Game of the Day - Burger Shop

Amazon's Game Download of the Day is a $3.49 download of Burger Shop, currently the #1 game download in the Action and Simulation categories.

Note: This game qualifies to get a $5.00 credit on MP3 downloads from Amazon MP3, if you have not already received this on their current promotion. Essentially, pay $3.49 for the game and get $5 to spend on MP3's.

Game Description

• Burger Making Fun For Everyone.
• More Than 60 Upgrade Items.
• 96 Trophies To Collect.
• Play Story, Relaxed Or Challenge Mode.

After receiving a set of strange blueprints in the mail, you build an extraordinary food-making contraption and open a restaurant! Your goal? Make food and satisfy customers until you discover the truth behind the mysterious blueprints and the BurgerTron 2000! With several game play modes, more than 60 upgrades and 96 trophies to collect, there's never a dull moment as your kitchen sizzles with excitement! If you fry it, they will come...to your Burger Shop!

Free Book (limited time) - Live Forever

Live Forever ($4.95 Kindle), by Jacob Drake, is temporarily free to download at Smashwords, no coupon required. No reviews (or even a synopsis) at Amazon, but has a handful of five-star reviews on Smashwords. Originally planned to be a one-hour sale, the author was persuaded first to do two one-hour segments (to accommodate international readers) and now has simply set it up for free for the rest of Saturday (pacific time).

Book Description
When a family man finds his less-than-perfect life turned completely upside down by his becoming a vampire everything he knows and values is called into question, especially when other vampires expect him to assist them in staging a coup that will result in the ravaging and enslavement of all humans. He must then decide what it means for him to live forever.

Click HERE for the free download (while it lasts).

Ten Dollar Book Bundles

I've written about book bundles before and they continue to pop up now and then in the Kindle store. The two below are a good deal on three, four or five books by the same author (which works out to $2.00 to $3.33 per book).

Virgin River books 1-4 ($9.99), by Robyn Carr. Purchased individually, these run from $5.04 to $5.76 (although I did pick up a previous edition of the third in this series for just over $2 last year; still, the bundle is a better price and probably has an updated text). You can also still get her novella, Sheltering Hearts, for 99 cents.

Book Description
The tightly knit community of Virgin River has been a safe haven for more than a few lost souls over the years--and there's always room for more-

A recently widowed nurse thinks she's made a mistake coming to Virgin River--until an abandoned baby and former marine make her feel right at home. A marine who has seen his share of pain helps a woman in need, and discovers emotions he has never allowed himself to feel. A cop longs to settle down with the woman of his dreams--but must free her from a painful past first. And a woman tracks down the soldier who once saved her husband's life-and finds an emotionally wounded man who needs her help to open his heart.

Experience all the emotion, joy and romance as the residents and visitors of the small town of Virgin River find healing and love amongst the rugged beauty of the California mountains. Bundle includes the first four novels in Robyn Carr's beloved Virgin River series: Virgin River, Shelter Mountain, Whispering Rock and A Virgin River Christmas.

The Lady Julia Grey Bundle ($9.99), by Deanna Raybourn. The first one in this series was free in January 2009, but even if you already have that one, you get the other two in the series for the same price as Silent on the Moor alone.

Book Description
Starting with her husband's sudden death, Lady Julia Grey is swept into a world of mystery and deceit. It is also the world of the enigmatic and maddeningly attractive private investigator Nicholas Brisbane...

From the extravagant world of Victorian aristocrats to the wild moors of Yorkshire, experience the intrigue and romance of all three Lady Julia Grey mysteries by RITA Award-winning author Deanna Raybourn, now available in one convenient download. Bundle includes: Silent in the Grave, Silent in the Sanctuary and Silent on the Moor.

Gena Showalter's Atlantis Series Bundle ($9.99), by Gena Showalter. She actually has three bundles in the Kindle store, with this one priced the lowest per book ($2).

Book Description
Discover New York Times bestselling Gena Showalter's mythical world of immortals, magic and dark seduction in the Atlantis series! Now, you can download all five stories in this sexy, supernatural series in one convenient download. Bundle includes Heart of the Dragon, Jewel of Atlantis, The Nymph King, The Vampire's Bride and The Amazon's Curse.

Lori Foster Bundle ($9.99), by Lori Foster. Due to a sale on a number of her books, the savings here are only a bit over $3.00 (but you only use up on slot on the home page and have the books clustered together).

Book Description
Sawyer. Morgan. Gabe. Jordan. Lori Foster's books sizzle with sexual tension and this quartet of hunky Buckhorn brothers is no exception!

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).