If you have a free account at Box.Net (now also box.com), you can upgrade your 5GB storage to 50GB free storage for life, by logging into your account using the Box Android App (or on your Blackberry Playbook). You have to use the Marketplace app, though, not the one in the Amazon Appstore (which runs on the Kindle Fire) - once you do, your increased free storage is available via the web, on the Kindle Fire or using the App on your App iOS device, so it's well worth finding a friend that will let you log in once using their Android Phone or tablet (just be sure to go into settings and find the app, then clear data, which removes your login info once you are done). You might also try to track down the standard .apk file for Box and install that on your Kindle Fire (although I just used my smartphone to increase my storage). That's a huge increase in storage and puts what I have in DropBox or from Amazon into a distant second place as an option for backing up files. I know that the offer works, but don't know the exact cutoff date - second hand, it appears you have until March 23 to login and get the extra space.
Today is the last day to take advantage of this KSO deal:
Ghosty Men: The Strange but True Story of the Collyer Brothers, New York's Greatest Hoarders (
$0.99), by Franz Lidz, is today's Kindle Deal of the Day. It has mostly good reviews and a few very low ones that thought it too short (in material or length), but at a dollar, I suspect it's a must buy for anyone who has watched any of the modern shows on hoarders.
Book Description
A true tale of changing New York by Franz Lidz, whose Unstrung Heroes is a classic of hoarder lore.
Homer and Langley Collyer moved into their handsome brownstone in white, upper-class Harlem in 1909. By 1947, however, when the fire department had to carry Homer's body out of the house he hadn't left in twenty years, the neighborhood had degentrified, and their house was a fortress of junk: in an attempt to preserve the past, Homer and Langley held on to everything they touched.
The scandal of Homer's discovery, the story of his life, and the search for Langley, who was missing at the time, rocked the city; the story was on the front page of every newspaper for weeks. A quintessential New York story of quintessential New York characters, Ghosty Men is a perfect fit for Bloomsbury's Urban Historicals series.
Present Danger (
$1.57 / £0.99 UK), by Stella Rimington, is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (the
US edition is $8.16).
Book Description
When MI5 officer Liz Carlyle arrives in Belfast, danger immediately follows – she quickly learns that the peace process in the province is precarious.
Liz suspects The Fraternity to be a front for renegade IRA men. Also it looks as though a plot is being hatched against the security forces. Liz and her colleague Dave Armstrong believe that a former French Intelligence officer is involved. But during their investigations, Dave goes missing. Liz fears the worst, especially when she discovers that the obvious suspects have all disappeared.
Guinness World Records 2012 Gamers Edition Full Color eBook (
$10.19 paperback; no Kindle edition, $3.99
B&N), by Guinness World Records, is the Nook Daily Find. This is the "PagePerfect™ Edition" and requires a NOOK TABLET or NOOK Color.
Book Description
Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2012 is the ultimate guide to videogames. Catch up with all the latest gaming developments and high scores, see the very best images from this year's top titles, compare Top 10 charts and meet a whole host of new gaming Record-Breakers! Now available in this fully illustrated, full color, e-book edition.
Note: PagePerfect™ NOOK Books require NOOK TABLET or NOOK Color with software version 1.4
Why Do Puppies Do That? Real Things Kids Love to Know (B&N), by Seymour Simon, is the Nook Daily Find for Families. This one also only works on the NOOK Color, NOOK Tablet or NOOK Kids for iPad app, so those with eInk devices are completely out of luck (and I don't even see it in paper, unlike the
author's other books, but I did run across a very cute
Why Puppies Do That 2013 Wall Calendar you can pre-order).
Book Description
WHY DO PUPPIES DO THAT? Real Things Kids Love to Know
New from award-winning science writer Seymour Simon: WHY DO PUPPIES DO THAT? Real Things Kids Love to Know. Whether your family is about to get a puppy, or starting to think about it, this book is full of fascinating information and irresistible photos you and your children will want to read again and again!
With his trademark balance of conversational tone, informative text and stand-out illustrations, Simon delivers another delightful romp of discovery, both pictorially and factually. Each question about puppy behavior is treated to a full-color, photographic spread; the images in this picture book are so alive that children will reach out to touch them. This engaging title will be an asset to both early reader and read aloud collections.
Seymour Simon, whom the NY Times called "the dean of [children's science] writers," is the author of more than 250 highly acclaimed science books (many of which have been named Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children by the National Science Teachers Association), and is the recipient of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Lifetime Achievement Award for his lasting contribution to children's science literature. His Webby Award-winning website, SeymourSimon.com, is chock full of interesting information for children and free, educational support materials for educators and families.
The Bond: Our Kinship with Animals, Our Call to Defend Them, by Wayne Pacelle, is free in the Kindle store, but only for customers in selected regions: Asia & Pacific, India, the Middle East and Latin America & the Carribean. The book is listed on the Limited Time Offers page at Amazon, so it doesn't appear that the free price is a mistake, but it is a bit odd that most countries were overlooked (it's either $13 or more or completely unavailable in the primary regions for Amazon books: US, UK, AU, EU and CA).
