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Hi!

About seven years ago, we had an app developed that allowed you to read the blog on Fire tablets and Android devices such as phones, other tablets, etc.  It was free, of course, to download and over the years it had been downloaded over one million times (I wish I had a dollar for each one of them!).

Everything worked just fine until the beginning of January, then it just stopped.  Completely.  I received a lot of emails from many of you asking what was going on, when would it be fixed, and the negative one-star reviews started showing up from people who had been using it successfully for years.

I won’t give you the details of how the sausage was made on getting it resolved except it’s impossible to track down original developers after seven years, but we found a great new developer and the app has a new version available now in the Amazon App Store.  Yes, it is still free!

If you still have the old version of the app on your Fire Tablet or other Android device and downloaded it from the Amazon App Store, you should be able to tap the “Updates” section (within the “App” folder of your Fire Tablet) and you can have the revised app updated with just a tap on the screen.

If you deleted it from your device, or if you’ve never tried it before, you can get it for free from the Amazon App store if you click here or go to http://geni.us/fkbtfreeapp with a web browser.

Please note we are still waiting on Google to approve the revised version for the Google Play Store.  You can download a compatible version if you go to the Amazon App Store link above or wait until it is available from Google.

Also, rest assured there is no tracking information with the app – we don’t ask for your email address or any personal information, and the app does not communicate back with us: it’s sole function is to display the posts from fkbt.com and allow you to get the free and discounted Kindle books we tell you about each day.

Thanks for your patience, and I hope you enjoy the free app!

Have a great week,

Michael

 

Thursday’s Featured Kindle Book

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The Harbor of Lies

Author: Debra Burroughs

Genre: Mystery

Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $3.99
Today’s Price: $0.99

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Book Description:

Throughout the exciting Paradise Valley Mystery series, the captivating romance between sassy P.I. Emily and sexy police detective Colin has been filled with mystery, danger, and intrigue. In Book 6, he’s finally convinced her to marry him–if only they can make it to the altar unscathed.

Days before the wedding Emily discovers a body outside her hotel room, drawing her and Colin, along with their wedding party, into another exciting murder mystery with a huge twist no one saw coming!

Click here or type in http://geni.us/harbor into your web browser to pick up your copy of The Harbor of Lies in the Amazon Kindle store.

About the Author:

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Debra Burroughs can be found most days sitting in front of her computer in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, dreaming up and writing about strong women, their relationships with men (good and bad), involved in exciting, mysterious, and romantic situations.

You can visit Debra’s Amazon author page if you click here or type in http://geni.us/debra into your web browser.

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FKBT Free App

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For those of you who have downloaded the blog’s free app to read the blog posts on your Fire Tablet or Android-enabled smartphone (i.e., Samsung, Motorola) or tablet computer, I appreciate it: it’s an easy way to receive instant notifications of posts about free Kindle Books.

If you haven’t tried it yet – the app is free!

You can download and install the blog’s app (for free) from either the Amazon App store or the Google Play Store: it takes about 5 seconds to install and, unlike other apps, it doesn’t ask for any personally identifying items like your phone number, location, etc. The only permission it needs is an Internet or Wi-Fi connection.

To download and install it from the Amazon App store, you can click here or type in http://smarturl.it/fkbtfreeappinto your web browser.

To download and install it from the Google Play store, you can click here or type in http://bit.ly/fkbtgoogle into your web browser.

Have a great rest of your weekend!

Michael

 

Mistletoe at Moonglow

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Today’s Featured Kindle Book:

Mistletoe at Moonglow

Author: Deborah Garner

Genre: Literary Fiction
Rating: 4.9 out of 5 stars
Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $2.99
Today’s Price: $0.99

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Book Description:

The Timberton Hotel has always provided a perfect Christmas retreat for regular guests, as well as newcomers. But the small town of Timberton, Montana, hasn’t been the same since resident chef and artist, Mist, arrived, bringing a unique new age flavor to the old western town. When guests check in for the holidays, they bring along worries, fears and broken hearts, unaware that Mist has a way of working magic in people’s lives. Old-fashioned time spent together, exquisite food, conversation and a snowball or two offer guests a chance to trade sadness for hope. One thing is certain: no matter how cold winter’s grip is on each guest, no one leaves Timberton without a warmer heart.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/121915 into your web browser to pick up your copy of Mistletoe at Moonglow in the Amazon Kindle store.

 

Deborah Garner

About the Author:

Deborah Garner is an accomplished travel writer with a passion for back roads and secret hideaways. Born and raised in California, she studied in France before returning to the U.S. to attend UCLA. After stints in graduate school and teaching, she attempted to clone herself for decades by founding and running a dance and performing arts center, designing and manufacturing clothing and accessories, and tackling both spreadsheets and display racks for corporate retail management. Her passions include photography, hiking and animal rescue. She speaks five languages, some substantially better than others. She now divides her time between California and Wyoming, dragging one human and two canines along whenever possible.

You can visit Deborah’s Amazon author page if you click here or type in http://smarturl.it/garner into your web browser.

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The Poppy Field Diary

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Today’s Featured Kindle Book of the Day:

The Poppy Field Diary

Author: Carey Richard

Genre: Women’s Fiction
Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars
Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $2.99
Today’s Price: $0.99

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Book Description:

With the timeless story and heartfelt prose reminiscent of the works of Christina Baker Kline, Anthony Doerr and JoJo Moyes, award winning Carey Richard’s The Poppy Field Diary is a compelling journey into the human heart and the lengths to which we will go to preserve our most endearing relationships.

Sometimes it takes a moment . . . Sometimes it takes a lifetime . . . Sometimes a lifetime is not enough

In the summer of 1962 Nikita Khrushchev shipped medium-range nuclear missiles to Cuba. That summer she fell in love. While the United States withdrew from Vietnam, her oldest son trained for the buzkashi, the wild game of Afghan polo brought to her country by Genghis Khan. As the Russians invaded Afghanistan, her husband ran guns and opium through the Khyber Pass; as they retreated, she matched wits with a beautiful Czech spy. While the Taliban ravaged Kabul, she cared for a wounded bacha bereesh, an Afghan dancing boy. As the Twin Towers burned, she discovered one of life’s most precious secrets.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/poppyfielddiary into your web browser to pick up your copy of The Poppy Field Diary in the Amazon Kindle store.

 

Carey Richard

 

About the Author:

Carey is a bit of a roamer, but as Tolkien said, “Not all who wander are lost.” He has traveled in 47 countries, much of that well off the beaten path. He spends about half of each year overseas. He loves cycling, backpacking, kayaking, skating, and anything outdoors. His wide-ranging life experience has given him a unique perspective that is sometimes beautiful, sometimes gritty, sometimes insightful . . . always a little moonstruck.

You can visit Carey’s Amazon author page if you click here or type in http://smarturl.it/carey into your web browser.

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Likely Suspects

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Today’s Featured Kindle Book of the Day:

Likely Suspects

Author: G. K. Parks

Genre: Mystery
Rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars
Kindle Unlimited: No

Regular Price: $4.99
Today’s Price: $0.99

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Book Description:

Leaving the Office of International Operations seemed like a great way to avoid bureaucratic hassles, red-tape, and murderous psychopaths. Unfortunately, things don’t always work out the way they should.

Meet Alexis Parker, former OIO operative, currently trying to make a name for herself in the private sector. With a limited job history, the state of the economy, and her own internal struggle concerning her competence as an investigator, Alex is forced to take the only job she is offered.

Enter eccentric, playboy, CEO James Martin. Martin Technologies is a multi-million dollar corporation that James Martin has nurtured from the ground up with his workaholic tendencies. But now that Mr. Martin’s life is being threatened, what’s a guy to do besides hire an attractive, feisty, former federal agent to be his new security consultant and personal bodyguard.

As Alex attempts to navigate the minefield of potential suspects, she gradually begins to uncover an underlying conspiracy that has been brewing at Martin Technologies for almost half a decade. Anyone could be involved, making all of Martin’s closest friends, acquaintances, and employees possible suspects. What starts out as a single death threat quickly morphs into a plot to overtake his entire company. Once the pieces start to fall into place, things begin to explode, both literally and figuratively for Alex, as the physical danger looms ever more menacingly overhead. This outwardly simple case quickly becomes something neither Alex nor Martin ever imagined as the situation continues to escalate rapidly out of control. It will take all of Alex’s training and instincts to be able to track down the criminal mastermind and stop the assassination plot before it’s too late.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/t0xi0r into your web browser to pick up your copy of Likely Suspects in the Amazon Kindle store.

About the Author:

G.K. Parks has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and History. After spending some time in law school, G.K. changed paths and earned a Master of Arts in Criminology and Criminal Justice. Now, that education is being put to use, creating a fictional world based upon years of study and research.

G.K. Parks is the creator of the Alexis Parker series. G.K. has always been fascinated with mysteries and thrillers and sought to create a flawed, realistic protagonist. After months of scrapped ideas, a single scene emerged from the pile of rubbish which would later become part of Likely Suspects, and thus, Alexis Parker was born. She’s a strong, female investigator with a difficult past and the insecurities to match.

The characters and plots are meant to feel realistic, as are the investigative procedures in place. Obviously, these are works of fiction, and some creative licensing occurs in order to make the stories more entertaining. After all, no one wants to read a cut and dry novel with nothing but jargon and people filing paperwork.

Each novel in the Alexis Parker series is a standalone story, requiring no prior knowledge of the characters or previous events since each mystery is self-contained. However, for a deeper character connection, you may prefer to read the books in order.

You can visit G. K.’s Amazon author page if you click here or type in http://smarturl.it/gkparks into your web browser.

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Broken

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Today’s Featured Book of the Day is Broken, by Dean Murray, is free today in the Amazon Kindle store, and this book has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 180 customer reviews.

Book Part of Kindle Unlimited? No

Genre: YA Paranormal Romance

 

 

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

Sometimes love finds you when you aren’t looking for it.

The accident that forced Adri and her mother to move to a new high school also cost Adri her dad and sister. Adri just wants to blend in and buy herself time to grieve, but two of the most popular, gorgeous guys in school are about to take an inexplicable interest in her.

Adri will be forced into a world where the players aren’t all human. She will be forced to choose between Brandon and Alec, and this time the wrong choice could get her killed.

Publisher’s Note: Broken is a YA Paranormal Romance book, and is one possible entry point into the books that make up the Reflections Universe. The Reflections Universe is a series of clean books featuring vampires, shape shifters, werewolves and more, which has been written so that it can be safely enjoyed by both teens and adults. Broken is followed by Torn, and is one of several free YA books available from Dean via Kindle.

Click here to pick up your free copy of Broken in the Amazon Kindle store.

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About the Author:

 

dean murray

 

Dean Murray discovered the joys of reading at a young age and unknowingly ingested unhealthy doses of romance along with his science fiction and fantasy. By the time he realized what had happened it was too late to reverse the process and he spent his formative years (while his peers were still convinced that girls had cooties) trying to convince one specific girl to be his girlfriend to no avail.

As fate would have it, he’s incredibly grateful that he failed in his attempts in second grade because it meant that he was able to eventually find his real happily ever after with his wife Katie to whom he’s been happily married for more than six years.

Dean is the author of nineteen published novels (and a host of short stories), which collectively have nearly half a million copies in circulation, and he’s currently writing six books a year in an effort to create the perfect, larger than life romance story–which he’s pretty sure involves either vampire, werewolves, fairies or shape shifters.

You can visit Dean’s Amazon author page if you click here.

 

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Today’s Free App of the Day

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Each day, Amazon sponsors the Free App of the Day – 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.

Today’s Free App of the Day is PicShop – Photo Editor , and this 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:

PicShop – Photo Editor features a beautiful design combined with tons of editing options and dozens of filters. With support for HD images up to 8MP, PicShop is great for serious photographers as well as casual. Post your perfected photos to Facebook, Twitter or e-mail with a single click.

The UI Layer for PicShop is fully GPU accelerated, which translates into extremely low battery consumption, and a beautifully smooth 60hz interface. This app is a joy to use.

Photo Editing Controls

The Editing Suite includes Color/Saturation, Brightness/Contrast, Sharpen/Blur, Tilt Shift, Depth of Field, Blemish Remover, RedEye Remover, Auto-Correction, Crop, Rotate, and Flip.

Features

• Full Editing Suite
• Filters and Effects
• Frames and Overlays
• Sketch Mode w/ 8 different brushes
• Meme Maker (YES RLY)
• Speech Bubbles
• Text w/ Adjustable Font
• Fun Stickers (Hats, Moustaches, Love etc)
• Social Integration (Facebook, Twitter, Email)
• Customize app with your own personal theme

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

Looking for more – or a more reliable – source of free books for your Kindle? You can check out my book, Free Kindle Books and How to Find Them, if you click here or type in http://smarturl.it/fkb into your web browser!

Download the Free Kindle Books and Tips blog app for your Kindle Fire or Android-based smartphone or tablet – for free, of course – by clicking here or type in http://smarturl.it/fkbtfreeapp into your computer’s web browser from the Amazon App Store or click here or type in http://bit.ly/fkbtgoogle into your computer’s web browser for the Google App Store.

Today’s Free App of the Day

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Each day, Amazon sponsors the Free App of the Day – 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.

Today’s Free App of the Day is Mahjong , and this app is normally 99 cents in the Amazon App Store but is free for today only.

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

Presenting new title by 1C Wireless – Mahjong! Your goal is to match and remove all tile pieces from the tower.
Enjoy three game modes:
Classic – The original game; play as long as you want!
Time Attack – Play is timed.
Challenge – You have a limited time to choose your Tiles; for advanced players! The faster you choose, the bigger your bonus for that move!
Win in Challenge mode to unlock more towers.

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

Looking for more – or a more reliable – source of free books for your Kindle? You can check out my book, Free Kindle Books and How to Find Them, if you click here or type in http://smarturl.it/fkb into your web browser!

Download the Free Kindle Books and Tips blog app for your Kindle Fire or Android-based smartphone or tablet – for free, of course – by clicking here or type in http://smarturl.it/fkbtfreeapp into your computer’s web browser from the Amazon App Store or click here or type in http://bit.ly/fkbtgoogle into your computer’s web browser for the Google App Store.

The Overending

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Today’s Featured Kindle Book of the Day, The Overending, by Rick Johnson, is regularly $3.99 but has been discounted to just 99 cents today in the Amazon Kindle store. This book has received an average user rating of 4.8 out of 5 stars based on 12 customer reviews.

Book Part of Kindle Unlimited? Yes

Genre: Children & Middle Grade

 

 

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

VOLUME TWO in the WOOD COW CHRONICLES series.

For untold ages, the Granite Hulks at Tilk Duraow have been the impregnable center of the High One’s slaving system. Overpowering. Impenetrable. Final. The point from which there is no return. But now, fifteen-year-old Helga’s revolution—one she hardly expected to begin—is way bigger than she ever dreamed. Tilk Duraow itself is in danger. Unexpectedly finding common cause with a troupe of oddball characters, Helga and old comrades are reunited in a chain of events that portends the Overending. Now even the High One himself is no longer safe. The Overending opens a crack…

Rick Johnson’s slightly skewed reality brings readers another mind-bending, genre-busting adventure. Fantastic and quirky, exhilarating and addicting, this entertaining adventure takes readers on a wild ride that they will never want to end. Ridiculous, but deadly serious. Hits you hard in the funnies, while turning your mind inside out.

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

 

About the Author:

 

rick johnson

 

I am a native of the Great Plains, having grown up on a farm in the Platte River Valley of western Nebraska. I love the wild beauty of the Plains and nearby Rocky Mountains–the too hot, too cold, too empty, too full of life extremes. Typically, the awesomely diverse and the awesomely stark are much the same, even as they are different. Although I have lived in Michigan, North Carolina, and British Columbia, the western plains, mountains, and desert are in my heart.

As my day job, for over thirty years I have been a faculty member and administrator in higher education. Teaching broadly in the liberal arts, including creative writing, my professional publications include educational materials, poems, and 28 stories for young readers. I am a member of SCBWI.

You can visit Rick’s Amazon author page if you click here or type in http://smarturl.it/rick into your web browser.

 

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About Free Kindle Books and Tips

So, who writes all of these posts to the blog? A gray-haired guy in Texas named Michael Gallagher who doesn’t blog full-time but blogs as a hobby.

The Kindle Books and Tips blog has a simple purpose: to provide an interactive blog where you will receive tips to maximize your Kindle experience.

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