Archive for February 2011
“Alone” Tops This Week’s Top 25 Under $5
February 6, 2011 | 
Author Every Sunday, we offer up a list of the Top 25 Bargain Bestsellers in the Kindle Store: the bestselling fiction for $5 or less.
This week, Lisa Gardner’s Alone moves up three spots to claim the #1 place as the bestselling fiction title priced at $5 or under in the Kindle Store. From Booklist:
It was bad enough that Catherine Gagnon survived a horrible childhood abduction where for a month she lived in a cave and was the plaything for her sicko abductor. But now, 25 years later, she faces tragedy again as she fights to keep her son, Nathan. One chilly November night, a police sniper kills her husband, Jimmy, in response to her 911 call claiming he was about to hurt Nathan. Jimmy’s death means that his parents, an influential judge and his blue-blooded wife, are more determined than ever to take Nathan from Catherine, whom they see as unfit to mother their only grandchild. True, the birth of Nathan mentally paralyzed Catherine, who could not get past the memories of her abduction and her emotionally absent parents. But is she really the monster the Gagnons and their PI make her out to be? Massachusetts state police special-ops officer Bobby Dodge, the sniper who took out Jimmy, doesn’t think so, and unwittingly falls under the spell of the manipulative widow. A twisted, effective psychological thriller.
Amanda Hocking continues to dominate bestselling bargain-priced fiction in the Amazon Kindle Store, with all three of her Trylle Trilogy paranormal romance series, as well as all four of her My Blood Approves vampire series represented in the Top 25.
Newcomers to the list this week include:
Lethal People (A Donovan Creed Novel): Donovan Creed, a former CIA assassin, is a very tough man with a weakness for very easy women. Meet him in LETHAL PEOPLE, a relentlessly entertaining crime novel that’s often LOL – bizarre funny! The action is fast and furious, the dialogue smart, savvy and sexy. This title joins Saving Rachel, another of John Locke’s Donovan Creed books.
Her Last Letter: In the Colorado mountain town of Glenwood Springs, not far from Aspen, artist/photographer Gwyn Sanders discovers a cryptic letter her sister Kelly left behind. The victim of a deadly hit and run, Kelly reveals she was sexually involved with her sister’s boyfriend and is scared for her life.
The Sculptor: A serial killer calling himself the Sculptor, who reshapes his victims into replicas of works by Michelangelo, sends creepy messages to art historian Cathy Hildebrant whose book on Michelangelo’s work is an inspiration for the murders. FBI special agent Sam Markham asks her help.
The Strip (The Big Bad Wolf Series): The emerald-eyed Malcolm Cole is a cursed werewolf, an alpha in the most powerful sense who has given up hope for any kind of happiness or peace in his life. Until he catches wind of Claire. Claire St.James, who goes by Charlie among friends, is an amazing young woman with an incredibly special gift. Cole recognizes this at once and swears on the spot to claim Charlie as his mate.
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Whitelisting – Never Miss Another Loan
A number of BookLending.com borrowers are not getting their book loans because the email Amazon sends to initiate the loan goes into the spam folder. There’s an easy way to make sure this never happens to you: white-list Amazon’s email address so your email provider knows that these emails from Amazon are not spam. Even if you have received a loan email from Amazon already, your overzealous mail provider could still send the next email into the spam folder.
From the BookLending.com FAQ, here are some guides for white-listing on popular email services.
For Windows Live and MSN Hotmail users:
1. Go to the “Options” page.
2. Under the “Junk E-mail” section, click on “Safe and blocked senders”.
3. Click on “Safe senders”.
4. In the “Sender or domain to mark as safe:” field, type “@amazon.com”, and click on the “Add to list” button.
5. Do the same for “info@booklending.com”.
For Google Gmail users:
1. Click Contacts along the left side of any page.
2. Click the New Contact button in the top-left corner of the Contact Manager.
3. Type “digital-noreply@amazon.com” in the “Email” field.
4. Click “Save” to add your contact.
5. Do the same for “info@booklending.com”.
For Yahoo! mail users:
1. Click on “Contacts”.
2. Click on “Add Contact”.
3. Type “digital-noreply@amazon.com” in the “Email” field.
4. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on “Save”.
5. Do the same for “info@booklending.com”.
For AOL mail users:
1. Click on the drop down arrow to the right of ‘Mail Options’, then click on ‘Address Book’.
2. Click on “Add Contact”.
3. Type “digital-noreply@amazon.com” in the “Screen Name” block.
4. Click the “Save” button.
5. Do the same for “info@booklending.com”.
For Microsoft Outlook users:
1. Go to “Tools” and click on “Address Book”.
2. Go to “File” and click on “New Entry”.
3. Select “New Contact” and click on “OK”.
4. Type “digital-noreply@amazon.com” in the “Email” field.
5. Click “Save and close”.
6. Do the same for “info@booklending.com”.
For Verizon Users:
1. Go to your Verizon Inbox.
2. Click Options.
3. Select the Block Senders tab (near the top of the screen).
4. On the Block Senders screen, you’ll see both a “Block Sender List” and a “Safe List”. In the space where it says, “Enter e-mail address or sub domain to always accept even if the domain is blocked”, enter digital-noreply@amazon.com
5. Repeat the process for info@booklending.com
For Comcast Users
1. Sign in to Comcast Webmail, and select ‘Preferences’ from the left menu
2. Select ‘Restrict Incoming Email’ from the ‘Preferences’ list
3. Select ‘Yes’ to Enable Email Controls
4. Select ‘Allow email from addresses listed below’
5. Enter “digital-noreply@amazon.com” and click “Add”
6. Repeat the same for “info@booklending.com.”
For ATT Users
If you use AT&T e-mail, then Spam Blocker is being used to automatically delete suspected unsolicited e-mail messages from reaching your mailbox. Change this by:
1. In your mail configuration options, selecting “Hold for Review” option.
2. Checking a folder in your webmail called “Screened Mail Folder.” This may not guarantee you will receive our e-mails in your inbox
3. Whitelist an e-mail that has arrived in your Inbox by:
- Opening the email message
- Clicking on “Save Address” link next to “From Address”
- Checking “Add to Contacts” and clicking “Save”.
If Spam Blocker is enabled and if the e-mail message is legitimate and was screened as spam, take action by forwarding the original message as an attachment in a clean e-mail to: this-is-not-spam@worldnet.att.net.