Getting Traffic to Blogger Blogs

One problem that I've been having is getting traffic to my blogs. Someone alerted me to some blog posts that might have a solution to the traffic problem I'm facing, so I wanted to go over the ways that this blog suggested to get traffic.

Notes on cheap targeted traffic: buying traffic from other websites. Caveat: use Google’s Ad planner (or Quantcast.com) to get some demographic data on a site before deciding to advertise.

Buysellads.com - Large inventory of sites to place your ads. Pay attention to what banner ads are showing up on the sites as a starting point for making your own.

BlogAds - a network of over 3,000 influential blogs connects advertisers with readers and the social media elite. Interesting that they mention social media in their outreach.

AdSella - Ad buyers can choose from a variety of blogs and websites to buy ad space and increase traffic. Some of the publisher sites listed weren't even functional, so make sure you do your due diligence here.

Advertise Space - Gives publishers the power to set rates and reject any ad creative that is not appropriate for their site. Site has an unfinished feel to it, so I think they are just starting out.

Project Wonderful - This looks like a network of mostly comic and gaming blogs, but there are also a few other niche websites in their network. You can reach InsaneJournal.com readers through ProjectWonderful, as well as people in Boston looking up schedules for the underground T trains.

Blog Banner Ads: this blog post details the buysellads.com marketplace. That's potentially a really good site - advertising on a site is possible for for less than $10 a month.

SEOClerks vs. Fiverr - I confess that I usually go to Fiverr for one-off SEO tasks, but this blog post makes a great point: charging five dollars for a quality SEO task is a false economy. The better SEO services on Fiverr should be allowed to charge more for a better service, which is exactly what you get at SEOClerks. It's also nice that SEOClerks.com just focuses on SEO tasks. Some examples include:

• http://www.seoclerks.com/Other/62505/gives-blogroll-PR2-4-and-PR3-3-on-my-site-about-health
• http://www.seoclerks.com/youtube/58327/Manually-Embed-and-Share-your-YouTube-video-in-75-blog-Posts-with-Content

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"your nook has turned off to conserve power" fix

If your 1st Generation Classic Barnes & Noble Nook is unresponsive and only has "your nook has turned off to conserve power" on its screen, there's a simple fix for that. Plug the Nook in and allow it to charge, preferably for 3 or more hours, before you try to start it up again. When the yellow charging light goes off, that means your battery is at 100% charge again.

To Prevent Battery Drainage on Your Nook Classic in the Future

If you want to prevent your Nook from running out of power too soon, there are some steps you can take to prolong its battery life:

1. Turn the Airplane Mode ON. This turns off Wi-Fi and 3G and will help prolong your Nook's battery life.
2. Turn the Touchscreen brightness down. If you're at 25% - 35% screen brightness, try dialing it down to the 5 - 10% range.
3. Change the Touchscreen turn-off timer from 30 seconds down to 10 seconds
4. Change the Sleep timer to 5-10 minutes (down from 15 minutes).

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Best Travel Apps for the Kindle Fire

Kayak for the Kindle Fire HD

Kindle owners can use the Kayak app to search for flight, hotel, and car rental availability as well as pricing. The app allows comparing the rates of each provider to insure they are getting the best deal. Hotel accommodations and flights can be booked directly from the app. Once a trip is booked through the app, users can receive notification of cancellations, delays, and gate changes. This makes late gate arrivals a thing of the past. Users can also access airport maps and locate airport restaurants and restrooms. The app also has extensive access maps of ATMs and restaurants. The general consensus on Amazon is that this is a better app than Tripit. Download this app for free at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/KAYAK-Software-Corporation/dp/B004JJUY4K/

Trip Advisor for Kindle

The Trip Advisor app allows users to search for hotels, flights, restaurants, shopping as well as sightseeing opportunities in whatever city they’re in. Users can also see recommendations relative to their current location. Trip Advisor also includes restaurant reviews with menus and information on pricing and ambience. The app aggregates reviews across users, so it’s a great opportunity to also contribute your own reviews to hotels and restaurants. If you're visiting a city, you can find out about the best attractions and restaurants. You can also try the convenient "Near Me Now" button to see hotels, restaurants, and activities near you right now. The app includes the user forums and the "Find a Cheap Flight" feature. The Kindle Fire version of Trip Advisor has gotten rave reviews and looks great on the tablet:

Download this app for free at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/TripAdvisor/dp/B005LHOKFS/

MyTopo Maps Pro by Trimble Outdoors

If you’re an outdoor explorer type, then supplement your GPS, compass and paper maps with the topographical maps produced by the MyTopo app. The MyTopo app delivers access to over 70,000 topographical maps in the USA and Canada, which is perfect for hikers, climbers, campers, boaters and other outdoor enthusiasts. It also yes that's too bad provides information for finding over ten millions of trails, lakes, valleys, mountains and rivers. The app has five different views to select from, including road, airborne, hybrid, topographical, and terrain vantage POVs. You can even store maps in the app so you don't need Wi-Fi in order to use it. Great for preplanning hiking trails, camping and ATV offroad trips. The topographical map app is optimized for the Kindle Fire:

Cost of the app is $4.99 and can be downloaded at http://www.amazon.com/MyTopo-Maps-Pro-Trimble-Outdoors/dp/B0080G64TM/

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Best Real Estate Apps for Kindle Fire

Zillow Real Estate - Homes & Apartments, For Sale or Rent

Hunting for a home or apartment doesn’t necessarily mean highlighting classified ads and making numerous phone calls. The Zillow App for Kindle features up-to-date home pricing data, integrated maps that allow for filtering different property types and reports on trending neighborhoods. Drive through any neighborhood and pull up the Zillow Real Estate app to get housing information filtered by price, proximity to schools and sales closing status.

Get a Zestimate value of any U.S. home so you can better place a competitive bid. The app also comes with a voice search to dictate locations to the app. The app features high resolution photos, and each searched location can be saved for future reference. Instead of writing down an address, let the Zillow app give you driving directions with Google Maps. Instead of taking down a realtor's phone number, Contact real estate agents and property managers directly from the app. Download this app for free at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Zillow-Real-Estate-Homes-Apartments/dp/B004GWRMWC/

HotPads

Hotpads give you a glance at the properties available for rent in the area of your choice, and you can easily customize the search to meet your requirements. The app features

• Map-based housing search interface
• Search apartments, rental houses, and real estate
• See detailed listings with high resolution photos
• Quickly scroll through photos while still seeing listing details
• Advanced filtering options help you narrow your search

Download app at http://www.amazon.com/HotPads-com-HotPads/product-reviews/B006ZZERJ4/

Apartments by Apartment Guide

The Apartments app for Kindle provides listings of available apartments nationwide, delivering results through customized searches, and even includes pictures! The user taps in their requirements (location, size of apartment, number of bedrooms and bathrooms, garage) and the app will give you back pinpointed results. Result listings include price, landlord contact information, lease terms, as well as a general description of the apartment complex. The app is simple to use and features full maps of apartments in whatever area you are looking in. Download this app for free at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Primedia-Apartments-by-Apartment-Guide/dp/B006OP04ZQ/

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Apps that Use the Front-Facing Camera on the Kindle Fire

Did you know that there is a built-in, front-facing camera on your Kindle Fire HD? After taking some photos, you might want to edit, add effects and even share your creatively altered photos on social networks like Twitter and Facebook. Here are some of the best photo editing apps for the Kindle Fire HD.

PicShop Lite - Photo Editor

This app is very useful for editing photos on the Kindle Fire HD and has support for HD images up to 8 megapixels. The editing features included with this app include filters (hue/saturation, RedEye and Blemish Removers, Auto Correction) Crop, Rotate and Flip, and more. It’s actually a full editing suite that works great on the Kindle HD. And it’s free. This app also allows you to share images on Facebook, Twitter, or via Email with a simple click. Download this app for free at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/esDot-Development-Studio-PicShop-Lite/dp/B007FFZSE6/

Camera Fun Pro by SpiceLoop

The Camera Fun Pro lets you apply a variety of unique camera lenses to your Kindle Fire HD photos after you have taken them. This app will make pictures fun again, especially if you like using filters.

1. 29 special effects and lenses to apply to your photos: Sepia, X-Ray, Night Vision, Sketch, Water Color, Canvas, Swirl, Stretch, Tunnel, Thermal, Neon, and Mirror.
2. Place frames around your pictures.
3. You can then share your photo with others via Facebook or email.

Cost of the app is $.99 and it can be downloaded at http://www.amazon.com/SpiceLoop-Camera-Fun-Pro/dp/B004JOXGPO/

Pic Collage

After you get all your photos into your Kindle, how about manipulating those photos of your friends and gatherings in a unique and artistic way? Pic Collage allows you to input photos from your picture library and resize, rotate, combine them and otherwise manipulate them. You can

1. add popular filters
2. add some text in various colors
3. rotate photos with two fingers
4. create collages and draw on your photos
5. post your creations to social media networks

Download this app for free at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/PicCollage-Pic-Collage/dp/B00A6S051A/

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GPS & Map Apps for the Kindle Fire HD

MapQuest for Kindle Fire

MapQuest is a navigational app that offers its users turn by turn directions to any location. Voice guided instructions help users navigate anywhere. If you're driving, then you can use voice requests to get directions from the app. The app also broadcasts live traffic updates and crash reports. Download this app for free at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/MapQuest-Inc/dp/B004TI2ZXY/

Compass photo by Steve Snodgrass (Flickr)

HopStop for Kindle HD

HopStop gives you thorough info on anything related to public transportation. If you're traveling, it can help you feel like less of a tourist by getting you to the nearest transit station. It can provide you with transit maps (subways, trains and buses) as well as the upcoming schedules for each of the routes. HopStop is ideally suited for travelers and can give you taxi phone numbers as well. It can also tell you the best route to take on foot. The app works for cities in the USA, Canada, and Europe. The app polls hundreds of dynamic schedules for trains, buses, subways, ferries and more. Because it’s dynamic, it can give you estimated wait times for various transit options. Download this app for free at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/HopStop-com-Inc-HopStop/dp/B005CDK5IM/

Compass App for Kindle Fire

For those who would like to find their own way in the world, and would prefer to defer to a Compass, instead of turn by turn GPS instructions, the Compass+ Flash app is the perfect combination of old school guidance, and new school technology. The app comprises six different compasses, including nighttime, antique and more traditional styles. The integration of the GPS allows for exact measurements in elevation, place, and pitch and roll. The app can be readily calibrated and adjusted, and allows for notes on favored places and locations. Cost of the app is $.99 and can be downloaded at: http://www.amazon.com/SaintTech-Compass-Flash/dp/B009Y6OFDO/

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Best Music Apps for the Kindle HD

Pandora for Kindle Fire HD

The Pandora Radio app allows users to enter song titles / artists and then have various Pandora "stations" play back music similar to the user's tastes. Users often find new artists and genres to listen to that they might not have been aware. The Pandora library comprises almost a million songs. Listeners can rate how well they liked the songs that Pandora plays for them, which allows Pandora to refine the user's musical selections. Users can purchase songs / entire albums while they are listening, can bookmark songs as well as create their own personalized radio stations right from their Kindle tablet. The free app is supported by ads.

Download this app for free at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Pandora-Media/dp/B005V1N71W/

Spotify for Kindle

The Spotify app allows users to stream music directly from their Kindle Fire HD tablet while searching for particular musical interests using song titles, artists, album title, record label or genre. Upon initiation of a Spotify account, a free six month subscription is authorized and provides the user with unlimited access during that time. At the end of the trial period, music play is restricted to ten hours per month, and only roughly two and a half hours per week. During those ten hours the listener is subjected to ads. An unlimited listening subscription is available, allowing users access to music whenever they choose, without ads. The premium Spotify service allows people to stream music at a higher bit rate without any ads. Download this app for free at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Spotify-Kindle-Tablet-Edition/dp/B008RBZA4A/

TuneIn Radio

This app pulls in lots of radio stations from all around the globe as well as internet stations. This radio app scours every continent on the planet and finds all kinds of radio programs (music, sports, news, current events). In total, TuneIn offers more than 50,000 radio stations and 1.2 million on-demand streams. Sure, the Pandora App is great for discovering new music, but TuneIn streams not only music stations, but talk radio as well. The TuneIn Radio Pro app allows users to record any of the station's radio programs, kind of like a Kindle DVR for radio. This makes it convenient to play the programs back at a later time. One caveat: change the Apps settings so that it does not enable shake mode for changing the stations. Otherwise you’ll be activating your Kindle HD at odd times. Standard Download of this app is available for free at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/TuneIn-Radio/dp/B004GYY714/ The Pro App Costs $.99.

Slacker Radio

Slacker is an ad supported radio app allowing listeners to appreciate music the song lists of some of the world's most best DJs. It’s kind of a toss up whether people will like this service better than Pandora. But while the service is good, the Kindle Fire version of the Slacker Radio app is plagued with buffering and connectivity problems. So, sadly, until these issues get resolved, I recommend sticking with Pandora. You can download the free app to test it out yourself: http://www.amazon.com/Slacker-Inc-Radio/dp/B004SV7744/

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Best Alarm Clock for Kindle HD

My Alarm Clock Free by Apalon

This app will turn your Kindle HD into a full fledged alarm clock. It will make your Kindle function as an alarm clock even when the app isn't running. That has numerous alarms, from traditional buzzers to music. It also has sleep timers that are great for naps, as well as a weather function. The app also lets users control the brightness of the screen. It works in either portrait or landscape modes for ease of use. Features include:

1. Dimming feature: change the screen brightness so that it doesn't blind you after a good night's sleep
2. Weather information: check live local conditions and temperature
3. Sleep Timer: fall asleep to white noise
4. Night stand mode: turn your device into a gorgeous bedside clock
5. Multiple alarm support
6. Background alarm support: alarm will ring even if the app is not running

Download this app for free at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Apalon-My-Alarm-Clock-Free/dp/B009ZZDNT6/

Alarm Clock Xtreme

This alarm clock for the Kindle Fire HD has a gentle wake function whereby the volume is gradually raised. This makes it less jarring when the alarm wakes you. You can also program it such that it makes you solve a math problem before going back to snooze. I guess it's almost automatic that people hit the snooze button on their alarms. The Alarm Clock Extreme makes it a little bit harder, so perhaps one of these times you’ll just get up after solving the math problem instead of going back to sleep. The alarm clock includes the following features: unlimited alarms, repeating alarms, music alarm, random song alarm, gentle alarm volume ramp up, math to snooze/disable, shake to snooze/disable, minimum speed to disable, nap alarm with countdown timer, large snooze button, snooze 1-60 min, decrease snooze duration after each snooze, max number snoozes, auto-snooze, auto-dismiss, option to keep screen locked keeping the phone safe in your pocket. http://www.amazon.com/Angle-Labs-Alarm-Clock-Xtreme/dp/B004VMUS9G/

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Best Health & Fitness Apps for the Kindle Fire HD

Calorie Counter and Diet Tracker by MyFitnessPal

The Calorie Counter app makes it easy to see nutritional information. You can share your weight progress and workout statistics to others through Facebook and Twitter. This is a great way to stay fit: made a New Year's resolution to lose weight, and broadcaster wait to your friends on social networks so that they will keep you accountable to your resolution.

The app is cured towards helping people lose weight. It provides the caloric information for thousands of different foods. To help you lose weight, it helps you keep track of your daily food intake. It also has a database of exercises that allows you to easily enter how many calories you have burned as you make progress towards your weight loss goals. It really is a complete weight loss app for the Kindle Fire, as all your reports will be online along with a list of your goals and charts showing your progress. All this helps to keep you motivated. Download this app for free at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Calorie-Counter-Diet-Tracker-MyFitnessPal/

Ultimate Food Value Diary

This food value app allows you to quickly scan in the foods you are eating to see how much calories they are adding to your waistline. The app is not only good for grocery foods but also for restaurant items. It's designed to help people track their weight loss and keep a strict diet.

• Food, Exercise and Daily allowance calculators
• Accurate and detailed daily tracking with healthy checks and daily notes.
• Online database with 180+ Restaurants , over 500,000 food items and 1 million barcodes.
• Barcode scanning to get values instantly (requires camera)

The app costs $3 and is available at http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Food-Value-Diary-Edition/dp/B004UMLBCA/

WebMD for Kindle Tablet

The WebMD app helps you identify the precise nature of whatever physical ailment, pain or perceived symptoms you are experiencing. The app makes it easy research what exactly your condition is. The app helps users understand causes and treatments of the displayed condition. In addition, it can supply use and interaction information for prescribed and over the counter drugs (a pill recognition tool is part of the app, so you know just what you are consuming). These safeguards are instrumental in keeping you and your family safe from any potential concerns that may cause medical issues that would commonly go undetected. First aid advice is also provided by the app. Download this app for free at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/WebMD-LLC-Kindle-Tablet-Edition/dp/B008AZGWYK/

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Best Movie Apps for the Kindle Fire HD

Those with an Amazon Prime account can watch unlimited streaming movies from the Amazon prime library on their Kindle Fire HD. But whether you have Amazon Prime or not, there are some very good movie at that you'll want to have on your Kindle.

Redbox for Kindle HD

Using the Redbox app is a treat as it allows you to reserve movies online at your favorite red box location. The Redbox app also allows users to locate kiosks wherever they may be in your city or neighborhood. You can also get directions to the nearest Redbox kiosk. Additionally, you can browse the available titles every kiosk contains. Up to 5 titles can be reserved at a time. This is a very useful app that has actually been optimized for the Kindle Fire HD and doesn't contain any annoying ads. The app is available at http://www.amazon.com/Redbox/dp/B006P57MUK/

Hulu Plus (Kindle Fire Edition)

Hulu Plus gives users viewing priveleges to movies as well as popular tv shows. Hulu particularly excels with classic TV shows, especially those that were on NBC. Hulu Plus is a paid monthly subscription that gives users even more content compared to the Hulu free plan. The kids content is great. The Hulu Kids section highlighting our ad-free kids content. Corresponding Kids Lock feature allows parents to restrict access to Kids-only content on their devices. Shows include SpongeBob SquarePants, Kung Fu Panda, Caillou and many others. There is one serious downside if you are looking to view specific content on Hulu Plus for the Kindle Fire HD: a large portion of the Hulu catalog is still not yet licensed to view on any device, including the Kindle Fire, which includes the paid subscription service. If you're considering a subscription to Hulu Plus for use with the Kindle Fire HD, realize that the shows might be allowed to be viewed via PC/Web only. Download the free Hulu app for free at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Hulu-Plus-Kindle-Fire-Edition/dp/B0066TUXU6/

Movies by Flixster

The Flixster app will give you all the information you need on current release as well as DVD films. You can find a theatre near you via searching by theatre name, movie title or GPS search. You can also purchase tickets directly from your device.

• View high quality trailers for theater and DVD movie releases.
• Peruse local theaters listings by proximity, or theater name, and view theater locations on a map.
• Read user ratings and critic reviews from Rotten Tomatoes, a well-trusted film review aggregator.

Download this app for free at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Flixster-Movies-by/dp/B004HXHVZ8/

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Cooking Apps for the Kindle HD

Allrecipes.com Dinner Spinner

Allrecipes.com has created the perfect app for anyone who has stood in front of their refrigerator and wondered how to cook a meal from any of the ingredients you have on hand. Users enter in the ingredients that they have and the app returns all the recipes that use those ingredients. Users can also shake their tablets or smart phones in order to get unique meal ideas from its spinner function. There are a variety of categories, from appetizers, entrees to desserts. Just be sure to choose a recipe with a reasonable cook time, especially important for those on a tight schedule. You can also search recipes by dietary restrictions (sugar restrictions, low sodium, low-fat, vegetarian and gluten free. There is also functionality to allow users to collect and share recipes through Facebook, Twitter as well as email. Keep in mind that there are things that the Pro Version for iPhone / Android can do that the free version for Kindle Fire cannot do: Access to your recipe box. Access to every recipe on the Allrecipes website. Access to your shopping list. Download this app for free at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Allrecipes-com-Dinner-Spinner-for-Android/dp/B004VOJT0I/

The $2.99 Pro version adds the following capabilities

• The ability to add recipes to your shopping list.
• Fuller access to the Allrecipes website, including your recipe box.
• The option of scanning groceries in order to get recipe ideas.
• No ads.

The pro version of Allrecipes is available at http://www.amazon.com/Allrecipes-com-Allrecipes-Dinner-Spinner-Pro/dp/B007SN9TKE/

ChefTap Recipe App for Kindle

Have you and him to a log or website that is a nice recipe but you didn't take it down because it wasn’t easy to save? With ChefTap, you can now automatically import any recipe off the Internet no matter where it is.

• Share a Pinterest pinboard with ChefTap and it will import all of the recipes on that pinboard.
• Import recipes from any web site or blog.
• Automatically import your entire recipe box from either Epicurious or Allrecipes.com.
• Scan your bookmarks for recipes and import them.
• Create your own categories like 'dinner', 'vegetarian', 'cocktails' or 'gluten-free' so you can stay organized.

Get it free at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006WQ9NJU/

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Best Restaurant and City Info Apps for Kindle Fire

Yelp App for Kindle & Android

Yelp is great for searching for great restaurants, shops and even local events while on the go with your Kindle. The app will also show you related Yelp Deals that can be redeemed right from your Kindle tablet. The Yelp App for Android / Kindle features:

• An easy to use search to locate places to eat, shop, as well as entertainment.
• Use your device's camera to identify landmarks and get instant Yelp listings.
• Check in to let your friends know where you're hanging out.

One drawback of using the app is that you need a Yelp account for it to function. The app is available for free at http://www.amazon.com/Yelp/dp/B004SZ3RU8/

Urbanspoon app from Wanderspot

Urbanspoon offers a genuinely fun way to decide where you are going to eat. It includes a restaurant slot machine, where you can shake your smartphone / tablet and the app will randomly select a restaurant given your criteria. The app provides ratings, popularity and pricing of restaurants. You can even check table availability and even make reservations directly from your Android Tablet or Kindle Fire HD tablet. Whether you want to eat at a Chinese, Middle Eastern, Italian or Mexican restaurant, you can read reviews from other restaurant customers. Once users choose a restaurant, they can map it directly using the app. You can even post your own review after enjoying a meal. Download this app for free at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Wanderspot-Urbanspoon/dp/B004SZ3IRA/

Open?

The Open? app gives you store hours as well as addresses and other information for local companies all across the US. You can search by store name, by category or centered on your GPS location, the app will show you the closest stores. You can become a storehours scout yourself and make money with the entry of each store at www.istorehours.com. Download this app for free at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/1337-UGC-GmbH-Open/dp/B008RVHRT6/

OpenTable

With OpenTable, you can make free restaurant reservations at more than 15,000 OpenTable-enabled restaurants in the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom. Just join Open Table and make your reservations, it is free and very easy to use. Find restaurants nearest to your current location with real-time table availability Manage upcoming reservations and browse previous reservations Earn Dining Rewards Points redeemable for Dining Cheques good at any OpenTable restaurant You can reserve tables, without calling. OpenTable is my favorite restaurant app, but I hesitate to recommend it here because it works better on smartphones than on tablets currently. The Android app is available at http://www.amazon.com/OpenTable/dp/B004SJSGA0/, but user experience may not be great for the app on the Kindle Fire.

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The Best Book Apps for the Kindle

Free Kindle Books and Tips by Gagler Enterprises, LLC

Amazon regularly offers free e-books for the Kindle, but the trick is keeping track of these offers. The Free Kindle Books and Tips app offers links users can click on to get free book offers directly from Amazon. The app also aggregates these free Kindle book notices from a number of other websites and resources. Although bestsellers will never appear on this app, you'll still be able to add lots of new Kindle e-books to your collection for free. The app also provides tips for operating the device, and free Kindle book listings. Download this app for free at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Free-Kindle-Books-and-Tips/dp/B007MRQOXQ/

Kindle Buffet ... A Menu of the Best Free Kindle Books, Fresh Daily by Weber Books

The Kindle Buffet only metaphorically delivers food to its users in the form of free Kindle books. The app lists all sorts of books, from cooking, travel, business and other nonfiction to fiction and romance e-books. Readers can skip the tedious process of scanning websites for free books, and instead let the Kindle Buffet deliver them right to your Kindle. The app also offers a catalog listing Kindle accessories. Download this app for free at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Buffet-books-fresh-daily/dp/B008Z1NATY/

Goodreads

Goodreads gives readers access to in-depth reviews together while integrating its useful online reading community. In short, it serves the book lover’s fondness for “good reads.” Many people use Goodreads as an integral process in deciding whether to read a potential book. The app allows readers to add books to their own virtual bookshelf and share them with millions of members of the Goodreads community. These users often provide insightful reviews that usually go well beyond the reviews that Amazon provides. The app also provides the ability to share book links through Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter and email. You can even add status updates and page number updates for books you are currently reading. (By clicking on the “Updates” section, you can see what your friends are reading and what rating they have applied (1 to 5 stars) and you can also update others on your own reading progress).The social aspect of the Goodreads app can't be underestimated. You can share books with friends as well as strangers and even join online book clubs as well as book readings in your city. For physical books, the app uses either an optional the Kindle’s camera as a barcode scanner, so you can simply scan the ISBN for any book (whether you’re at home or at a bookstore, or a friend’s house – so that you can add it to your "to-read" list. Download this app for free at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Goodreads/dp/B005AKD836/

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