For the past few years an organization called Locast has been allowing folks in select US markets to stream broadcast TV over the internet for a “donation” of $5 or more per month. The company was betting that it could avoid licensing deals with TV networks and sidestep US copyright law by claiming it was […]
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Daily Deals (4-28-2020)
Amazon is offering a free 2-month subscription to Kindle Unlimited if you sign up by Thursday. Tor and Google Play are giving away free eBooks. And Steam and the Epic Games Store are offering free PC games. Here are some of the day’s best deals. Free downloads Total War: SHOGUN 2 PC game for free […]
Deals of the Day (3-08-2018)
Amazon is running one of its occasional Kindle sales at the moment, which means you can pick up a Kindle eReader for $60 or a Kindle Paperwhite for $100. While Kindles are cheap largely because Amazon hopes owners will buy a lot of books and other digital content from the Kindle Store, you can read […]
Amazon’s Kindle and Fire deals (phones, eReaders, tablets, TV boxes)
Amazon is offering discounts on Kindle and Fire devices this holiday weekend. You can pick up an eReader for as little as $49, a tablet for $79, or an unlocked smartphone for $199. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Here are some of the best deals on Amazon hardware. Kindle for $49 The […]
Amazon Kindle Unlimited: All-you-can-read (or hear) for $10 per month
Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited Service is now live. Pay $9.99 per month and you can read any of the more than 600 thousand eBooks or listen to 2 thousand Audible audiobooks. Want to read a book at home but listen while you’re commuting to work? Amazon’s Whispersync will keep track of your progress in a Kindle eBook […]
Amazon Kindle Unlimited is a Netflix-for-eBooks subscription services
Amazon appears to prepping the launch of a new subscription-based eBook service called Kindle Unlimited. For $9.99 per month, subscribers would get access to a library of 600,000 eBooks and thousand of audiobooks. Update: Kindle Unlimited is now live. The company already has a Kindle Owners’ Lending Library which lets customers with a Kindle eReader […]