Category Archives: Daily Deals

Daily Links: Rakuten buys Overdrive

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daily linksDigital Life:

Are Message Boards on the Way Out? (Teleread)

 30 times the novel has been declared dead since 1902 (Vox)

New App Blocks Profanity From Being Displayed On eBooks (Galley Cat)

Pushkin Press Announces New Crime Imprint: Pushkin Vertigo (Publishing Perspectives)

ICANN, Copyright Infringement and the Public Interest (Wahsington Post)

Rakuten Buys OverDrive; What’s it Mean for Kindle Library Books? (The Ebook Reader)

Telephone and Broadband:

LG’s ridiculously cute AKA gets a wider release (Android Central)

Gaming and Streaming:

Watch Thousands of Free Movies at Documentary Heaven (Lifehacker)

How Many People Want to Pay for ESPN? The Web Will Tell Us. (Recode)

Discovery Channel Founder Starts Nonfiction Streaming Video Service Recode)

 Chromecast update allows some users to control it with a TV remote (Android Central)

PlayStation Vue launches live-TV service in three cities, starts at $49/mo (Ars Technica)

Apple Reportedly Gearing Up for Online Television Service (Gear Diary)

Classic FPS Descent to be rebooted by Star Citizen alums

Tips, Tricks and How-to:

How to use FaceTime on iPad (Tab Times)

How to Access Dropbox on Chrome OS (Google Chromecast)

Finds and Deals:

Amazon’s Kindle Daily Deals for today feature romance, biography and science fiction, including Walter Tevis’ classic, The Man Who Fell to Earth (the basis for the amazing 1976 film  staring David Bowie).

The NOOK Find of the Day is The Rise (The Originals Series #1) by Julie Plec for $2.99. This is a tie-in to the TV series.

The Kobo Daily Deal is The Lions of Lucerne – The Scot Harvath Series (Book #1) by Brad Thor for $1.99.

Daily Links are interesting links I discover as I go about my online day. The frequency and number of links posted depend upon the daily news. I also post other, different links of interest on the Google Plus eBook Evangelist Page.

 

Finds and Deals: $20 off Kindle

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basic kindleJust in time for Read an E-book Week: Until March 7, Amazon is offering $20 off the basic Kindle. This e-ink reader features a touch screen with  special offers.

Amazon is also offering 175 Kindle books for $1.99 until March 11, 2015. The selection is quite varied, featuring thrillers, mysteries, romance and more.

Finds and Deals for Monday, March 2, 2015:

Kindle Daily Deals:  Gould’s Book of Fish by Richard Flanagan and more….

Barnes and Noble Find of the Day: Lady Eve’s Indiscretion by Grace Burrowes for $1.99. There are also 101 NOOK Books Under $2.99 or less. (I found the SAS Survival Handbook for $1.99.) 🙂

Kobo Daily Deal: The Game and the Governess by Kate Noble for $1.99.

I will be looking for special deals and events to post all during Read an E-Book Week.

 

 

Daily Links: New Update Available for Kindle Keyboard

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kindlesThe Digital Life:

Amazon Rolls Out Update for Kindle Keyboard, Fixes Web Browser Issues (Digital Reader)

“Pride and Prejudice” gets its first U.S. Supreme Court citation (Washington Post)

Did Waterstone’s really see a shift back to Print? (Teleread)

The Latest Computer Virus is So Smart That It Won’t Even Attack if It Detects Defenses (Digital Reader)

Red light camera vendor Redflex freaked out it may lose contracts (Ars Technica)

Facebook (Sort Of) Launches Facebook at Work (Recode)

Gaming and video streaming:

Evolve’s questionable bargain: Pre-purchase to avoid the unlock grind (Ars Technica)

Dailymotion launches Twitch competitor for video game streaming (Gigaoam)

Broadband and Telephone news:

Broadband Competition Should Be Encouraged, Not Restricted (Recode)

Finds and Deals:

Amazon Kindle Daily Deals  today include financial thriller Black Fridays: A Novel (Jason Stafford Book 1), romance, biography, science fiction and YA deals.

Barnes and Noble Find of the Day is The Gingerbread House by Carin Gerhardsen ($2.99).

Kobo Daily Deal is Falling Together by Marisa de los Santos ($1.99).

Daily Links are interesting links I discover as I go about my online day. The frequency and number of links posted depend upon the daily news. I also post other links of interest on the Google Plus eBook Evangelist Page.

Book Deals of the Day: 12-30-2014

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Johnny CashAmazon is still tempting us to fill up our Kindles. Today,they are offering 20 popular fiction titles for $2.99 or less. Today’s offerings include the first four titles in Kendra Elliott’s Bone Secrets series.

Also for $2.99 or less, there are 12 memoirs and biographies including titles on musical greats such as Aretha Franklin, Carlos Santana, Johnny Cash, and Mick Fleetwood. There are also recent titles such as I am Malala and Robin Roberts’ Everybody’s Got Something.

Finally, for the kids daily deal, there are six Calvin and Hobbes books for only $1.99 each.

You can see all of Amazon’s Daily Deals here.

Barnes and Noble is still tempting us as well. There are 101 thriller NOOK books and 101 e-books for kids and teens, all on sale for $2.99 or less.

 

 

Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 on sale today for 30% off

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hdx_89Amazon has what looks to be the entire line of 8.9 HDX Fire tablets on sale today for 30% off. This is pretty amazing as these seem to be the current 2014 model. That means a you can get a flagship 8.9 HDX (Amazon’s iPad competitor), starting at only $299. Most of the other HDX tablets previously on sale were previous generation models.

The 4G LTE models (Verizon and A T & T) are included in the sale. This sale includes an unlocked GSM version of the 4G LTE model. Since T-Mobile offers 200MB a month of free tablet data to its customers, this was the model that I was looking for. 🙂 You can also buy an A T & T sim to go with the tablet for use on their network.

 

Kindle Fire HDX 4G half off today

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Fire HDXThere’s a fantastic Gold Box deal on Amazon.com today for a new  Kindle Fire HDX 7″Wi-fi and 4G LTE – 50 percent off the regular price. The tablet is available in 16GB for $139 or  in the 64 GB configurations for $159.

PLEASE NOTE: The 4G connection works with either AT &T or Verizon. I have heard of these working with SIM cards from other companies. Check with your service provider to make sure that the device will work with your carrier. This is the previous generation (3rd) HDX and not the latest model. These are new and not refurbished.

Certified refurbished Kindles and Fire tablets sale

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Kindle FireRight now, Amazon has Certified refurbished Kindles and Fire tablets on sale for 25% off. There are a variety of devices available. There are several Kindle e-ink Paperwhites in various 3G and Wi-fi, 1st and 2nd generation devices starting at $89.  There are also some good deals on previous generation Kindle Fires – these are the ones with the micro-HDMI connector that is no longer included on current models. There is even a 4G LTE model. All of the devices I saw had special offers, but Amazon will remove the offers for a fee.

All certified refurbished Kindles and Fire tablets come with a one year warranty. These are a great deal for someone looking for a value.

Over the years, I have bought several refurbished Kindles and Fires and they have performed beautifully. How about you? Would you buy a refurb?

Daily Deals: Iris Johansen mysteries and William Gibson’s Neuromancer

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iris_Johansen_coverAmazon has a couple of great Daily Deals today.

First, there are twenty of New York Times best-selling author Iris Johansen mysteries and thrillers on sale at Amazon for $2.99 each. This is a super deal if you are trying to fill in some backlist titles. 🙂

Also, for sale today, William Gibson’s Neuromancer, the now-classic book that started the cyberpunk genre for only $1.99.