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Kindle Daily Deal & Free App of the Day

Michael Gallagher — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:30:56 +0000

Each day, Amazon sponsors the Kindle Daily Deal and the Free App of the Day.

Amazon’s Kindle Daily Deal is a one-day only offer where a specific Kindle book for adults, one for young readers (children or young adults), a romance, and a science fiction / fantasy title have been hand-selected by the editors at Amazon and significantly discounted for today only.

Amazon’s free App of the Day can be utilized on a Kindle Fire and Android-based smartphones and tablet computers, and the app can be a game, utility, or who knows? Each app is offered free for 24 hours and, after that period is over it goes back to paid status and a new app is the Free App of the Day.

Kindle Daily Deal

Today’s Kindle Daily Deal for adults is all three books in the Star Trek: The Next Generation: Cold Equations series, by David Mack, and each of these books was $7.99 yesterday but have been discounted 70% to just $0.99 for today only.

Today’s Kindle Teens Daily Deal is It’s a Mall World After All , by Janette Rallison, and this book was $5.99 yesterday but has been discounted 67% to just $1.99 for today only. This book has received an average user rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars based on 21 customer reviews.

Today’s Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Daily Deal is Dawn , by Octavia E. Butler, and this book was $14.99 yesterday but has been discounted 80% to just $2.99 for today only. This book has received an average user rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars based on 107 customer reviews.

Today’s Kindle Romance Daily Deal is Caught on Camera , by KimLaw, and this book was $9.99 yesterday but has been discounted 80% to just $1.99 for today only. This book has received an average user rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars based on 94 customer reviews.

You can check each of them out if you click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser.

In the interest of time and space (pun intended), I am not going to list out each of the Star Trek books. However, you can check each of them out if you click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser to pick up your copy of The Demands .

Here is the It’s a Mall World After All book description from the Amazon website:

Charlotte’s job as a perfume spritzer at the mall is perfect for spying on her classmates who hang out there. So when she see her best friend’s boyfriend flirting with another girl, a series of hilarious, often foiled attempts to catch him in the act of cheating follow. Through it all, the gorgeous and infuriating Colton is there laughing at her. But when Charlotte and Colton dress up as Santa and his elf for a charity event at the mall, they get more attention than they bargained for-leading to a mall brawl, a moment of truth, and the realization that being right isn’t always a one-size-fits solution.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser to pick up your copy of It’s a Mall World After All .

Here is the Dawn book description from the Amazon website:

Rescued from Earth’s destruction, one woman is called upon to revive mankind

Lilith Iyapo has just lost her husband and son when atomic fire consumes Earth—the last stage of the planet’s final war. Hundreds of years later Lilith awakes, deep in the hold of a massive alien spacecraft piloted by the Oankali—who arrived just in time to save humanity from extinction. They have kept Lilith and other survivors asleep for centuries, as they learned whatever they could about Earth. Now it is time for Lilith to lead them back to her home world, but life among the Oankali on the newly resettled planet will be nothing like it was before.

The Oankali survive by genetically merging with primitive civilizations—whether their new hosts like it or not. For the first time since the nuclear holocaust, Earth will be inhabited. Grass will grow, animals will run, and people will learn to survive the planet’s untamed wilderness. But their children will not be human. Not exactly.

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Octavia E. Butler including rare images from the author’s estate.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser to pick up your copy of Dawn .

Here is the Caught on Camera book description from the Amazon website:

Beautiful Vega Zaragoza was poised to become fashion’s next “it girl” when she learned the hard way that sex and politics don’t mix. Now the former model spends her days behind the camera, working as a videographer to hide from public scrutiny. Her life is on autopilot until a promising new job sparks her ambition. There’s just one catch: she must land an exclusive interview with JP Davenport, the golden boy of American politics and first in line for Georgia’s open senatorial seat.
Charming and gorgeous, JP is also fiercely private, a charismatic enigma with his fair share of secrets—not to mention a string of romantic conquests a mile long. He could make Vega’s career, or destroy what credibility she has left—because JP has made it very clear that his interest in Vega is anything but professional. Vega should know better than to trust a man like him. But kiss by heated kiss, she discovers this man may be worth the risk.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser to pick up your copy of Caught on Camera .

Free App of the Day

Today’s Free App of the Day is Crazy Tanks , and this game app is normally $0.99 in the Amazon App Store but is free for today only.

Here is the app’s description from the Amazon App Store website:

CrazyTanks is an insanely fun game. Drive your crazy tank. Shoot at enemy tanks and enemy towers. Collect yummy powerups.

Game has 30 different levels. There are 4 types of enemy tanks and 2 types of turrets. More levels are in development.

A tank! A tank! My kingdom for a tank!

You can pick up your free copy of Crazy Tanks by clicking here or typing in http://smarturl.it/appdeal into your web browser.

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Kindle Daily Deal & Free App of the Day

Michael Gallagher — Wed, 15 May 2013 19:00:33 +0000

Each day, Amazon sponsors the Kindle Daily Deal and the Free App of the Day.

Kindle Daily Deal

Today’s Kindle Daily Deal for adults is The Demands , by Mark Billingham, and this book was $9.99 yesterday but has been discounted 70% to just $2.99 for today only. This book has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 14 customer reviews.

Today’s Kindle Teens Daily Deal is Mira’s Diary: Lost in Paris , by Marissa Moss, and this book was $12.99 yesterday but has been discounted 85% to just $1.99 for today only. This book has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 11 customer reviews.

Today’s Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Daily Deal is Oz Reimagined: New Tales from the Emerald City and Beyond , edited by John Joseph Adams and Douglas Cohen, and this book was $9.99 yesterday but has been discounted 80% to just $1.99 for today only. This book has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 40 customer reviews.

Today’s Kindle Romance Daily Deal is Down in New Orleans , by Heather Graham, and this book was $7.99 yesterday but has been discounted 75% to just $1.99 for today only. This book has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 20 customer reviews.

You can check each of them out if you click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser.

Here is the The Demands book description from the Amazon website:

The Crime The customers in a London convenience store are taken captive. Among them is young mother, Detective Helen Weeks. She is told her life depends on the co-operation of one of her colleagues – detective Tom Thorne.

The Demand Akhtar is desperate to know what really happened to his beloved son, who died a year before in prison. He is convinced the death was not an accident and forces the one man who knows more about the case than any other, Thorne, to re-investigate.

The Twist What Thorne discovers will upend everything he thought he knew about the fate of those he’s put away…but will it be enough to fulfill the wishes of a grieving and potentially violent father?

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser to pick up your copy of The Demands .

Here is the Mira’s Diary: Lost in Paris book description from the Amazon website:

When Mira receives a cryptic postcard from her missing mother, she sets off with her father and brother to find her in Paris. Only Mira doesn’t know she’s looking in the wrong century.
With an innocent touch to a gargoyle sculpture on the roof of Notre Dame, Mira is whisked into the past. There she learns her mother isn’t just avoiding the family, she’s in serious trouble. Following her mother’s clues, Mira travels through time to help change history and bring her mother home.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser to pick up your copy of Mira’s Diary: Lost in Paris .

Here is the Oz Reimagined: New Tales from the Emerald City and Beyond book description from the Amazon website:

When L. Frank Baum introduced Dorothy and friends to the American public in 1900, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz became an instant, bestselling hit. Today the whimsical tale remains a cultural phenomenon that continues to spawn wildly popular books, movies, and musicals. Now, editors John Joseph Adams and Douglas Cohen have brought together leading fantasy writers such as Orson Scott Card and Seanan McGuire to create the ultimate anthology for Oz fans – and, really, any reader with an appetite for richly imagined worlds. Stories include:
• Frank Baum’s son has the real experiences that his father later fictionalized in Orson Scott Card’s “Off to See the Emperor.”
• Seanan McGuire’s “Emeralds to Emeralds, Dust to Dust” finds Dorothy grown up, bitter, and still living in Oz. And she has a murder to solve – assuming Ozma will stop interfering with her life long enough to let her do her job.
• In “Blown Away,” Jane Yolen asks: What if Toto was dead and stuffed, Ozma was a circus freak, and everything you thought you knew as Oz was
really right here in Kansas?
• “The Cobbler of Oz” by Jonathan Maberry explores a Winged Monkey with wings too small to let her fly. Her only chance to change that rests with
the Silver Slippers.
• In Tad Williams’s futuristic “The Boy Detective of Oz,” Orlando investigates the corrupt Oz simulation of the Otherland network.
• And more…
Some stories are dystopian…Some are dreamlike…All are undeniably Oz.
Includes stories by these authors:
Dale Bailey, Orson Scott Card, Rae Carson, David Farland, C.C. Finlay, Jeffrey Ford, Theodora Goss, Simon R. Green, Kat Howard, Ken Liu, Seanan McGuire, Jonathan Maberry, Rachel Swirsky, Robin Wasserman, Tad Williams, Jane Yolen

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser to pick up your copy of Oz Reimagined: New Tales from the Emerald City and Beyond .

Here is the Down in New Orleans book description from the Amazon website:

When Ann infiltrates the dark corners of the Big Easy to clear her ex-husband’s name, what begins as an innocent investigation becomes a matter of life and death

Ann and Jon Marcel are a rare case; five years after their divorce, they’re good friends, and Ann has come to love Jon’s hometown of New Orleans. Until the day Jon staggers through her door covered in blood and mumbling, “I didn’t do it.”

Jon is charged with murdering a stripper, and in order to save him, Ann will have to dive into the sordid New Orleans underworld, looking for clues in erotic clubs and seamy jazz spots. And, if that weren’t enough, she must deal with the resolute detective bent on bringing her husband to justice—the eagle-eyed lieutenant who dogs her steps and surfaces in her dreams. But despite her wavering affections, Ann has bigger concerns as she becomes embroiled in a fight not only for Jon’s freedom, but also for her life.

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Heather Graham, including rare photos from the author’s personal collection.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser to pick up your copy of Down in New Orleans .

Free App of the Day

Today’s Free App of the Day is Office Calculator Pro and this utility app is normally $1.69 in the Amazon App Store but is free for today only.

Here is the app’s description from the Amazon App Store website:

Office calculator with a virtual tape,
fixed point or floating point calculator,
various rounding modes and percent calculation.
This is a calculator optimized for office tasks.

* Calculator with virtual tape
You can switch between calculator view and and tape view to have a full screen view of the tape.
The tape of the calculator can have up to 500 lines.

* Calculator supports corrections on the tape
You can change values on the virtual tape to make corrections.

* Calculator allows annotations on the tape
You can write a comment to a tape line.

* Calculator with fixed point arithmetic or floating point.
Fixed point arithmetic has 20 digits and 0 – 4 decimal places.
The floating point arithmetic has 64 bits (IEEE double precision).
By default, the calculator works with fixed point arithmetic and 2 decimal places as needed for most calculations with amounts.

* Calculator supports three rounding modes: up, down or 5/4.

* Calculator has percent calculation to add or subtract percent values.
This makes it very easy to calculate tax amounts with the calculator.

* Calculator support operator precedence (multiplication/division over addition/subtraction) and displays interim results (optional)

This is the Pro variant of Office Calculator, a Free variant with ads is also available.

You can pick up your free copy of Office Calculator Pro by clicking here or typing in http://smarturl.it/appdeal into your web browser.

Kindle Daily Deal & Free App of the Day

Michael Gallagher — Mon, 13 May 2013 22:10:12 +0000

Each day, Amazon sponsors the Kindle Daily Deal and the Free App of the Day.

Kindle Daily Deal

Today’s Kindle Daily Deal for adults is Gone, Baby, Gone , by Denis Lehane, and this book was $9.99 yesterday but has been discounted 80% to just $1.99 for today only. This book has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 201 customer reviews.

Today’s Kindle Kids Daily Deal is The Three Little Tamales , by Eric A. Kimmel and Valeria Docampo, and this book was $9.99 yesterday but has been discounted 80% to just $1.99 for today only. This book has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 30 customer reviews.

Today’s Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Daily Deal is The Well of Tears: The Dream Stewards , by Roberta Trahan, and this book was $9.99 yesterday but has been discounted 90% to just $0.99 for today only. This book has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 33 customer reviews.

Today’s Kindle Romance Daily Deal is Every Breath She Takes , by Norah Wilson, and this book was $9.99 yesterday but has been discounted 80% to just $1.99 for today only. This book has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 159 customer reviews.

You can check each of them out if you click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser.

Here is the Gone, Baby, Gone book description from the Amazon website:

Vanished, in this complex and unsettling fourth case for PIs Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro (after Sacred, 1997) is four-year-old Amanda McCready, taken one night from her apartment in Dorchester, a working-class section of Boston, where her mother had left her alone. Kenzie and Gennaro, hired by the child’s aunt and uncle, join in an unlikely alliance with Remy Broussard and Nick Raftopoulos, known as Poole, the two cops with the department’s Crimes Against Children squad who are assigned to the case. In tracing the history of Amanda’s neglectful mother, whose past involved her with a drug lord and his minions, the foursome quickly find themselves tangling with Boston’s crime underworld and involved in what appears to be a coup among criminals. Lehane develops plenty of tension between various pairs of parties: the good guys looking for Amanda and the bad guys who may know where she is; the two PIs and the two cops; various police and federal agencies; opposing camps in the underworld; and Patrick and Angie, who are lovers as well as business partners. All is delivered with abundant violence?e.g., bloated and mutilated corpses; gangland executions; shoot-outs with weapons of prodigious firepower; descriptions of sexual abuse of small children; threats of rape and murder?that serves to make Amanda’s likely fate all the more chilling. Lehane tackles corruption in many forms as he brings his complicated plot to its satisfying resolution, at the same time leaving readers to ponder moral questions about social and individual responsibility long after the last page is turned.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser to pick up your copy of Gone, Baby, Gone .

Here is the The Three Little Tamales book description from the Amazon website:

While the three little tamales cool off on a windowsill, a tortilla rolls by. “You’ll be eaten. You’d better run!” he tells them. And so the tamales jump out the window. The first runs to the prairie and builds a house of sagebrush. The second runs to a cornfield and builds a house of cornstalks. The third runs to the desrt and builds a house of cactus. Then who should come along but Señor Lobo, the Big Bad Wolf, who plans to blow their houses down!Valeria Docampo’s oil-and-pencil illustrations add zest and humor to this rollicking southwestern version of a popular tale.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser to pick up your copy of The Three Little Tamales .

Here is the The Well of Tears: The Dream Stewards book description from the Amazon website:

More than five centuries after Camelot, a new king heralded by prophecy has appeared. As one of the last sorceresses of a dying order sworn to protect the new ruler at all costs, Alwen must answer a summons she thought she might never receive.
Bound by oath, Alwen returns to Fane Gramarye, the ancient bastion of magic standing against the rise of evil. For alongside the prophecy of the benevolent king, a darker foretelling envisions the land overrun by a demonic army and cast into ruin.
Alwen has barely set foot in her homeland when she realizes traitors lurk within the Stewardry, threatening to destroy it. To thwart the corruption and preserve her order, Alwen must draw upon power she never knew she possessed and prepare to sacrifice everything she holds dear—even herself. If she fails, the prophecy of peace will be banished, and darkness will rule.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser to pick up your copy of The Well of Tears: The Dream Stewards .

Here is the Every Breath She Takes book description from the Amazon website:

Veterinarian Lauren Townsend has good reason for hiding her psychic ability. Not only did her “freakishness” earn her pariah status in the small town where she grew up, it cost her a fiancé and her faith in love. When Lauren foresees a murder—through the killer’s eyes—she traces the victim to a sprawling ranch, never guessing what waits for her…
Cal Taggart’s rugged ranch life doesn’t need any more complications. His stubborn determination cost him his marriage, and now may cost him his livelihood. But then beautiful Lauren enters his corral…with danger close behind. And Cal wants nothing more than to protect her. They can’t deny their intense attraction. Nor do they want to. What begins as a fling with no strings becomes a fight for survival—and for true love.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser to pick up your copy of Every Breath She Takes .

Free App of the Day

Today’s Free App of the Day is 247 Mahjong and this game app is normally $0.99 in the Amazon App Store but is free for today only.

Here is the app’s description from the Amazon App Store website:

Play Mahjong all day long with 247 Mahjong.

Unwind from your day to the soothing sound of crashing waves while lazily matching tiles in this classic board game. Or try to achieve a perfect, 3-star score on all 26 fun and challenging mahjong boards. This version of Mahjong Solitaire has all the classic arrangements (like the “Turtle” layout) and brand new, completely original layouts, like “Fish” and “Butterfly.”

This fun and addictive tile-matching puzzle game features beautiful artwork, and a simple, easy-to-use interface. And the NEW Zoom feature makes playing even better on devices with smaller screens, like cell phones!

Features include:
* NEW Zoom feature (great for cell phones!)
* 20 stimulating layouts
* undo, hint, and shuffle buttons
* endlessly-challenging high scores and achievements
* simple and intuitive interface
* beautiful graphics, and easy-to-read tiles
* free updates (including more board layouts, features and artwork),as they are developed, for life!

You can pick up your free copy of 247 Mahjong by clicking here or typing in http://smarturl.it/appdeal into your web browser.

Save $20 on a Kindle Fire HD

Michael Gallagher — Tue, 07 May 2013 21:00:48 +0000

Well, this is a really short post for you…in honor of Mother’s Day, Amazon is discounting the price of a 7” Kindle Fire HD by $20 if you type in this special code: FIRE4MOM

Here is how you can get the $20 savings on a new Kindle Fire HD:

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/firehd into your web browser to get to the appropriate page on the Amazon website.
DO NOT use the 1-click option or you won’t get the discount! If you want to order one, click the “Add to Cart” icon as you need to go through the checkout procedure to apply the code.
Select which version of the 7’ Kindle Fire HD you want by clicking it, then click the “Add to Cart” icon.
Select whatever else you want in the session (power adapter, case, etc.), then click the “Proceed to Checkout” icon.
Once you click the “Proceed to Checkout” icon you will need to input your shipping address.
On the next screen, which is where you input your payment information, you will see a section titled “Gift Cards & Promotional Codes.” This is where you need to type in the special code: FIRE4MOM
Click the “Continue” icon to complete your order.

That’s it, and here’s to saving $20!

Michael

Kindle Daily Deal & Free App of the Day

Michael Gallagher — Sun, 05 May 2013 19:00:22 +0000

Each day, Amazon sponsors the Kindle Daily Deal and the Free App of the Day.

Kindle Daily Deal

Today’s Kindle Daily Deal for Adults is The Two Minute Rule , by Robert Crais, and this book was $9.99 yesterday but has been discounted 80% to just $2.99 for today only. This book has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 186 customer reviews.

Today’s Kindle Teens Daily Deal is My Brother Sam is Dead , by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier, and this book was $7.99 yesterday but has been discounted 57% to just $2.99 for today only. This book has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 360 customer reviews.

Today’s Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Daily Deal is Building from Ashes , by Elizabeth Hunter, and this book was $3.99 yesterday but has been discounted 50% to just $1.99 for today only. This book has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 214 customer reviews.

Today’s Kindle Romance Daily Deal is Dead Heat , by Kathleen Brooks, and this book was $2.99 yesterday but has been discounted 67% to just $0.99 for today only. This book has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 186 customer reviews.

You can check each of them out if you click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser.

Here is the The Two Minute Rule book description from the Amazon website:

Two minutes can be a lifetime.
Ask anyone on the wrong side of the law about the two-minute rule and they’ll tell you that’s as long as you can hope for at a robbery before the cops show up. Break the two-minute rule and it’s a lifetime in jail. But not everyone plays by the rules. . .
When ex-con Max Holman finally gets out of jail, freedom doesn’t taste too sweet. The only thing on his mind is reconciliation with his estranged son, who is, ironically, a cop. But then he hears the devastating news: His son and three other uniformed cops were gunned down in cold blood in Los Angeles the night before Holman’s release. When the hit is exposed as a revenge killing and the question of police corruption is raised, it becomes a father’s last duty to clear his son’s name and catch the killer. With all the elements that have made Robert Crais one of the very best crime writers today, The Two Minute Rule is gripping, edgy suspense from the author who sets the standard when it comes to surprising plot twists and powerful characters.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser to pick up your copy of The Two Minute Rule .

Here is the My Brother Sam is Dead book description from the Amazon website:

Winner of the Newbery Honor! The Revolutionary War comes alive in this contemporary classic for young adults. The War had no clear-cut loyalties–it divided families, friends and towns. Young Tim Meeker’s 16-year-old brother goes off to fight with the Patriots while his father remains a reluctant British Loyalist in the Tory town of Redding, CT. Tim’s always looked up to his brother, who’s smart and brave. With the war soon raging, Tim knows he’ll have to make a choice — between the Revolutionaries and the Redcoats . . . and between his brother and his father. Over the course of the war Tim learns that life teaches some bitter lessons and does not guarantee clear answers. My Brother Sam Is Dead is a stirring, probing tale full of action and suspense, putting listeners right into the heart of the Revolutionary War.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser to pick up your copy of My Brother Sam is Dead .

Here is the Building from Ashes book description from the Amazon website:

In a world teetering on the edge of change, two beings struggle to find their purpose. Will their paths lead them closer together or tear their worlds apart?

For a thousand years, powerful earth vampire Carwyn ap Bryn has served others. God. His family. His friends. But tragedy and loss disrupt his peaceful existence, causing him to question everything he has committed his eternity to.

Brigid Connor has known about vampires since they rescued her from a painful childhood. But not even their vast elemental power can save her from the demons that torment her.

As loyalties are tested and new paths are forged, a lurking danger slowly grows in the Elemental World. Carwyn and Brigid learn that even secrets revealed can come back to haunt you when you least expect it.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser to pick up your copy of Building from Ashes .

Here is the Dead Heat book description from the Amazon website:

In the third book of the Bluegrass Series, Paige Davies finds her world turned upside down as she becomes involved in her best friends’ nightmare. The strong-willed Paige doesn’t know which is worse: someone trying to kill her, or losing her dog to the man she loves to hate.

FBI Agent Cole Parker can’t decide whether he should strangle or kiss this infuriating woman of his dreams. As he works the case of his career, he finds that love can be tougher than bringing down some of the most powerful men in America.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser to pick up your copy of Dead Heat .

Free App of the Day

Today’s Free App of the Day is 94 Seconds , and this game app is normally $1.99 in the Amazon App Store but is free for today only.

Here is the app’s description from the Amazon App Store website:

1 category, 1 letter, 1 word to find and 94 seconds to reach the highest score!

A fruit starting with K…
A vegetable with P…
A Sport with T…

Want to play ? Then download 94 Seconds right now! More than 20 different categories and many more to come : Clothing, Countries, Colors, Fruits, Sports…

You can pick up your free copy of 94 Seconds by clicking here or typing in http://smarturl.it/appdeal into your web browser.

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Today’s Free App of the Day

Michael Gallagher — Thu, 02 May 2013 19:00:54 +0000

Each day, Amazon offers a free Android App of the Day that could be a game, utility, or who knows? Each deal lasts for just 24 hours and, after that period is over it goes back to paid status and a new app is the App of the Day. In addition to your Kindle Fire, these apps will also work with your Android-based smartphones and tablet computers.

Today’s Free App of the Day is Jump Desktop and this utility app is normally $9.99 in the Amazon App Store but is free for today only.

Here is the app’s description from the Amazon App Store website:

Leave your laptop behind. Enjoy the freedom to work from anywhere.

Jump Desktop is a remote desktop application that lets you control your computer from your phone or tablet. Compatible with both RDP and VNC, Jump Desktop is secure, reliable and very easy to set up. Features include a streamlined user interface that gives you the best possible remote desktop experience on any of your mobile devices.

Easy setup and reliable:
Jump Desktop is very easy to configure; anyone can do it! Just visit: http://jumpdesktop.com/go on your PC or Mac and follow step-by-step instructions. You’ll be up and running in no time.

Secure and built on open standards:
Jump Desktop is a true RDP and VNC client. You don’t need to download additional software to connect to your machine if you already have RDP or VNC configured. Just enter your IP address or hostname to connect.

Powerful features:
Unleash the full power of your phone or tablet while connected to your computer. Multitouch ready – pinch-to-zoom and two finger scrolling make controlling your computer easy and productive. Jump’s multi-threaded rendering engine has been fine tuned for Android. Jump’s VNC and RDP decoding is one of the fastest you’ll find on Android.

If you need help, visit http://support.jumpdesktop.com or email us at: support@jumpdesktop.com

Refund policy: If you’d like a refund just email support@jumpdesktop.com with your Android market receipt and we’ll issue a refund – no questions asked.

Features:

✓ Multi-protocol: supports RDP and VNC
✓ Multi-touch ready: Pinch-zoom, two finger scrolling, mouse dragging all supported. Even three finger taps are supported to quickly show and hide the keyboard.
✓ Easy and secure setup: Automatically configure your PC or Mac for remote access using Wi-Fi and 3G without worrying about your router settings. Set up as many computers as you like and manage them all using your Google account (optional)
✓ SSH Tunnel support (new!)
✓ The best external keyboard and mouse support on Android: Supports all external keyboard keys and shortcuts. Right mouse clicks supported too with external mice – all natural, PC like!
✓ Universal application: Works on tablets and phones – buy it only once and use it on all your Android devices
✓ Full support for multitasking: Switch to other apps without disconnecting
✓ Supports large custom screen resolution
✓ Full mouse support: left and right clicks, dragging, scrolling, precision pointer movement

RDP features:

✓ Tested on: Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7, Server 2003, Server 2008, Server 2008 R2, SBS Server
✓ Secure: 40/56/128bit RDP, TLS/SSL, FIPS and NLA authentication support
✓ Supports 8, 16 and 24-bit colors and all RDP performance options
✓ Multiple monitor support on Windows 7 and above
✓ Console sessions
✓ Audio streaming

VNC features:

✓ Tested with Mac OS X, TightVNC, RealVNC, UltraVNC, Linux (Ubuntu Remote Desktop)
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The Kindle Daily Deal & Free App of the Day

Michael Gallagher — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:45:05 +0000

Each day, Amazon sponsors the Kindle Daily Deal and the Free App of the Day.

Kindle Daily Deal

Today’s Kindle Daily Deal for adults is Archie Meets Nero Wolfe , by Robert Goldsborough, and this book was $14.99 yesterday but has been discounted 87% to just $1.99 for today only. This book has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 105 customer reviews.

Today’s Kindle Teens Daily Deal is Above World , by Jenn Reese, and this book was $7.99 yesterday but has been discounted 75% to just $1.99 for today only. This book has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 32 customer reviews.

Today’s Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Daily Deal is Extinction Point , by Paul Antony Jones, and this book was $2.99 yesterday but has been discounted 67% to just $0.99 for today only. This book has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 569 customer reviews. I read this one last year and rated it a 4 out of 5 stars in my review.

Today’s Kindle Romance Daily Deal is Rebellious Desire , by Julie Garwood, and this book was $7.99 yesterday but has been discounted 88% to just $0.99 for today only. This book has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 56 customer reviews.

You can check each of them out if you click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser.

Here is the Archie Meets Nero Wolfe book description from the Amazon website:

To become part of the Nero Wolfe legend, Archie Goodwin must prove his worth

Archie Goodwin comes to New York City hoping for a bit of excitement. In his third week working as a night watchman, he stops two burglars in their tracks—with a pair of hot lead slugs. Dismissed from his job for being “trigger-happy,” he parlays his newfound notoriety into a job as a detective’s assistant, helping honest sleuth Del Bascom solve cases like the Morningside Piano Heist, the Rive Gauche Art Gallery Swindle, and the Sumner-Hayes Burglary. But it’s the kidnapping of Tommie Williamson, the son of a New York hotel magnate, that introduces Goodwin to the man who will change his life.

Young Tommie has gone missing, and only one detective is built for the job: Nero Wolfe, the heavyset genius of West Thirty-Fifth Street. Together they will form one of the most unlikely crime fighting duos in history—but first Goodwin must find Tommie Williamson, and prove to Wolfe that he deserves a place by his side.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser to pick up your copy of Archie Meets Nero Wolfe .

Here is the Above World book description from the Amazon website:

A suspenseful sci-fi escapade plucks two children out of the ocean for a thrilling adventure. Thirteen-year-old Aluna has lived her entire life under the ocean with the Coral Kampii in the City of Shifting Tides. But after centuries spent hidden from the Above World, her colony’s survival is at risk. The Kampii’s breathing necklaces are failing, but the elders are unwilling to venture above water to seek answers. Only headstrong Aluna and her friend Hoku are stubborn and bold enough to face the terrors of land to search for way to save their people. But can Aluna’s fierce determination and fighting skills and Hoku’s tech-savvy keep them safe? Set in a world where overcrowding has led humans to adapt – growing tails to live under the ocean or wings to live on mountains – here is a ride through a future where greed and cruelty have gone unchecked, but the loyalty of friends remains true.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser to pick up your copy of Above World .

Here is the Extinction Point book description from the Amazon website:

First comes the red rain: a strange, scarlet downpour from a cloudless sky that spreads across cities, nations, and the entire globe. In a matter of panicked hours, every living thing on earth succumbs to swift, bloody death. Yet Emily Baxter, a young newspaper reporter, is mysteriously spared—and now she’s all alone.
But watching the happy life she built for herself in New York City slip away in the wake of a monstrous, inexplicable plague is just the beginning of Emily’s waking nightmare. The world isn’t ending; it’s only changing. And the race that once ruled the earth has now become raw material for use by a new form of life never before seen…on this planet.
With only wits, weapons, and a bicycle, Emily must undertake a grueling journey across a country that’s turning increasingly alien. For though she fears she’s been left to inherit the earth, the truth is far more terrifying than a lifetime of solitude.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser to pick up your copy of Extinction Point .

Here is the Rebellious Desire book description from the Amazon website:

Of all the dukes in England, Jered Marcus Benton, the Duke of Bradford, was the wealthiest, most handsome — and most arrogant. And of all London’s ladies, he wanted the tender obedience of only one — Caroline Richmond.
She was a ravishing beauty from Boston, with a mysterious past and a fiery spirit. Drawn to the powerful duke, undeterred by his presumptuous airs, Caroline was determined to win his lasting love. But Bradford would bend to no woman — until a deadly intrigue drew them enticingly close. Now, united against a common enemy, they would discover the power of the magnificent attraction that brought them together…a desire born in danger, but destined to flame into love!

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser to pick up your copy of Rebellious Desire .

Free App of the Day

Today’s Free App of the Day is PDF to Speech and this utility app is normally $2.99 in the Amazon App Store but is free for today only.

Here is the app’s description from the Amazon App Store website:

Listen to your your office documents, books, articles and research papers while you drive, run, or walk the dog. Use it to proof-read your papers. Increase you productivity by listening to work/research papers while you drive or run or when your eyes need rest. Or increase the value of your entertainment time by listen to you favorite stories.

Supported formats:
Text files (txt). ISO9958-1(EUROPE), UTF-8(Standard), and ASCII supported.
Portable Document Format (pdf)
MS Word documents (.doc)
MS Power Point (.ppt)
Electronic books (ePub)
Web pages
Images with text (jpeg,png)

OCR: reads scanned documents and pictures with text on PDF documents. Also take a picture of a document and extract the text from the picture.

Website-to-Speech: Docs-to-Speech can read website pages. In three simple steps: press and hold the URL on the browser, select share option, select Docs-to-Speech. In a few seconds the app starts to read the article.

Download and save your PDF files and plain text file Attachments from the gmail app and other apps. The downloaded file is placed in the Download folder.

Support for SVOX, IVONA(beta and FREE) text-to-Speech and other High Fidelity text-to-speech synthesizers.

Gestures: Use gestures to quickly flip pages, advance sentences, and to play and pause the reader. A menu help option informs of the available gesture instructions.

Replace Text tool: Replace words or phrases to avoid repetitive, unnecessary phrases. Use it to replace foreign words with more phonetic alternatives. Use it to omit symbols. It can also be used to replace names or words with funny substitutes.

Support for OI Manager as well as other file managers.

Accessibility: Pdf-to-Speech has been tested to work with talk-back. The use of hardware buttons such as a Bluetooth headset is recommended to pause the reader before browsing the app using talk-back.

Bookmarks: Bookmarks save the page and sentence number so you can save locations of interest in your document. You can also attach comments to the bookmarks.

Setting: Multiple language support (German, French, English, Spanish, Portuguese… and many more). Change speed/pitch within the app.

You can pick up your free copy of PDF to Speech by clicking here or typing in http://smarturl.it/appdeal into your web browser.

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Kindle Daily Deal & Free App of the Day

Michael Gallagher — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:00:20 +0000

Each day, Amazon sponsors the Kindle Daily Deal and the Free App of the Day.

Kindle Daily Deal

Today’s Kindle Daily Deal for adults is The Watchman , by Robert Craig, and this book was $9.99 yesterday but has been discounted 80% to just $1.99 for today only. This book has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 215 customer reviews.

Today’s Kindle Teens Daily Deal is The Unquiet , by Jeannine Garsee, and this book was $13.99 yesterday but has been discounted 79% to just $2.99 for today only. This book has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 29 customer reviews.

Today’s Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Daily Deal is Stranger , by Simon Clark, and this book was $4.99 yesterday but has been discounted 60% to just $1.99 for today only. This book has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 16 customer reviews.

Today’s Kindle Romance Daily Deal is Intimate Deception , by Laura Landon, and this book was $9.99 yesterday but has been discounted 80% to just $1.99 for today only. This book has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 98 customer reviews.

You can check each of them out if you click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser.

Here is the The Watchman book description from the Amazon website:

The city was hers for a single hour, just the one magic hour, only hers.
Larkin Conner Barkley lives like the City of Angels is hers for the taking. Young and staggeringly rich, she speeds through the city during its loneliest hours, blowing through red after red in her Aston Martin as if running for her life. Until out of nowhere a car appears, and with it the metal-on-metal explosion of a terrible accident. Dazed, Larkin attempts to help the other victims. And finds herself the sole witness in a secret federal investigation.
For maybe the first time in her life, Larkin wants to do the right thing. But by agreeing to cooperate with the authorities, she becomes the target for a relentless team of killers. And when the U.S. Marshals and the finest security money can buy can’t protect her, Larkin’s wealthy family turns to the one man money can’t buy — Joe Pike.
Pike lives a world away from the palaces of Beverly Hills. He’s an ex-cop, ex-Marine, ex-mercenary who owes a bad man a favor, and that favor is to keep Larkin alive. The one upside of the job is reuniting with Bud Flynn, Pike’s LAPD training officer, and a man Pike reveres as a father. The downside is Larkin Barkley, who is the uncontrollable cover girl for self-destruction — and as deeply alone as Pike.
Pike commits himself to protecting the girl, but when they immediately come under fire, he realizes someone is selling them out. In defiance of Bud and the authorities, Pike drops off the grid with the girl and follows his own rules of survival: strike fast, hit hard, hunt down the hunters. With the help of private investigator Elvis Cole, Pike uncovers a web of lies and betrayals, and the stunning revelation that even the cops are not who they seem. As the body count rises, Pike’s biggest threat might come from the girl herself, a lost soul in the City of Angels, determined to destroy herself unless Joe Pike can teach her the value of life…and love.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser to pick up your copy of The Watchman .

Here is the The Unquiet book description from the Amazon website:

Over the summer, Rinn stopped taking her bi-polar meds and blames herself and the voices she heard for her grandmother’s tragic death. To get a new start, Rinn and her mother are moving back to her mom’s small hometown and Rinn has promised to never miss a pill again. The fresh start is just what Rinn needs. She falls in with the popular girls at her new school and she falls for very cute “farmer boy” Nate. But River Hills High School has a secret. The ghost of Annaliese, a girl who died when Rinn’s mother was a student there, haunts a hallway the teens call The Tunnel. Rinn’s not sure she believes it, but slowly Annaliese seems to be punishing those who enter the tunnel alone. A chorus soloist loses her voice, a star cheerleader falls off the pyramid, and then it gets worse-worse as in death. Rinn still doesn’t know if Annaliese is real, and there’s only one way to find out. Rinn needs to ditch her bi-polar meds again and see what the voices are really trying to say….

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser to pick up your copy of The Unquiet .

Here is the Stranger book description from the Amazon website:

The small town of Sullivan has barricaded itself against the outside world. It is one of the last enclaves of civilization and the residents are determined that their town remain free from the strange and terrifying plague that is sweeping the land—a plague that transforms ordinary people into murderous, bloodthirsty madmen. But the transformation is only the beginning. With the shocking realization that mankind is evolving into something different, something horrifying, the struggle for survival becomes a battle to save humanity.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser to pick up your copy of Stranger .

Here is the Intimate Deception book description from the Amazon website:

When Lady Grace Warren’s father sells her in marriage to the depraved Lord Fentington, she knows only the most drastic action will save her from a life of misery. In Victorian England, a woman possesses only one item of value: her virtue. Without it, Fentington will not want her—nor will any other man. But at least she will be free. Now she must find a man with whom to pass the fateful night, a man who will ask no questions, make no other demands. Because for a woman preparing to risk everything, no ordinary man will do…
After losing two wives in childbirth, Vincent Germaine, Duke of Raeburn, vows never to marry again. Racked with guilt over the lives lost in his quest for an heir, he is careful now to take his pleasure only with London’s most discreet courtesans. Yet when he learns that a passionate encounter with a bewitching stranger may have put yet another life at risk, Vincent sets out to find the unsuspecting girl—and discovers a woman of incomparable courage, beauty, and strength. But can two strangers brought together by desperation find true love against all odds?

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser to pick up your copy of Intimate Deception .

Free App of the Day

Today’s Free App of the Day is Galazer and this game app is normally $0.99 in the Amazon App Store but is free for today only.

Here is the app’s description from the Amazon App Store website:

Galazer is a combat game which won’t give you time to take a breath. Feel the frenzied action, control your senses and put your reflexes to the test… If you blink, you’re dead! Galazer is the definitive game in its category for Blackberry, with previously unseen playability, control accuracy and addictiveness, filled with incredible graphics and a spectacular soundtrack.

Put your senses on Galazer. Feel the Power of the Stars in your hands.

You can pick up your free copy of Galazer by clicking here or typing in http://smarturl.it/appdeal into your web browser.

Another Rambling Blog Post

Michael Gallagher — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:00:50 +0000

Well, it’s finally Friday and I figured it was time for another rambling blog post where I have no set agenda before I start banging away on the keyboard. Please make sure you read it all as, who knows, you might find a few “somethings” available for free somewhere in the post!

I don’t know about you, but it seemed as if this week had a drag to it…I’m glad the weekend is coming up, which will be my first full weekend at home vs. the road in about a month!

Kindle Keyboard Giveaway

There’s only one more day to go before time is up on the Kindle Keyboard with 3G giveaway! In addition to the Kindle Keyboard, I am also giving away 25 super-nifty coffee mugs with the blog’s logo which are soon bound to be collector’s items and sent up the bidding charts on that large online auction site headquartered in California (that alone should make you want to enter).

Contrary to rumor and popular belief, you do not need to be a member of either Facebook or Twitter in order to enter:

If you are a Facebook member, you can click the link for one chance in the giveaway.
If you are a Twitter member, you can click the link for one chance in the giveaway.
If you use your email address and refer ten friends to the giveaway, you get up to ten additional chances in the giveaway.

If you did the math like I did in my head, that’s a total of 12 chances and 83% of those chances don’t require Facebook or Twitter.

Some people have reported the giveaway widget times out while using your Kindle Fire (I do find that ironic). If you’re having problems, how about trying it out on an old-fashioned computer? Tell your friends about it for additional chances to enter!

Haven’t entered, or want to enter with more email chances? You can click here or type in http://smarturl.it/043g into your web browser. It’s easy, it’s free, and I am certain your friends and family would like an opportunity to win, also!

Free Book Links

I’ve updated the page on the blog’s website for various free Kindle book links. While the list is not all-encompassing (I am saving some material for later posts!), there should be enough there to keep you busy and entertained for a while.

You can check it out if you click here or type in http://www.fkbooksandtips.com/free-book-links/ into your web browser.

The Life List

The Life List is a romance by Chrissy Anderson that is free today in the Amazon Kindle store, and it has received an average user rating of 5 out of 5 stars based on 88 customer reviews. You can check it out if you click here or type in http://smarturl.it/lm19hg into your web browser. I received a note from the author saying today is the last day for it to be free.

Religion & Spirituality Books

Now through May 5^th, Amazon is running a special saving up to 87% off on 100 Kindle books in the Religion & Spirituality category. Looking over the list of offerings, it’s quite diverse from Christian fiction to Zen wisdom, and the books are priced at $3.99 or less (most of them less). If you would like to peruse them, you can click here or type in http://smarturl.it/0413religion into your web browser.

Random Kindle Tips

Over the years, I’ve posted various tips to the blog in an effort to help you (and me) maximize the use of your Kindle. Many times, I am asked something along the lines of “could you send me the link to…?”

If you would like to check out the tips I’ve posted to the blog over the years, you can click here or type in http://www.fkbooksandtips.com/tag/kindle-tip into your web browser. If you do go to this page, it will show the title and a summary of the last five posts in that category. You can click on the post’s title to see the entire thing or, if you want to see more than the last five on the page scroll down to the bottom and click the “Previous” icon at the bottom and to the left of the last post on each page.

Kindle 100

Each month, Amazon discounts 100 best-selling and / or highly-rated Kindle books for $3.99 or less in a variety of genres or lists like Oprah’s Book Club. You can check out the Kindle 100 for April if you click here or type in http://smarturl.it/100books into your web browser.

Darcy’s Decision

Darcy’s Decision is a historical fiction novel by Maria Grace that is free today in the Amazon Kindle store, and it has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 33 customer reviews. I received a note from the author saying this will be free through tomorrow, and you can check it out and pick up your free copy if you click here or type in http://smarturl.it/xohhol into your web browser.

Baseball

Baseball? What does baseball have to do with a Kindle? Absolutely nothing, but I do love baseball! As a Texas Ranger fan living in the home of the minor league Astros, it’s tough to really watch games these days. It’s even tougher with the new crop of players, with Michael Young now doing well in Philadelphia, Napoli swinging for the fences with each at-bat in Boston, and Hamilton whiffing away in LA (it makes me smile knowing LA is paying so much for ex-Rangers who aren’t performing right now in the American League West race).

You can download a free app and follow the Rangers on your Kindle Fire or Android-enabled device if you click here or type in http://smarturl.it/rangers into your web browser.

I realize there is a small percentage of people out there who aren’t Ranger fans, and that’s ok. There is a company who has a free app for just about every major league team – plus other major sports – in the Amazon App store. You can check them out and download your favorite team(s) app if you click here or type in http://smarturl.it/sportapps into your web browser.

That’s all I had for now – I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Michael

Today’s Kindle Daily Deal & Free App of the Day

Michael Gallagher — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:00:18 +0000

Each day, Amazon sponsors the Kindle Daily Deal and the Free App of the Day.

Kindle Daily Deal

Today’s Kindle Daily Deal for adults is Die for Me: A Novel of the Valentine Killer , by Cynthia Eden, and this book was $9.99 yesterday but has been discounted 80% to just $1.99 for today only. This book has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 186 customer reviews.

Today’s Kindle Teens Daily Deal is Undertakers: The Rise of the Corpses , by Ty Drago, and this book was $7.99 yesterday but has been discounted 60% to just $1.99 for today only. This book has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 21 customer reviews.

Today’s Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Daily Deal is StarFire , by Mike Lee, and this book was $2.99 yesterday but has been discounted 67% to just $0.99 for today only. This book has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 136 customer reviews.

Today’s Kindle Romance Daily Deal is Dating the Devil , by Lia Romeo, and this book was $9.99 yesterday but has been discounted 80% to just $1.99 for today only. This book has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 11 customer reviews.

You can check each of them out if you click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser.

Here is the Die for Me: A Novel of the Valentine Killer book description from the Amazon website:

She thought her fiancé was the perfect man—until he turned out to be the perfect killer…
Katherine Cole is running for her life, desperate to escape the Valentine Killer—so-called because he stabs his victims through the heart and leaves them holding a telltale single red rose. Still he tracks her to New Orleans and begins carving a bloody path to her door. But this time, Katherine refuses to run any farther. This time, she’ll do anything to stop the madman she once loved, even trust the sexy cop promising to keep her safe…
Detective Dane Black never lets his emotions interfere with his job, even as the Valentine Killer surfaces in New Orleans to stalk his prey. But when Dane agrees to protect the killer’s ex-fiancée, Katherine Cole, he can’t ignore the passion kindling between them. After a single unforgettable night binds them body and soul, Dane knows he won’t rest until Katherine is safe in his arms—and the Valentine Killer is dead. Dark and intensely sexy, this romantic suspense novel from USA Today bestselling author Cynthia Eden is sure to leave readers breathless.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser to pick up your copy of Die for Me: A Novel of the Valentine Killer .

Here is the Undertakers: The Rise of the Corpses book description from the Amazon website:

“On a sunny Wednesday morning in October, a day that would mark the end of one life and the beginning of another, I found out my grouchy next door neighbor was the walking dead. When you turn around expecting to see something familiar, and instead see something else altogether, it takes a little while for your brain to catch up with your eyes. I call it the ‘Holy Crap Factor.’”
Forced to flee his home and family, twelve-year-old Will Ritter falls in with the Undertakers-a rag-tag army of teenage resistance fighters who’ve banded together to battle the Corpses.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser to pick up your copy of Undertakers: The Rise of the Corpses .

Here is the StarFire book description from the Amazon website:

Captain Vince Lombard, G-Marine company commander, is tasked with tracking down a stray ship. The Alliance Military Ship StarFire has gone silent, and previous attempts to locate her have resulted in the loss of more ships. After two previous wars with xenospecies humanity bumped into while expanding into space, no one knows what might be the cause of StarFire’s missing in action status. And internal politics between Fleet command and the Galactic Marine Corps might mean that, unless something is done, humanity may get the news it’s at war with yet another new race about the time they show up to attack one of the human systems in the sector.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser to pick up your copy of StarFire .

Here is the Dating the Devil book description from the Amazon website:

To seal a fragile truce, Fiona Sinclair’s brothers trade her in marriage to their sworn enemy. Though devastated by their betrayal, she has little choice in the matter, for if she refuses, her innocent young sister must take her place. The spirited Fiona is willing to sacrifice her freedom to protect her kin, but she vows never to surrender her heart.
As the eldest son of a clan chief, Myles Campbell is accustomed to having his own way. But when the king of Scotland commands he wed a defiant Highland lass instead of a French mademoiselle, Myles must obey his royal duty. Meeting his bride for the first time on their wedding day, he is pleased to discover the lass is a beauty, but she quickly proves she’d just as soon kill him as kiss him.
When two such warrior spirits collide, sparks fly, igniting a fiery passion that strains against the bonds of family honor, clan loyalty—and the ultimate surrender—love.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser to pick up your copy of Dating the Devil .

Free App of the Day

Today’s Free App of the Day is Hey, That’s My Fish! and this game app is normally $2.99 in the Amazon App Store but is free for today only.

Here is the app’s description from the Amazon App Store website:

The international bestseller is now available for Android! Engage in a cutthroat competition to collect the largest stockpile of delicious fish while outmaneuvering other penguins on a rapidly shrinking ice floe.

Hey, That’s My Fish! brings the classic strategy board game of ravenous penguins searching for sustenance to Android phones and tablets! Play against the computer or compete with up to three friends in a fun-filled race against time.

With a variety of maps to choose from and nearly infinite starting setups, Hey, That’s My Fish! offers endless hours of fun. Can you supply your colony with enough food to win the day, or will your cunning opponent leave you drifting out at sea?

You can pick up your free copy of Hey, That’s My Fish! by clicking here or typing in http://smarturl.it/appdeal into your web browser.

Kindle Daily Deal & Free App of the Day

Michael Gallagher — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 21:30:08 +0000

Each day, Amazon sponsors the Kindle Daily Deal and the Free App of the Day.

Kindle Daily Deal

Today’s Kindle Daily Deal for adults is The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel , by Diane Setterfield, and this book was $16.99 yesterday but has been discounted 88% to just $1.99 for today only. This book has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 1,088 customer reviews.

Today’s Kindle Teens Daily Deal is My Life in Pink & Green , by Lisa Greenwald, and this book was $7.95 yesterday but has been discounted 75% to just $1.99 for today only. This book has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 53 customer reviews.

Today’s Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Daily Deal is Born of Shadows , by Sherrilyn Kenyon, and this book was $7.99 yesterday but has been discounted 75% to just $1.99 for today only. This book has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 75 customer reviews.

Today’s Kindle Romance Daily Deal is Highland Surrender , by Tracy Brogan, and this book was $9.99 yesterday but has been discounted 80% to just $1.99 for today only. This book has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 357 customer reviews.

You can check each of them out if you click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser.

Here is the The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel book description from the Amazon website:

When Margaret Lea opened the door to the past, what she confronted was her destiny.
All children mythologize their birth…So begins the prologue of reclusive author Vida Winter’s collection of stories, which are as famous for the mystery of the missing thirteenth tale as they are for the delight and enchantment of the twelve that do exist.
The enigmatic Winter has spent six decades creating various outlandish life histories for herself — all of them inventions that have brought her fame and fortune but have kept her violent and tragic past a secret. Now old and ailing, she at last wants to tell the truth about her extraordinary life. She summons biographer Margaret Lea, a young woman for whom the secret of her own birth, hidden by those who loved her most, remains an ever-present pain. Struck by a curious parallel between Miss Winter’s story and her own, Margaret takes on the commission.
As Vida disinters the life she meant to bury for good, Margaret is mesmerized. It is a tale of gothic strangeness featuring the Angelfield family, including the beautiful and willful Isabelle, the feral twins Adeline and Emmeline, a ghost, a governess, a topiary garden and a devastating fire.
Margaret succumbs to the power of Vida’s storytelling but remains suspicious of the author’s sincerity. She demands the truth from Vida, and together they confront the ghosts that have haunted them while becoming, finally, transformed by the truth themselves.
The Thirteenth Tale is a love letter to reading, a book for the feral reader in all of us, a return to that rich vein of storytelling that our parents loved and that we loved as children. Diane Setterfield will keep you guessing, make you wonder, move you to tears and laughter and, in the end, deposit you breathless yet satisfied back upon the shore of your everyday life.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser to pick up your copy of The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel .

Here is the My Life in Pink & Green book description from the Amazon website:

Twelve-year-old Lucy Desberg is a natural problem solver. After the local homecoming queen shows up at her family’s struggling drugstore with a beauty disaster that Lucy helps to fix, Lucy has a long line of makeover customers for every school dance and bat mitzvah. But all the makeup tips in the world won’t help save the pharmacy. If only she could find a way to make the pharmacy the center of town again—a place where people want to spend time, like in the old days. Lucy dreams up a solution that could resuscitate the family business and help the environment, too. But will Lucy’s family stop fighting long enough to listen to a seventh-grader?

This book is a funny and sweet debut featuring an unforgettable narrator who knows what she wants, whether it’s great makeup, a killer business plan, or a better world.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser to pick up your copy of My Life in Pink & Green .

Here is the Born of Shadows book description from the Amazon website:

In a world where the League and its assassins rule, where betrayal and treachery are everywhere . . . the only survivors are those ones who are . . .

BORN OF SHADOWS

For Caillen Dagan, a defiant soldier of fortune, survival isn’t a right, it’s a brutal daily battle. Moving through the Ichidaian universe like a wraith, his brushes with the law and death are legendary. But when an act of rare heroism reveals his hidden birthright, he’s forced into a world much more dangerous and cold-hearted than the bloody streets where he was raised-one of obscene wealth and lethal politics.

Ferocious and determined, Desideria serves as an official bodyguard for her queen. Born of questionable genetics, she will do anything to prove herself worthy of the weapons she carries and the position she’s won by combat. But when she uncovers a ruthless plot to assassinate the queen and overthrow her country’s government, Desideria is caught in the crosshairs.

With assassination contracts out on both of them, Caillen and Desideria must learn to fight together or die alone. And if they fail, their governments will fall into the hands of an unimaginable evil.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser to pick up your copy of Born of Shadows .

Here is the Highland Surrender book description from the Amazon website:

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser to pick up your copy of Highland Surrender .

Free App of the Day

Today’s Free App of the Day is C25K – 5K Trainer Pro and this game app is normally $1.99 in the Amazon App Store but is free for today only.

Here is the app’s description from the Amazon App Store website:

C25K™ is the easiest program to get beginners from couch potatoes to 5K distance runners in 8 weeks.

This program will allow users to slowly build strength and stamina by alternating between walking and running, and only 3 days a week. After just 8 weeks, you will be fitter, stronger and healthier than you have ever been.

Listen to your favorite music while you workout and follow the program’s convenient audio alerts. Along with voice/audio alerts and music controls on your headset, just press “start”, put your device in your pocket, and you’re ready to go. Alerts will tell you when to warm-up, walk, run, halfway point, cooldown, and when one minute is left to give it your all.

By design, the program allows (and recommends) ample time in between workouts for muscles to heal and rest.

You can pick up your free copy of C25K – 5K Trainer Pro by clicking here or typing in http://smarturl.it/appdeal into your web browser.

Update Available for the Kindle Fire Book Categories App

Michael Gallagher — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:06:41 +0000

For those of you who have been waiting on an update to the Collections app for your Kindle Fire…

In a post two weeks ago, I told you about how Amazon had rolled out a software update to the Kindle Fire which caused an issue with the Collections app for your Kindle Fire: due to the software upgrade, new books (but not “old” books) you added to your Fire were not recognized on the initial scan and, as a result, you could not categorize new books on to your bookshelves.

I’ll point out while there are many things I like about Amazon, there are also things I find extremely irritating and this was one of them: Amazon didn’t give the app development community the heads-up this was coming, nor were they forthcoming with what changed. Some of you contacted Amazon’s app customer service department (which seems to be an outsourced organization) who, despite me asking them not to, told some of you to uninstall and reinstall the app which caused yet more issues.

Sometimes, you just want to scream and say some bad words!

The good news is a revised version of the app has been submitted and is now “live” in the Amazon App store. In addition to correcting the issue related to Amazon’s software upgrade, the revised edition has several upgrades / enhancements, including (this is not all-inclusive):

The ability to categorize more than one book at a time into different categories.
Checking for duplicates or when a book has been removed from your Fire automatically.
Added the capability to categorize Kindle-format books (i.e., MOBI format) purchased or obtained for free from third-party websites.
One-click access to this blog by tapping the “Kindle Books and Tips” icon at the bottom of the screen.

If you have your wireless on and the automatic updating of apps feature turned on, the Collections app should have updated already or, depending upon where you may be in the world, will update as soon as things replicate across Amazon’s servers and your Fire connects to the wireless connection.

The easy way to tell if your app has updated automatically can be performed with the following steps:

Turn on your Kindle Fire.
From the Home Screen, tap the “Apps” icon at the top of the screen.
Launch the Collections app by tapping it.
One it goes through the scan looking for new book titles, tap the “All Books” bookshelf: this is the top bookshelf on your app’s display.
A listing of all of the books on your Fire (NOT the cloud) will next appear.
If you see a square icon to the right of each title – that’s for you to bulk move or categorize your books to your own specific category (e.g., the “Mystery” or “Romance” category), you have the latest version of the Collections app installed on your Fire.

To get update the app manually, and assuming the app has replicated to the Amazon server closest to your Internet / wireless connection, here is how you do it (or for any other app that has an update available):

Turn on your Kindle Fire.
From the Home Screen, tap the “Apps” icon at the top of the screen.
Tap the “Store” icon in the upper right-hand portion of your screen.
Tap the menu icon at the bottom-center of your screen (it looks like a piece of paper to me, or a box with three horizontal lines).
Tap the “App Updates” option on the new pop-up menu.
Tap the “Update” icon to the right of the app you would like to update.
If the previous version of the app is still on your Fire, you will receive a warning message it can’t update unless you remove the previous version. To install the new version, you must remove the old version.

If the updated app is not available when you are reading this, it is more likely than not still replicating across Amazon’s server network.

If you’ve read this far, thanks for listening and here’s to hoping if Amazon pushes out another Fire software update (and they will) they will communicate with the developer community! And, if you’re one of the folks who left a negative review saying it worked great for months and just stopped working, I would appreciate a modification of your review once you install and use the updated app!

Regards,

Michael

Organize your books on your Kindle Fire with our updated Collections and Categories App! Click Here or type in http://smarturl.it/firecollections into your web browser to get it now!

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Enter to Win a Free Kindle Fire HD!

Michael Gallagher — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 22:00:58 +0000

It’s time for another giveaway, this time for a brand new Kindle Fire HD!

From now until midnight Central time on Saturday April 13th, for everyone who has signed up for the blog’s free email delivery option will be entered to win a brand new Kindle Fire HD! Participants in prior giveaways with the blog will hopefully be pleased to know there is no need to be a member of Facebook in order to signup for this giveaway – you just need to signup for the blog’s email delivery.

If you have previously signed up for the email delivery and are continuing to receive the blog’s posts via email, you are already entered – but how about telling a friend, family member, or co-worker about the giveaway so they can have a chance to win, also?

Here’s what you need to do if you want to receive the blog’s posts for free via email (and signup to enter the free Kindle Fire HD giveaway):

Signup Via a Web Browser

Click here or point your web browser to http://www.fkbooksandtips.com/subscribe
Enter your email address in the area provided.
Click the “Subscribe!” icon just below your email address.
You will receive a confirmation email from the server you must reply back to in order to make sure I’m not spamming anyone.
Once you reply back to the confirmation email, future posts will start being delivered to your inbox.

Signup via the Blog’s Free Kindle Fire / Android App

If you do not have the blog’s free app for your Kindle Fire or other Android enabled device (smartphone or tablet computer), you can get it for free if you click here or type in http://smarturl.it/fkbtfreeapp into your web browser.
Make sure your wireless connection is active.
Open up the blog’s app.
Click the menu icon at the bottom middle of your screen.
A selection of three options will open – choose the “Subscribe” menu option in the middle.
This will open up a web browser to the blog’s email signup screen mentioned above.
Enter your email address in the area provided.
Click the “Subscribe!” icon just below your email address.
You will receive a confirmation email from the server you must reply back to in order to make sure I’m not spamming anyone.
Once you reply back to the confirmation email, future posts will start being delivered to your inbox.

If you do not receive the confirmation email or blog posts in your email box, please check your spam or junk folders both on your computer or the web interface of your email provider.
Remember, it costs nothing to enter and the deadline to enter is midnight Central time on Saturday April 13th!

Good luck-

Michael

Today’s Free App of the Day

Michael Gallagher — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:00:30 +0000

Today’s Free App of the Day is Lilith It’s Easter Day – Find the Difference and this game is normally $1.99 in the Amazon App Store but is free for today only.

Here is the app’s description from the Amazon App Store website:

Join Lilith, a young friendly vampire, for a fun Easter themed adventure with her best friend Emma. This is a companion story to the free Emma Easter game. Now you can see the story from perspective of Lilith and enjoy a different artists style for both characters.

Happy Easter from the folks at Difference Games!

-3 Difficulty Modes to challenges both kids and parents
-Find all the differences between the two pictures to advance to next level
-Bonus points for finding all the differences fast
-Two modes of hints if you get stuck
-Every game uses new sets of differences to keep the challenge up
-Unlock Survival Mode after you beat the game.

You can pick up your free copy of Lilith It’s Easter Day – Find the Difference by clicking here or typing in http://smarturl.it/appdeal into your computer’s web browser.

Organize your books on your Kindle Fire with our Collections and Categories App! Click Here or type in http://smarturl.it/firecollections into your web browser to get it now!

Today’s Free App of the Day & Kindle Daily Deal

Michael Gallagher — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:30:26 +0000

Each day, Amazon sponsors the Kindle Daily Deal and the Free App of the Day.

Kindle Daily Deal

Today’s Kindle Daily Deal for Adults is Monday Mornings: A Novel , by Sanjay Gupta, and this book was $14.99 yesterday but has been discounted 80% to just $2.99 for today only. This book has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 176 customer reviews.

Today’s Kindle Kids Daily Deal is Monster High: Ghoulfriends Forever , by Gitty Daneshvari, and this book was $12.99 yesterday but has been discounted 85% to just $1.99 for today only. This book has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 61 customer reviews.

Today’s Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Daily Deal is The Amtrak Wars: First Family , by Patrick Tilly, and this book was $9.99 yesterday but has been discounted 80% to just $1.99 for today only. This book is a new release and does not have any substantive reviews yet.

Today’s Kindle Romance Daily Deal is While He Was Away , by Karen Schreck, and this book was $8.99 yesterday but has been discounted 78% to just $1.99 for today only. This book has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 25 customer reviews.

You can check each of them out if you click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser.

Here is the Monday Mornings: A Novel book description from the Amazon website:

Every time surgeons operate, they’re betting their skills are better than the brain tumor, the faulty heart valve, the fractured femur. Sometimes, they’re wrong. At Chelsea General, surgeons answer for bad outcomes at the Morbidity and Mortality conference, known as M & M. This extraordinary peek behind the curtain into what is considered the most secretive meeting in all of medicine is the back drop for the entire book.

Monday Mornings, by Dr. Sanjay Gupta, follows the lives of five surgeons at Chelsea General as they push the limits of their abilities and confront their personal and professional failings, often in front of their peers at M & M. It is on Monday mornings that reflection and introspection occurs, usually in private. It is Monday Mornings that provides a unique look at the real method in which surgeons learn – through their mistakes. It is Monday Mornings when, if you’re lucky, you have a chance at redemption.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser to pick up your copy of Monday Mornings: A Novel .

Here is the Monster High: Ghoulfriends Forever book description from the Amazon website:

Ghoulfriends Forever is a brand-new Monster High series, introducing three new monster characters. As new students, the trio must navigate the bewildering array of cute monster boys, established cliques, and monster-rific subjects like Mad Science, G-ogre-phy, and Physical Deaducation. As if that weren’t hard enough, something strange and sinister seems to be happening at the school. Popular girls like Frankie Stein and Cleo de Nile are acting weird-and all signs point to everyone’s new favorite teacher, Miss Sylphia Flapper. Can the new GFFs expose the fave as a fraud, or will they succumb to peer pressure?

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser to pick up your copy of Monster High: Ghoulfriends Forever .

Here is the The Amtrak Wars: First Family book description from the Amazon website:

After countless years of fighting – of pitting sophisticated technology against the primitive surface-dwelling people who seemed to possess supernatural powers – the Federation was still no nearer to ending the battle with the Mutes. But then a lone flier was hauled into one of its underground bunkers – a man whose very existence was a challenge to the all-pervading wisdom of the First Family. A man whose destiny would determine the future for both the Federation and the Mutes…

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser to pick up your copy of The Amtrak Wars: First Family .

Here is the While He Was Away book description from the Amazon website:

One year—he’ll be gone for one year and then we’ll be together again and everything will be back to the way it should be.
The day David left, I felt like my heart was breaking. Sure, any long–distance relationship is tough, but David was going to war—to fight, to protect, to put his life in danger. We can get through this, though. We’ll talk, we’ll email, we won’t let anything come between us.
I can be on army girlfriend for one year. But will my sweet, soulful, funny David be the same person when he comes home? Will I? And what if he doesn’t come home at all…?

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser to pick up your copy of While He Was Away .

Free App of the Day

Today’s Free App of the Day is Word Rush! , and this game app is normally $0.99 in the Amazon App Store but is free for today only.

Here is the app’s description from the Amazon App Store website:

Word Rush is a Fast, Frenzied, Fun Word Game that is a Blast to Play, and Great for All Ages! Tap to connect the letters and form 2, 3, 4 or even bigger words! The More Words you Find, the More Points you Score, as the Clock is ticking away! Play 3 different Modes: Quick Mode: Fire up the game and go with 2 minutes to find as many words as possible! Classic Mode: Play for 3 entire minutes, and try to get the highest score! Jumble Mode: Play this mode, and mix up the letters at any time with the tap of a Button! Makes finding more words easier, and geared towards casual players or younger audiences! Word Rush will keep you busy for hours, and will easily top your favorite Games to go back and Play!

You can pick up your free copy of Word Rush! by clicking here or typing in http://smarturl.it/appdeal into your web browser.

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