If you’ve got a Kindle-loving kid at home, you’ll want to check out our sister site, Kids’ Corner @ Kindle Nation Daily. On the site, you’ll find Free Book Alerts, reviews of kids’ and YA books written by kids and teens, commentary and news relevant to kids’ lit and kids’ use of the Kindle, and … Read more
Angry Birds: Space has only been available in Amazon’s App Store for one day, and it’s already accumulated an average review rating of 4/5 stars across 69 customer reviews! From Amazon: Blast off into the final frontier with your favorite avian avengers! The Angry Birds are back, and this time even the Earth can’t contain … Read more
Finally available for purchase (in hard copy formats) and digital streaming, it’s The Muppets! Starring Jason Segel (who also co-wrote the script) and Amy Adams, and featuring music from Flight of the Conchords‘ Bret McKenzie (who won a Best Original Song Oscar for his Man or Muppet), this new installment in the Muppets’ canon is fresh, … Read more
The Nettwerk Spring Music sampler is here, it features fun, poppy tunes to lift your spirits and send the winter gloom packing, and best of all, it’s FREE! If you loved fun.’s We Are Young, you’re in for a surprise with their The Gambler track on this sampler. It’s a sweet, Mumford & Sons -esque … Read more
Garth Nix’ Abhorsen Trilogy is even better in audiobook form than it is in print, thanks to actor Tim Curry’s masterful narration. If you’ve been looking for supernatural-tinged fantasy with a female protagonist, or something appropriate for fans of young adult literature (recommended for grades 7 and up) look no further. The first book in the series … Read more
Remember Draco Malfoy’s evil, self-serving father from the Harry Potter films? Jason Isaacs, the excellent actor who imbued that role with such loathsome superiority, is now starring in an unusual, almost experimental new television series called Awake. The concept behind the show is, what if you couldn’t tell the difference between dreams and reality? From IMDB: After … Read more
Interesting statistics can sometimes come from unexpected places. In its due diligence on researching Amazon stock in order to determine how to rate the investment, Citi conducted a survey of 1,100 online consumers. Some of Citi’s questions pertained to the Kindle and Kindle Fire. As reported on eBookNewser: 23% of respondents report that they own … Read more
For U.S. taxpayers whose filing needs are simple (e.g., no Schedule C, no corporate taxes, etc.), Intuit’s TurboTax has long been a favorite means of filing annual federal and state tax returns with minimal hassle and expense, and now TurboTax is available as a free Fire app! One caveat from Intuit: because the new app cannot import information from … Read more