A Kindle Fire Tips & Tricks book. Some complete Beethoven works on 99 mp3 tracks for $2

A COUPLE OF AMAZON ITEMS OF POSSIBLE INTEREST

While on a couple of other projects on a deadline, I've spent time, when taking breaks, on the Kindle forums since just before the weekend, joining others in answering questions and always finding interesting info from others there.

There are several things I want to pass on, so I'll concentrate on that this week.  Today, I have to complete the last of of those two projects and will just draw attention to a couple of items that Kindle customers might want.


Kindle Fire Tips & Tricks, by Tim Sievers, $1.99
  I don't know how I chanced on this small book, but I'm glad I did and I bought it immediately after reading the generous sample, which you can read online.

  The sample already had, for the first chapter, some tips I'd never seen.  It's very well written, very clear, and most of all, it's fun.  It's NOT a primer to the Kindle Fire but primarily a set of some neat shortcuts and tricks.

  Also, the LAYOUT is a pleasure, beautifully organized and pleasant to read, with good illustrations, and I think non-fiction Kindle authors should take a look at this one.

  NOTE: Amazon's User Guides are available in PDF format for each Kindle model.

  This writer, Tim Sievers, is just very well organized.  Again, not a Guide, not a Primer, just some very neat 'tips and tricks.' Released December.


ANOTHER Kindle Fire book which I just saw, but which I've not sampled or bought, has some raves and is $2.99.  The Kindle Fire Dept, by Gadget.  4 customer reviews, 5.0 stars average.  Worth a look.


31 Complete Beethoven works on an mp3 album, on 99 tracks for $1.99
16 hours of music - "Limited Time" deal.

Beethoven - 100 Supreme Classical Masterpieces
For those into Beethoven, or just curious, and wanting 99 tracks in the Cloud or on their Kindles for $2.

 (Erroneous title - it has 31 works but Amazon counts each movement as a 'masterpiece' -- there are some who might agree though.)

  Remember that you can play these from "the Cloud" on your computer also, using Amazon's Cloud Player, from any computer, with a password you choose.

  A cousin sent me this tip today and we both bought the mp3 album, since, among other performances on the $2 album, I've enjoyed Freddy Kempf's piano playing and did a webpage in 1999 to highlight his recordings when he was starting out.  He's now concertizing constantly in Europe and Asia, often in London.

  The Beethoven 'Archduke Trio' is by his trio, and the trio's CD received rave reviews when it came out just a few years ago.  As a hobbyist, I've loved playing through this piece with friends, so that is a real plus for me on this huge set.  Dubravka Tomsic is another excellent pianist, and some of her work is included on the collection of 99 tracks.  A customer points out that in addition to the symphonies, this is "one of the great bargains in the history of classical music.  Most of the performances are excellent, especially the Emperor Concerto, Missa Solemnis and Violin Sonatas."

  The album cover is funny -- someone with Beethoven's hair style and a grumpy expression wearing a modern suit and tie.  There are four customer reviews with 4.5 stars average and 45 "Like"s from Facebook.

  You can buy the 99 tracks separately but each one is 99c -- and since the album is $1.99 for a limited time (Amazon ends these things rather abruptly sometimes), it'd be silly to buy four movements of one piece for $3.96


Kindles and mp3's
The Kindle 2, 3, and DX keyboard models and the Kindle Touch play mp3s in the order in which they are placed on the device.  The Kindle 1 plays tracks randomly, so that won't work for complete works or for hearing pieces in the order you want.


ONGOING mp3-album and song deals
Top 100 free mp3 albums
Top 100 free mp3 songs

100 albums for $5.00 each
The current month's set has another 28 days to go, etc.



Today's Kindle Daily Deal


Vaccine Nation, by David Lender.

Tues: $2.99, today (Wed): $0.99



Kindle Touch 3G   Kindle Touch WiFi   Kindle Basic   (UK: KBasic)   Kindle Fire
Kindle Keybd 3G   (UK: Kindle Keybd 3G)   K3 Special Offers   K3-3G Special Offers   DX

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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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Another 1.5 million Free Books-Documents + Other good items

Internet Archive Text area - almost 2 million free books and documents - Kindle formats included, via ".mobi" or ".prc" files or specifically labeled "Kindle."
  Remember that the Kindle also directly reads .txt and PDF files although .prc or .mobi ones may be more readable in font size.

  There are also areas of files with somewhat questionable value, but the main sub-collections include American Libraries, Canadian Libraries, Universal Libraries (Carnegie Mellon, governments of India, China, Egypt), Project Gutenberg (another access point) -- and there are recent contributions from The Library of Congress, UCLA Scanning Center's special collections, etc.).  Thanks to Courtney who reminded me of this in a Comments area here.  I'll add this to the ongoing free and low-cost books posting next time.  Note that there is also free live music and audio linked on the home page.

The Get a Human page
This is one of my all-time favorite resources, the Get a human on the phone page.  It includes almost 1,600 companies, with each link expandable to show several phone numbers found (for each company) which can eventually get you a human, and with instructions on how to do that.  This is a webpage rather than a book, and there's no charge for the information there.

When you're away from a computer, a Kindle book with similar focus could be useful (although you can use the Kindle web browser to reach the Get a Human page even if you're away from a computer).
  Here's a Kindle book of phone numbers gathered by Mobile Reference, titled Secret Toll-Free Customer Service Phone Numbers and Shortcuts to an Operator for Nearly 600 Businesses and US Government Agencies
  2 customer reviews, 5 stars - $3.99

Also useful, maybe, Country Calling Codes, Dialing Instructions, and Worldwide Emergency Phone Numbers.
  1 customer review, 5 stars   (not a useful review but an example from the book helps) - $0.99

UNUSUAL ITEM - Microsoft WordTalk - Free
Microsoft WordTalk has been developed for use with, you guessed it, Microsoft Word, versions '97 and above. Its functions are:

"It will speak the text of the document and will highlight it as it goes...
  It contains a talking dictionary to help decide which word spelling is most appropriate." You can:
  . adjust the highlight colors
  . change the voice and the speed of the speech
  . convert text to speech and save as a .wav or .mp3 file so that it can be played back on an iPod or mp3 player."
UPDATE 1/25/10
  I'll add that an mp3 can be played back on the Kindle by placing the file in the "music" folder of the Kindle.  These are played in the order they were placed on the Kindle though.  And mp3s take much more space than books.

  If interested, download Wordtalk at www.wordtalk.org.uk.   It's a free plug-in.  If you don't have .Net Framework 3.5 SP1 you'll need to download .Net Framework first, which you can get here.

Almost free - A Kindle shortcuts book
FIRST, be sure to check out Kindle books I've read and enjoyed, shown on the right-hand side of the webpage.

Am adding here another Kindle book (I haven't read it and can't rate it):
  Kindle Shortcuts + guides and hidden features, by Aaron Steinhardt.  Publisher: MobileReference
  31 customer reviews, 3.5 stars out of 5, $0.25


Free and low-cost books, Jan. 14, 2010 - Update3: Still current
  Miscellaneous items


MP3's from the Hope for Haiti Now Telethon, with proceeds to groups working in Haiti
  Amazon is offering an album of mp3s of songs from the telethon Friday night.  Here's the Los Angeles Times report of the event.
  From the report and some video clips I've seen, buying the album (mp3's) or some individual tracks from that night will benefit any of us as well as help the relief work in Haiti.   Amazon explains:

' All proceeds from album sales of Hope for Haiti Now will go to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, Oxfam America, Partners in Health, Red Cross, UNICEF, United Nations World Food Programme, and Yele Haiti Foundation. In addition, all proceeds from the special studio version of "Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)" by Jay-Z, Bono, the Edge, and Rihanna will go to Partners in Health. '

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LINKS FOR SEARCHING FOR FREE OR LOW-COST E-BOOKS
  As ever, here is the ongoing set of links for various Searches for free or low-cost Kindle-compatible books. Below are ways to Share this post if you'd like others to see it.
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