TechCrunch has discovered that Amazon is (essentially) giving away free Kindles to those readers who are in the prime Kindle demographic: readers who order a lot of books each year.
Free Kindles for Big Readers
The Puddlies
Powell's Books announces their Puddly Awards. Vote for your favorite book of the last decade.
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Free Amazon Prime and Free Shipping for Students
Attention Students: Amazon is offering a free year of Amazon Prime, the service that gets frequent Amazon shoppers free two-day shipping, for a year with their new Amazon Student program.
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When Five Years Pass
“New houses get built, and new songs are sung ... and I am the same, in the same trembling state.” Things are not going very well at the newly built Federico García Lorca center in Granada, Spain. Patience is wearing thin as members of the García Lorca Foundation continue tangling with government officials over control of the center, which is intended to house nearly 20,000 items — manuscripts, drawings, musical compositions and artworks valued at more than 20 million euros.
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Natasha Trethewey Reading
You can listen to U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey read her poem “Enlightenment” for the Virginia Festival of the Book.
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Belzhar
Sarah Pitre reviews Meg Wolitzer's first YA novel, Belzhar, for Kirkus Reviews, and while we were already looking forward to the novel, now we're doubly interested.
Do They Get Screeners?
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Jack White, Publisher
Recommended reading: Lauren O'Neal writes for the LA Review of Books about analog music, Millennial poetry and Jack White's foray into publishing.
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This is a great idea from a market share perspective, but profitability-wise, Amazon will get crushed.
Kindle giveaway doesn’t add up for Amazon’s profits