For newcomers to the Kindle or to this blog, here are the special book deals for May 2014 -- where to find them, etc.
MAY 2014's Kindle Books deal, for $3.99 or less (See UK page below.)
I often highlight this monthly deal at or near the beginning of the month for those who don't know about it or might not remember.
For those who want to quickly look first at only the ones that are star-rated at 4 or above, here is Amazon's page for exactly that.
On the main monthly Kindle book deals page, separate categories are highlighted, using Amazon's usual horizontally-scrolling pick-lists, for the following topics highlighted on the main page. They link to "See all" at the bottom of each horizontally-scrolled category row [ I'm adding direct links to the full category listings ]:
1. History and by Avg Customer Rating
2. Science Fiction & Fantasy and by Avg Customer Rating
3. Biography and Memoirs and by Avg Customer Rating
4. Literary Fiction Deals and by Avg Customer Rating
5. Religion and Spirituality and by Avg Customer Rating
7. Whispersync for Voice and by Avg Customer Rating Newer
The Whispersync category has sometimes shown up with an explanation that the
corresponding audio book is also sold at the monthly-deal price, if wanted.
' Now you can seamlessly switch between reading featured Kindle books and listening to them without ever losing your place...But the Whispersync category is no longer on the main Monthly Deals page, although the deals still exist (there are about 45 of these Whispersync-ready books in this month's deals). They ARE included in the overall scrolled monthly deals that can be sorted by several options at the bottom of that main page.
First, purchase the Kindle book for $3.99 or less. Then add the narration from Audible for $3.99 or less to enable the feature. '
This main monthly deals page also has, on the right, two vertically-scrolling categories:
1. A list of Bestsellers
2. Mystery, Thriller, and Suspense highlighted + more in the linked full list w/ sorting options)
Here's that fuller listing by Avg Customer Rating
THEN, at the bottom of the new main monthly Kindle book-deals page, they offer the FULL current monthly listing, defaulting to sorting by "New and Popular" and there are 110 in all, currently, but the number may vary.
Here's a direct link to that Full-listing (US), sorted by "New and Popular" for the month, so
it's a good one to bookmark if you just want to jump to that) and
you can choose another sort option for this full listing, such as
Avg Customer Rating or by Price: Low to High
These options should make it easier to find books of interest to you.
The pricing for May's group of Kindle books ranges from $0.99 to $3.99, as is usual for this monthly deal.
The Kindle books you'll see on this special monthly-deals page (UK version here) are new for May 2014.
FREE KINDLE BOOKS (Non-classics) for May (and April)
I've updated the "Temporarily-free books -- Non-classics" search results to show free contemporary Kindle books for MAY, sorted by publication-date, as of May 5, 2014. There are only a few shown on the first day or two of any month, and these include pre-orders due that month. On the first few days of the month, most of these are listed as "free preview" of whatever chapters chosen, some are short stories, and a few (overnight) not-entire-family-safe titles may show up.
Here, also, are the current Search results for still free Kindle non-classics, by publication date during the last month (April).
Amazon's additional Mother's Day (and other) listings of recommended Kindle books and products
Here are their book recommendations for Mother's Day
In addition, they've added a section for general Mother's Day gift ideas.
And while they were at it, with June looming, they added a GRADUATION ideas page.
The ongoing Kindle Daily Deals page
for any given day usually shows a lot of books since it includes children's books, a couple of genre-specific deals, and the monthly daily deals as well.
DISCOUNTED / Price Dropped Kindle eBooks III - the ongoing Kindle Forum message thread
This is an ongoing message thread in which Kindle owners share information on recent drops in pricing on specific Kindle books, often with some added info by the person posting it.
Here's a link to the thread, starting at an April 30 posting that includes a book that's still on sale today
These include some large price drops on books with fairly high customer ratings.
The books discussed in this forum thread tend to be very short-term discounts.
That forum topic link is to a specific post to start, in this case, a book alert on April 30, as mentioned. Previous titles mentioned for that day had smaller discounts, but you can look at previous posts or days, or keep up with ongoing alerts after that, because Amazon keeps track of the last message# that you read, so that you can start from there next time.
While many of the better deals seem around $1.99-$4.99, there usually are a decent number of larger-publishing house deals included (primarily price-matching) that tend to end in a DAY, so you'd need to double-check the current pricing of ANY Kindle books that interest you to see if the discounts are still active.
Again, Kindle book prices are discounted for only a very short time, too often, and are promos, and that's another reason to watch the list. Most of the large-publisher discounts last only one or two days even when they originate the discount.
DISCOUNTS ON ACCESSORIES Amazon's current pages (some, ongoing) on accessories for Kindle e-Reader and Kindle Fire
1. Up to 50% (higher discount than usual) on cases for Kindle eReaders
2. Up to 50% on cases for Kindle Fire (Gen 2) and Kindle Fire HD tablets but NOT HDX tablets
3. Accessories for all Kindles, with some discounted.
For larger discounts, there are the Goldbox and Lightning Deals which sometimes include bigger one-day sales.
While a brief sale on the Kindle Paperwhite is over, the Kindle HDXs and 2nd-Gen HD tablets are still on sale for now (as of May 5, 2014).
New Kindle Outlet Store
In the meantime, Amazon has put together a new Kindle Outlet Store to feature their certified refurbished Kindle devices, at up to 25% off.
Current Kindle Models for reference (current regular-pricing), plus free-ebook search links.
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