APRIL 2012's 100 Kindle Deals, $1.99-$3.99
I highlight this feature at or near the beginning of the month for newcomers, and even oldcomers who don't know it exists.
These are Kindle books "hand-selected" by Amazon's Editors each month, and what you'll see on that special monthly-deals page are the new ones for April 2012.
As most are probably aware, Kindle books are easily readable, in color, on the Kindle Fire also, a hybrid tablet/e-reader with some Amazon bonus material.
On March 30, Rick Broida of CNET caused a brouhaha by writing, under 'Reviews,' a column about a personal decision: "Why I'm returning my new iPad and buying a Kindle Fire" - subtitled "Now that I've lived with both, I can safely say that I prefer a smaller, more affordable tablet."
You can imagine the reaction he got :-) But I also have a really fine 10" tablet made by Samsung (from Woot! for $320) and, re that one, a commenter posted today, "Buy a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. We did a side by side comparison with the new iPad and could not see a difference." One person asked if he had his eyes open.
But, I was using the Samsung last night, thinking how great it looked and wondering how much better the Retina display could be. But as much as I love the 10" tablet, it's the Kindle Fire I use about 80-90% of the time. And it IS the size. It's like choosing to pick up a paperback or a hardcover, I think. And of course it's the KFire I take out with me and not the Samsung, though I used the latter for vacation with a bluetooth keyboard.
Others have pointed out that iPad 3 users should get the 32 GB model rather than the 16 GB one as the new pixel density produces far larger files, requires the bigger battery (which is why it runs pretty warm) and will use much more 3G/4G data meaning limits will be reached faster.
Another effect is that iPad and
Today's sets of temporarily-free Kindle books selected and listed by Kindle forum members. April 2 books
As of 9am PDT, it's at about 248 newly free books but more people post their recommended selections later in the day.
Today's Kindle Daily DealAs usual, a reminder that there's the ongoing Kindle Daily Deal ('Swarm'), Science Fiction, first book of B.V. Larson's 'Star Force Series' - 99c today.
Sheet music special - classical urtext editions
G. Henle urtext editions, sheet music - This will interest a few who tend to look for G. Henle editions, which are seldom found on sale. They're imported and are considered the most accurate editions. The sale has been going on since March 21 and ends April 10, and I've mentioned it only to piano groups, but it occurred to me that some Kindle-interested might want to know about it.Kindle Touch 3G, US-only Kindle Touch WiFi (US) Kindle Touch WiFi-Only, outside US
Kindle Keybd 3G (UK: Kindle Keybd 3G) K3 Special Offers K3-3G Special Offers DX
Check often: Temporarily-free recently published ones
Guide to finding Free Kindle books and Sources. Top 100 free bestsellers. Liked-books under $1
UK-Only: recently published free books, bestsellers, or £5 Max ones
Also, UK customers should see the UK store's Top 100 free bestsellers.
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Funny you should say you take your Fire over the larger Samsung tablet. That is exactly the reason I went for the 8.9 size tablet. My eyes demanded something a little bigger than the 7" size, but having owned an iPad, I knew I needed something smaller for portability.
ReplyDeleteI'm also thinking about a larger Galaxy Tab for at-home use only, but at this point, they are going to have to show me a better update schedule before I spend the money.
Hi, Jazz -
DeleteThat 8.9 Samsung gets raves too. Yes, Samsung's very slow to update to the things wanted like Ice Cream Sandwich, but I've had 3 updates on it so far, and it's smooth. Tom mentioned the Kindle app voice feature that helps in things like searching for items, but the Samsung's Honeycomb does that too, via Google Voice (which is amazingly accurate) and its own language interpreter, which is not as accurate but is usable for writing emails. I imagine you're using those on your 8.9".