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Saturday, August 18, 2012

Get a $3 MP3 Voucher (AmazonLocal)

Another deal thru AmazonLocal (even if there are no local offers in your area):

Free Voucher Worth $3 Off Any MP3 Album ($5.99 or Greater) from Amazon MP3.

Grab the voucher now and you can use it anytime until thru September 2, 2012. First, you click HERE to redeem the voucher code (which you can see at AmazonLocal by clicking on Your Offers, then clicking on View Code to get the promo code, then the discount is automatically applied to the next MP3 purchase that qualifies (including any gift purchase).

The offer claims that it will last thru Aug 20 or while supplies last. It's that last bit that is important, as they have previously sold out of these vouchers before noon on the day that they have offered them.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Free Book - The Incredible Shrinking Tour of Chicago (I)

The Incredible Shrinking Tour of Chicago, by by Wilco, is on iTunes, courtesy of dBpm Records / ANTI- (Warner Music). It's short, but includes behind the scenes shots and music (so is quite large); requires iBooks 2 and iOS 5.
Book Description
A document of Wilco's December 2011 Incredible Shrinking Tour of Chicago, during which they played a succession of intimate venues as a "thank you" to hometown fans. The book features exclusive photos of the shows, backstage video footage and audio, documenting this unique week of shows of one of America's foremost rock bands.
Get the free ebook from iTunes; also available for Canadians.

Monday, July 16, 2012

Today's Deals

It looks like Amazon is giving away a $1 MP3 credit with the purchase of any CD (limit one per customer). That's a pretty good albums on albums such as John Mayer's Born and Raised, which is cheaper than the MP3 version, or you can pre-order The Dark Knight Rises: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ($10, ships tomorrow and has three tracks not on the MP3 version). You'll have to wait a bit to get the credit (it's added to your account automatically after the CD ships), but you might want to go ahead and get today's MP3 Album deal anyway, since it's Doo-Wops & Hooligans by Bruno Mars for only 99 cents! Then, when you get the credit, you can use it on something like Queen's Greatest Hits ($2.99).

Don't forget to play the Trivia Teaser game daily at Kobo for discount coupons and a chance at a Vox ereader/tablet (ends July 20).

Today's Kindle Deal of the Day is the New York Times bestselling novel Damage ($1.99), by Josephine Hart.
Book Description
Damage is the gripping story of a man’s desperate obsession and scandalous love affair. He is a man who appears to have everything: wealth, a beautiful wife and children, and a prestigious political career in Parliament. But his life lacks passion, and his aching emptiness drives him to an all-consuming, and ultimately catastrophic, relationship with his son’s fiancée.

Chilling and brilliant, Damage is a masterpiece—a daring look at the dangers of obsession and the depth of its shattering consequences.

The Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK is MC Beaton's Regency romance The Six Sisters series for £0.99 ($1.54) apiece. These were originally published under the author's own name, Marion Chesney, rather than the more widely recognized pseudonym used on today's editions. For those in the US, you can get any in the series for $5.69 or borrow them from the Kindle Lending Library.

Minerva (Main/UK)
When the Reverend Charles Armitage, an impecunious country vicar in Regency England, announces that raven-haired Minerva, the eldest of his six daughters, is to have her coming-out in London, the news is not well received by the rest of the family. Mrs. Armitage has one of her Spasms and has to be brought round by burning a quantity of feathers under her nose. Annabelle, the nearest in age to Minerva, is clearly jealous, the boys are all surly, and the other girls just start off crying.

Minerva is despatched to Town under the wing of the disreputable old Lady Godolphin. Her task - to find a rich husband and thereby restore the ailing family fortunes.
The Taming of Annabelle (Main/UK)
From the moment honey-tressed young Annabelle met her sister Minerva's intended, Lord Sylvester, she developed a secret passion for him that obsessed her. Now she was determined to take him away from Minerva - no matter what!
Deirdre and Desire (Main/UK)
Red-haired, jade-eyed Deirdre is determined to marry for Love - nothing else will do. So the fact her father's candidate for her hand, Lord Harry Desire, is well bred and good looking, interests her not a jot!
Daphne (Main/UK)
Black-haired, exquisite Daphne is certain she can avoid the turmoil of true love by demanding nothing more of a husband than to be an elegant companion. But when Mr Simon Garfield agitates Daphne's calm outward manner, the results are dramatic and delightful!
Diana the Huntress (Main/UK)
How can plain Frederica withstand a Season's scrutiny after the five beauties before her have married so magnificently? Yet she had not counted on the Duke of Pembury; whether dressed in her finery or disguised as a chambermaid, that magnificent gentleman wanted her just the same!
Frederica in Fashion (Main/UK)
With her lustrous black hair and enormous dark eyes, Diana is shy of men yet dreams of the freedom they must enjoy. And what of the gypsy, who prophesised a dark stranger, and warned of a fair one? Surprising twists and turns await Diana on the path of true love.

Just Run It! ($10.39 Kindle, $2.99 B&N), by Dick Cross, is the Nook Daily Find.
Book Description
The growth engine of the global economy is no longer through mega-production and huge conglomerates, but rather through the proliferation of smaller enterprises. These smaller businesses often struggle. In America alone, tens of thousands of businesses crop up each year. Unfortunately, few will succeed, though not due to a lack of ingenuity, initiative, or even capital. Why, then? Because so few of the would-be drivers of the new economy know how to convert their dreams, their ideas, their courage, and their initiatives into successful enterprises. According to Dick Cross, author of Just Run It!: Running an Exceptional Business Is Easier Than You Think, most business owners lack not just the fundamentals, the nuts and bolts of operating a business effectively day in and day out, but the bigger picture of how to achieve business success. This shortcoming is pervasive: it handicaps most new businesses from the start and it prevents the lion's share of existing ones from ever becoming significant.

After taking dozens of mainstream companies from underperforming to high performance, Cross observed a pattern, out of which he devised a formula for success. Using his Just Run It! framework, he is now teaching small and medium-sized enterprises how to understand their mainstream businesses on "the back of an envelope" and to achieve the next level of success. The book showcases a Vision-Strategy-Execution exercise to help business owners crystallize their primary business advantage and then focus efforts to maximize performance around it. Financial reporting, management and leadership, teamwork, communicationsall skills needed to run a "one business" business are covered in detail. In closing, Cross makes the case that for "those who can't adjust their thinking to new realities, the decline in America's global standing as an industrial power is a death knell. For those who can, it's the reveille of opportunity."

Moon Mater ($2.99 Kindle, $1.99 B&N), a Cars Toons title by Disney Book Group, is the Nook Daily Find for Families and requires a NOOK Color, NOOK Tablet or NOOK Kids for iPad; the Kindle edition runs on the Kindle Fire, Kindle Cloud Reader, Kindle for iPad and Kindle for Android.
Book Description
Mater is the first tow truck on the moon! When an auto-naut gets stranded on his lunar mission, it's up to Mater to venture into space and tow him back to Earth (with a little help from his friend Lightning McQueen, of course).

In this NOOK Kids Read to Me book, children can choose to hear the story read aloud, tap to enlarge text and pinch & stretch to zoom in on pictures.

Bargain Book Roundup, Part II


For those who enjoy a little classical while they read, be sure to check out these compilations:

And now, the rest of the bargain book roundup:

Flowertown ($4.99), by S.G. Redling
Book Description
When Feno Chemical spilled an experimental pesticide in rural Iowa, scores of people died. Those who survived contamination were herded into a US Army medically maintained quarantine and cut off from the world. Dosed with powerful drugs to combat the poison, their bodies give off a sickly sweet smell and the containment zone becomes known simply as Flowertown.

Seven years later, the infrastructure is crumbling, supplies are dwindling, and nobody is getting clean. Ellie Cauley doesn’t care anymore. Despite her paranoid best friend's insistence that conspiracies abound, she focuses on three things: staying high, hooking up with the Army sergeant she's not supposed to be fraternizing with and, most importantly, trying to ignore her ever-simmering rage. But when a series of deadly events rocks the compound, Ellie suspects her friend is right—something dangerous is going down in Flowertown and all signs point to a twisted plan of greed and abuse. She and the other residents of Flowertown have been betrayed by someone with a deadly agenda and their plan is just getting started. Time is running out. With nobody to trust and nowhere to go, Ellie decides to fight with the last weapon she has—her rage.

Flowertown is a high-intensity conspiracy thriller that brings the worst-case scenario vividly to life and will keep readers riveted until the final haunting page.

Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War ($4.99), by Karl Marlantes
Book Description
Intense, powerful, and compelling, Matterhorn is an epic war novel in the tradition of Norman Mailer’s The Naked and the Dead and James Jones’s The Thin Red Line. It is the timeless story of a young Marine lieutenant, Waino Mellas, and his comrades in Bravo Company, who are dropped into the mountain jungle of Vietnam as boys and forced to fight their way into manhood. Standing in their way are not merely the North Vietnamese but also monsoon rain and mud, leeches and tigers, disease and malnutrition. Almost as daunting, it turns out, are the obstacles they discover between each other: racial tension, competing ambitions, and duplicitous superior officers. But when the company finds itself surrounded and outnumbered by a massive enemy regiment, the Marines are thrust into the raw and all-consuming terror of combat. The experience will change them forever.

Written by a highly decorated Marine veteran over the course of thirty years, Matterhorn is a spellbinding and unforgettable novel that brings to life an entire world—both its horrors and its thrills—and seems destined to become a classic of combat literature.

The Immortalists ($4.99), by Kyle Mills
Book Description
Dr. Richard Draman is trying desperately to discover a cure for a disease that causes children to age at a wildly accelerated rate—a rare genetic condition that is killing his own daughter. When the husband of a colleague quietly gives him a copy of the classified work she was doing before her mysterious suicide, Draman finally sees a glimmer of hope. The conclusions are stunning, with the potential to not only turn the field of biology on its head, but reshape the world. Soon, though, he finds himself on the run, relentlessly pursued by a seemingly omnipotent group of men who will do whatever it takes to silence him.

Magic Tree House #1: Dinosaurs Before Dark ($1.99 Kindle, B&N), by Mary Pope Osborne and Sal Murdocca (Illustrator)
Book Description
Jack and Annie's very first fantasy adventure in the bestselling middle-grade series—the Magic Tree House!

Where did the tree house come from?

Before Jack and Annie can find out, the mysterious tree house whisks them to the prehistoric past. Now they have to figure out how to get home. Can they do it before dark . . . or will they become a dinosaur's dinner?

Grade Level: K and up

Blues Highway Blues ($4.99), by Eyre Price
Book Description
Music mogul Daniel Erickson’s life has come to a perilous crossroads. Literally. He has a ruthless pair of killers on his tail and is chasing a million dollars that he owes a Russian mobster.

Standing along the same Mississippi highway where legend claims that bluesman Robert Johnson traded his immortal soul for matchless command of the guitar, Daniel finds himself on a path that parallels the evolution of American music from the Mississippi Delta to New Orleans and on to Memphis, Nashville, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Philadelphia, the Jersey Shore, New York, and Seattle.

At every stop, Daniel’s tour gets more dangerous with the hit men closing in, an FBI agent obsessed with his capture, and a rogue motorcycle gang hunting him down. Blues Highway Blues, Eyre Price’s debut novel, is a compelling and unique combination: part edge-of-your-seat road trip across America and part examination of the music that comprises its soundtrack.

The Janus Affair ($0.99 Kindle, B&N, Kobo), the second title in the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences series by Tee Morris and Pip Ballantine. Hopefully you grabbed the first in the series, Phoenix Rising, back when it was on sale for the same price.
Book Description
Evildoers beware! Retribution is at hand, thanks to Britain's best-kept secret agents!!

Certainly no strangers to peculiar occurrences, agents Wellington Books and Eliza Braun are nonetheless stunned to observe a fellow passenger aboard Britain's latest hypersteam train suddenly vanish in a dazzling bolt of lightning. They soon discover this is not the only such disappearance . . . with each case going inexplicably unexamined by the Crown.

The fate of England is once again in the hands of an ingenious archivist paired with a beautiful, fearless lady of adventure. And though their foe be fiendishly clever, so then is Mr. Books . . . and Miss Braun still has a number of useful and unusual devices hidden beneath her petticoats.

Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life ($3.99), by Natalie Goldberg
Book Description
An inspirational, practical, and often lighthearted guide on how to find time to write, how to discover your personal style, and how to make sentences come alive

Natalie Goldberg, author of the bestselling Writing Down the Bones, shares her invaluable insight into writing as a source of creative power, and the daily ins and outs of the writer’s task. Topics include balancing mundane responsibilities with a commitment to writing; knowing when to take risks as a writer and a human being; coming to terms with success, failure, and loss; and learning self-acceptance—both in life and art.

Thought-provoking and practical, Wild Mind provides an abundance of suggestions for keeping the writing life vital and active, and includes more than thirty provocative “try this” exercises as jump-starters to get your pen moving.

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Natalie Goldberg, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection.

Goodbye, Mr. Chips ($3.79), by James Hilton
Book Description
Hilton’s inspiring short novel about a beloved teacher’s remarkable role in his students’ lives, through decades of triumph and tragedy in Britain

For three generations, through war and peace, prosperity and misfortune, Arthur Chipping’s students at the Brookfield School have called him Mr. Chips. Beginning in his unpolished first years as a new teacher, through the end of the nineteenth century and well into radical changes of the twentieth, Mr. Chips has shaped the lives of the young men in his class. And when Britain is threatened by the outbreak of the First World War, it is Mr. Chips who must lead the school that has already counted on him for so much.

Made into two remarkable films and other retellings on stage and television, Goodbye, Mr. Chips has endured as a revelation of the difference one good teacher can make in countless lives.

Big Mouth & Ugly Girl ($1.99), by Joyce Carol Oates
Book Description
Big Mouth

No I did not. I did not, I did not. I did not say those things, and I did not plan those things. Won't It anyone believe me?

Ugly Girl

All right, Ugly Girl made a mistake. I'd told my mom what I'd heard in the cafeteria, and she'd told Dad. Evidently. I'd thought for sure they would want me to speak up for the truth.

Grade Level: 8 and up

Box Nine: Quinsigamond Series ($1.99), by Jack O'Connell
Book Description
A narcotics detective wages war against a deadly new stimulant

The drug is called Lingo, and it’s the most powerful narcotic Lenore has ever seen. This cheaply manufactured pill races straight for the brain’s language center, supercharging it so that even a dimwitted person can speak and read at 1,500 words per minute. It induces giddiness, confidence, and sexual euphoria—with a side effect of murderous rage. The drug has come to Quinsigamond, a fading industrial center in the heart of Massachusetts, and it’s going to tear this town apart.

Lenore believes she can stop that from happening. A narcotics detective with a few addictions of her own—amphetamines and heavy metal, to name a couple—she loves nothing more than her gun, until she meets Dr. Frederick Woo, the linguist assisting her on the case. Together they can stop the drug—if it doesn’t take hold of them first.

Anathem ($3.99 Kindle, B&N, Kobo), by Neal Stephenson
Book Description
Anathem, the latest invention by the New York Times bestselling author of Cryptonomicon and The Baroque Cycle, is a magnificent creation: a work of great scope, intelligence, and imagination that ushers readers into a recognizable -- yet strangely inverted -- world.

Fraa Erasmas is a young avout living in the Concent of Saunt Edhar, a sanctuary for mathematicians, scientists, and philosophers, protected from the corrupting influences of the outside "saecular" world by ancient stone, honored traditions, and complex rituals. Over the centuries, cities and governments have risen and fallen beyond the concent's walls. Three times during history's darkest epochs violence born of superstition and ignorance has invaded and devastated the cloistered mathic community. Yet the avout have always managed to adapt in the wake of catastrophe, becoming out of necessity even more austere and less dependent on technology and material things. And Erasmas has no fear of the outside -- the Extramuros -- for the last of the terrible times was long, long ago.

Now, in celebration of the week-long, once-in-a-decade rite of Apert, the fraas and suurs prepare to venture beyond the concent's gates -- at the same time opening them wide to welcome the curious "extras" in. During his first Apert as a fraa, Erasmas eagerly anticipates reconnecting with the landmarks and family he hasn't seen since he was "collected." But before the week is out, both the existence he abandoned and the one he embraced will stand poised on the brink of cataclysmic change.

Powerful unforeseen forces jeopardize the peaceful stability of mathic life and the established ennui of the Extramuros -- a threat that only an unsteady alliance of saecular and avout can oppose -- as, one by one, Erasmas and his colleagues, teachers, and friends are summoned forth from the safety of the concent in hopes of warding off global disaster. Suddenly burdened with a staggering responsibility, Erasmas finds himself a major player in a drama that will determine the future of his world -- as he sets out on an extraordinary odyssey that will carry him to the most dangerous, inhospitable corners of the planet . . . and beyond.

The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids ($0.99 Kindle, B&N, Kobo), by Madeline Levine, PhD
Book Description
Madeline Levine has been a practicing psychologist for twenty-five years, but it was only recently that she began to observe a new breed of unhappy teenager. When a bright, personable fifteen-year-old girl, from a loving and financially comfortable family, came into her office with the word empty carved into her left forearm, Levine was startled. This girl and her message seemed to embody a disturbing pattern Levine had been observing. Her teenage patients were bright, socially skilled, and loved by their affluent parents. But behind a veneer of achievement and charm, many of these teens suffered severe emotional problems. What was going on?

Conversations with educators and clinicians across the country as well as meticulous research confirmed Levine's suspicions that something was terribly amiss. Numerous studies show that privileged adolescents are experiencing epidemic rates of depression, anxiety disorders, and substance abuse -- rates that are higher than those of any other socioeconomic group of young people in this country. The various elements of a perfect storm -- materialism, pressure to achieve, perfectionism, disconnection -- are combining to create a crisis in America's culture of affluence. This culture is as unmanageable for parents -- mothers in particular -- as it is for their children. While many privileged kids project confidence and know how to make a good impression, alarming numbers lack the basic foundation of psychological development: an authentic sense of self. Even parents often miss the signs of significant emotional problems in their "star" children.

In this controversial look at privileged families, Levine offers thoughtful, practical advice as she explodes one child-rearing myth after another. With empathy and candor, she identifies parenting practices that are toxic to healthy self-development and that have contributed to epidemic levels of depression, anxiety, and substance abuse in the most unlikely place -- the affluent family.

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Get $2 Off Select $5 MP3 Albums

It appears that the $2 off a $5 MP3 deal is back and valid on select $5 albums, for those with either a Kindle Fire or access to any Android device that can run the Amazon MP3 app. You must use either the App or the Music Store on the Kindle Fire, not a web browser to purchase the album. So, although I've linked in the list here, to make it easier to see which albums are on the list (it's mostly the same as the June $5 MP3 Albums list, with some changes (currently there are only 99 eligible albums, not 100). As before, be sure that you don't accidentally grab a version that has a digital booklet with it, also, as those are specifically excluded.

Once again, there's no date indicated as to when this offer ends, so I wouldn't wait too long to try it (right now, I see a box about the offer on the product details page for the albums included - so long as you can see that, it should still be a valid promotion; the first time I saw this promotion, it disappeared the next day). I also don't see any information as to whether or not this is a "limit one" offer, but last month you could buy as many albums on the list as you wanted and received the $2 discount on each one (you'll have to check your emailed receipt to check, though, as you don't get an invoice summary when buying on the Kindle).

The Fine Print
Purchase Select $5 MP3 Albums on Your Kindle Fire or on the Amazon MP3 App for Android and Get a $2 Discount Applied at Purchase.
  1. Search for any eligible $5 MP3 album title in the Amazon MP3 App for Android or Kindle Fire. If you don't have the Amazon MP3 App for Android, download it here.
  2. Purchase your album by clicking the "Buy" button and your $2 discount will be automatically applied to your order. The credit only applies to album purchases and not individual song purchases from the albums. The discount will not apply to album purchases made in the Amazon MP3 webstore or through your Kindle Fire browser. This promotion does not apply to digital booklet versions of the $5 album titles.
  3. After your purchase, you can confirm that your $2 credit was applied by checking your order confirmation, which will be sent to you by e-mail.
  4. Additional terms and conditions apply.

While looking thru the selections, I ran across two albums that aren't in the list, but are worth considering. Both are on sale for $2.99: The Paul Simon Collection: On My Way, Don't Know Where I'm Going and 100 Must-Have Movie Classics

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Get a $4 MP3 Voucher (AmazonLocal)

This one's thru AmazonLocal (but wasn't reported on my Kindle with not-so-Special-or-actually-Local Offers): Free Voucher Worth $4 Off Any MP3 Album ($7.99 or Greater) from Amazon MP3. The link takes you to NE Atlanta, but you should be able to check other cities, if they sell out before midnight.

Grab the voucher now (you have about 6 hrs to do so) and you can use it anytime until thru June 20, 2012. First, you click HERE to redeem the voucher code (which you can see at AmazonLocal by clicking on Your Offers, then clicking on View Code to get the promo code.

Note: This credit cannot be combined with the "MP3S4ALL" promotional credit from yesterday.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Get $2 in MP3's for Free

Click thru to any MP3 page at Amazon (including today's free song, Lucky That Way by Joe Walsh), click the link next to the blue $ sign, underneath the Buy buttons, that reads "Redeem a gift card or promotion code & view balance", enter promo code MP3S4ALL and you'll get a $2 MP3 credit (must be redeemed by 11:59 p.m. PST on June 15, 2012).

Wondering what to spend it on? There are a number of $2.99 albums (which is nice; I already had a $1 credit, so I could pick any of them up for free), this month's $5 albums (including a 2-hour long Bob Marley compilation) or you could use it to pick up two of the 99 cent singles on the bestseller lists.

Enjoy!

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Amazon Digital Weekend Deals

The Kindle Weekend Deal is Deja Vu ($1.99), the nineteenth (and next-to-most recent) title in the Sisterhood series by Fern Michaels.
Book Description
Celebrate With The Sisterhood

Thanks to a presidential pardon, the Sisterhood can put their fugitive days behind them and resume their lives in peace. Still, all the women admit that lately things are a little too calm and peaceful. Meeting up for the first time in months to celebrate Kathryn's birthday--in the City of Sin, no less--seems like the perfect antidote.

But before they can kick up their heels something too big to pass up is dropped into their laps. The time has come to deal with Enemy #1, a/k/a Hank Jellicoe. Wanted by the FBI, the CIA, and Homeland Security for starters, President Connor herself has run out of patience with their lack of results. Only the Sisterhood, with their special blend of guts, imagination, and friends in all places are capable of pulling off the impossible--of hunting down this monster and taking him out once and for all...

Other vote winners on sale this weekend are Ferris Bueller's Day Off (video), The Complete Billie Holiday (mp3) and Nancy Drew: Danger on Deception Island (game). It looks like this is the last weekend of the promotion, as there was nothing to vote upon for next week.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Get $2 Off Select $5 MP3 Albums

Another great MP3 deal, for those with either a Kindle Fire or access to any Android device that can run the Amazon MP3 app: Get $2 Off Select $5 MP3 Albums When You Purchase on the Amazon MP3 App for Android or Kindle Fire. You must use either the App or the Music Store from the Kindle Fire, not a web browser to purchase the album. So, although I've linked in the list here, to make it easier to see which albums are on the list (it's mostly the same as the May $5 MP3 Albums list, but not quite the same, as I saw a $2.99 Memoryhouse album hiding on this offer's page; you may or may not get the $2 discount on it, since it isn't a "$5 album"), you'll need to do a manual search on your device to find the album and purchase it. Be sure that you don't accidentally grab a version that has a digital booklet with it, also, as those are specifically excluded.

There's no date indicated on when this offer ends, so I wouldn't wait too long to try it (right now, I see a box about the offer on the product details page for the albums included - so long as you can see that, it should still be a valid promotion). I also don't see any information as to whether or not this is a "limit one" offer, so if anyone buys two from the list, could you leave a comment and let us all know if you received the discount each time? Also, if you have any problems getting the discount (on the earlier Lumineers $2 off discount that had the same purchase requirements, I didn't get my $2 off and had to email support to get a credit). OK, I found two albums on the list that I wanted and decided to chance it - in fact, you do get the $2 discount for each album purchased, with no apparent limit (other than that there are only about 100 albums that qualify).

If you still have the $2 Facebook MP3 credit (good thru tomorrow), you can combine it with this one, giving you a net price of $1 on any of the albums included. Alas, I spent my credit on John Handy's Live At Monterey album; although the album is priced at $9.99, you can get each of the two 1/2 hour long cuts for 99 cents apiece (If Only We Knew and Spanish Lady), leaving two cents to spend on something else. Another good choice for that credit would be Lionel Richie's Tuskegee album, which is currently on sale at $2.99 (not included in this sale, though, so you can't double up the credits on it).
The Fine Print
Purchase Select $5 MP3 Albums on Your Kindle Fire or on the Amazon MP3 App for Android and Get a $2 Discount Applied at Purchase.
  1. Search for any eligible $5 MP3 album title in the Amazon MP3 App for Android or Kindle Fire. If you don't have the Amazon MP3 App for Android, download it here.
  2. Purchase your album by clicking the "Buy" button and your $2 discount will be automatically applied to your order. The credit only applies to album purchases and not individual song purchases from the albums. The discount will not apply to album purchases made in the Amazon MP3 webstore or through your Kindle Fire browser. This promotion does not apply to digital booklet versions of the $5 album titles.
  3. After your purchase, you can confirm that your $2 credit was applied by checking your order confirmation, which will be sent to you by e-mail.
  4. Additional terms and conditions apply.

Monday, May 21, 2012

Get $2 in MP3's for Free

If you have a Facebook account, you can claim a $2 MP3 credit by letting Amazon post to your wall. You enter a song you like (or whatever you want posted to your wall) and click; the credit is then added to your account automatically (no codes to keep track of).
Some of the Fine Print
  • Your promotional credit must be redeemed by 11:59 PM PST on May 24, 2012.
  • Limit one promotional credit per Amazon customer and Facebook account.
  • Amazon MP3 music is available to customers located and with billing addresses in the United States.

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Amazon Digital Weekend Deals

The Kindle Weekend Deal is TimeRiders ($1.99), by Alex Scarrow. This is the first novel in his very popular YA TimeRiders series, only two of which have shown up on Kindle, so far.
Book Description
Maddy should have died in a plane crash. Liam should have died at sea when the Titanic sank. Sal should have died in a tragic fire. But a mysterious man whisked them away to safety.

Maddy, Liam, and Sal quickly learn that time travel is no longer just a hope for the future; it is a dangerous reality. And they weren't just rescued from their terrible fates. . . they were recruited for the agency of TimeRiders created to protect the world from those seeking to alter the course of history for personal gain. By reliving the highly documented events in New York City on 9/11, they can closely monitor history for any deviations-large or small. When just such a change is detected, they are alerted that a threat is at hand unleashing the evil of the Nazis to wreak havoc with Earth's present and future. Can Maddy, Liam, and Sal fulfill their destinies as keepers of time to save the world from utter destruction?

An exhilarating adventure that shifts readers back in time to Nazi Germany and then forward into an ever-changing present.

Look out for the other books in this series: Day of the Predator and The Doomsday Code!

Other vote winners on sale this weekend are The Dark Knight (video), Norah Jones' Come Away With Me (mp3) and A Game of Thrones - Genesis (game). Don't forget to vote on next week's deals.

If you are a gamer, be sure to also check out Amazon's Game Downloads Mayhem Event, with 12 days of deals on some of the more popular games of 2011, ranging from Sims to hardcore gaming. For the more casual gamer, there's also the $2.99 Casual Games Mayhem Event, which has downloadable puzzles, matching, strategy and action/arcade games to choose from (the kind I keep on the netbook to play when not at home). Most have free trials, so you can test to see if they'll work on your hardware, first, before buying to keep. I've seen and ending date of both May 28 and May 29 on these sales, so don't wait until the very last day on these.

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Kindle Weekend Deals

The Kindle Weekend Deal (for at least the next few hours) is The Hidden Language of Baseball: How Signs and Sign-Stealing Have Influenced the Course of Our National Pastime ($1.99), by Paul Dickson. Other vote winners to be on sale this weekend are Erin Brockovich (video), Nirvana (mp3) and Rollercoaster Tycoon 3: Platinum (game). Be sure to vote on next week's deal (I'm hoping for the wine country mystery for the book).
Book Description
Baseball is set apart from other sports by many things, but few are more distinctive than the intricate systems of coded language that govern action on the field and give baseball its unique appeal. During a nine-inning game, more than 1,000 silent instructions are given-from catcher to pitcher, coach to batter, fielder to fielder, umpire to umpire-and without this speechless communication the game would simply not be the same. Baseball historian Paul Dickson examines for the first time the rich legacy of baseball's hidden
language, offering fans everywhere a smorgasbord of history and anecdote.

Whether detailing the origins of the hit-and-run, the true story behind the home run that gave "Home Run" Baker his nickname, Bob Feller's sign-stealing telescope, Casey Stengel's improbable method of signaling his bullpen, the impact of sign stealing on the Giants' miraculous comeback in 1951, or the pitches Andy Pettitte tipped off that altered the momentum of the 2001 World Series, Dickson's research is as thorough as his stories are entertaining. A roster of baseball's greatest names and games, past and present, echoes throughout, making The Hidden Language of Baseball a unique window on the history of our national pastime.
It may be a glitch, but right now all four of the MP3 albums that you can vote on for next weekend's $5 deal are selling for $5 apiece. I'd just grab ones you want now and forget voting in that category.
  • Come Away With Me, by Norah Jones
  • The Lumineers, by The Lumineers
  • *** NOTE: If you buy this one from your Android device or Kindle Fire, using the Amazon MP3 App, you get another $2 off, so it's only $3 total!
  • Scars & Stories, by The Fray
  • Tuskegee, by Lionel Richie

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Listen to the classics for $0.99 (and earn $10)

This offer is on my Kindle with Special Offers (which you can turn on and off, of course, on some of the later eInk models), but is open to all in the US and Canada (and possibly some other countries, as well). The offer mentions listening on your Kindle, but you can listen to these on your PC or MP3 player, instead (I don't believe you even need a Kindle registered to your Amazon account, at all). You will need an Audible account (which may need to use the same login as your Amazon account), but need not be a subscriber to take advantage of the Deal.

Listen to the classics for only $0.99
  • Click HERE to start shopping. Use the Add to Cart button next to each audiobook you are interested in purchasing. Choose from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. After you are done, click View Cart to go to the next step.
  • For subscribers, be sure to uncheck the box next to Use Credit on each of the items and click on Update, otherwise you'll waste your monthly credits on the offer.
  • If you signed up for all five of the audiobooks, you should see a total of $4.95; click on Next Step.
  • On the next page, confirm your price (and double check that you haven't used any monthly credits), then click on Complete Purchase (note that any existing discounts will be used to cover the cost, first).
  • You'll then see download page for those who want to send the audiobooks directly to a Kindle (via WiFi only); you can ignore it and download the books later from the My Library page or any WiFi Kindle.
  • As a bonus, those who are eligible for the Listening Rewards program will find that these qualify as purchases and buying four or more will result in a $10 "discount" in your account next month! Even if you never listen to the four you buy, you can turn the $3.96 spent into a $10 discount on another audiobook due to this bonus deal.
You won't be able to use that $10 discount on the semi-annual Half-Price Sale that is currently going on, since it ends April 27, but you may want to check it out, as there are over 1,000 audiobooks currently on sale. Although some are much better deals if you use your monthly credits, others are low enough that a monetary purchase is the best choice. Since I still have a $5 discount left after taking advantage of this offer (apparently some sort of anniversary bonus that I found in my account), I'll be trolling thru the choices in search of a new book to listen to in the car.

If you want to give any of the $0.99 sale audiobooks as gifts, you can't do that from the main Offer page. But, if you click on the titles to get the product details page, you'll see that the 99 cent price carries thru and you'll have a green Give as Gift button.

Edit to add: I just noticed that there are still two days left in the contest to win Stephen King's new Dark Tower novel. Thru April 20, purchase one or more books from the list of audiobooks and your name is entered to win The Wind Through the Keyhole (releasing April 24). With a total of 77 books to choose from, you could earn up to 77 chances to win. Winners will be notified April 23. If you were going to buy one of these anyway, you might want to hurry up the purchase to get in on the contest.

KSO details (which can be completely ignored for this offer):
  1. First, turn on your Kindle with Special Offers, click Menu, then View Special Offers.
  2. Find the offer: Listen to a classic on your Kindle for only $0.99. Click on it, then on the link to Email Me This Offer.
  3. You will get an email from Amazon with a link to the Audible Offer page.
  4. Sign up for the offer expires on April 21 (but I can't find any expiration on the offer itself).
  5. Follow the above directions to take advantage of the offer.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Get $2 off a relaxing MP3 Album (KSO)

Sasha - Thanks for the comment this morning. Leave another with your email address and I'll send you the code for the bonus app: W.E.L.D.E.R. (iPad/iPhone)

This offer is only for those with a Kindle with Special Offers (which you can turn on and off, of course, on some of the later eInk models).

Get $2 off any one of 50 relaxing MP3 albums

To take advantage of this offer:
  1. First, turn on your Kindle with Special Offers, click Menu, then View Special Offers.
  2. Find the offer: Get $2 off any one of 50 relaxing MP3 albums. Click on it, then on the link to Email Me This Offer.
  3. You will get an email from Amazon with your promotional code, right away.
  4. Once you have the promotion code (and have selected your album; see below), click this link, then on the button labeled Enter Your Code, at any time up to the expiration date of May 13, 2012.
  5. Enter your code and follow the directions.
  6. Choose any of these albums and you'll get $2 off
You'll have a promotion code on your account that will apply to the FIRST album you buy (from the list) after that. Current prices range from about $3 to $10, but those can change at any time. You should save the code and not enter it until you are ready to buy an album. I find this helps me remember if I've used a code - when I go to apply it, if it isn't accepted, I know I've used that offer; also, I don't accidentally use an offer on a very inexpensive item (they won't pay you to get an album that's only 99 cents, for example).

To recap: you must claim the offer by April 13 and must do so from your Kindle with Special Offers. You'll get a promotion code via email and you have until May 13, 2012, to enter and redeem the code. Once you enter it, it will work on the next album from the list that you purchase.

There are definitely some strange selections in this one (space music?), with most of them music to meditate or practice yoga with. A number of them would work well in the background while reading (perhaps not the Gregorian Chants, though).

You won't find these on the KSO list, but all are of the same general type and are on sale for only 99 cents (or less), about as low as you could get from the KSO offer and they're available to everyone.
If you're willing to spend a dollar more, you might want to check out 99 Must-Have Piano Masterpieces or 99 Must-Have Chillout Classics, both of which appear to be very good selections.

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Bargain Book/Game/Music/Movie Roundup

Amazon has started running a Weekend Deal on digital content, including Kindle Books, Game Downloads, MP3 Downloads and Instant Videos. You can vote on the upcoming deal thru the week and then use the same link to check on the results each Friday. I've added a link on the sidebar, directly under the free MP3 of the day, so you can easily find your way back to the page each week.

I'm going to list the deals for the weekend in this post, then add a few "with Bonus Materials" editions of books that are currently marked down in the Kindle store. Bonuses are usually simply previews of upcoming titles, which can be ignored and these volumes are usually bargain priced to entice you to try a new author.

Anathem ($1.99 Kindle, Google), by Neal Stephenson. Should be price matched elsewhere, as it's an Agency title. The only reason I'm not buying? I already have it in my library.
Book Description
Anathem, the latest invention by the New York Times bestselling author of Cryptonomicon and The Baroque Cycle, is a magnificent creation: a work of great scope, intelligence, and imagination that ushers readers into a recognizable -- yet strangely inverted -- world.

Fraa Erasmas is a young avout living in the Concent of Saunt Edhar, a sanctuary for mathematicians, scientists, and philosophers, protected from the corrupting influences of the outside "saecular" world by ancient stone, honored traditions, and complex rituals. Over the centuries, cities and governments have risen and fallen beyond the concent's walls. Three times during history's darkest epochs violence born of superstition and ignorance has invaded and devastated the cloistered mathic community. Yet the avout have always managed to adapt in the wake of catastrophe, becoming out of necessity even more austere and less dependent on technology and material things. And Erasmas has no fear of the outside -- the Extramuros -- for the last of the terrible times was long, long ago.

Now, in celebration of the week-long, once-in-a-decade rite of Apert, the fraas and suurs prepare to venture beyond the concent's gates -- at the same time opening them wide to welcome the curious "extras" in. During his first Apert as a fraa, Erasmas eagerly anticipates reconnecting with the landmarks and family he hasn't seen since he was "collected." But before the week is out, both the existence he abandoned and the one he embraced will stand poised on the brink of cataclysmic change.

Powerful unforeseen forces jeopardize the peaceful stability of mathic life and the established ennui of the Extramuros -- a threat that only an unsteady alliance of saecular and avout can oppose -- as, one by one, Erasmas and his colleagues, teachers, and friends are summoned forth from the safety of the concent in hopes of warding off global disaster. Suddenly burdened with a staggering responsibility, Erasmas finds himself a major player in a drama that will determine the future of his world -- as he sets out on an extraordinary odyssey that will carry him to the most dangerous, inhospitable corners of the planet . . . and beyond.

Beethoven: The Complete Symphony Collection ($5.00), performed by The London Symphony Orchestra. 5:40:00 of music and overwhelming 5 star reviews.


Unforgiven ($1.99 Rent, $9.99 Buy)
Movie Description
Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman play retired outlaws who pick up their guns one last time to collect a bounty.

The Great Tree ($1.99 PC or MAC download), by Amazon
Game Description
Fly into a magical world of mystery and adventure told through beautiful drawings and mesmerizing gameplay with Reflexive's enchanting game: The Great Tree! When the Pollen Collectors are bewitched, the faeries' survival rests upon the shoulders of their children. This quest will lead them directly into the dangers of the forest, where there are whispers of something sinister lurking in the shadows. The tree's life runs short. Set forth now to save the faeries in this grown-up tale of good and evil!

The Witch Doctor's Wife with Bonus Material ($0.99), by Tamar Myers, is a pre-order (credit card on file required, but not charged until shipped). Get a sample from the full price edition ($9.99).
Book Description
For a limited time at a special price, enjoy beloved mystery writer Tamar Myers' novel The Witch Doctor's Wife—an enthralling tale of duty, greed, danger, and miracles in equatorial Africa. As a bonus, you get an excerpt from The Headhunter's Daughter and The Boy Who Stole the Leopard's Spots, on sale May 8, 2012.

The Congo beckons to young Amanda Brown in 1958, as she follows her missionary calling to the mysterious "dark continent" far from her South Carolina home. But her enthusiasm cannot cushion her from the shock of a very foreign culture—where competing missionaries are as plentiful as flies, and oppressive European overlords are busy stripping the land of its most valuable resource: diamonds.

Little by little, Amanda is drawn into the lives of the villagers in tiny Belle Vue—and she is touched by the plight of the local witch doctor, a man known as Their Death, who has been forced to take a second job as a yardman to support his two wives. But when First Wife stumbles upon an impossibly enormous uncut gem, events are set in motion that threaten to devastate the lives of these people Amanda has come to admire and love—events that could lead to nothing less than murder.

Spin with Bonus Material ($1.99), by Catherine McKenzie, is a also a pre-order. Get a sample from the full price edition ($9.99).
Book Description
For a limited time at a special price, enjoy Catherine McKenzie's charming and humorous novel Spin, along with excerpts to her upcoming new novels, Arranged, on sale May 15, 2012, and Forgotten, on sale September 4, 2012.

When Kate Sandford lands an interview at her favorite music magazine, The Line, it's the chance of a lifetime. So Kate goes out to celebrate—and shows up still drunk to the interview the next morning. It's no surprise that she doesn't get the job, but her performance has convinced the editors that she'd be perfect for an undercover assignment for their gossip rag. All Kate has to do is follow "It Girl" Amber Sheppard into rehab. If she can get the inside scoop—and complete the thirty-day program—they'll reconsider her for the position at The Line. Kate takes the assignment, but when real friendships start to develop, she has to decide if what she has to gain is worth the price she'll have to pay.

I've mentioned Reckless With a Bonus Excerpt ($0.99), by Andrew Gross, before. It's out now (and still worth getting).
Book Description
For a limited time and a special price, discover Reckless, the New York Times best-selling novel by Andrew Gross, plus the first three chapters from his next novel, 15 Seconds, a thrilling, fast-paced story of a man, on the run, desperate to prove his innocence and to save his family’s lives. 15 Seconds will be available wherever books are sold July 10th.
In Reckless, Ty Hauck hunts the murderer of a friend--and steps into the crosshairs of a sinister conspiracy.

Savannah Blues with Bonus Material ($3.99), by Mary Kay Andrews, is a another pre-order. Get a sample from the full price edition ($9.99). I think I'll order this one, just for the area in which it is set (where I used to roam, in a past life).
Book Description
This special e-book edition of Savannah Blues includes a free excerpt of Mary Kay Andrews's latest novel, Spring Fever!

Landing a catch like Talmadge Evans III got Eloise “Weezie” Foley a jewel of a town house in Savannah's historic district. Divorcing Tal got her exited to the backyard carriage house, where she has launched a spite-fest with Tal's new fiancÉe, the elegant Caroline DeSantos.

An antiques picker, Weezie combs Savannah's steamy back alleys and garage sales for treasures when she's not dealing with her loopy relatives or her hunky ex-boyfriend. But an unauthorized sneak preview at a sale lands Weezie smack in the middle of magnolia-scented murder, mayhem . . . and more. Dirty deals simmer all around her—just as her relationship with the hottest chef in town heats up and she finds out how delicious love can be the second time around.

My Weird School 4-Book Collection with Bonus Material ($9.99), by Dan Gutman, works out to just under $2.50/volume for a series that usually is about $3.99 apiece. If you have small kids and you want them to love reading, definitely get them some of the titles in this series (one reviewer mentioned that her child read this book 22 times!).
Book Description
Don’t miss out on an exciting new My Weird School ebook collection, complete with the first four books in Dan Gutman’s seriously hilarious and seriously zany series. The collection includes My Weird School #1: Miss Daisy Is Crazy!, My Weird School #2: Mr. Klutz Is Nuts!, My Weird School #3: Mrs. Roopy Is Loopy!, My Weird School #4: Ms. Hannah Is Bananas!, and a bunch of seriously strange activities. The activities include a checklist, a maze, and a word scramble.

Meet a teacher who eats bonbons, a principal who kisses pigs, a librarian who thinks she's George Washington, and an art teacher who dresses up in pot holders! They're all inside this collection! They must be getting pretty crowded in there!

Warriors 3-Book Collection with Bonus Material ($12.99), by Erin Hunter, works out to $4.33/title, plus you get some bonus maps.
Book Description
For generations, four Clans of wild cats have shared the forest according to the laws laid down by their warrior ancestors. But now the ThunderClan cats are in grave danger, and sinister ShadowClan grows stronger every day. Noble warriors are dying—and some deaths are more mysterious than others. Into the midst of this turmoil comes an ordinary house cat named Rusty . . . who may turn out to be the bravest warrior of them all.

Enter the world of Warriors with this great introduction to Erin Hunter’s best-selling series: Warriors #1: Into the Wild, Warriors #2: Fire and Ice, and Warriors #3: Forest of Secrets. In addition, this bundle includes bonus materials like trivia, territory maps, sneak peeks at other Warriors books, and a new short story from Erin Hunter.

A Series of Unfortunate Events Collection: Books 1-13 with Bonus Material ($79.99), by Lemony Snicket, is a bit steep for a "bargain" and only works out to about $6.15/title (which is a bit of a discount from the $6.99 individually). Nowhere near the bargain long-time readers got when almost the entire series was mistakenly listed as free for a few hours, but this is the only way (that I can see) that you get the included bonus materials. If you have kids and don't have any of the books, it's definitely one to consider.
Book Description
If you have not read anything about the Baudelaire orphans, then before you read even one more sentence, you should know this: Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are kindhearted and quick-witted, but their lives are filled with bad luck and misery. All of the stories about these three children are unhappy and wretched and will most likely fill you with deep despair.

From The Bad Beginning to The End, this comprehensive collection with unfortunate bonus material that may or may not include trivia questions, character profiles, and several very sad sentences is the only choice for people who simply cannot get enough of a bad thing!

Monday, March 26, 2012

Free Book - The Everything Songwriting Book (K)

The Everything Songwriting Book: All You Need to Create and Market Hit Songs, by C. J. Watson, is free in the Kindle store, courtesy of Adams Media (sponsor of yesterday's Kindle Deal of the Day).
Book Description
The Everything Songwriting Book provides you with all the tools you need to create, perform, and sell hit songs. In easy-to-follow language, professional songwriter and consultant C.J. Watson gives you tried-and-tested instruction on choosing a song style, getting your story across, and finding the right music to match the words. From developing an idea and creating a hook to recording your songs and getting heard, The Everything Songwriting Book contains all you need to bring your talent to the next level. Features professional advice on how to: find and develop song ideas; formulate a catchy rhyme scheme; incorporate unique phrasing; create colorful imagery and word play; get compositions into the right hands; and much more. Whether you're just starting out or are looking for inspiration, The Everything Songwriting Book is your first step toward achieving songwriting success.

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Bach for a Buck

I don't know how long it will last, but right now you can get the Big Bach Set from eOne Music (Vanguard Classics) for 99 cents. It's right at 9 hours of music and the only negative review is complaining about the download time (always an issue with over a hundred tracks, but so much better now using the Cloud Player/Drive).

Just in case the first one sells out, I also turned up another album, Bach - 100 Supreme Classical Masterpieces: Rise of the Masters. It's slightly shorter (at 6-1/2 hours), costs double (all of $1.99) and is produced by X5 Music Group, a label with a number of other good quality, low cost compilations available in the Amazon MP3 store, including a $1.29 Romantic Classical Music for Valentine's Day album.

Another 99 cent choice is Classical Music for the Reader 3: Great Masterpieces for the Dedicated Reader from Cobra Entertainment. It's only about 90 minutes, but that also means it won't eat up all the space in your reader when you download it.

Monday, March 12, 2012

Google Play 25 Cent Specials

Reservoir Dogs ($2.99 Amazon, $0.25 Google) is todays's Google Movie Rental Deal (which Amazon never matches, it seems).

Moneyball ($8.29 Kindle, $0.25 Google), by Michael Lewis, is the Google Book Deal today. I picked this one up a while back on one of Amazon's KSO deals, but I've reported the lower price on both editions, in hopes it will drop for the rest of you.

If you are in the UK, grab Restless ($0.31 Main/£0.20 UK), by William Boyd (can't link to Google UK
Book Description
Billy Beane, the Oakland A’s general manager, is leading a revolution. Reinventing his team on a budget, he needs to outsmart the richer teams. He signs undervalued players whom the scouts consider flawed but who have a knack for getting on base, scoring runs, and winning games. Moneyball is a quest for the secret of success in baseball and a tale of the search for new baseball knowledge—insights that will give the little guy who is willing to discard old wisdom the edge over big money.

Guns N' Roses Greatest Hits ($0.25 Amazon, Google) is today's Google Music Deal. This one is a no-brainer must-buy for any GnR fans out there. Be sure to also visit the main Google Music page, where you can grab a free download of Concierto De Aranjuez: II. Adagio ($1.99 Amazon), by Joaquin Rodrigo.


TuneIn Radio Pro ($0.25 Amazon, Google) is the Google Android App of the Day.
App Description
TuneIn is a new way to listen to the world through live, local, and global radio from wherever you are. Whether you want music, sports, news, or current events, TuneIn offers over 50,000 stations and 1.2 million on-demand streams for you to choose from. The TuneIn Radio Pro app for Android puts this entire experience in the palm of your hand, with the added benefit of recording what you're listening to (this requires a memory card).

With TuneIn, it's easy to find your favorite hometown station, music from Berlin that reminds you of when you lived there, or reggae from Kingston to get you in the mood for your beach vacation. TuneIn makes you feel like you are right there with the people and places that are important to you. From finding what's local to discovering new stations from around the world, TuneIn brings you to where you want to be.

Upgrade to TuneIn Radio Pro to record what you're listening to. Just search "TuneIn Radio Pro" in Amazon's Appstore for Android.

Learn more, listen online, and get help at TuneIn's website. You can also like TuneIn on Facebook and follow its Twitter feed.