Kindle/nook/Sony Covers Deals

CrazyOnDigital had a pretty good sale last month on accessories for your Kindle (and there are still some at very good prices, although the charging stand for the Kindle2 has gone up to $14.99; I heard back from one reader that snapped one up before they went out of stock during the sale and she loved it). Today, I found a few Kindle accessories from USA Gear that are tempting and a little more subdued (and suitable for taking to business meetings). First, a Protective Neoprene Hard Cover with Plush-Suede Interior for $9.99.

• Tough neoprene outer shell provides plenty of protection for your Kindle
• Scratch-resistant mount construction allows you to firmly secure your Kindle
• Accommodates all buttons, headphone and charging ports
• Makes your Kindle easier to hold and more BOOK-LIKE
• Guaranteed quality backed by a generous 3-year manufacturer's warranty

If you don't like the cover and prefer a sleeve, they have one of those also, the Neoprene CoverGuard for $8.99, which comes with a cleaning cloth for the screen and has a separate pocket that will hold a USB cable and/or some earbuds (another listing without the cleaning cloth, at the same price, says it will fit the nook and Sony readers, as well).

• Dense neoprene material protects your E-Reader from drops, bumps, scratches and scrapes
• Additional accessory pocket lets you store memory cards, card readers, charger and charging accessories
• Easy-to-grip handle makes it easier for you to bring around
• Comes with a free 3-Year Warranty

The third item from USA Gear is a more of a purse or netbook style carrying case, the E-Library Bag for $16.99, which mysteriously comes with a "Cleaning Blower Brush and Accessory Bag." This looks like a re-purposed camera bag and there are, again, two listings at the same price, with the second one HERE. Either should work fine for the Kindle or Kindle 2, and probably for the nook, Sony Reader or even a netbook or the iPad. In fact, a third listing is two dollars cheaper and is labeled as the iPad compatible version (and this one has free shipping as well, so a total of $14.99).

• Heavy Duty Zippered compartment pockets
• Interior Zippered Mesh Pockets
• Scratch resistant interior lining
• Made with Weather Resistant Nylon
• 3 Year Warranty & Package Includes: Scratch-Guard Protector Bag & Blower Brush

The last one I found is from M-Edge, the M-Edge Destination Bag for nook. The pictures show a fully clothed nook inside, so it should also fit a Kindle2 (and definitely the smaller Sony), but it is shorter than the M-Edge Journey Bag that I have for my original Kindle. Both bags are on sale for $29.99 right now, and give you completely different looks and both are a bit more feminine than the USA Gear bag.

• This sleek and sophisticated bag is crafted of leather in six vibrant colors, including marbled red, pebbled purple, jade green, smooth black, smooth mocha brown, and pebbled cream with saddle. (patent pending)
• Meticulous detailing and seamless stitching provide readers with superior protection and organization while traveling and on-the-go
• Soft grey microfiber interior provides maximum device protection while two interior elastic pockets allow for storage of charger, e-Luminator2, and other accessories
• Bag includes a specially designed zipper pocket perfectly sized to accommodate naked nook as well as an adjustable, removable shoulder strap
• Bag s interior contains two roomy compartments for storage of your nook device while in a jacket, nook accessories, and other personal items

The Girl Who Played with Fire $7.99

The Girl Who Played with Fire, by Stieg Larsson, is sale/promo priced at $7.99 in the Kindle and other ebookstores. The second in the Millennium Trilogy, which started with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ($7.16) and ends with The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest ($9.99), has been premium priced until now. Each volume in this trilogy has been listed on Amazon's Best of the Month book list.

Book Description
Mikael Blomkvist, crusading journalist and publisher of the magazine Millennium, has decided to run a story that will expose an extensive sex trafficking operation between Eastern Europe and Sweden, implicating well-known and highly placed members of Swedish society, business, and government.

But he has no idea just how explosive the story will be until, on the eve of publication, the two investigating reporters are murdered. And even more shocking for Blomkvist: the fingerprints found on the murder weapon belong to Lisbeth Salander—the troubled, wise-beyond-her-years genius hacker who came to his aid in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and who now becomes the focus and fierce heart of The Girl Who Played with Fire.

As Blomkvist, alone in his belief in Salander’s innocence, plunges into an investigation of the slayings, Salander herself is drawn into a murderous hunt in which she is the prey, and which compels her to revisit her dark past in an effort to settle with it once and for all.

For those with other readers, you can get the same $7.99 pricing at Barnes and Noble (where all prices match Amazon's) and Kobo (higher on the first book, but only slightly), but not Sony, at least, not so far (all are $9.99 there).

Penguin Books now in Stock

I checked this morning and most of the Penguin books on my watch list are now in stock in the Kindle store and Publishers Weekly says that all titles should be available no longer than Monday. I still don't see Changes, by Jim Butcher, for example (then again, I gave up and bought it in hardcover, long ago). Prices, of course, are mostly up (although Bullet, by Laurell K. Hamilton, is down to $12.99), including the hardcovers that were temporarily lowered to $9.99 by Amazon to help prevent their customers leaving for another ebook platform; Bullet and Directive 51 by John Barnes, for example, were both $9.99 yesterday.

Here are a few of the imprints, sorted by publication date (funny how these seem to be most of my favorite authors), if you want to take a walk thru the New Books aisle at Amazon:

• Berkley
• Roc
• Ace
• Penguin
• Dutton
• Puffin
• Putnam
• Viking

Free Game - Pirate Island

The free game this week at Sandlot Games is Pirate Island.

Game Description

• 12 exciting chapters of high-seas adventure
• More than 100 levels of increasingly challenging game play
• 11 unique trophies awarded for in-game combinations
• 6 level-altering power-ups

Navigate buccaneer-infested waters in Pirate Island™, a thrilling Match 3 high seas adventure from Sandlot Games!

The Dread Captain Weevil, Scourge of the Seven Seas, has vowed revenge on the Twelve Islands if his golden peg-leg is not returned and it's up to you to collect enough gold to satisfy his demands before he unleashes his, and his skeleton army's, wrath.

Click HERE to sign up for the free download. For step by step purchase and installation instructions, see this post.

Free Book (PDF) - Mother's Milk

ENC Press, a small, independent publisher, is giving away a copy of Mother's Milk, by Andrew Thomas Breslin, thru July 15.

Book Description
Cindy Kichlklug, a young, emphatically non-idealistic attorney finds herself in Washington, DC, working for a group of radical nutrition advocates with a passionate distaste for cow milk. Little does she suspect that their militant intolerance for lactose is a reaction to a secret global conspiracy orchestrated by the dairy industry, itself a puppet of alien masters from a distant planet orbiting the star Vega.


These Vegans (the ones from Vega, not the other kind) have been running things on Earth for thousands of years through mind-controlling substances secreted by the cows they brought here long ago, but now one of Cindy’s colleagues, socially inept mathematician Eddie Fishman, has discovered an innovative analytical technique that may expose their nefarious schemes. When Eddie is captured, Cindy teams up with cranky old anti-conspiracy veteran Tom Logan and a host of other rabble-rousing extremists to rescue Eddie and put an end to the diabolical (albeit delicious) machinations, all the while pursued by the dapper but devious “milk thugs” and fighting her own overwhelming desire for lattes and cheesecake.

Click HERE to get the book. Thanks to an alert reader, who found this deal on their Facebook page.