09 July 2009

OMG, Amazon Kindle is Only $299

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I just got this latest email from Amazon:

We’re excited to announce that Kindle: Amazon's 6-inch Kindle is now only $299. With this exciting new low price, summer reading just got a lot more fun!

Sleek and lightweight, Kindle is as thin as a typical magazine and holds over 1,500 books. An advanced display reads like real paper and boasts 16 shades of gray for clear text and crisp images.


The Kindle Store now has over 300,000 books, magazines, newspapers, and blogs. With an advanced 3G wireless connection on your Kindle, you can start reading books in less than 60 seconds.



If you have been waiting to get a Kindle now is the time with this great price!

04 July 2009

Kindle Book July 4th Specials

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Available at a reduced price until July 5th:


The fife and drum of history mark the time of each passing day. And within their cadence, personalities, conflicts, discoveries, ideas, and nations peal and fade. American history is no different. From the starving time of Jamestown during the Winter of 1609, through the bloody argument of the Civil War, and to today, the United States is a tale best told one day at a time.

In The American Patriot's Almanac, Dr. William J. Bennett distills the American drama into three hundred sixty-five entries--one for each day of the year. Fascinating in its detail and singular in its grasp of the big themes, Bennett's Almanac will make anyone a fan of history, assembling even some of the most obscure details.

Boomtown: Chang's Famous Fireworks: This is a humerous mystery and adventure story that kids will love to read! Boomtown is the home of Chang's Famous Fireworks factory, the Slush Olympics, the "Fighting Slugs" football team, rocket reindeer, and flying barber chairs. Boomtown is a humorous tall tale about a fictional town and its odd residents, written to capture the attention and inspire the imagination of intermediate readers. It's a fun read. However, underneath the humorous veneer, Boomtown asks and answers the question, "What does a healthy community look like?" The main characters struggle as they learn to trust their neighbors.

01 July 2009

Kindle Not Available Outside US, What Are My Choices

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I see a lot of potential Kindle buyers writing on message boards wondering how they can get a Kindle when they are living outside of the US. It is possible, but involves someone in the States helping you out. There are a lot of other ebook readers available now and with Google getting into the ebook game, it may not be necessary to get with Amazon to get the latest books. Below is a video from The Gadget Show which reviews three different ebook readers available in the UK. Keep in mind the video is a little old but the views of each reader are nice. There have been quite a few updates since this show including one on the BeBook, which now has added MobiPocket support. These ebook readers are also available for US users who are looking for something different.

Here is some more info:

BeBook:

The BeBook has .pdf support. If you are going to use this for a lot of .pdfs, check the forum on the website before buying. There was some of talk of having to do some reformatting to get the .pdfs to view correctly. This reader has the SD card slot which many Kindle 1 users missed when the Kindle was upgraded to version 2. BeBook also has links on their website to download 20,000 free books.

Site: mybebook.com

BEBOOK ereader $279.99
- Supported file formats: pdf, mobi, prc, epub, lit, txt, fb2, doc, html, rtf, djvu, wol, ppt, mbp, chm, bmp, jpg, png, gif, tif, rar, zip, mp3.
- 512MB internal memory, enough for at least 1,000 books
- SD memorycard slot included (extendable up to 4GB)
- Built-in menu language support: English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch, Chinese, Russian, Greek, Ukraine, Turkish, Japanese, Korean, Bulgarian, Estonian, Polish
- Change font type while reading
- Increase/decrease font size of ereader display
- Add bookmark to a page
- Zoom page
- Sort library by title, filename, size
- Play mp3 files and audiobooks

For more information on where to get the iRex outside of the US click here.

27 June 2009

Lets' Talk Honestly: One Black Man's Thoughts

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I received a message from the KindleChat group on Google from an author about his new Kindle book and thought I would share it with you.

This is from the author, George L. Cook III:

My book is titled Let's Talk Honestly: One Black Man's Thoughts. It is a collection of poems and essays inspired by my experiences as a soldier, community activist, time in politics, coach, husband, and father. And yes, they are inspired by my experiences as a black man living in the United States .

My hope is that by reading and sharing these poems many will see that while there are some serious issues in the Black Community that many African Americans want the same things many Americans do. Better schools, security, and yes, the American Dream.


Check out the book for just $1.50 here
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