Geek is chic.
I've jumped on the Kindle train and am loving every second of it. Not only is the Kindle a great gift idea for your favorite bookworms, but if you've got a hard to shop for pal that is already enjoying the benefits of owning a Kindle, Amazon is making things easy by allowing anyone to give ebooks as gifts this holiday. Starting today, anyone can buy a Kindle book as a gift just by clicking the Read more
The price of the Kindle has been taking a nosedive recently, but some of you still aren't buying. For those of you who are taking advantage of the new sticker price, you're going to need to decide on which books to load onto your new tech toy before you take off on your next reading trip. Want some help? I have six books ripe for the picking that satisfy your need for all things geek, Read more
Fresh off of the holiday, Amazon has announced that the Kindle is its most-gifted item in company history. While the company hasn't released exact figures for the holiday shopping season (which they define as Nov. 15 through Dec. 19), the Kindle outsold popular toys, video games, DVDs, and books. Also of note: on Christmas day, more Kindle books were purchased than actual, physical books, Read more
Since you've saved up your hard-earned money to purchase a Kindle, why not treat yourself with some free eBooks? Unfortunately Amazon doesn't have one area on its site that showcases all of the fabulous and free available Kindle books for download, but I've sorted all of the books from lowest priced to highest price, which inevitably lists all of the free books first! From there you can click on Read more
We're thrilled to present this smart Kiplinger story here on Savvy! It's cheaper than ever to snuggle up with an e-reader. But finding bargain-bin books is a challenge. 1. Look for big deals on the big three. You can now buy an Amazon Kindle, a Barnes & Noble Nook or a Sony Reader for $150 or less. Plus, if you were going to buy a tablet computer anyway, the Apple iPad ($500) and Motorola Read more
We recently shared what book we've been reading on our downtime, and asked you all to share on Instagram what page-turners you haven't been able to put down. From poolside mags to Kindle books by the fire to novels at the park, we love seeing not only what you're reading but how you're diving into it. Check out what our readers have been flipping through now, and be sure to share your own Read more
Amanda Hocking is 26 and sells about 100,000 ebooks a month at the Kindle store. Although each ebook sells at a low price of about $3 or 99 cents, she gets to keep 70 percent of the money because she's an independent author and doesn't have a deal with a publishing house. Business Insider calculated that if she keeps up with the sales, she has the potential to make millions annually. Amanda Read more
Kindle owners with an Amazon Prime membership now have even more reading options as today Amazon introduced a free lending library for Prime subscribers. The virtual library boasts over 5,000 books and can only be read via actual Kindle devices, not smartphones or computers with Kindle apps. One book can be checked out per month, though unlike your city library there is no due date for when that Read more
If it surprised you that S&M romance novel Fifty Shades of Grey reached number one on the New York Times best-seller list, it shouldn't. The romance category is the most profitable in publishing. Even so, we judge books by covers and people by what they read. At best, they impress; at worst, they repel. Thank goodness for Kindles! Previously, we asked which reads you didn't want to be seen in Read more
Just a month after the debut of the latest iPad, the Apple-product rumor mill is moving again, this time with speculation that an iPad Mini will hit store shelves later this year. With a reported cost of $300, an iPad Mini would place Apple front and center of the more affordable and smaller tablet market, which includes the Kindle Fire and Samsung Galaxy Tab. Do we need an iPad Mini, though? Read more
