Today, a story about a new initiative to bring books to prisoners in London jails. Also, Amazon launches the Kindle Reading Fund, citizens are asked to open their WiFi to help with the earthquake rescue in Italy and more. Today’s deals include a Lenovo laptop and deals on Daredevil comics.
Daily Links for day, August 25, 2016:
Amazon launches the Kindle Reading Fund to expand digital reading around the world (Techcrunch) Amazon’s initiative allows schools and 501(c)(3) organizations to make donation requests.
Italian earthquake victims asked to disable WiFi passwords (Engadget) To facilitate rescue efforts, people are being asked to open up their WiFi networks for allow aid workers and people needing help to use online services to communicate.
A book purge has reawakened a love of books (The Lima News) A book purge using the “spark joy” method from Marie Kondo’s The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up had a surprising result.
Smashwords Alerts Notifies Readers of New Releases from Favorite Authors (Smashwords) This new feature makes it easier to keep track of new works by your faves.
London prisoners to get free ‘Books in Nicks’ (The Bookseller) Last year, there as a plan floated to deny prisoners books. Now they plan to give them away instead.
Deals of the Day:
Amazon’s selection of Kindle Daily Deals includes several Daredevil Comics collections.
In Today’s Deals, a Lenovo Thinkpad T460 14″ Laptop, a Dyson V6 Cordless Vacuum (Certified Refurbished), and a Hamilton Beach Set ‘n Forget Programmable Slow Cooker.
The Barnes and Noble Nook Daily Find is The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee. The Romance Daily Find is Hard to Hold (Hold Trilogy Series #1) by Stephanie Tyler.
Kobo’s Daily Deal is Dream Man by Linda Howard. The Extra Daily Deal is Game Theory: A Katerina Carter Fraud Legal Thriller by Colleen Cross.
iTunes’ Weekly Bestsellers Under $4 includes Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen by Susan Gregg Gilmore. Isn’t this a great title? 🙂
Google Books has a selection of Hot Book Deals.
(A note on Daily Deals: All prices current at the time of posting and subject to change. Most items marked Daily Deals are good for only the day posted.
Many large promotions have discount pricing that is set by the publisher. This usually means that titles can be found at a discount price across most platforms (with iTunes sometimes being the exception). If you have a favorite retailer you like to patronize, check the title on that website. There is a good chance that they will be matching the sale price.)
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It’s going to be kinda hard for the earthquake victims to disable their Wifi; they’re either dead, in the hospital, or refugees.
That was the article’s title, not mine. I thought locals or area residents would have been a clearer term.But I can’t argue with the fact that all members of those communities are victims of the earthquake and have a lot more to worry about than WiFi settings.
I’ve actually done quite a big book purge, but I had a ridiculous number of books to begin with. I haven’t, however, purged my ebooks–I will always continue to collect those!
I’m still working on the print books. I haven’t read a print book for years but have a hard time letting go. Tried purging, but I am still feeling guilty for sending giving away all my SF books. 😦 And I have no idea what to do with my cookbook collection….
Most cookbooks, I’ve kept (as long as I could adapt the recipes to the way we eat).