About Those “Special Offers” On The New Kindle Fire HD…

We’re sharing this piece from the Kindle Nation Daily Digest, the newsletter of our parent site, Kindle Nation Daily, since many of you have probably already ordered the new Kindle Fire HD and a lucky few may even already have them in hand. It seems that one way Amazon is able to offer this new, souped-up, HD version of … Read more

Kids on Fire: Instant Videos For Kids Who Love Bugs

Boys and girls alike usually go through a phase of being fascinated by bugs. For some kids, the phase never ends and they grow up to become entomologists, biologists or ecologists. So why not encourage that early interest in insects with these Amazon Instant Videos? A Bug’s Life (G, 4.75/5 stars, currently priced at $1.99 … Read more

Kindle Books Priced At $3.99 Or Less For September

September’s list of 100 Kindle books for $3.99 or less is up at Amazon, and as usual, there’s something for everyone here. Thicker Than Water [A Leo Waterman Mystery] – 5/5 stars, $1.99 this month – From Amazon: Hard living collects its fair share of casualties, but somehow Leo Waterman avoided becoming one of them. … Read more

Bargain Alert: September’s $5 MP3 Albums

A new month has begun, and music fans know what that means: there’s a new list of 100 $5 MP3 albums up at Amazon! And remember, Amazon MP3s are DRM-free and totally compatible with iTunes, iTunes Match and iCloud. Here are a few highlights from this month’s list: The Best of Santana (4.5/5 stars) Breakaway … Read more

Kids on Fire: A Free Excerpt From The Gloom

We’re happy to share this post from our sister site, Kids Corner @ Kindle Nation Daily, where you can find all things Kindle for kids and teens, every day! Last week we announced that Piper Kelley’s Enchanting Fantasy The Gloom: Book One of The Gloom Trilogy is our Kids Corner Book of the Week and … Read more

Instant Video Spotlight: Films of the Underrated Greg Kinnear

You probably already know Greg Kinnear has been nominated for, and won, some awards for his supporting actor performance in As Good As It Gets (PG-13, 4.75/5 stars), the comedy-drama that starred Jack Nicholson as an OCD-afflicted, curmudgeonly, bestselling author who’s brought out of his shell by a no-nonsense waitress (Helen Hunt) working to support … Read more

Today’s $1.99 Kindle Daily Deals Include A Debut & A Classic

Aldous Huxley’s literary classic, Brave New World, is one of today’s $1.99 Kindle Daily Deals. From Amazon: Huxley’s bleak future prophesized in Brave New World was a capitalist civilization which had been reconstituted through scientific and psychological engineering, a world in which people are genetically designed to be passive and useful to the ruling class. … Read more