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Augen’s The Book is on sale TODAY Only – $65

March 17th, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news

The site 1SaleAday have Augen’s first e-reader on sale today. You have under 8 hours left to get it, so you might want to act fast. But I wouldn’t get it if I were you. AUGEN introduced this e-reader last summer, and at the time it was a decent e-reader. But it’s not so great [...]

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9 Popular Kindle games now on sale

March 15th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Amazon, app store news

Amazon are having a sale  this week, and I have to say I’m a little tempted. You can now get any of 9 Kindle apps for under a buck. I’m not sure I want to play most of these, but at this price I’m willing to experiment. The sale runs until 27 March. SCRABBLE EA [...]

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Audible are having a sale

March 9th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

I just noticed a sale today on Audible’s website. Right now you can choose from any of 250 audiobooks sold by Audible. All titles are priced at $4.95, and there’s a pretty broad selection. I’ve flipped through and found both fiction, SF, fantasy, and non-fiction. There’s also a fair number of recent titles, too. You [...]

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WHSmith now have the iriver Story Wifi on sale

March 9th, 2011 · 1 Comment · hardware news

The iriver Story Wifi is on clearance right now at WHSmith. It’s been , marked down to £99.99, which is about half off the previous retail price of £199. For comparison, the Kindle Wifi is selling for £112 right now. This Kindle clone comes with a 6″ Pearl E-ink screen, 2 GB Flash, and a [...]

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AudioGo audiobooks on sale – half off

March 7th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized

The BBC sub AudioGo are having a sale right now.  From now to the end of March, you can get any of about 740 audiobooks for only half the list price. Seelction ranges from classic radio shows to current BBC productions. The audio books are offered as DRM-free MP3s, and AudioGo provide a help pages [...]

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Sony PRS-300 on sale at Big Lots – $99

March 3rd, 2011 · 2 Comments · hardware news

This isn’t a very good deal, but I’m posting it just incase some one is interested. Big Lots are currently carrying refurbished Sony Reader PRS-300 for $99. This is Sony’s older e-reader with a 5″ E-ink screen. It doesn’t have Wifi, a touchscreen, or any of the annotation options of the current generation, but it [...]

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Waterstone’s might be up for sale

March 1st, 2011 · 1 Comment · ebookstore news

About a month ago I reported that Waterstone’s, a UK bookstore chain, was in trouble because their parent company was in dire financial straights. I thought the parent company would wreck Waterstone’s while trying to rescue themselves. It looks like I might be wrong.

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NookColor on sale on Ebay – $199

March 1st, 2011 · 1 Comment · hardware news

The sale runs until Thursday, 3 March (or whenever they decide to end it). Right now you can get a new NookColor Android tablet for only $199 after the $50 coupon. This is a pretty good deal. Ebay

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World’s most expensive ebook now on sale – $1600 off

February 24th, 2011 · No Comments · ebookstore news, humor

There’s a book that I’ve been trying to buy for the last decade. It’s called Selected Nuclear Materials and Engineering Systems, and it has a retail price of just over an arm, a leg, a eye, and a kidney. Fortunately for me the Kindle edition is now on sale for a measly $6400. It’s almost [...]

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Dell Inspiron Duo on sale for $400 – I think I’ll pass

February 21st, 2011 · 4 Comments · hardware news

The Microsoft Store have Dell’s new convertible tablet on sale right now for $150 off retail. Curiously enough, Dell are still selling it for $550. The Duo is based on a 10″ touchscreen, and it’s running Windows 7 on a dual core 1.5GHz Atom CPU with 2GB Ram, a 1.3MP camera, SD card slot, Wifi, [...]

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