thread (Newer)
. What have been your favorite public domain books that are not so well known?
. Best "Free" books you've read (many are no longer free, however).
. Highly recommended Indie authors
. Unique Uses of Kindles
Other current forum threads that might interest some
Public Library Lending questions at the forums, and Lendle's Kindle borrowing
. How many e-books does your public library have?
. Public librarians: what has been your Kindle/Overdrive experience?
. Changes to lendle (This is Kindle owner-to-Kindle owner lending.)
The changes include incentives for offering loaners
| Amazon's own ongoing listing of LIMITED-TIME OFFERS - Promos Amazon sorts these by Bestsellers first. I've added a by Low-to-High pricing. Editors' Picks: $1.99-$3.99 thru' October | Free contemporary books: subsets Filters out excerpts, chapters, previews US: by Last 30+ days Oct 2011 Publication Date Late-listed Bestselling High-ratings UK: by PubDate Popular |
Kindle Touch 3G Kindle Touch WiFi Kindle Basic (UK: KBasic) Kindle Fire
Kindle Keybd 3G (UK: Kindle Keybd 3G) K3 Special Offers K3-3G Special Offers DX
Check often: Temporarily-free late-listed non-classics or recently published ones
Guide to finding Free Kindle books and Sources. Top 100 free bestsellers. Liked-books under $1
UK-Only: recently published non-classics, bestsellers, or £5 Max ones
Also, UK customers should see the UK store's Top 100 free bestsellers.
Vintage Lighter Necklace
For the guy who always need a handy lighter they can get the Vintage Lighter Necklace. This is a working lighter than goes around your neck with a Vintage styling. The Necklace will run you $44.99 and comes with three different chains to choose from.
Buy it now HERE
Kindle News: Sun-shade for iPad/LCD, Amazon net income, accessories for new Kindles, Kindle Fire: "Millions more" built + good video of demo
COVERS FOR LATEST KINDLESI saw the "Snugg Amazon Kindle Fire leather case and flip stand w/ elastic hand strap and Premium Nubuck Fibre Interior, high quality" case in a press release today. It stated a normal price of $39.99, with a"Sale" price of $29.99 currently and will be released on November 15, the same date as the Kindle Fire tablet/reader itself.
I'm partial to flipstands, but I wish this didn't have that stitching showing. The product is not eligible for Prime.
Here's Amazon's entire assortment of covers for the Kindlefire.
Update: - See the later article on less-expensive covers also.
These are two more unusual covers I've seen and are for the Kindle Basic (NonTouch) and the Kindle Touch. The first one is the New "York Times cover" ("View from Riverhouse") and the second one is the "Verso Prologue" cover. Click on the images to Here are the covers Amazon has for the new e-Ink Kindles.
Click on the images for more info at the product pages for those.
The most useful bookmark for these is the page for all accessories for each Kindle model.
Note that although the Kindle Touch is a bit larger than the Kindle Basic (NonTouch), cover makers are making covers that will work for both units.
A good Kindle Fire demo on video
Richard B. Drake at the Amazon Kindle forums recommended a YouTube video'd demo of the Kindle Fire, saying it's the best demo he's seen so far. It's the best one I've seen also.
To Kindle-Edition subscribers: The video link for use on your computers is: bit.ly/kindlefirevideo.
A Kindle Confession
I got a kick out of this news story by Pat Snyder for Columbus Local News when I spotted the opening paragraph:
' This is hard to admit in pubic, but I'm finally coming out.It goes on to describe the realities of public library lending, so if you have time, read the full article at the link.
After telling my book club, my children, and the English major in me that real books are better, I've been sneaking around with a Kindle. '
"iPad to Kindle: ‘Move Over. You’re in My Sun"
Gadgets Technology features iclipstore.com's iclipse sunshade for iPad ! which is for shading the LCD screen from the sun, "solving the outdoor readability issue."I wonder if they or someone will make one for the Fire and other smaller LCD screens. It's something extra to carry around (flat, they say, and doesn't need to be attached to the tablet) but will mean the difference, sometimes, with whether or not you can view or, especially, read the screen outdoors.
Amazon's lower profits in the 4th Quarter
I mentioned the other day that profits would 'dip' for this quarter and they certainly did, as reported by betanews.com -- a big increase in sales (39% increase over same qtr last year) and a decline in net income, which was down 73% year over year. Shareholder reactions were as expected. But Amazon finished the quarter with $2.8 billion in cash -- quite a bit over the same quarter last year, which closed out with $1.5 billion.
"Shareholders reacted poorly to the earnings report, driving down Amazon shares by 15 percent in after-hours trading."
However, a really excellent article on Jeff Bezos by SUCCESS Magazine's John H. Ostdick, that I meant to post earlier, reminded readers of another period in which long-term growth was Amazon's focus rather than short-term gains.
The familiar story of Amazon's beginnings with a "book beta test among friends" in a garage/basement in 1994 to a TIME magazine "Person of the Year" cover in 1999, involved an initial business plan that "projected that it would not show a profit for four to five years, and bottom-line anxiety created the first cadre of outside doomsayers Amazon would encounter."
Kindle sales in September after the new Kindles announcement
Expenses for the 4th quarter included development of new technologies - e-Ink Touch Kindles, Kindle Fire, the Amazon Cloud, etc., and now, Amazon needing to build "millions more" Kindle Fire units than originally planned.
Other related costs are the building of many warehouses and hiring of thousands of new employees all over the country and abroad to handle the growing business, but here's what Bezos said about September:
' September 28th was the biggest order day ever for Kindle, even bigger than previous holiday peak days," Bezos said in a statement today. "In the three weeks since launch, orders for electronic ink Kindles are double the previous launch. And based on what we're seeing with Kindle Fire pre-orders, we're increasing capacity and building millions more than we'd already planned.” '
Kindle Touch 3G Kindle Touch WiFi Kindle Basic (UK: KBasic) Kindle Fire
Kindle Keybd 3G (UK: Kindle Keybd 3G) K3 Special Offers K3-3G Special Offers DX
Check often: Temporarily-free late-listed non-classics or recently published ones
Guide to finding Free Kindle books and Sources. Top 100 free bestsellers. Liked-books under $1
UK-Only: recently published non-classics, bestsellers, or £5 Max ones
Also, UK customers should see the UK store's Top 100 free bestsellers.
Halloween 2011: The Oracle Way
It's our first halloween at Oracle and for this year's activity, we had to dress up one of our team member's in any costume or theme of our choice - no limits! We didn't give much thought to this but we later learned that this event is really taken seriously by the other teams and not wanting to be left behind, we pulled in all our creative juices and came up with a costume for our 'mascot' who happens to be Joel - he really had no choice :pEverything was very last minute (we just decided on what we will be doing 2 days before the event!) and it was only yesterday when we did some last minute shopping at Market Market for the materials, props and what not. It was a pretty busy day today as we assembled Joel's costume...
The transformation about half an hour before the judging...
And the finished product:
We were finally able to have our first almost-complete team picture...the ones missing were Lyn (she's still out sick), and Lawrence and Bern who were at the conference rooms for the halloween activities for the kids:
Not bad given that we only had 1 day to prepare for this. We didn't win but we were happy nonetheless. Our first RGBU (Retail Global Business Unit) activity was a success and we vow to go all the way next year.
Happy Halloween! :)
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Fruitwash Labels doubles as soap to wash Apples
Wash these Fruit Labels and see them dissolve into an organic fruit cleansing Produce Wash that helps remove wax, pesticides, dirt and bacteria.
via Amron Exptl.
Vertu 1.2" LCD Screen Dual SIM Dual Network Standby Quad-band Cellphone - Golded
Dealextreme has this Vertu fake for sale now for $69.60. This phone is Quad-Band with dual sims. The screen is only 1.2 inches with a resolution of 176x220 pixels.
You can buy it now HERE
Gooapple V5 runs Android with iOS Skin
Gooapple V5 is one the better iPhone 4 clones. The Cell Phone runs Android but the OS looks like iOS. It also features retina display (3.5″ 960 x 640 screen), runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread (yes, it’s still customized to look like iOS), shoots pictures with a 5-megapixel rear camera, 1.3-megapixel front facing camera, packs Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS, and will come in 16GB or 32GB models. It is priced at $279.99 and can be purchased HERE
A week of highlights!
It's been a week! I've been feeling a little under the weather, but I've been productive. I'm glad that I have my nutrition in place so that when I do feel sick, it's not nearly as bad as some people!
These are the highlights from this week:
Went to see Brad Garrett in concert. It was a small, intimate venue and he was funny, but vulgar. I knew this going into the show, so I wasn't surprised. Photo is a bit blurry, but I got one of Brian and I before the show started.
My friend, Robin came over on Monday. She needed a wig for a party this week and we had fun playing around with them. Funnily enough, she chose the green one that neither of us have on!
As you know, we lost 3 houses in the tornado. We are working on rebuilding and the house is coming along quite nicely. I'm going tomorrow to pick out the cabinets and the stain for them and the doors and trim.... So exciting to see the neighborhood coming back!
Madelyn came over today - she was as adorable as usual. Her little personality is coming out - she never stops talking and I mean NEVER!
I didn't get a photo of her today but I love this one of her with one of the 'big punkins' from our pumpkin patch at the lake.
I got the new camera a couple of months ago and I just didn't like it at all. So, I had some points on my credit card and I used them to get another new camera and I have to say. I am so happy I did that! It really makes a difference when you have a good camera!
Tomorrow is my Real Results party and I'll be posting on Friday about my new Beachbody Challenge group! You will NOT want to miss out on that one!
These are the highlights from this week:
Went to see Brad Garrett in concert. It was a small, intimate venue and he was funny, but vulgar. I knew this going into the show, so I wasn't surprised. Photo is a bit blurry, but I got one of Brian and I before the show started.
I got the new camera a couple of months ago and I just didn't like it at all. So, I had some points on my credit card and I used them to get another new camera and I have to say. I am so happy I did that! It really makes a difference when you have a good camera!
Tomorrow is my Real Results party and I'll be posting on Friday about my new Beachbody Challenge group! You will NOT want to miss out on that one!
Free Kindle books (10/26) - 3 (morning) + discounted-book alerts + usual promos
FREE/DISCOUNTED KINDLE BOOKS DISCOVERED BY FORUM MEMBERS
Oct. 26: - Wednesday: 3 newly-free books. Also, today there are several highly-rated, lower-cost newly (temporarily) discounted books.
A King in a Court of Fools, by Larry Enright, 21 customer reviews, 5.0 stars, $0.00
Genre: Humorous fiction, coming of age, nostalgia
Growing up in the 50s. The customer reviews are extremely positive
Kindle Daily Deal (Often U.S. only, unfortunately) (The Daily Deal link above changes at MIDNIGHT each day.
Click it to see what the daily deal book is, at any time.)
Crossing Oceans, by Gina Holmes, 208 customer reviews, 4.4 stars
Daily Deal until the end of Wednesday 10/26:
Tuesday's Price: $9.59
Wednesday's Discount: $7.60
Wednesday's Daily Deal Price: $1.99 (79% off)
"...haunting tale that packs an emotional wallop. Keep tissues near. --Publishers Weekly Holmes's characters are so real they pop from the pages...dramatic, emotional, faith-based novel" --Booklist
MORE... ( The temporarily newly-free books and discounted-book forum-alerts are on the 2nd page now, to load the main page more quickly and so that those wanting to go through the details can do so by: clicking on "MORE" just below)
*****
LATEST DISCOUNTED Kindle books (some temporarily) -
Forum-thread starter RandomizeME cautions, "This thread is [only] for discounts and price drops that readers find from publishers." Another main finder is Emily Bronte.
For 10/24-26
These include the following lower-cost books:
. You Don't have to Learn the Hard Way: Making it in the Real World: A Guide for Graduates, by J. R. Parrish, 17 customer reviews, 4.9 stars, $1.79 (Digital List price $19.95) - found by Joanna.
. Give Me Liberty, by Naomi Wolf, 29 customer reviews, 4.5 stars, $2.99, published by Simon & Schuster, in paperback for $11.16 - found by Emily Bronte
. The Element of Fire., by Martha Wells, 15 customer reviews, 4.7 stars, $2.99 - found by TravelingGal (may be free on manybooks.net
. Decision at Sea : Five Naval Battles that Shaped American History, by Craig L. Symonds, 18 customer reviews, 4.3 stars, $1.99 - found by Bookish Booker.
. Waiting for Autumn, by Scott Blum, 113 customer reviews, 4.6 stars, $0.89 - found by Emily Bronte
There are other lower priced books too, and others that are quite a bit higher but recently discounted.
TEMPORARILY-Free Books: Alerts from the Amazon Kindle forums - via the tireless"Happy Reader" Joyce , who is ever on the lookout on behalf of forum members.
NOTE: The alerts are quoted from Joyce's collecting of mostly temporarily-free books. They're*not* recommendations by anyone but are a popular, unfiltered daily set of forum release-alerts by Joyce, logged here for those who don't or can't make it to the forums. The eBooks are often no longer free within days, sometimes, within hours. Thanks to Joyce for gathering and organizing them for us.
Another thread mentioned "A Window in the Earth" - by Matthew Fish, with 3 good ratings by people who purchased the book.
Ongoing popular discussions
. Unusual calls from Amazon because of forum posts Newer
. Personal docs now sendable to individual Kindles again Newer
. [WAS] Warning: Personal docs now sent to a Kindle will now go to all new Kindles
. To Avoid Confusion, Please Use the Official Product Names in Forum" [entertaining]
. Discussion of geographic restrictions on digital purchases
. Discount-alert books discussed on separate message thread (Newer)
. What have been your favorite public domain books that are not so well known?
. Best "Free" books you've read (many are no longer free, however).
. Highly recommended Indie authors
. Unique Uses of Kindles
Other current forum threads that might interest some
Public Library Lending questions at the forums, and Lendle's Kindle borrowing
. How many e-books does your public library have?
. Public librarians: what has been your Kindle/Overdrive experience?
. Changes to lendle (This is Kindle owner-to-Kindle owner lending.)
The changes include incentives for offering loaners
Kindle Touch 3G Kindle Touch WiFi Kindle Basic (UK: KBasic) Kindle Fire
Kindle Keybd 3G (UK: Kindle Keybd 3G) K3 Special Offers K3-3G Special Offers DX
Check often: Temporarily-free late-listed non-classics or recently published ones
Guide to finding Free Kindle books and Sources. Top 100 free bestsellers. Liked-books under $1
UK-Only: recently published non-classics, bestsellers, or £5 Max ones
Also, UK customers should see the UK store's Top 100 free bestsellers.
Oct. 26: - Wednesday: 3 newly-free books. Also, today there are several highly-rated, lower-cost newly (temporarily) discounted books.
A King in a Court of Fools, by Larry Enright, 21 customer reviews, 5.0 stars, $0.00
Genre: Humorous fiction, coming of age, nostalgia
Growing up in the 50s. The customer reviews are extremely positive
Click it to see what the daily deal book is, at any time.)
Crossing Oceans, by Gina Holmes, 208 customer reviews, 4.4 stars
Daily Deal until the end of Wednesday 10/26:
Tuesday's Price: $9.59
Wednesday's Discount: $7.60
Wednesday's Daily Deal Price: $1.99 (79% off)
"...haunting tale that packs an emotional wallop. Keep tissues near. --Publishers Weekly Holmes's characters are so real they pop from the pages...dramatic, emotional, faith-based novel" --Booklist
MORE... ( The temporarily newly-free books and discounted-book forum-alerts are on the 2nd page now, to load the main page more quickly and so that those wanting to go through the details can do so by: clicking on "MORE" just below)
*****
LATEST DISCOUNTED Kindle books (some temporarily) -
Forum-thread starter RandomizeME cautions, "This thread is [only] for discounts and price drops that readers find from publishers." Another main finder is Emily Bronte.
For 10/24-26
These include the following lower-cost books:
. You Don't have to Learn the Hard Way: Making it in the Real World: A Guide for Graduates, by J. R. Parrish, 17 customer reviews, 4.9 stars, $1.79 (Digital List price $19.95) - found by Joanna.
. Give Me Liberty, by Naomi Wolf, 29 customer reviews, 4.5 stars, $2.99, published by Simon & Schuster, in paperback for $11.16 - found by Emily Bronte
. The Element of Fire., by Martha Wells, 15 customer reviews, 4.7 stars, $2.99 - found by TravelingGal (may be free on manybooks.net
. Decision at Sea : Five Naval Battles that Shaped American History, by Craig L. Symonds, 18 customer reviews, 4.3 stars, $1.99 - found by Bookish Booker.
. Waiting for Autumn, by Scott Blum, 113 customer reviews, 4.6 stars, $0.89 - found by Emily Bronte
There are other lower priced books too, and others that are quite a bit higher but recently discounted.
TEMPORARILY-Free Books: Alerts from the Amazon Kindle forums - via the tireless
NOTE: The alerts are quoted from Joyce's collecting of mostly temporarily-free books. They're
' Happy Reader "Joyce" says:
3 FREE Books for Wednesday, as of early morning...
One Imperfect Christmas
Author: Myra Johnson
Genre: Relgious - Spiritual
DESCRIPTION:Graphic designer Natalie Pearce faces the most difficult Christmas of her life. For almost a year, her mother has lain in a nursing home, the victim of a massive stroke, and Natalie blames herself for not being there when it happened. Worse, she's allowed the monstrous load of guilt to drive a wedge between her and everyone she loves-most of all her husband Daniel. Her marriage is on the verge of dissolving, her prayer life is suffering, and she's one Christmas away from hitting rock bottom.Junior-high basketball coach Daniel Pearce is at his wit's end. Nothing he's done has been able to break through the wall Natalie has erected between them. And their daughter Lissa's adolescent rebellion isn't helping matters. As Daniel's hope reaches its lowest ebb, he wonders if this Christmas will spell the end of his marriage and the loss of everything he holds dear.
*****
The Lord is My Shepherd (Psalm 23 Mysteries)
Author: Debbie Viguie
Genre: Religious - Spiritual
DESCRIPTION: Cindy's church is getting ready to celebrate Easter, and Jeremiah's Temple is preparing for Passover when Cindy literally stumbles over the body of an unknown man lying dead in the sanctuary. The church was locked, and a bloody cross necklace on the floor seems to be the only clue. The killer is likely a member of the congregation, but there are hints that similar deaths have happened in the past. Are Cindy and Jeremiah dealing with a serial killer? They have to unravel the clues before Easter Sunday arrives and more people die.Cindy and Jeremiah come from two different worlds, even though they work right next door to each other. Cindy is a strong Christian who lives a normal but somewhat dull life, working as a church secretary. Jeremiah is a Reformed rabbi with a mysterious past full of danger and excitement. But one eventful Easter/Passover week, the two find themselves working together to solve a murder and stop a serial killer from striking again. Solving the mystery should put an end to their alliance, but the church secretary and the rabbi quickly find themselves enmeshed in another mystery. Soon the two form a friendly alliance and friendship, exploring personal history and faith and growing closer with each passing adventure. Despite their differences Cindy and Jeremiah find a lot of common ground.
*****
Lyric's Cop (Crime Tells, Book One)
Author: Jory Strong
Genre: Erotica
DESCRIPTION: Book 1 in the Crime Tells series. Solving a case about pilfered pooches is pretty tame work for a vice cop, but when the victim is your grandmother, well... the police take care of their own. Trouble is, one look at Lyric Montgomery, the PI his grandmother has hired to recover her stolen dachshunds, and Kieran Burke knows he's got a problem. He's never been turned on so fast-or so attracted to a hellion with a reputation for breaking the law.Lyric Montgomery can't believe she's falling for a cop. She's always had a little problem staying inside the lines, and Kieran is definitely a complication she doesn't need. But his dominant, I'm-in-control attitude tempts her like fire tempts a pyromaniac.Kieran may lay down the rules, but he quickly finds out that for Lyric, breaking them is half the fun, especially when it drives him crazy and evokes his special brand of "punishment".As the trail heats up, it isn't the only thing burning hot enough to melt steel. Bad boy Kieran finds the only way to keep his sexy little pet detective safe may be tying her to his bed-permanently."
[These are from Joyce's free-books alerts Wednesday in the forums, 10/26, 3 books as of morning.][
Another thread mentioned "A Window in the Earth" - by Matthew Fish, with 3 good ratings by people who purchased the book.
Ongoing popular discussions
. Unusual calls from Amazon because of forum posts Newer
. Personal docs now sendable to individual Kindles again Newer
. [WAS] Warning: Personal docs now sent to a Kindle will now go to all new Kindles
. To Avoid Confusion, Please Use the Official Product Names in Forum" [entertaining]
. Discussion of geographic restrictions on digital purchases
. Discount-alert books discussed on separate message thread (Newer)
. What have been your favorite public domain books that are not so well known?
. Best "Free" books you've read (many are no longer free, however).
. Highly recommended Indie authors
. Unique Uses of Kindles
Other current forum threads that might interest some
Public Library Lending questions at the forums, and Lendle's Kindle borrowing
. How many e-books does your public library have?
. Public librarians: what has been your Kindle/Overdrive experience?
. Changes to lendle (This is Kindle owner-to-Kindle owner lending.)
The changes include incentives for offering loaners
| Amazon's own ongoing listing of LIMITED-TIME OFFERS - Promos Amazon sorts these by Bestsellers first. I've added a by Low-to-High pricing. Editors' Picks: $1.99-$3.99 thru' October | Free contemporary books: subsets Filters out excerpts, chapters, previews US: by Last 30+ days Oct 2011 Publication Date Late-listed Bestselling High-ratings UK: by PubDate Popular |
Kindle Touch 3G Kindle Touch WiFi Kindle Basic (UK: KBasic) Kindle Fire
Kindle Keybd 3G (UK: Kindle Keybd 3G) K3 Special Offers K3-3G Special Offers DX
Check often: Temporarily-free late-listed non-classics or recently published ones
Guide to finding Free Kindle books and Sources. Top 100 free bestsellers. Liked-books under $1
UK-Only: recently published non-classics, bestsellers, or £5 Max ones
Also, UK customers should see the UK store's Top 100 free bestsellers.
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