Amazon Kindle discussion

Margaret, thanks for reminding me about The Imperfectionists -- looking forward to that. I'm reading Black Out by John Lawton. English detective Freddie Troy investigates murders in wartime London during the Blitz and mixes it up with Yanks stationed there. Good stuff, but it took a while to get up and running. Longtime UK resident Lawton gets the Yanks right as only an American writer probably could, though sometimes it's a little over the top -- which I like.

But, I have a confession to make ...

I'm reading this as a print book! But only because it's not available in the US for Kindle.

-- Steve

Hi Everyone. I'm new here and am glad to find a group who owns Kindles. I had wondered if going from hardcover to Kindle would be difficult to get used to but I found the transition very easy. I have Little Bee by Chris Cleave downloaded and am looking forward to it. I read a few pages and it looks like it is going to be interesting reading.

I am reading It's In My Blood by Shawneda Marks.

I read Little Bee a couple of months ago. It was interesting.

I started Little Bee a while back but had to leave it for an assigned discussion group selection. It was The Known World and it was tough reading. (Many from the group felt the same.) The book for November is Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer, and I'm not enjoying it at all. Has anyone here read it? Maybe I'm missing something. Anyway, I decided to put that aside and went back to Little Bee. I'm really enjoying the writer's style.

Katrina wrote: "Kathy wrote: "I just ordered Intervention on my Kindle, can't wait to start it! Finishing up More Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea........."

Are you enjoying More Blood, More Sweat...I ha..."

I loved [book:More Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea|7009069 . it was easy to put it down for a few days and pick it up again with worrying about forgetting any details in the book. I never read the first one he wrote, but, I herd it is just as good.

I just checked this book out at Amazon and found that the book, More Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea is free, so I ordered it. The price of the original is $9.87. I wonder why that is?

Jan wrote: "I just checked this book out at Amazon and found that the book, More Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea is free, so I ordered it. The price of the original is $9.87. I wonder why that is?"

Amazon offers quite a big selection of free books for kindle, ones that would cost money otherwise if bought any other way. The offer lasts sometimes a week or month or longer. It is especially true if an author is coming out with a a new book in a series, or not as well known in the United States. "More Blood, More Sweat..." has been free for a least a month now. I check amazon at least once a week for their current free books. Awhile back someone posted a blog or something that lists them all there but I can't for the life of me remember what it is now.

>>I check amazon at least once a week for their current free books.<<

Where on Amazon do you go to check for the free books? I guess I just got lucky on "More Blood".

Go to the kindle bookstore and look at the "Top 100" (usually down on the lower right). There's a Top 100 FREE tab.

Click and enjoy.

Thanks for the information. I somehow seem to enjoy a free book more than one I pay for. :-)

I am reading Journey into America: the Challange of Islam.by Akbar Ahmed. It is non-fiction a well researched study by a professor of Islamic studies about being a Muslim in modern day America. It is interesting. Much of it is interviews with the different sects of Muslim in America.

I am now reading
I cant put this book down, I am not reading it on my Kindle, a regular paper back, but it is so good, and I highly suggest this to be a book everyone should read.

Katrina wrote: "Jan wrote: "I just checked this book out at Amazon and found that the book, More Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea is free, so I ordered it. The price of the original is $9.87. I wonder why ..."

at http://www.ereaderiq.com/pricewatch/ you can put in your email address and they will email you when ever the new free books are offered..you can also put in a kindle book price watch..so when ever the price goes down on a book you are interested in it will email you ..love it ..

you can also check this blog http://booksontheknob.blogspot.com/ they list free books offered on kindle ..but i suspect they get the info from above website


hope this helps !!!

Jan wrote: ">>I check amazon at least once a week for their current free books.<<

Where on Amazon do you go to check for the free books? I guess I just got lucky on "More Blood"."

There are several blogs for free books, I Love My Kindle and Kindle Nation Daily. They are 99 cents a month. There is a free website that will email you daily lists called www.ereaderiq.com That sight is a good place for kindle free book searches. I have both the blogs and I like getting it sent to my Kindle every day.

Besserwisser: A Novel - Steve Anderson

I am coming to the end of The Crying Tree Pretty good book, not not the most gripping of stories but it does make you think and it is well written.

I am reading The Duke & the Pirate Queenby Victoria Janssen

Reading James Patterson's Postcard Killers, loving it, taking the tour through Europe tracking the killers.

I am reading "The Blood King (Chronicles of the Necromancer #2)"
by Gail Z. Martin.

The Malacca Conspiracy - Don Brown (not the DaVinci Code guy, that's Dan Brown. Don Brown writes mysteries, among other things.)

Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead: Frank Meeink's Story as Told to Jody M. Roy

I am reading
I have also been reading teaser chapters of which is not out until the 26th I think.

I am now onto The Big Over Easy
So far so good, it kind of reminds me of the childrens movie "hoodWinked" in the fact that it takes a childrens nursery story and gives it a mondern, adult like spin on the story.

Stephanie - have you ever read any of the Thursday Next books ( The Eyre Affair is the first in the series) by Jasper Fforde?? They are really fun!

I'm 50 percent thru Dangerous Undertaking. I haven't decided (yet) if I like it well enough to continue with the series.

Warhammer Books Free I have not read any of the Warhammer books but I know a lot of people do-
http://www.blacklibrary.com/Getting-S...

The Black Library, publishers of Warhammer books and manuals, are giving away a free e-book each week in October. The past weeks books are still available.

I'm reading Grubs by David McAfee. Awesome book. Creepy.

Deanne wrote: "Stephanie - have you ever read any of the Thursday Next books ( The Eyre Affair is the first in the series) by Jasper Fforde?? They are really fun!"

No I havent, and I didnt know there was more then just the one book. I am going to have to look for it bc I love the one I am reading now. Thanks!

stormhawk wrote: "Besserwisser: A Novel - Steve Anderson"

Thanks for reading, stormhawk!

Right now I'm reading Crusader's Cross by James Lee Burke. This guy proves that some of the best novelists period are the so-called genre writers.

Steve

Candy wrote: "Just started Her Fearful Symmetry after having it on my kindle for a year! (I know--I am terrible.)"

LOL Candy - I may have u beat though - I bought my first Kindle in March of 08-09 and I think I have about 10-15 books on my Kindle from 08 that I still haven't read!!! I keep finding other books to read.

Déjà Dead - Kathy Reichs

If you want to know the difference between based on and inspired by, the Kathy Reichs books really underline the difference.

Reading Michael Kortya's "Envy the Night." My first of his, definitely not my last. After a slightly slow start it's a gripping, fun read. Happy halloween!

I'm about 3/4 that way through Blindsight by Peter Watts.

I started reading but I have put that down to read

Just started

I am reading . Half way through and really enjoying it. I got it as a free download on Amazon.

David wrote: "I'm about 3/4 that way through Blindsight by Peter Watts."

How is it? I was intent on reading it when it first came out, and then it fell off my radar.

I am reading Night of the Vampires by Heather Graham. There are good vamps and bad vamps so far and half breeds. Interesting...:)

HIGH PRICE OF KINDLE BESTSELLERS ON AMAZON ...
Kindle readers are a vocal group! Especially on Amazon. There's a lot of misinformation, however. Some are blazingly unhappy that many mainstream Kindle books are priced well beyond the $9.99 recommended by Amazon. As a Goodreads and Amazon indie author with some inside information, I added a post. Here's a taste - followed by the link to the full story.

Amazon would prefer it if no Kindle book sold over $9.99. In fact, they encourage (not just the Big 5 Dinosaurs), but all publishers, to sell between $2.99 and $9.99. Amazon puts their money where their mouth is: they will pay the publisher 70% of the sale, minus about 20 cents for download time (yes, the publisher pays for you to download the book in this scenario), if they will sell between those two magic numbers. 35% if not. I'm no math wiz, but if we do the basics, a publisher selling at $15 nets out $5.25. One selling at $9.99 who has elected the 70% split nets $6.99.

No-brainer! Selling for less makes more!

BUT let's not miss the big picture: what's going on here is WAR between the publishers, who had it all their way for a long, long time, and that upstart Amazon, which has become a mega-monster in its own right, with a great deal of power...

http://amzn.to/bqgBTO

I'm currently reading Loose Lips Sink Ships by Katrina LaCroix. It's about a ridiculous teen relationship and is SOOO funny! :)

Currently reading on my Kindle!

I'm reading , and having a gas. It's a fun read. And a perfect book for the Kindle because its 600 plus pages.

I am reading Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novelby Jeanette Walls for my neighborhood book club. So far, it is good and is a very quick read.

Just finished The Miracle Inspector by Helen Smith. Good stuff. If Patricia Highsmith wrote dystopian fiction but had more of a sense of humor, it might be something like this. I'll be reading more from her.

Also, just started Matterhorn, which so far reads like The Naked and the Dead but in Vietnam. Promising so far.

Happy reading,
Steve

I just got my new Kindle last night as an early anniversary gift and I am gonna finish reading "Anybody but Justin" by Shelli Stevens before going onto anything else.

I'm reading Working Stiff and enjoying it so far!

Bonnie wrote: "Alanna wrote: "I am reading Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novelby Jeanette Walls for my neighborhood book club. So far, it is good and is a very quick read."

Have you read Glass C..."

I read The Glass Castle last summer and I agree it was a great book.

The Crown Conspiracy - Michael J. Sullivan

(the second book in the series, Avempartha, is available free, and even though the author has said that it stands alone, I decided to read the first one)

I finished What Alice Forgot about a week ago. :) It's a nice, light read, I'd definitely recommend it! :)

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