#20 Kindle Owners Lending Library and Prime

     Welcome to our new readers from Ireland.  You represent the forty-ninth country reported on the stats for my two blogs.  Thank you for supporting our interest in children's literacy.

     In this post I will be discussing a special opportunity for people who have the Kindle reading devices.  It is called the Kindle Owners Lending Library and is offered by Amazon.com . When combined with their Prime membership, it allows readers to check out a free eBook once a month with no due dates.

     A couple of obvious questions are "How much does Prime cost, and what else does the membership have to offer?"

     A Prime membership is $79 per year (and there is currently a free month's trial offer).   For one thing, it allows you the use of  KOLL (the Kindle Owners Lending Library) with its 180,000 book titles for your Kindle, including 100 current and former New York Times best sellers and all seven of the Harry Potter books.

     The membership also gives you access to 25,000 instant movies and TV episodes, and unlimited free 2-day shipping on all Amazon orders.

     Just to clarify, it works like this:  Kindle + Prime = KOLL.  For more information, just click on Amazon's link above and then on the "Join Prime" on the top menu bar.

     All eight of my own books are included in Prime memberships as indicated by the word "Prime" beside their descriptions on Amazon. **  My titles are:

     I hope you find this information useful.

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     My other blog at Jump Up 2 Chapter Books currently has a post that lists 10 reasons why children might want to choose to read a book. Just click on the link to jump over to that site.

     ...And please keep reading!

     ** UPDATE ** In order for me to add marketing through Barnes and Noble for their Nook reading devices, several of the above publications will no longer be under an exclusive contract with Amazon for their Kindles.  They will continue to be available from Amazon, but will no longer qualify for the Prime membership program described in this post.  Please see Post #21 in this blog for further details. 

    

     

#19 Free Download of Tiny Others

     With a special promotion, I am able to offer you a free download for Kindle of Tiny Others (Agent C Series) by Lynda on January 19, 20, and 21 from Amazon.com. This eBook is also available with a Kindle App for computers, smart phones, and tablets. (Tiny Others is usually offered for $3.99.)

     On any of those dates, just click on the Amazon link above and enter the full title and author's name in the search window. Though you will find a good description of the book on the web site, one is provided here for your convenience:

Tiny Others (Agent C Series)

By Lynda

     Savannah Allen’s busy brain and fertile imagination become ignited on a family vacation to the mountains when a little man working in a country market gives her a ream of very old paper. 

     Upon arrival at the family’s summer cabin, Savannah discovers that she can sun-bleach the pages to reveal a hidden story of “tiny others” who once made their home in the surrounding forest.

     Who wrote the story, and when was it done?

    

     Chip Campbell, Savannah’s new neighbor, thinks he knows the answers, and for some odd reason, that irritates the twelve-year-old girl.

    

     As the two young people challenge each other to accept and use their respective gifts, they begin to understand that everyone has responsibilities to find and develop the things that they can do best, and then to “use them well”.

     This is the first of the “Agent C” series to be published by Lynda as an eBook for Kindle.

     “Agent C” is an embedded reading coach who makes cameo appearances in several of her stories for middle-grade readers.  In Tiny Others, Agent C takes the role of the little shopkeeper, Mr. Pippin, who delivers the ream of old paper.  This gift causes the story to shift in a dynamic way.

     When something causes such a dramatic change in the plot, it is called a “catalyst”.  The “C” in “Agent C” stands for that word.

     More information about this eBook is available on the current post of my other blog at

         http://jumpup2chapterbooks.blogspot.com.  

     Just click on the link to be taken there.

     You may also like to visit my profile page on Amazon's Author Central at

       https://www.amazon.com/author/ebooksbylynda.

     Please share the information about this three-day promotion with others who may be interested. 

     And as always, keep reading... 

#18 Children's Series Available as eBooks

     When children find interesting books, they often want to read something similar.  This is a good thing, especially since there are almost more children's eBooks available as parts of a series than those that are not.

     The following list is incomplete, but it will give you an idea of what is out there for the digital readers.  Some common prices for Amazon's Kindle devices and Barnes and Noble's Nook are noted with the letters "K" and "N".

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     The Cat in the Hat series by Dr. Seuss:  K has Audible Audio Editions for $2.95 each. N has eBooks for $3.99.

     Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Parks: K and N both sell eBooks for $4.99 each and collections for $12.99.

     Goonie Bird Green series by Lois Lowry: K sells eBooks for $5.69 each and N for $9.99 each.

     Ramona series by Beverly Cleary: both K and N sell them for $5.69 each.

     Encyclopedia Brown mystery series by Donald J. Sobol: both K and N sell them for $4.99 each.

     American Girl series by Janet Shaw: K sells them for $5.59 each, and N sells them for $5.83 each.

     Boxcar Children mystery series by Gertrude Chandler Warner: K sells them for between $3.82 and $4.49 each. Collections are $27.49.  N sells them for $5.03 each and collections for $28.99.  (This is a huge series, but some of the current ones are not written by the original author.)

     Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing series by Judy Blume: both K and N sell them for $5.99.

     Charlie and the Chocolate Factory series by Roald Dahl:  both K and N sell them for $6.99 each.

     A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket:  K sells them for between $1.99 and $5.99 each. Complete collections are $79.99.  N sells them for between $1.99 and $8.99 each. Shorter collections are $17.99.

     Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan: both K and N sell them for $7.69 each.

     Teetoncey: Cape Hatteras series by Theodore Taylor: K sells them for $7.99 each, and N sells them for $9.30 each.

     Anne of Green Gables series by Lucy Maud Montgomery: K sells them for $1.29 and the entire series of eleven books for $1.99.  N sells them for $2.99 each or as a collection for the same price. 

     The Wizard of Oz series by L. Frank Baum: K sells them for between "free" and $5.69 each and a collection for $.95.  N sells them for $.99 each or $.95 for a collection.

     Little Women series by Louisa May Alcott: K sells them for between "free" and $.99 each. A collection sells for $.99.  N sells the trilogy for $.99.

     Hardy Boys Mystery series by Franklin W. Dixon: K and N both sell them for $6.99 each. (Be careful when entering the search for this one.  Use the word "Mystery" or you may be led to an adult series instead of the one for children.)

     Nancy Drew series by Carolyn Keene: K and N both sell them for $6.99 each.

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     I hope you will find this list helpful.  

     I must admit that I was a bit disappointed again when I discovered that Laura Ingles Wilder's Little House on the Prairie series and C.J. Rowling's Harry Potter series were not available from these vendors in digital format.  Perhaps they soon will be.

     Those books are available in print, of course, so you may continue to enjoy them anyway.

     Happy New Year, and please keep reading...