Category Archives: Kindle Sample Review

Reservation Road, by John Burnham Schwartz Source (where I found out about it): Kindle Daily Post, August 15, 2011 Kindle price: $7.99 Publisher and year: Vintage (December 18, 2007) Buy decision: No This is beautifully written in the style of … Continue reading →

The English Assassin, by Daniel Silva Kindle price: $9.99 Original Publisher: Signet (February 25, 2003) Buy decision: Yes Why do some authors make their prologue in all italics? Do they think that makes the reader feel differently about it, a … Continue reading →

Red Drago, by Thomas Harris Kindle price: $9.99 Original Publisher: Dutton (May 18, 2000) Buy decision: Yes Formatting and layout errors: 0 Copy mistakes: 0 This is the prequel to The Silence of the Lambs, which almost killed this for … Continue reading →

Compromising Positions, by Susan Isaacs Source (where I found out about it): Amazon’s “The Big Deal,” July 24, 2011 Kindle price: priced $14.99, discounted to $3.99 during “The Big Deal,” then priced back up to $7.59 Year published: 1987 paperback … Continue reading →

Archimedes to Hawking, by Cliff Pickover Source (where I found out about it): Amazon’s “The Big Deal,” July 27, 2011 Kindle price: priced $21.95, discounted to $1.99 during “The Big Deal,” then priced back up to $9.99 Year published: 2008 … Continue reading →

Going Wrong, by Ruth Rendell Source (where I found out about it): Amazon’s “The Big Deal,” July 24, 2011 Kindle price: priced $14.99, discounted to $2.99 during “The Big Deal,” then priced back up to $8.99 Year published: 1991 paperback … Continue reading →

Sex on the Moon, by Ben Mezrich Source (where I found out about it): Kindle Daily Post, July 22, 2011 Kindle price: $12.99 Year published: 2011 Publisher: Doubleday Buy decision: No Formatting and layout errors: 0 Copy mistakes: 0 Good … Continue reading →

A Small Fortune, by Audrey Braun Source (where I found out about it): Kindle Daily Post Kindle price: $2.99 Year published: 2011 Publisher: AmazonEncore Buy decision: No Formatting and layout errors: 0 Copy mistakes: 0 This sample starts 31% of … Continue reading →

The Lincoln Lawyer, by Michael Connelly Source (where I found out about it): Author name search Kindle price: $7.99 Year published: 2005 Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Buy decision: Yes Formatting and layout errors: 0 Copy mistakes: 0 This sample … Continue reading →