Amazon is running a sale until March 27th on twelve Kindle games and crosswords, including SCRABBLE, EA Solitaire, Triple Town, EA Texas Hold’em, Mahjong Solitaire, NY Times Crosswords, and others. They cost $0.99 each. The regular prices are between $1.99 and $4.99. Below is a list of free ebooks from Amazon for the Kindle and […]
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Two Amazon Exclusives: 7 Einstein Kindle Books, Angry Birds Rio
A couple of Amazon exclusives came to light yesterday. First, Amazon announced that they’ve added seven of Albert Einstein’s books to the Kindle Store, which happened to be on his 132nd birthday. Secondly, Amazon’s Appstore for Android is getting set to launch most likely this week or next. Amazon nabbed a new version of Angry […]
New Educational Kindle Active Content for Kids
Earlier today an email appeared in my inbox regarding a press release for a couple of new educational Kindle apps designed for kids, apparently the first of their kind released for the Kindle. The apps are from a company called Digi Ronin Games. There’s Flash Cards: Basic Math for Kids and Flash Cards: Fractions for […]
More Free eBooks for Kindle and Nook
Here’s another list of free ebooks from Amazon and Barnes and Noble. B&N’s and Amazon’s ebooks will work on their respective ereaders, partnered devices (like the Pandigital Novel for B&N), and free software applications for Android, iPad, PC, Mac, smartphones, etc. Like always, the majority of these free ebooks are free for a limited time […]
QVC Selling Kindle 3 for $335 with Accessories – Don’t Buy It!
I happened to notice this morning that QVC is now selling the Kindle 3. The bad news is the price is the most ridiculous thing I’ve seen in a long time. The 3G Kindle 3 sells from Amazon for $189 with free shipping. QVC is selling the Kindle 3 for $335.16 plus $10.47 for shipping. […]
New Kindle Games and Kindle Active Content
Several new Kindle games, crosswords, and interactive ebooks (similar to choose your own adventure books) have been added to the Kindle store over the past couple of months. In fact, Amazon recently created a new sub-section specifically for Kindle games and active content. Here’s a list of 18 new additions. Make sure to get this […]
Kindle 3 Firmware Update Adds New Features
Amazon is getting set to release a new firmware update, version 3.1, for the Kindle 3G and Kindle WiFi that adds some interesting new features. If you want an early preview of the new software update you can download and install it manually by visiting Amazon’s Kindle Software page and following the directions. Otherwise it […]
Where to Get DRM-free eBooks for Kindle, Sony, Nook, and other eReaders
One big misconception about the Kindle is that you can only buy ebooks from Amazon. While that is true for ebooks laced with DRM, you can still buy ebooks to read on a Kindle from websites that sell DRM-free ebooks. The same goes for the Sony Readers, Nook, and other ereaders. DRM-free ebooks will work […]