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Today’s Bargain Book: “Trojan Horse” by David Lender

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Booksprung Editor

Daniel Youngblood is working on an OPEC deal when he uncovers a cyberterrorist plot to destroy the Saudi royal family and cripple the world’s oil supply. Continue reading →

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Amazon announces partnership with OverDrive to bring Kindle ebooks to public libraries

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Chris Walters

Amazon has announced it will release a Kindle compatible format for public libraries later this year — which means you’ll finally be able to check out library ebooks on your Kindle. Continue reading →

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Make your Kindle look busted with this screensaver

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Chris Walters

Why in the world would you want to make your Kindle look like the screen has been smashed? I dunno, but here are some ideas: To make it less appealing to thieves. To elicit sympathy from nosy coworkers, non-crazy subway … Continue reading →

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Gizmodo is wrong: you can keep your Kindle magazine back issues

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Chris Walters

Oh jeez, Gizmodo, it’s bad enough when newspapers get the facts wrong about ereaders, but you’re supposed to be a source of expertise in this domain. You’re a flippin’ gadget blog. Anyway. The point is this: you don’t lose back … Continue reading →

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Today’s Bargain Book: “Pretty When She Dies” by Rhiannon Frater

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Booksprung Editor

Amaliya wakes up in a shallow grave to an unquenchable blood lust. Now she has to race across Texas to escape her old life, and figure out a way to free herself from her maker’s clutches. Continue reading →

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Today’s Bargain Book: “Alchemy” by Mike Wood

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Booksprung Editor

To help track down his missing father, 15-year-old Al enlists the help of a girl staying in Cape Cod for the summer. Also, it’s 1984 and somehow a manatee is involved. Continue reading →

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Today’s Bargain Book: “In the Shadow of Gotham” by Stefanie Pintoff

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Booksprung Editor

After a tragedy costs NYC Det. Simon Ziele both his fiancée and the full use of his right arm, he abandons the city for the quiet dullness of Dobson — but a brutal murder interrupts his retreat from the world. Continue reading →

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How long before Amazon extends “Special Offers” to existing Kindle owners?

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Chris Walters

Unless the new ad-supported Kindle is rocking some sort of actual hardware widget that creates magical screensaver ads, the main difference between it and existing “normal” Kindles is probably at the operating system level. And if that’s the case, then … Continue reading →

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