How to keep getting your Fix of Free Kindle Books and Deals?
If you get the list that says 'From Kindle Review' at the top, then you have to do nothing.
A map of German front of the Second World War circa 1941-1942. Ελληνικά: Εδαφικές κατακτήσεις του Ράιχ Español: Conquistas territoriales del Reich (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
A bonus post this week, to make up for missing Friday Fictioneers last week.
I came across this hilarious post on The Straight Dope:
It, and the original LiveJournal post by squid314 upon which it’s based, points out a number of obvious plot holes in World War II that make it hard to believe. The comments are great too.
Check it out, I think you’ll enjoy it.
Let me know what you think.
A powder snow avalanche (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I just finished reading a fascinating article from the New York Times:
Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek
This avalanche on February 19, 2012 was nothing unusual. It occurred in an area well known for avalanches, the far side of Cowboy Mountain from the Stevens Pass ski area, near Seattle. This is a popular area for deep powder skiing—all the benefits of back-country without the difficult access. But the climate is ideal for formation of avalanche conditions. Continue reading
Wool Omnibus Edition by Hugh Howey
I recently finished reading the Wool Omnibus Edition (Wool 1 – 5) by Hugh Howey, and really enjoyed it.
Actually, I first read the original Wool novella, which was (and still is as of this writing) free as a Kindle eBook. I had seen it recommended a couple of times, so when I saw it free I grabbed it and dove right in.
This story was so absorbing I killed more than an hour in the doctor’s office without even noticing. When the doctor came in it took me a moment to remember where I was and why I was there. I found it very well written, and hard to put down.
But the ending left many unanswered questions (much the way short stories often do), and had me wanting more. If he hadn’t already written them, I would have been among the many who were clamoring for more. So I immediately bought the Omnibus version and dove into that as well. Continue reading
Books (Photo credit: henry…)
I had a great idea for character development recently. But I haven’t had time to write it up yet, so I’ll just leave this as a hook for my next post 8^).
I just arrived home from my trip late Friday night, and a friend’s wedding took all of my Saturday. Thankfully, today is a holiday in Canada. I’m still recovering and getting caught up on email and other things.
So I’m just going to quickly mention a blog I follow that has pointed me to some great deals: Kindle Review. They publish a daily list of good free e-books and daily deals from Amazon, typically one to eight per genre. These are usually short term promotions, and must be acted on quickly.
Of course, you can always go to Amazon and get the full list of freebies and daily deals. But given the free-for-all of self-publishing, this is kind of like going through an agent’s slush pile. The people at Kindle Review have already done this for you, providing a curated list. Continue reading
Cover via Amazon
Today I want to mention a nice tool I found for Kindle (and Kindle reading app) users: Klip.me. Klip.me allows me to quickly send a web page to my Kindle. This has worked great for me with both Chromium 16 and Firefox 13.
Klip.me comes as a browser extension for Google Chrome (or the open source Chromium) and Apple Safari, as well as a (beta) bookmarklet supporting Firefox, Opera, Chrome, Safari and IE9. Continue reading
