Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Free on Amazon Today

Note: If you are reading this on your Kindle and want to get a book from the Kindle store now, type the title with your Kindle, then press the right hand button in the 5-way area or (if you have a Kindle 2) toggle your 5-way switch to the right until the word store is highlighted. Press in on it to search. When the title comes up, use the 5-way toggle switch to move around the book info area to read more about the book. Make sure it is still free (or an acceptable price) before finally pressing in on the 5-way switch to "buy" it. You can always press the back button (before you press buy) if you change your mind.

And remember... what is FREE today may not be FREE tomorrow, so get it while you can!


Top Three Free Kindle Books:
Last time I checked...

  1. Charlotte Figg Takes Over Paradise
    1.
    Joyce Magnin (Author)
    Auto-delivered wirelessly
    Free
  2. Love's Magic
    2.
    Traci E. Hall (Author)
    Auto-delivered wirelessly
    Free
  3. The Murder at the Vicarage (Agatha Christie Mysteries Collection)
    3.
    Agatha Christie (Author)
    Auto-delivered wirelessly
    Free

Has anyone read the Left Behind series? Soon is from the same author.

Soon (Underground Zealot Series #1)
By: Jerry B. Jenkins (Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.)
Available for free in: United States, Canada

The Oak Leaves
By: Maureen Lang (Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.)
Available for free in: Middle East, United States, United Kingdom, Africa, Australia, Canada, India, Latin Am. & Caribbean*, Asia & Pacific

The Case of the Flashing Fashion Queen: A Dix Dodd Mystery (Dix Dodd Mysteries)
By: Norah Wilson (Norah Wilson writing as N.L. Wilson)
Available for free in: Africa, Middle East, Canada, Asia & Pacific, India, Latin Am. & Caribbean*, United States

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Kindle Skills - Watch The Dots

The next time you have a book open on your Kindle, look at the bottom of the screen of the page you are reading.

You should see an indicator with a percentage. This will tell you about where you are in your book, and give you an idea how much is left till the end. If you see little dots, you can use your right button on the 5-way controller and navigate forward or back through the book a section (sometimes a chapter, sometimes not) at a time. The little arrow just above your progress bar indicates where you began that particular session.


If you are looking at a list of your books on your home screen, you should see a line of little dots below each one with bold dots indicating what you have read already.

It helps to know how far you have left to go and where you have been.


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Monday, August 29, 2011

Kindle Skills - Remove Password

While password protecting your Kindle might seem like a good idea at any given moment, it can be a royal pain in the end.

Just remember... You put the password there. You can take it out.

To remove a password on your Kindle:

  • From the Home screen on your Kindle, press the Menu button.
  • Move the selector (5-way controller) down to the words Device Password - You should see the words Turn Off underlined to indicate it is selected.
  • Press in on the 5-way selector
  • Another box will appear wanting you to enter your existing password (you DO remember it, right?)
  • Enter the current password, then navigate to the word submit and press in on the 5-way controller.
  • Press the Home button to return to your normal Home screen on your Kindle.
You just turned off the password.

You don't EVER want to have to do this:
If you cannot remember the password for your Kindle, you can reset your password to regain access. Resetting your password will delete all content on your Kindle and you'll need to register your Kindle again from the Settings screen before downloading items from your Kindle Library on Amazon.com.

To reset your Kindle if you don't have the password:
  1. Slide and release the power switch on the top of Kindle to turn on the device or exit sleep mode.
  2. Enter "resetmykindle" in the password field and press the enter key on the key pad.
  3. Wait several minutes while your Kindle restarts.

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Finger Food

Yesterday I decided to whip up a batch of crispy caramel popcorn so I could settle in and spend some quality time with Through A Dark Mist... didn't want to starve because I couldn't put it down. I love Robin Hood stories, and this is the first of a trilogy!

Remember
Cracker Jacks?
As I was getting the ingredients ready to put into the microwave, I realized I was totally out of white corn syrup. Oh horrors! I did find a nice jar of sorghum molasses in the pantry though and substituted 1/4 cup of that instead. Best mistake I ever made! YUMMY!

You can find the recipe (and lots of others) in My Family Cookbook, but I'm giving it to you today, dear reader.

Enjoy!
Microwave Caramel Pop Corn
This is so easy it is disgusting!
  • 6 qt. popped corn
  • 1 c. brown sugar
  • 1/2 c. butter
  • 1/4 c. white corn syrup
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 tsp. soda
In a microwave safe (I use a 4 cup pyrex mixing cup) bowl, combine brown sugar, butter, corn syrup and salt. Microwave on high for 2 minutes. Stir; microwave on high for 2 more minutes (make sure it boils a full minute). Stir in soda.
Special Note: Make sure you have a large enough mixing cup/bowl. The sugar mixture will grow like crazy while it is carmallizing. Watch it carefully!
Pour mixture over the popcorn in a large buttered bowl. Use latex gloved (buttered) hands to toss gently to mix, or carefully use a large spoon. Take your time. It will be well worth it.

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Free on Amazon Today

Note: If you are reading this on your Kindle and want to get a book from the Kindle store now, type the title with your Kindle, then press the right hand button in the 5-way area or (if you have a Kindle 2) toggle your 5-way switch to the right until the word store is highlighted. Press in on it to search. When the title comes up, use the 5-way toggle switch to move around the book info area to read more about the book. Make sure it is still free (or an acceptable price) before finally pressing in on the 5-way switch to "buy" it. You can always press the back button (before you press buy) if you change your mind.

And remember... what is FREE today may not be FREE tomorrow, so get it while you can!

A nice little list for you to choose from:

Suspicions: a novel of suspense
By: Christine Kersey
Available for free in: Africa, Asia & Pacific, Australia, India, Latin Am. & Caribbean*, Middle East, Canada, United States

Holding Out For a Hero
By: Stacey Joy Netzel
Available for free in: Asia & Pacific, United States, Africa, Australia, Canada, India, Middle East, Latin Am. & Caribbean*

Untouchable
By: Scott O'Connor (Adams Media)
Available for free in: United States

The Nemesis Worm
By: Guy Haley (Angry Robot)
Available for free in: United States, Asia & Pacific, India, Latin Am. & Caribbean*, Africa, Australia, Middle East
Individual Preparedness and Response to Chemical, Radiological, Nuclear, and Biological Terrorist Attacks: The Reference Guide
By: Lynn E. Davis (RAND Corporation)
Available for free in: Canada, United States, Africa, Asia & Pacific, Australia, India, Latin Am. & Caribbean*, Middle East

Whispers in the Shadows Vol II
By: Alan James Keogh
Available for free in: United States, Africa, India, Latin Am. & Caribbean*, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Middle East

Play Dead
By: Anne Frasier
Available for free in: United States, Canada, India, Latin Am. & Caribbean*, Africa, Asia & Pacific, Middle East
The Gossip Ghouls: Zombies and Lipstick
By: Z
Available for free in: Asia & Pacific, United States, Africa, India, Middle East, Canada, Latin Am. & Caribbean*

What Is Node?
By: Brett McLaughlin (OReilly Media - A)
Available for free in: United States, Asia & Pacific, Australia, Canada, Latin Am. & Caribbean*, Africa, India, Middle East

Sensei
By: John Donohue (YMAA Publication Center)
Available for free in: India, Middle East, United States, Asia & Pacific, Canada, Latin Am. & Caribbean*, Africa, Australia

The Snow Owl
By: Jon Hartling (Jon and Heather Hartling)
Available for free in: United States, Canada, India, Middle East, Africa, Australia, Latin Am. & Caribbean*, Asia & Pacific

T he Women of Tenacity
By: Shanna Hatfield (Shanna Hatfield)
Available for free in: Middle East, United States, Australia, Canada, Africa

Shaken and Stirred (Kizzie Baldwin Erotic Thriller)
By: Sable Jordan (Fresh Whet INK)
Available for free in: United States, India, Latin Am. & Caribbean*, Africa, Asia & Pacific, Canada, Middle East

The Birth of the Peacekeepers.
By: Ricky Sides (Books in Motion)
Available for free in: Asia & Pacific, Canada, India, Latin Am. & Caribbean*, Africa, United States
Updated: 08/28/2011 01:05am
Gorinthian (Mirrors of the World)
By: Justin Mitchell (Smashwords)
Available for free in: United States, Africa, Asia & Pacific, Australia, Canada, India, Latin Am. & Caribbean*, Middle East

Sally Boy
By: P. Vincent DeMartino (Silk Daddy Publishing)
Available for free in: United States, Africa, Asia & Pacific, Australia, Canada, India, Latin Am. & Caribbean*, Middle East

Wanderlust
By: Kate Morton (Simon & Schuster)
Available for free in: United States

It's Not About You
By: Jennifer Zeliff
Available for free in: Asia & Pacific, Latin Am. & Caribbean*, United States, India , Middle East, Australia, Canada

The Vermin From The Black Abyss (A Dragolescu Vampire Hunter Story)
By: Robert Davis (Swordworks)
Available for free in: Asia & Pacific, Canada, India, Latin Am. & Caribbean*, Middle East, United States, Australia

Tempting Yerva
By: Chris Turner (Innersky Books)
Available for free in: United States, Africa, Australia, Canada, India, Latin Am. & Caribbean*, Asia & Pacific

And to All a Good Night (Life Lessons)
By: Kaje Harper
Available for free in: Asia & Pacific, Africa, India, Latin Am. & Caribbean*, Middle East, Australia, United States
Morituri
By: A.D. Bloom
Available for free in: Asia & Pacific, United States, Africa, Australia, India, Latin Am. & Caribbean*, Middle East

Tournament at Bergum
By: Chris Turn er (Innersky Books)
Available for free in: United States, Africa, Australia, Canada, India, Middle East

In Heaven/Let Down
By: M.E. Purfield (Trash Book)
Available for free in: United States
Phineas (Ordinal)
By: Joseph Gellene
Available for free in: United States, Canada, Africa, Australia, India, Asia & Pacific, Middle East

Traditional Publishing Is My Bitch! (and other inflammatory remarks)
By: Mike Cooley
Available for free in: Middle East, United States, Asia & Pacific, India, Africa, Australia, Canada


Paper Flow 28 Day Challenge
By: Mary Anne Bennie (Wrightbooks)
Available for free in: Africa, Australia, Canada, Latin Am. & Caribbean*, Middle East, United States, India

Hush (crime fiction, police procedural)
By: Theresa Weir
Available for free in: Asia & Pacific, Australia, India, Latin Am. & Caribbean*, United States, Canada, Middle East

The Promise: God Works All Things Together for Your Good
By: Robert J. Morgan (B&H Publishing Group)
Available for free in: India, Africa, Middle East, United States, Asia & Pacific, Canada, Latin Am. & Caribbean*

Sojourner (Book 1) (Sojourner Series)
By: Maria Rachel Hooley
Available for free in: Africa, Australia, United Kingdom, Asia & Pacific, Canada, Latin Am. & Caribbean*, Middle East, United States

Hilda - The Challenge (Hilda the Wicked Witch)
By: Paul Kater
Available for free in: Australia, India, Latin Am. & Caribbean*, Middle East, United States, Africa, Asia & Pacific, Canada

Second-Hand Princess
By: Lorraine J. Anderson
Available for free in: Asia & Pacific, Latin Am. & Caribbean*, Middle East, United States, Africa, Australia, Canada, India

Stinky Dog
By: Michael Wenberg (Michael Wenberg Creative Services)
Available for free in: Australia, Canada, Middle East, Unit ed States, Africa

Checking It Twice
By: Melissa L. Webb
Available for free in: Latin Am. & Caribbean*, Africa, Asia & Pacific, Australia, Canada, India, Middle East, United States

Painting by numbers
By: David Thyssen (David Thyssen)
Available for free in: Africa, Canada, Asia & Pacific, Australia, United States, Latin Am. & Caribbean*, Middle East

The Forest of Sincerity
By: Rose Nanashima (Knights Hill Publishing)
Available for free in: Africa, Asia & Pacific, Latin Am. & Caribbean*, United States, Australia, Canada, India, Middle East

Eddie's Shorts - Volume 1
By: M. Edward McNally (M. Edward McNally)
Available for free in: Canada, India, Latin Am. & Caribbean*, Africa, Australia, Middle East, United States, Asia & Pacific

I Got Some Bad Muse For You
By: Michael Angel (Banty Hen Publishing)
Available for free in: Asia & Pacific, India, United States, Africa, Australia, Canada, Latin Am. & Caribbean*, Middle East

Fey's Adventures
By: Poppet
Available for free in: Canada, Middle East, Africa, Asia & Pacific, India, United States

Fox Chase
By: Jeff Young
Available for free in: Canada, Latin Am. & Caribbean*, Middle East, United States, Africa, Australia, India

This Totally Scary True Story About When My Aunt Died
By: Theodore Kohan
Available for free in: Australia, Canada, India, Latin Am. & Caribbean*, United States, Africa

B. Quick
By: C. S. Laurel (Naked Reader Press)
Available for free in: Asia & Pacific, Africa, Australia, India, Latin Am. & Caribbean*, Middle East, United States

Strangelets with a Side of Grilled Spam
By: Michael Angel (Banty Hen Publishing)
Available for free in: Latin Am. & Caribbean*, Africa, Asia & Pacific, Australia, India, Middle East, United States

Liberal vs. Conservative: A Novella
By: Scott Reeves
Available for free in: India, United States, Australia, Canada, Middle East, Africa

Hexes and Tooth Decay: A Short Story
By: Nancy Fulda
Available for free in: United States, Asia & Pacific, Australia, Canada, India, Middle East, Africa

Blue Ink: A Short Story
By: Nancy Fulda
Ava ilable for free in: Africa, Asia & Pacific, Canada, India, Middle East, United States

The Dawkins Delusion: an As-I'm-Reading-It Response to The God Delusion
By: Scott Reeves
Available for free in: Africa, India, Middle East, United States, Asia & Pacific, Canada