When you buy a Kindle or Kindle Fire, you can get it “with special offers” at a discount price, or without special offers at the full price. If you buy the “with special offers” model, you will see ads on the startup/unlock screen of your device, and may see ads on your device screensaver. Most … Read more
How Does Amazon Decide What A “Normal” Price Should Be For Digital Content? Amazon is unbelievably good at knowing what consumers are willing to pay for things, and that’s because Amazon has amassed a HUGE database of information about its customers’ purchases. Amazon analysts can run reports that will show them at a glance which … Read more
I am a HUGE fan of the audiobook. As a single mom with two kids who also has to work for a living, I’ve found I simply don’t have the time and quiet I require to read hard copy or ebooks anymore, but that doesn’t mean I’ve given up books. Instead, I’ve turned to audiobooks. … Read more
Amazon has slashed the price on the Kindle Fire HD 7″ to $159, the same price as for a first-generation, non-HD Fire for a limited time. Amazon’s not saying when the price will go back up to $199, but there are also many reports online of a Kindle Fire 2 rollout that’s expected to happen … Read more
The Great Courses is a series of lectures—actual, collegiate-level courses in science, the arts and humanities—written and presented by some of the most respected scholars and professionals in their fields. If you go to the Bestsellers page on the Great Courses website, you’ll find that regular prices for these programs start at about $120 and … Read more
The major publishers who colluded with Apple to raise ebook prices and force Amazon to do likewise with its own Kindle books, all in an effort to raise the average retail price of ebooks to a level significantly higher than Amazon’s standard $9.99 pricetag for new, major-release Kindle books, were all found guilty by the … Read more
BookGorilla is a terrific, FREE service that allows you to indicate what types of books you’re interested in, then sends you an email once per day containing free and bargain Kindle books from the categories you’ve specified, up to a maximum number you get to set. Here are some highlights from my own BookGorilla email … Read more
Bargain and free Kindle books are great, but it can be a pain trying to find them. You have to wade through so many books in genres you don’t care about, then work your way past all the ‘junk’ books you’ve never heard of and don’t care about. Maybe half an hour later, when you finally … Read more