In order to buy any Android Apps at Amazon, you must have at least one Andriod device registered with Amazon. The only way to do this (that I can find), is to install the Amazon Appstore app onto an Android phone or tablet and then log into your Amazon account on the device.
Once you have done this, you can buy apps and leave them in your library (you don't have to install them). If you don't have a device, you can borrow one from a friend or even use one on display in a store (I found this out while testing tablets at Best Buy, were I bought the Asus Transformer (that I am, painfully, trying to use to write this post).
These are the general steps involved:
[A] On a tablet that doesn't have the Appstore installed:
1. Go to the Amazon Android Apps and Devices page and send yourself an email, where it says "Add a device". Use an account that you can log in on the web, preferable gmail.
2. Use the Settings app on the device to allow installation of apps from outside the Android Market. On this tablet, you open Settings, choose Applications and check the box next to Unknown sources.
3. Open the email from Amazon and click the link to download the Appstore app. When it has downloaded, click on it to open/install.
[B] On a device/tablet that has the Appstore installed:
1. If borrowing a tablet with the app installed, you need to have the friend de-register the app (go into Settings, Applications, Manage Applications, find Appstore and select Clear Data). This doesn't remove the device from his account (so, he can still buy apps) and you'll do this same step later on (which leaves a device registered to your account, but prevents anyone from using the device to purchase apps using your Amazon account).
Once you completed either [A] or [B], run the Appstore app and log in. You can then go to any Android app page using the Android device or your computer (or the iPad) and click to buy an app. It is not automatically installed, but just added to your library.
When you are done shopping from the device, be sure to use the steps in [B-1] above to remove your login information from the device (but leave the device registered to your account, so you can get new apps using the website). If you "borrowed" a device at a store, it's a good ideao to also remove the Appstore app when you are done (same place as [B][1], but choose Uninstall after you do Clear Data).
No pics this time (and if I missed any spelling, I'm blaming the tablet's keyboard, which keeps moving the cursor on me).
ETA: OK, I tried out VirtualBox, which you can install on most computers and laptops: there is an installer for Windows, OS X, Linux and Solaris. If you are a techie, it's not too bad an install -- use the directions I found, install the ISO you are instructed to download onto the virtual hard drive (when you run off the image, choose to install to the hard drive, then skip down a ways in the directions), making sure to create a fake SD card, as the Amazon download requires one. Once it is set up, use the Settings tab to change the boot order, so the Hard Drive is first, the start up the VM.
Click thru any messages, until you see a green lock icon. On the Machine Menu, choose Disable Mouse Integration. Then, click inside the VM and OK a the message that displays. Click and drag the green lock upwards, to unlock the desktop.
Click the menu on the right to see your apps, scroll down to Settings, then Applications and check the box to allow Unknown sources. Press escape a few times, then open the Browser and go to https://www.amazon.com/app-email (or open your email client in the browser and click the link from Amazon). The app installer will download automatically (provided you created an SD card); run it by clicking and dragging on the menu bar at the top. Install the app, open it and log in to Amazon. Once you've managed to get thru the setup, though, you can then buy apps from the Amazon web page and don't have to mess with the Virtual Box program any longer.
There is no doubt a more elegant method, but to back out of an app or window, I just pressed the Escape key until I returned to the desktop. To get out of the VM desktop, press the Right CTRL key one time, then close the VM window. You might want to either Take a Snapshot (a named restore state) or use either the Save Machine State or the Send Shutdown Command when closing the app - that way, if you need to get to the VM again, you can skip some of the installation you just did. Using Save Machine State is the easiest, but snapshots let you back up after installing any app that causes a problem.
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Today's Deals
Additional formats for free books:
Crossing Oceans ($1.99), by Gina Holmes, is the Kindle Daily Deal. Some of you may already have this one, as it was offered free by Christian publisher Tyndale House about this time last year.
Pujols: More Than the Game ($3.74 Kindle; $4.99 B&N), by by Scott Lamb and Tim Ellsworth, is the Nook Daily Find. As you can see, though, it's an even better deal on Kindle today (and a huge discount off it's $24.99 list price). This one is from Christian publisher Thomas Nelson.
Today's free Android App is OfficeSuite Pro 5, by Mobile Systems, Inc., which normally sells for $14.95. Even though an office suite came on my Android tablet, I'm grabbing this one in anticipation of using it on the Kindle Fire (although the lack of keyboard support on it will limit it's usefulness for some types of documents, I suspect). Looks like it also supports my phone (which does have a keyboard), although it's screen is so small, I don't often edit much more than keeping a shopping list on it. However, just being able to view your MS Office documents and sync with Google docs should prove very useful. If you don't yet have an Android device, you might want to try to borrow one today, so you can add this pgm to your library.
The Dead Man is a new, collaborative, series by Lee Goldberg and and William Rabkin, along with (usually) another author on each volume. The entire series is currently marked down to 99 cents per volume, including one pre-order. These were in the $3 range (and a 3-title omnibus is $8) and the low pricing won't last long. You can read more about the series on the KindlePost, but you may already know Mr. Goldberg from his Hollywood writing (Mr. Monk), if not his self-published works (The Walk is one of my favorites). This series is horror/paranormal/thriller, with six books out so far (and it appears there will be twelve, all total).
- Harsh Pink (Kindle/EPUB)
- Bruin Redemption (Kindle/EPUB/nook/iBooks)
- Blood Country (Kindle/EPUB/nook/iBooks)
Crossing Oceans ($1.99), by Gina Holmes, is the Kindle Daily Deal. Some of you may already have this one, as it was offered free by Christian publisher Tyndale House about this time last year.Book Description
Jenny Lucas swore she’d never go home again. But being told you’re dying has a way of changing things. Years after she left, she and her five-year-old daughter, Isabella, must return to her sleepy North Carolina town to face the ghosts she left behind. They welcome her in the form of her oxygen tank–toting grandmother, her stoic and distant father, and David, Isabella’s dad . . . who doesn’t yet know he has a daughter. As Jenny navigates the rough and unknown waters of her new reality, the unforgettable story that unfolds is a testament to the power of love and its ability to change everything—to heal old hurts, bring new beginnings . . . even overcome the impossible. A stunning debut about love and loss from a talented new voice.
Pujols: More Than the Game ($3.74 Kindle; $4.99 B&N), by by Scott Lamb and Tim Ellsworth, is the Nook Daily Find. As you can see, though, it's an even better deal on Kindle today (and a huge discount off it's $24.99 list price). This one is from Christian publisher Thomas Nelson.Book Description
A powerful story of the unprecedented athletic feats and accomplishments of one of the greatest baseball players to ever live . . . and the faith that has made them possible.
After only ten seasons, the St. Louis Cardinals’ Albert Pujols is already one of the greatest players to have ever laced up a pair of spikes. But when adulation and glory come his way, Pujols is quick to credit another—to point people to his hero. “At the end of the day,” he says, “as long as I glorify Him, and those 45,000 people know who I represent … that’s what it’s about. It’s about representing God.” In Pujols: More Than the Game, authors Tim Ellsworth and Scott Lamb will satisfy fans who like their baseball slathered in stats and stories . . . while at the same time, shedding light on the faith that makes it all possible.
Today's free Android App is OfficeSuite Pro 5, by Mobile Systems, Inc., which normally sells for $14.95. Even though an office suite came on my Android tablet, I'm grabbing this one in anticipation of using it on the Kindle Fire (although the lack of keyboard support on it will limit it's usefulness for some types of documents, I suspect). Looks like it also supports my phone (which does have a keyboard), although it's screen is so small, I don't often edit much more than keeping a shopping list on it. However, just being able to view your MS Office documents and sync with Google docs should prove very useful. If you don't yet have an Android device, you might want to try to borrow one today, so you can add this pgm to your library.App Description
Just in case you need to bring the office home with you, OfficeSuite Pro is a complete feature-rich mobile office. When you can't get it done between nine to five, OfficeSuite Pro makes your job as efficient and painless as possible.
This office productivity suite has everything you need from mobile office software. With OfficeSuite Pro, access tools for word processing, developing spreadsheets, delivering presentations, and browsing PowerPoint and PDF files. Create, view, and edit Microsoft Word and Excel files.
The software features the most commonly used desktop document formats and includes a File Browse. The integration with Google Docs allows you to access your remotely stored documents.
The program supports Microsoft Office 97 to 2010 text documents - DOC and DOCX (open , edit, and save), Microsoft Office 97 to 2010 spreadsheets - XLS and XLSX (open , edit, and save), opening PPT, PPTX, PPS, and PPSX presentations, PDF files viewing, and integration with Google Docs.
OfficeSuite Pro is an essential productivity application offering greater office efficiency than ever anywhere, anytime.
The Dead Man is a new, collaborative, series by Lee Goldberg and and William Rabkin, along with (usually) another author on each volume. The entire series is currently marked down to 99 cents per volume, including one pre-order. These were in the $3 range (and a 3-title omnibus is $8) and the low pricing won't last long. You can read more about the series on the KindlePost, but you may already know Mr. Goldberg from his Hollywood writing (Mr. Monk), if not his self-published works (The Walk is one of my favorites). This series is horror/paranormal/thriller, with six books out so far (and it appears there will be twelve, all total).Face Of Evil (Dead Man #1)
Matt Cahill is a widower leading a quiet, solitary life...cutting wood at a lumber mill in the Pacific Northwest, watching out for his trouble-prone friend Andy, and making his first, tentative attempt at a new romance with Rachel, a co-worker. But a trip with Rachel to a ski resort goes tragically wrong... and he is killed in an avalanche. That should be the end of his story. But for Matt, it's only the beginning, the first step in a horrifying odyssey across a dark world that exists within our own...and where he must confront a violent, supernatural entity that spreads evil among us like a plague...
Ring of Knives (Dead Man #2)
Matt believes an institutionalized madman may hold the secret to defeating Mr. Dark, the horrific jester with the rotting touch who has tormented him ever since his miraculous resurrection. So he infiltrates a lunatic asylum, where is swept up in a spiral of bloodshed and insanity, all stoked by supernatural forces that he's never faced before....and that might just drive him to madness. His only chance of escaping with his life and sanity intact is to face the unspeakable terror that awaits him deep in the asylum's fog-shrouded woods...and within the Ring of Knives.
Hell In Heaven (Dead Man #1)
The sign on the exit reads "Heaven." What better place could there be for a dead man to visit? But when Matt takes the ramp, he finds a banner welcoming him by name to a tiny town that has seemingly been left behind by the 21st century...and is in the grip of an unspeakable horror. Cast as an unwilling savior, Matt comes to their rescue, but soon discovers that evil has more lethal forms than he ever imagined...and that they can't all be defeated with courage and an expertly-wielded ax.
The Dead Woman (Dead Man #4)
Matt thought he was alone with his torment, that he was the only one who could see the evil in people’s souls as rotting flesh. But in a small town in Tennessee, terrorized by a vicious serial killer, Matt meets a woman who may see the same dark world that what he does…and who may be able to reveal the secrets behind to his mysterious rebirth. But Mr. Dark, the depraved, immortal enemy that Matt has chased across the country, is here too and determined to stop him before he can find what he seeks.
The Blood Mesa (Dead Man #5)
Matt signs on as a laborer for a group of archeologists and graduate students unearthing Native American ruins in a desolate corner of New Mexico. But the dig atop a blood-red mesa uncovers more than artifacts, awakening an ancient evil with an insatiable hunger for human flesh. Now Matt, armed only with his trusty ax, must protect a handful of terrified innocents from imminent slaughter...and battle a horror so powerful, it once wiped out an entire civilization... and could do it again.
Kill Them All (Dead Man #6)
When Matt wanders into a struggling Nevada tourist trap recreation of an "old west" town, he's unaware that he’s being trailed by a Special Ops team of professional mercenaries hired by a University desperate to unlock the secret behind his resurrection...and that he's put everyone around him in dire jeopardy. The mercenaries have no intention of letting Matt escape...or letting any witnesses survive. Matt finds himself in a deadly bind. Somehow he must rally the peaceful citizens into defending themselves against the sadistic, well-armed mercenaries… or sacrifice himself to save them from certain death.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Free Book (EPUB) - How to Drive Your Competition Crazy
How to Drive Your Competition Crazy: Creating Disruption for Fun and Profit ($9.99 Kindle), by Guy Kawasaki, is free in the Sony store. No idea if this one will show up in the Kindle store or is a mistake at Sony; also, at Amazon, there is an older edition from 1995, which has the reviews linked.Book DescriptionGet the free ebook from Sony.
If you were intrigued by the title of this book, you are probably the type of business book reader who's had enough of management self-help and touchy-feely tomes, enough of how-to guides that encourage you to take the kinder, gentler approach to competitors, customers, and employees. You are ready for the gloves to come off, and the one thing you'll want in your hands when they do is the first can-do, how-to, kick-butt gonzo guide to driving your competitors off the deep end.
In the time-honored tradition of the maxim "It's not how you play the game, but whether you win or lose," bestselling author of Selling the Dream and Forbes columnist Guy Kawasaki has written the definitive take-no-prisoners guide to help the Davids to beat the Goliaths. The product of Kawasaki's years of experience as an evangelist for the then-upstart Apple and as a computer guru and business strategist, How to Drive Your Competition Crazy as an invaluable source book of irreverent and sometimes extreme stratagems in sales, marketing, production, and human resources that will help your company or organization get and keep the upper hand.
Whether you are launching a new company or product, consolidating your strength in the marketplace, or trying to hold your own against a competitor with greater resources, How to Drive Your Competition Crazy offers a comprehensive blueprint for success. From the initial steps of learning as much about your own company as you do about your enemy to advanced techniques like playing with your opponents' minds, Guy Kawasaki explores every facet of the premise that the best defense is a good offense.
Free Book (Kindle/EPUB/nook) - One Imperfect Christmas
Update: 10/27/11 Now free from ChristianBook.
Update: Now free for US Kindle customers and from Barnes & Noble.
One Imperfect Christmas (US/UK), by Myra Johnson, is free for UK customers in the Kindle store, courtesy of Christian publisher Abingdon Press. I expect it to be free for US customers by morning.
Get the free ebook from ChristianBook.
Update: Now free for US Kindle customers and from Barnes & Noble.
One Imperfect Christmas (US/UK), by Myra Johnson, is free for UK customers in the Kindle store, courtesy of Christian publisher Abingdon Press. I expect it to be free for US customers by morning.Book DescriptionGet the free ebook from Barnes & Noble.
Graphic designer Natalie Pearce faces the most difficult Christmas of her life. For almost a year, her mother has lain in a nursing home, the victim of a massive stroke, and Natalie blames herself for not being there when it happened. Worse, she’s allowed the monstrous load of guilt to drive a wedge between her and everyone she loves—most of all her husband Daniel. Her marriage is on the verge of dissolving, her prayer life is suffering, and she’s one Christmas away from hitting rock bottom.
Junior-high basketball coach Daniel Pearce is at his wit’s end. Nothing he’s done has been able to break through the wall Natalie has erected between them. And their daughter Lissa’s adolescent rebellion isn’t helping matters. As Daniel’s hope reaches its lowest ebb, he wonders if this Christmas will spell the end of his marriage and the loss of everything he holds dear.
Get the free ebook from ChristianBook.
Free Book (Kindle/EPUB/nook) - The Lord is My Shepherd
Update: 10/27/11 Now free from ChristianBook.
Update: Now free for US Kindle customers and from Barnes & Noble.
The Lord is My Shepherd (US/UK), the first title in the Psalm 23 Mysteries series by Debbie Viguie, is free for UK customers in the Kindle store, courtesy of Christian publisher Abingdon Press. I expect it to be free for US customers by morning, where it is a repeat, but under a new ASIN (so grab it, if you want lending privileges or any of the updates to the text).
Get the free ebook from ChristianBook.
Update: Now free for US Kindle customers and from Barnes & Noble.
The Lord is My Shepherd (US/UK), the first title in the Psalm 23 Mysteries series by Debbie Viguie, is free for UK customers in the Kindle store, courtesy of Christian publisher Abingdon Press. I expect it to be free for US customers by morning, where it is a repeat, but under a new ASIN (so grab it, if you want lending privileges or any of the updates to the text).Book DescriptionGet the free ebook from Barnes & Noble.
Cindy’s church is getting ready to celebrate Easter, and Jeremiah’s Temple is preparing for Passover when Cindy literally stumbles over the body of an unknown man lying dead in the sanctuary. The church was locked, and a bloody cross necklace on the floor seems to be the only clue. The killer is likely a member of the congregation, but there are hints that similar deaths have happened in the past. Are Cindy and Jeremiah dealing with a serial killer? They have to unravel the clues before Easter Sunday arrives and more people die.Cindy and Jeremiah come from two different worlds, even though they work right next door to each other. Cindy is a strong Christian who lives a normal but somewhat dull life, working as a church secretary. Jeremiah is a Reformed rabbi with a mysterious past full of danger and excitement. But one eventful Easter/Passover week, the two find themselves working together to solve a murder and stop a serial killer from striking again. Solving the mystery should put an end to their alliance, but the church secretary and the rabbi quickly find themselves enmeshed in another mystery. Soon the two form a friendly alliance and friendship, exploring personal history and faith and growing closer with each passing adventure. Despite their differences Cindy and Jeremiah find a lot of common ground.
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