Recent Kindle releases #7
It’s all about the books, right? So, here is a listing of some recent Kindle releases.
I’m trying to show you some real variety. That’s one of the advantages of the Kindle…you don’t just have to read the tried and true (although you can, of course). I think I’m safe saying that there is at least one thing on here…that you’d never read in a million years.
A few little caveats:
- Schedules change: books may be added or release dates changed.
- I don’t deliberately list books from companies that block text-to-speech, although it’s possible something will slip on to the list. I try to be pretty careful, but things do change
- I don’t list prices primarily because they can change (and do). However, I’ve gotten from very inexpensive up to more than fifty dollars
If you’d like to check yourself (we may not have the same parameters for book choices), you can use this search:
I list the author, the publisher (some people care about that), the number of device licenses, and the category or genre.
The number of device licenses is the number of devices on which you can simultaneously have the book for one purchase price. I actually have a question in to Amazon legal right now to pin down a question on that, but that’s the basics of it. If it says “unlimited”, it was probably published independently through Amazon’s Digital Text Platform.
I take the genre from the Amazon product page…books often have several categories listed, so I just pick the one I like best.
Oh, and of course, you can get a free sample first…that may be a good idea if it’s an author you haven’t read before.
You may also want to look at the size of the file…some of these may be quite short. You can figure a “normal length” book is somewhere around 800 KB.
Nice Teams Finish Last: The Secret to Unleashing Your Team’s Maximum Potential
By Brian Cole Miller
Published by Amacom (the publishing arm of the American Management Association)
Device licenses: 6
Category: Business
This is one of 571 Kindle books from the American Management Association. By the way, I think it’s a bit odd that they have a potty training book, but I guess that’s management. Certainly, a lot of the same substance might be involved. 
Rhymes with Vain: Belabored Humor and Attempted Produndity
By Wallace Baine
Device licenses: 6
Category: Humor
Baine is a writer for the Santa Cruz Sentinel. Here’s a little excerpt from a recent column to give you an idea:
“Dear Mark Twain,
We here in the realm of the living are as shocked as you must be that our race has now survived 100 years without you. The centennial anniversary of your death this upcoming week is not, alas, a national holiday, which is just as well considering that you’d probably take that as a backhanded tribute anyway. Only history nerds and Twain geeks like myself are even going to notice.”
How can you resist getting a sample from a Twain geek?
Anger Is a Choice
By Tim LaHaye, Bob Phillips
Device licenses: 5
Published by Zondervan (a faith-based publisher)
Category: Anger management
Lest you think LaHaye is only the wildly successful Left Behind series, here’s a piece of non-fiction for you. He’s written more than fifty books…
The Basic Bass Workout
By Stuart Clayton
Device licenses: 6
Published by SMT
Category: Music
“Alright…lift those fins! And flop and flip and flop and flip and…” Oh, wait. This is about the instrument, not the fish? Um…that’s cool, too.
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 73 Sheet Music
By Carl Maria Weber
Device licenses: 6
Published by FreeHand Music
I don’t know why I think it’s so cool that you can get sheet music, but I do. I’m not the only one…in one of the iPad commercials, they show it displaying sheet music. Since you can read Kindle books on an iPad (with the free app), this might be a good fit.
Folk Tales from Greenland
By Raja Sharma
Device licenses: 6
Published by Rajasir
The multi-culti Sharma brings another set of folktales.
The Gang Bang: Female Observations of Multi-Party Sex
By Dr. Garth Mundinger-Klow
Published by Olympia Press
Device licenses: 6
Category: Erotica
Just trying to be eclectic…
A Hitch in Twilight
By Vic Fortessa
Published by All Things That Matter Press
Device licenses: 6
Category: Short Stories
I do like short story collections, and I think they are particularly well-served by being on EBRs (E-Book Readers). This one is subtitled, “20 Tales of Warped Imagination”.
More Good News: Real Solutions to the Global Eco-Crisis
By David Suzuki, Holly Dressel
Published by Greystone Books
Device licenses: 6
Category: Conservation
This is an update of Good News for a Change (a much better title), and is about sustainable solutions that already exist for ecological challenges.
Point of No Return
Project Exorcism Series #3
By Mandy M. Roth
Device licenses: 6
Published by Samhain
Category: Paranormal Romance
“The Commission” thought it has gotten rid of all the supernatural beings in book one, but, um, apparently not. Expect a lot of physical action in this one…and not of the violent variety, if you know what I mean (wink, wink, nudge, nudge).
Quick Escapes from New York City: The Best Weekend Getaways
By Susan Farewell
Published by GPP Travel (8th edition)
Device licenses: 6
Category: Travel
EBRs are great when you are traveling…
The Twenty-One Principles of a Lie
By Rodney Lee Smith
Published by Tate Publishing
Device licenses: 6
Category: Self-help
This one promises all kinds of information on detecting lies, identifying liars, dealing with them…hmm, I wonder if the book description is telling the truth?
The Beatles: The Music and the Myth
By Patrick Humphries, Peter Dogget
Published by Omnibus Press
Device licenses: 6
Category: Entertainment
One of the greatest bands of all time, with relevant lyrics…although perhaps they should re-write Paperback Writer. Just kidding, I wouldn’t change a thing.
Hmmm…perhaps a bit heavy on the music choices this time, with the Beatles, bass playing, and sheet music. Well, walk on the beat!
Tip of the Day: if you want to be able to play songs (or sound clips) one at a time rather than in the order you added them or random order (the latter is how the K1 works), put them in the Audible folder rather than the Music folder.
This post by Bufo Calvin originally appeared in the I Love My Kindle blog.
