All the news that’s fit to capsulize!
A KINDER KINDLE
Amazon has reduced the price to its popular e-book reader Kindle to $359. Its selection now includes more than 130,000 books, blogs, newspapers and magazines, and all NEW YORK TIMES bestsellers are $9.99 or less. (I’m still awaiting a sexier design upgrade.)
HEY, TWIT! PART II
If you’re not following BOOKGASM on Twitter, note that our feed now includes updates on the site’s daily content.
OF COURSE ‘DUNE’ IS ON IT
Sci-fi books are like gold for Hollywood studios to mine, but that doesn’t mean they all turn out shiny. io9 looks at 10 Books That Were Better Off on Paper, including V FOR VENDETTA and I, ROBOT. Kinda surprised to see MINORITY REPORT on it, though.
GETTING ‘HARD’ NEXT YEAR
Hard Case Crime has announced a couple of upcoming acquisitions, one old and one:
• Donald E. Westlake’s THE CUTIE, which is the first novel he ever wrote.
• Jason Starr’s FAKE I.D., in its first-ever American edition. It’s about a bar bouncer who plays the ponies. We’re assuming he doesn’t win.
MUSIC TO READ BY
In an effort to compete with iTunes with DRM-free downloads, Amazon has amped up its Amazon MP3 program with low-cost deals. It recently announced its “Daily Deals” and “Friday Five,” which offer deep discounts on select albums. “Daily Deals” is updated daily, while “Friday Five” offers five albums for $5 every Friday and through the weekend. —Rod Lott
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