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Will this idea fly? I like Engadget.Com‘s description of the Kindle Single: “Amazon’s really, really short books for people with short attentions spans — have finally gone live.” LOL

I prefer my short stories collected together, thank you very much (Kinda like this EXCELLENT ’20th Century Ghosts’ by Joe Hill discounted to just $0.99!) But for those of you who’d like to look more into the Amazon Singles, head on over to the official Kindle Singles Editors’ Picks page!

They’ve already singled-out two authors for special mention: Jodi Picoult’s Leaving Home ($2.99) and Anand Giridharadas’s Chinese Dreams ($2.99).

Personally I think it’s overpriced coz I’m not paying $2.99 for short stories (maybe I’ll go for $0.50-$0.99), when there are so many good full-length books out there that go for the same price.

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Thought I’d play along with this weekly meme WWW Wednesdays (via the Should Be Reading blog) where I answer three (3) questions:

• What are you currently reading?

I’m currently reading Paul of Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.

I received a copy as a gift last Christmas (I’m a known SciFi and Dune fan), and I finally managed to squeeze it in my TBR pile. I loved Frank Herbert’s magnum opus Dune and Dune Messiah, but the events in those two books were separated by a decade. Paul of Dune is supposed to bridge that time gap and give fans more info about the bloody Jihad that swept the galaxy.

• What did you recently finish reading?

I actually re-read my copies of Frank Herbert’s Dune and Dune Messiah over the holidays.

It’s been a long time since I’ve read them, so I wanted to be sure about the characters and events, before I went ahead and read Paul of Dune. Usually, I’m disappointed when I re-read a book I raved over when I was a kid, but Frank Herbert’s writing and imagination is as exceptional now as it was the first time I read him. Total genius!

• What do you think you’ll read next?

I’m planning to read The City of Ember (The First Book of Ember) by Jeanne DuPrau. I’d read a marvelous review of this YA dystopic future story about two teens on a race to save their dying underground city via Anastacia’s Birdbrain(ed) Book Blog, so I’ve added that to my TBR pile!

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Hey, it’s time for the next installment in bargains for our Kindles! Be sure to check out all my posts about Kindle bargains by clicking HERE so you don’t miss out on some savings (but note that the discounts are only temporary, so prices may have gone up since I posted)! And if you missed the mega bargain book round-up I did Jan 2, better check it out since many books are still discounted! (p.s. If you’re looking for Kindle freebies instead, just check out all my freebie posts!)

Also, don’t forget that Amazon is currently running a special promo “Discover New Authors for $3.99 or Less” which is only until January 31!

Alone (Detective D. D. Warren Series #1) by Lisa Gardner for $0.99 (Thriller).

Product Description:

BONUS: This edition includes the full text of the novel plus the following content:

– Lisa Gardner on Detective D.D. Warren: Who was the inspiration for D.D. Warren? Find out in this essay.
– An excerpt from Lisa Gardner’s Love You More.

Alone . . . Massachusetts State Trooper Bobby Dodge watches a tense hostage standoff unfold through the scope of his sniper rifle. Just across the street, in wealthy Back Bay, Boston, an armed man has barricaded himself with his wife and child. The man’s finger tightens on the trigger and Dodge has only a split second to react . . . and forever pay the consequences.

Alone . . . that’s where the nightmare began for cool, beautiful, and dangerously sexy Catherine Rose Gagnon. Twenty-five years ago, she was buried underground during a month-long nightmare of abduction and abuse. Now her husband has just been killed. Her father-in-law, the powerful Judge Gagnon, blames Catherine for his son’s death . . . and for the series of unexplained illnesses that have sent her own young son repeatedly to the hospital.

Alone . . . a madman survived solitary confinement in a maximum security prison where he’d done hard time for the most sadistic of crimes. Now he walks the streets a free man, invisible, anonymous . . . and filled with an unquenchable rage for vengeance. What brings them together is a moment of violence—but what connects them is a passion far deeper and much more dangerous. For a killer is loose who’s woven such an intricate web of evil that no one is above suspicion, no one is beyond harm, and no one will see death coming until it has them cornered, helpless, and alone.

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For people who have been holding out at buying a new eReader – consider this $50 OFF deal! Sony has discounted their Sony Pocket Edition Readers (PRS-350) down to $129.99!

Product Description:

Books are a necessity in life, and the PRS-350PC wont make any bones about it. With a capacity for up to 1200 books (before you add your own memory), and access to multiple book stores or your own files, the Reader Pocket Edition is the perfect way to bring your library with you wherever you go. With a light, thin body that can fit in a jacket pocket or purse, the only way its like carrying an actual library with you is the E Ink, high contrast display, thats easier on the eyes than a harsh LCD display, and easier to see in sunlight.

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Here’s a list of stores where you can get it:

• Amazon ($129.99) – Sony Pocket Edition Reader Silver OR Sony PRS-350 Reader Pocket Edition Pink
• PC Richard & Son ($129) – Sony Reader Pocket Edition PRS350SC (SILVER) OR Sony eReader Pocket Edition PRS350PC (PINK)
• BestBuy.Com ($129.99) – Sony – Reader Pocket Edition Digital Book – Silver
• B&H Photo ($129) – Sony Reader Pocket Edition – PRS-350 (Silver)
• Borders.Com ($129.99) – Sony Reader Pocket Edition
• Or best deal – Go to Sony.Com and order the PRS-350 with an extra $50 or $75 trade-in certificate! ($$$ depends on the old gadget you trade in for it!)
• (Update) Or another great deal at Buy.Com ($119.95) – Sony PRS350SC Digital Reader Pocket Edition 5″ Display – Silver

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Sunrise by Jacquelyn Cook is currently available for the Kindle for FREE. (If you are a UK Kindle reader, it’s also free for you!)

Product Description:

The true love story behind one of Georgia’s most famous antebellum mansions.

In the 1850′s Anne Tracy, a smart and well-educated young woman from the stifled but elegant world of Macon, Georgia, made a polite marriage with an older, wealthy merchant, William Butler Johnson. The unlikely pairing blossomed into a romantic and devoted marriage. The Butlers’ wide travels through 1850′s Europe inspired them to return to Macon and build an incredible Italiente mansion.

Through the trials and trbultions of family tragedy and later the Civil War, the Butlers maintained an amazing legacy and an amazing home.

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Mobigloo has updated their game app for the Kindle and is offering it at 50% OFF! Plus, another new game for those who enjoy Sudoku!

‘Mahjong Solitaire (A Matching Game for Kindle)‘ by Mobigloo is available on the Amazon Kindle site for $1.99 (from $3.99)! Just click here to download!

App Description

Discounted 50% for a limited time and with newly updated navigation! Now you can guide your cursor directly to a tile in v1.1! Play the popular matching game Mahjong Solitaire on Kindle – anytime, anywhere.

In Mahjong Solitaire, you match pairs of identical tiles in order to remove them from the board. Only free tiles can be matched. Tiles are considered free if they do not have other tiles to either the left or right of them, or on top of them. The objective of the game is to clear all the tiles from the board. The game ends when all tiles have been removed or when there are no more free tiles left to match.

Mahjong Solitaire tracks the number of pairs of free tiles available to be matched for you. In addition, the game allows for unlimited undos, and contains a Hint feature that will give you suggestions for your next move, as well a Shuffle feature that will rearrange the tiles when you get stuck.

Mahjong Solitaire provides 10 different game board layouts to choose from. The game maintains game statistics that track your best time for each layout finished. Enjoy Mahjong Solitaire on Kindle today!

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‘Sudoku Unbound #1 (A Puzzle Collection)‘ by Puzzazz is available on the Amazon Kindle site for $2.99! Just click here to download!

Game Description

Crazy about Sudoku? Then this book of one hundred, fun, elegant, carefully crafted Sudoku puzzles is what you’re looking for – these are some of the best Sudoku puzzles you’ll find anywhere.

This Unbound puzzle collection gives you a great solving experience right on the page. Of course, you can use in-cell notes as you solve, just like you do on paper. If you’re having trouble, move on to a different puzzle – you can always turn back to that page later. Or, get a hint and keep going.

You’ll be both challenged and delighted with this book of puzzles that fit your personal skill level, because you can change from easy to medium to hard or back at any time. Whatever your skill and solving style, you’ll appreciate that each puzzle can be played at three levels of difficulty.

Enjoy!

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I really like the X5 Music site for their frequent give-aways! This time, the freebie is an oldies album with 21 great songs from the 60′s and 70′s (Best of AM Radio Gold). Check them out!

Tracklist:

Wild Thing – The Troggs Satisfaction – The Ventures Under the Boardwalk – The Drifters Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison All Mama’s Children – Carl Perkins Shake a Tail Feather – Ike & Tina Turner Yakety Yak – The Coasters You Little Trustmaker – The Tymes Harlem Shuffle – Bob & Earl Chapel of Love – Dixie Cups Love Grows (Where Rosemary Goes) – Edison Lighthouse I’m Easy – Clarence Carter I Want You To Be My Baby – Billie Davis Rainbow – Marmalade Always and Forever – Heatwave She Loves Me – Beau Brummels Midnight Blues – Charlie Rich Too Hot To Hold – Ike & Tina Turner With a Girl Like You – The Troggs Midnight Special – Van Morrison Ob La Di Ob La Da – Marmalade.

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The track ‘Sea Salt‘ by singer-songwriter John Vanderslice from the album White Wilderness [Amazon MP3 Exclusive Version] is available for FREE download as Amazon’s FREE MP3 of the day!

Click here to download the FREE song!

If you like it, check out John Vanderslice’s music! Enjoy the free music!

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