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Lendle Weekly Newsletter Spotlight:
by Carol Shenold Surviving the disaster is only the beginning ... Tali Cates was starting life over. Not that she had much choice. Her husband, disturbed by her admission of possessing a special gift of being able to see the dead, dropped her and their two children by the side of the road. Now she was back in her home town, living with her mother, starting a new business, wanting nothing more than a fresh start.
But murder gets in the way of her fresh start, making it more of a challenge then anyone deserves. Everywhere she turns, she's making more enemies then friends and the trail of murder keeps following her. Until she learns to embrace her gifts and use them to find the killer, life in Love, Texas will continue to be Privy to Murder.
"Privy to a Murder is a fun and quirky murder mystery. It seems to have a little bit of everything, murder, love, mystery, and a haunting." - Coffee Time Review
"...a wonderful start to a great new mystery series combining a little bit of humor, small town charm, realistic characters and a solid plot that will keep you guessing." - Courtesy of CK2s KWIPS and Kritiques
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Farewell to Pay to Lend
With mixed feelings, today we mark the end of the Lendle Pay to Lend experiment. This morning, we sent the last Amazon gift cards to Lendlers who met the $10 threshold during the first half of January 2013.
Launched in May 2011, Pay to Lend was an ambitious and novel idea. Lendle's founders intended that rewarding lenders not just with credits for borrows, but with gift cards they could use to buy new books, would spur lending and serve as an investment in the Lendle ecosystem and the book world at large. The unknown at the time was this: in the context of our free book lending platform, would revenue from Lendle's voluntary Patron program cover the expense of Pay to Lend? Lendle's founders acknowledged this at the time, stating, "This is a conditional offering based on projections of the success of our Patron program. If at some point in the future we're not bringing in enough Patrons to adequately cover our costs, we'll have to re-evaluate the program."
As it turned out, the Pay to Lend program could not be fully funded through Patron dues. Amazon gift card purchases became our highest expense each month, draining revenue that we felt could be better used to beef up our servers and improve website performance for site users. And so we have made the difficult decision to end the Pay to Lend program, freeing Lendle up to continue to invest the resources that will ensure that it is the easiest, fastest, fairest, and best way to lend and borrow Kindle™ books. |
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Kindle News:
Baby name trends for 2013: Get ready for Kindle: It is likely one of the most important decisions a parent will make: What to name their child. And if they go with baby name trends for 2013, prepare for a host of unique names, common names spelled unusually, or names inspired by technology. Kindle, anyone? [Toronto Star]
Amazon Should Definitely Expand AutoRip to Books: Amazon made news [January 10] by announcing a service called "AutoRip," a tool that allows anyone who has ever purchased an album through the site to download a free digital copy. The announcement has been met with optimism among those who see the potential for a return to album-based sales rather than track-based sales, as well as those who believe Amazon's sales may improve because customers will see every music purchase as a 2-for-1 deal. Over the past few years, the rise of e-readers and tablets has made the e-book industry a booming one, and it would make sense for Amazon to do something similar with books. [Minyanville.com]
Nintendo's Wii gets Amazon Instant Video: Those consumers who don't want to upgrade from the Nintendo Wii to Wii U just yet but still want to get video streaming for their console are in luck. Amazon announced today that its Instant Video service is now available on the Wii. [CNET]
Amazon kicks off its Breakthrough Novel contest: Amazon's annual competition comes with some changes this year as the company plans to self-publish the winner and adds new genres for the contest. [Christian Science Monitor]
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This Week's Featured Thriller:
Jaden Baker is unique, talented, special. And for a while there, things were looking up. Adopted by an upper-middle class couple of suburbia, Jaden believed he'd finally gotten that second chance everyone raves about. It came with potato salad.
But something happened. Something always happens. The life he'd been living took a dark twist, taking him on a journey that exposed him to evil, and the power it wields. For those receiving it, patience is a deadly virtue.
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This Week's Featured Romance:
The Kissing Coach by Mimi Strong
Feather Hilborn is a style and dating coach. Despite what you may have heard, she is not a "kissing coach." Devin Nelson is confident and suave, not the kind of guy you'd guess has never kissed a girl. He's cute, too, which is making it even more difficult for Feather to resist trying to kiss him. Her first attempt sends him running. The second attempt doesn't go much better. But you know what they say ... third time's the charm. The only problem is, once Devin "graduates," some other girl will be benefiting from his new-found kissing skills.
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This Week's Speculative Fiction:
Project Nemesis by Jeremy Robinson
Jon Hudson, lead investigator for the Department of Homeland Security's paranormal threats division, thinks his job is a joke. But when yet another Sasquatch sighting leads to a research facility disguised as an abandoned Nike missile site in the back woods of Maine, Hudson's job becomes deadly serious...
"Thriller fans and apocalyptic fiction aficionados alike will find this audaciously plotted novel enormously satisfying."
-- Publishers Weekly
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Lendle Patrons get bragging rights, sure, but did you know that patronage also unlocks some sweet Lendle features?
Book My Spot: A better wishlist! 1) Get in line for a book today. 2) Move up the queue as requests are fulfilled. 3) Put in your request whenever you're ready. You can wait as long as you like to do so and even if you make it to the front of the line, we'll hold your #1 position. This is a great way to manage multiple requests and keep track of all the books you really want to borrow - eventually. Suggested use: Request the first book in a series, and book your spot for the remaining books. Put in your requests one at a time as you work your way through.
Hold Shelf: Pause incoming requests for your books! What if you just bought a book and you don't want to be bothered with lend requests? Putting a book on our Hold Shelf means we'll pause all incoming requests for up to two weeks, at which point we'll put your book back in play automatically. Still not ready? Put it back on hold. Hold as many as you like!
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