Archives for December 2011

Your Kindle is a Watch

December 31, 2011 by Michael Gallagher

Here’s one a lot of you may know about – if you do, you’re going to say “so what?” Or, if you did know about it maybe you forgot? On the other hand, I’m willing to bet a lot of you don’t know about it as I had an informal, unscientific poll at work: in other words, I asked three people who own Kindles in the office if they knew, and they didn’t – hence this post. There’s also a few million new Kindle owners out there after this week!

Did you know you can have your Kindle tell you the time? You can, and each time you turn the wireless on, when it synchs with the cell phone tower it updates the internal clock. If you’re like me, time can quickly get away from you when you are engrossed in a novel and you’re not wearing your watch….and you’ll be really tired the next morning!

For you Kindle 1 / Original Kindle owners, to have the Kindle display the time press the “ALT” and “T” buttons simultaneously and the correct time will show on top.

For the Kindle 2 / 3 and Kindle DX owners – just press the Menu button and you will see the correct time on the top line, right in the center of the screen.

Want to have this blog sent wirelessly to your Kindle vs. reading it on your computer? Try out the free two-week subscription! Click here for the Amazon page for Free Kindle Books Plus a Few Other Tipsor type in http://www.tinyurl.com/fkblog into your computer’s web browser.

Click here for my “Kindle Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts” book or type in http://amzn.to/seDbUq into your computer’s web browser and learn a new thing or two about your Kindle!

3 Free Cookbooks in Amazon Kindle Store

December 31, 2011 by Michael Gallagher

Here are three free cookbooks in the Amazon Kindle store today – no, I haven’t tried any of the recipes but the titles sound pretty good:

Old Tyme Salad Recipes by Donald Hammond – click here or type in http://amzn.to/uhXebw into your computer’s web browser.

Traditional Romania: Culinary Delights by Gabriel Chirita – click here or type in http://amzn.to/vfILbo

Vegan Diet – 245 Recipes: Healthy Option to Junk Food by Dona Baker – click here or type in http://amzn.to/tTSQ5b

Want to have this blog sent wirelessly to your Kindle vs. reading it on your computer? Try out the free two-week subscription! Click here for the Amazon page for Free Kindle Books Plus a Few Other Tipsor type in http://www.tinyurl.com/fkblog into your computer’s web browser.

Looking for more or a reliable source of free books for your Kindle? Click here for my “Free Kindle Books and How to Find Them” book (updated November 2011 for the release of the Kindle Fire!).

Dead Angler – Free from Amazon Kindle Store

December 31, 2011 by Michael Gallagher

Dead Angler by Victoria Houston is free today from the Amazon Kindle store, and has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 16 customer reviews. You can pick up your free copy by clicking here or typing in http://amzn.to/rsBYeA into your computer’s web browser.

Category: Mystery

Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

Retired dentist Paul Osborne hasn’t fly fished since his wife died. He hasn’t had a woman tell him what to do since then either. But in the company of Lewellyn Ferris, he’s relearning both. And when he and his lady instructor find a well-dressed body floating in the moonlight, Paul adds deputy to his list of experiences…Whether the death is accidental — or accidentally on purpose — Lewellyn is determined to rell in the truth. She enlists Pail and his walleye-expert buddy, Ray, to help her get to the bottom of the murky mystery. Whoever thought small-town retirement could be this dangerous?

Bad Radio – Free from Amazon Kindle Store

December 31, 2011 by Michael Gallagher

Bad Radio by Michael Langlois is free today from the Amazon Kindle store, and has received a perfect 5 out of 5 stars based on 14 customer reviews. You can pick up your free copy by clicking here or typing in http://amzn.to/udLjgd into your computer’s web browser.

Category: Fantasy

Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

Sixty years ago Abe Griffin saved the world and gained eternal youth.

Or so he thought.

Now, a man that Abe believed to be long dead is killing the surviving members of Abe’s old squad in order to reclaim the relics that they have kept hidden for decades.

The relics form an ancient beacon that must never be used, in a ritual that must never be completed. But the end of the world requires more than just activating the beacon.

It requires Abe.

With help from the granddaughter of his oldest friend, Abe must learn the truth about his immortal body, while at the same time trying to stop a horrifying series of supernatural opponents from sweeping away everything that he cares about.

Roadmap Through Revelation – Free from Amazon Kindle Store

December 31, 2011 by Michael Gallagher

Roadmap Through Revelation by Rick Schworer is free today from the Amazon Kindle store, and has received a perfect 5 out of 5 stars based on 18 customer reviews. You can pick up your free copy by clicking here or typing in http://amzn.to/uWE61v into your computer’s web browser.

Category: Religion

Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

For those who’ve picked up Revelation and wondered why Armageddon happens more than once, or which comes first, the Trumpets, the Vials, or the Seals, this is a book that will clearly chart out for you a timeline of events, harmonizing the four accounts of Christ’s Second Coming.

Whether you are new to Revelation or have studied it for years, you will enjoy the short stories that bring Revelation to life. Experience the faceoff between the two witnesses and the Antichrist at the temple. Watch as a living, breathing statue commands the world to worship the Antichrist and receive his mark. Rejoice as the Messiah rescues His chosen people hiding within the rock city of Petra.

This book will help to answer your questions with an in-depth look at the three raptures, the seventy-five days between the Tribulation and the Millennium, the differences between the Red Dragon, the Beast of the Sea, and the Beast of the Earth, and Daniel’s Beast; as well as the history of Baal, Nimrod, and Babylon.

Your Kindle is a Proofer

December 30, 2011 by Michael Gallagher

Kindle owners do lots of things with their Kindles – some this you may already know how to do, but there may be a lot of you who never thought to do it. There is a discussion thread going on over at the Amazon site where members are posting some of the random things they do with their Kindles in addition to “just” reading books. I will be profiling some of these over the next few weeks – after all, part of the title line of this blog is supposed to be about Kindle tips vs. just a feature on free books!

Here’s one of the tips from the discussion board:

The Kindle is going to be an important part of the process I use to edit my novels. I recently dug out a manuscript I hadn’t looked at in five years with the intent of whipping it into shape and sending it to market. Instead of lugging around almost 800 pages in a big binder, inspiration struck and I emailed the Word doc to my Kindle.

Reading it there was an amazing experience – I was able to detach almost completely from the fact that it was a manuscript, probably because my brain is wired to accept what’s on the Kindle as a “real book”. It was like having the finished book in my hand. And when I tried Text To Speech with the manuscript (don’t worry, I gave myself permission), you’d have thought I was listening to an audio book narrated by James Earl Jones.

So in the future, I plan to use the Kindle to review my early drafts before beginning the process of editing.

Project Gutenberg – Thousands of Free Kindle Books

December 30, 2011 by Michael Gallagher

The first eBook was created almost 41 years ago, and credit for creating the first one goes to Michael Hart. Hart was given a $100,000 credit on an IBM mainframe computer in 1971, and decided to use this credit to develop an electronic storage, retrieval, and search system of library books – unheard of at the time – and created the first eBook. What was that title? The Declaration of Independence!

This initial beginning launched what is now called Project Gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.org) – a site that has over 40,000 eBooks available on its site, with affiliate / linking sources to over 100,000 eBooks on it – and all of them are free, and most are available in a variety of eBook reader formats.

When is the last time you hit the Project Gutenberg for free eBooks? If you’ve never tried it, I highly recommend it.

All of the content is in the public domain, and the majority of the titles I have seen are available in the Kindle format –each title has been painstakingly typed up and proofed by a group of worldwide volunteers. I have rediscovered many titles I enjoyed reading growing up plus many more I have never been exposed.

You can read them on your computer, or transfer them to your Kindle. If you download a Kindle book from the site, you will need to transfer it to your computer to your Kindle. Click here to read my post on how to do that procedure – this is the same text of the title I charge 99 cents for in the Amazon Kindle store, but the blog readers can read it for free.

So, go check out Project Gutenberg and discover / rediscover a classic!

Click here for my “Kindle Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts” book or type in http://amzn.to/seDbUq into your computer’s web browser and learn a new thing or two about your Kindle!

Running of the Bulls – Free from Amazon Kindle Store

December 30, 2011 by Michael Gallagher

Running of the Bulls by Christopher Smith is free today from the Amazon Kindle store, and has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 26 customer reviews. You can pick up your free copy by clicking here or typing in http://amzn.to/uyTAgM into your computer’s web browser.

Category: Mystery / Thriller

Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

TWELVE PEOPLE TARGETED FOR DEATH…
Five years ago, each person sold out to the SEC and took the stand against Maxmilian Wolfhagen, a man who robbed the world of billions. Now, with Wolfhagen out of prison, each is dying a grisly death.

TWO ASSASSINS WITH ONLY 48 HOURS TO CUT A SWATH OF MURDER AND REVENGE THROUGH NEW YORK…
Time is tight and the challenges are massive–but so are their ruthless skills.

MARTY SPELLMAN IS ON THE CASE…
Hired to investigate Wolfhagen, private investigator Marty Spellman soon learns that all isn’t what it seems as the twists pile up along with sheer number of the dead. His life is put on the line. His family is threatened. No one is who they appear to be. Who can he trust as the bulls of Wall Street start to run as the two assassins fully ignite their killing spree?

The 30 Minute Wine Expert – Free from Amazon Kindle Store

December 30, 2011 by Michael Gallagher

The 30-Minute Wine Expert: Amaze Your Friends with Your Wine Expertise by Michael Sullivan is free today from the Amazon Kindle store, and has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 6 customer reviews. You can pick up your free copy by clicking here or typing in http://amzn.to/sS7Sk9 into your computer’s web browser.

Category: Hobbies / Cooking

Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

This book is designed to put you on the fast track to educating you on the core fundamentals of wine, while sparing your precious time.

It wastes no time with the non-essential and dives right into the “meat” – what you need to know to sample wine, discuss various wines with your friends, and how to enhance your enjoyment of wine and food by properly pairing them.

In “The 30-Minute Wine Expert” You’ll learn:

* Reds, Whites, and Other Varieties – what you need to know so you can easily talk about the types of wines like a sommelier (your friends will be jealous)

* The secret to reading wine labels and understanding the important information

* How to properly pair wine and food to maximally enhance both the tastes of food and wine

* The subtle differences between Sparkling Wine and Champagne that few can identify (You’ll chuckle at the method for determining the distinction yourself)

* How different wine glasses influence the character of wine – knowing the correct wine glasses can greatly enhance wine taste

* Why you should care about storing your wine properly and humidity considerations

* Tips, tricks and proper technique for wine tasting

*Cheese, sweets as well as other wine tasting treats that go wonderfully with particular types of wines

* What aging a bottle of wine means and what really happens as it ages

* How to select the right type of wine for a meal making you look like a wine expert

* Common wine tasting terminology that will allow you to speak the same language as Pro Wine Taster’s

Pirateof Savannah – Free from Amazon Kindle Store

December 30, 2011 by Michael Gallagher

Pirates of Savannah: The Complete Trilogy by Tarrin P. Lupo is free today from the Amazon Kindle store, and has received a perfect 5 out of 5 stars based on 55 customer reviews. You can pick up your free copy by clicking here or typing in http://amzn.to/sWa054 into your computer’s web browser.

Category: Historical Fiction

Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

Pirates of Savannah : The Trilogy includes “Sold in Savannah”, “Battle Rats” and “The Rise of April”, The trilogy is a historical fiction novel about the birth of liberty in the south. It takes place during pre-Revolutionary War age, truly a fascinating time in history that has been greatly ignored by other authors. At its heart, it is a tale of prisoners, refugees and society’s casts offs all joining together to escape from government tyranny and discover a path to liberty. Find out how a group of oppressed colonists gain the courage to start defying authority and begin planning a revolution from British control. It is a gritty, vivid account of what life was like in the 1700’s and is loaded with real, obscure historical events that time erased and buried. Follow the group of freedom seekers as their adventure takes them through Savannah, the Florida Keys, St. Augustine, Charles Towne and Cape Fear, as well as many other towns of the Low Country. Most importantly it is a fun read loaded with action.

Please note: There are two versions of this novel, one for adults and one that has been adapted to be the first in a trilogy of novels for young adults. If you spend your booty on this, you’re buying the adult version, yarrr.

Your Kindle is a Watch

3 Free Cookbooks in Amazon Kindle Store

Dead Angler – Free from Amazon Kindle Store

Bad Radio – Free from Amazon Kindle Store

Roadmap Through Revelation – Free from Amazon Kindle Store

Your Kindle is a Proofer

Project Gutenberg – Thousands of Free Kindle Books

Running of the Bulls – Free from Amazon Kindle Store

The 30 Minute Wine Expert – Free from Amazon Kindle Store

Pirateof Savannah – Free from Amazon Kindle Store

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