Kindle Coming to Best Buy

Trying to distinguish itself from other eReaders, Amazon's Kindle will be sold at Best Buy stores this Fall.

Best Buy will be the third retailer to offer the Kindle, following Target and Staples, as Amazon continues to increase the e-reader's offline presence.

Making the Kindle more available offline has benefits for Amazon; for one, it's giving more potential customers access to the device before buying it, rather than forcing them to purchase a Kindle online, often sight-unseen.

Best Buy initially will offer the $139.99 Kindle With Wi-Fi and the $189.99 Kindle 3G, and will begin selling the 9.7-inch Kindle DX "later in the season." Amazon does not release Kindle sales statistics, but the company's e-readers were the first to reach mass-market popularity, and have been immensely popular since 2007.

iPad Free App of the Week: The New Twitter App

This is the official Twitter app for the iPad. Twitter for iPad sports a really elegant interface that’s significantly faster and more intuitive than other Twitter apps I've tried.

I'm impressed, the overall design is very pleasant. When you’re creating a new tweet, for example, the app brings up a notepad-style compose window, which is very cool. It's easy, tap on a tweet with a link, and the content loads in a browser pane; pinch a person’s tweet to get more details on the author, and swipe down with two fingers to view the threaded conversation. The paned view of content was very cool and surprisingly fast with loading photos and web pages. However, the pinch and two-finger swipe functions are awfully gimmicky: simply tapping on a person’s tweet with a single finger shows profile details and threaded conversations as well, rendering the pinch and double-swipe not necessary.

When composing a new tweet, there’s a location-pin button to share where you’re tweeting from, as well as a paperclip icon to attach a photo. This is a great way to use Twitter and it's free.

DODOcase: The Perfect Companion for your iPad

Do you love your iPad?  If you do, you are going to love the DODOcase as well.  It will protect your valuable iPad and it will look good doing it.

Each DODOcase is cafefully made with faux leather and constructed using traditional book binding techniques, DODOcase covers are designed to fold back so you can stand your iPad. An elastic strap keeps your iPad sealed tight when you are on the go.

A great companion for your iPad.

Get yours at:  http://www.dodocase.com/

It's money well spent. 

Kindle Free Pick of the Week: Triple Exposure

Colleen Thompson's Triple Exposure is free right now in the Kindle Store.

Colleen Thompson  packs this well-paced thriller full of twists and the local color of a small Texas town. Photographer Rachel Copeland has been formally acquitted of the murder of Kyle Underwood, a young man who stalked her, but she remains disgraced in her adopted Philadelphia community, where many still believe she seduced and killed him. Rumors and harassment follow Rachel as she flees to her hometown of Marfa, Texas, where she butts heads with her stepmother, Patsy, and other locals. One of the few people willing to support Rachel is Zeke Pike, a woodcarver with a secret of his own, and they soon wrestle with romantic feelings for each other as mysterious stalkers threaten and try to separate them. Thompson's supporting characters and their tensions are believable, especially Patsy with her multilayered jealousy and unhappiness. The red herrings are exquisitely placed, and the climax will surprise even the most jaded of suspense readers.

Kindle Free Pick of the Week: Bake Sale Murder

Ever since local developer Fred Stanton and his wife, Mimi, built five modular homes next door to Lucy Stone's farmhouse, life just hasn't been the same. With Mimi complaining about everything from the state of Lucy's lawn to another neighbor's lovable dog, quaint Tinker's Cove, Maine, is now entangled in cul-de-sac politics and backstabbing. And when Mimi doesn't show up for her shift at The Hat and Mitten Fund bake sale, the scent of burnt sugar leads Lucy to a shocking discovery: Mimi, face down on her kitchen floor--with a knife in her back.

While the police start their investigation, Lucy gets busy writing up the murder for the local Pennysaver--and following a few leads of her own. Lucy knows the women in her neighborhood didn't like Mimi, but they certainly didn't want her dead...right?

 Currently free in the Kindle Store.