Did you know Amazon offers a catalog of short fiction, essays, journalistic reporting and more? That catalog is called Amazon Singles. From Amazon: Compelling Ideas Expressed at Their Natural Length Kindle Singles is here to offer a vast spectrum of reporting, essays, memoirs, narratives, and short stories presented to educate, entertain, excite, and inform. Our … Read more
Test prep courses for the SAT, GRE and other college entrance exams can be very effective, and very expensive. Luckily for Fire owners, all the help they need can be bought in the form of apps, all for under $5. Start with Wag Mobile’s Math Reference for US$1.99. It’s a pretty comprehensive study aid that includes … Read more
If you’ve downloaded a lot of content for use on your Fire, its onboard memory may be woefully small to your mind. Movies, in particular, can take up a lot of space. You may not always have a wi-fi connection handy for streaming from Amazon’s Cloud when you’re out and about, either. Luckily for Fire owners … Read more
You may have noticed that, slowly but surely, prices have been creeping upward in the iTunes music store, and it seems like more and more tracks are being listed as available when you purchase the entire “album only” all the time. Luckily for music fans, Amazon always has a large catalog of great, current hit … Read more
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
Yesterday, New Scientist reported that only about one-fifth of the typical free app’s power is spent on delivering app content, and the rest is spent on delivering the advertising that’s incorporated into most free versions of apps. From the report: For example, in Angry Birds only 20 per cent is used to display and run the … Read more
Maybe you haven’t been taking advantage of the free Amazon MP3 offers we’ve posted about here (like this list of over 100 free MP3 songs) because you’ve thought it’s just not too likely that you’ll be listening to much music on your Fire. Maybe you’re not in the habit of carrying your Fire around with you the way … Read more
Instapaper is a nifty, FREE tool that allows you to send virtually any article you find online to your Kindle Fire to read whenever you like. You can also read the saved articles right on the Instapaper site. There’s no app to buy or download, Instapaper account setup is all done online, and takes only a few … Read more