Great News For Amazon Prime Potter Fans: All seven of the books in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series will be added to the Kindle Lending Library in June which, means that any Amazon Prime Members will be able to read the e-books free of charge.
For those who are not familiar with Amazon Prime it is a services offered by Amazon which initially allowed members free second day shipping on any item Amazon sold (and charged $3.99 for overnight delivery of any item Amazon sells directly); and then expanded to offer its members free streaming access to a library of TV shows and movies and the option of borrowing for free one e-book from the Amazon Kindle Lending library per month. To be more precise you can stream videos from the Amazon Prime Video holdings an unlimited amount of times per month to your computer, media streaming player or other supported device and read one e-book for free each month (only one e-book per month).
Here’s a link to a Reuter’s article on the subject
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/10/us-amazon-harrypotter-idUSBRE84913L20120510
And of course you can always visit the Amazon website for more information as they are proudly proclaiming the news to the Internet rafters on their homepage found at:
Samsung 55” OLED TV To Go On Sale: If you’re not familiar with the term “OLED” it stands for “organic light-emitting diode” and the technology, which is the next big thing in the evolution of television technologies, allows for the creation of super thin televisions that you can pick up, easily carry around and hang on the wall of your living room without having two or three people to assist you to mount the new 55” TV you just bought. And the colors seen on these TVs are exceptional because of the way these new televisions are lit. And as with any new technology, initially the TVs will be very expensive; but then, so too were VHS, DVD players and laptops when they first were unveiled. And this new technology is one to keep an eye on and ear out for as the prices drop over the next few years these will be the new high tech TVs to purchase for those that love brilliantly clear and vibrant pictures. And just imagine you’ll be able to move that new 55” TV all by yourself to any room in your house!
Here’s a link to a CNET article, titled Samsung OLED Will Retail For $9,000, on the subject:
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-33199_7-57431847-221/samsung-oled-will-retail-for-$9000/
And here’s a link to a CNET article, titled What is OLED TV? that offers a more in-depth explanation of the technical aspects of this newly evolving TV technology:
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-33199_7-57386898-221/what-is-oled-tv/?tag=mncol;2n
And on a completely off topic note; here is a link to a funny Youtube video, titled “Peace and Quiet” that both promots libraries and our civic responsibility to register to vote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gJAZyQHh9JU
And if you haven’t registered to vote you can do it online – here is a link to a New York State Board of Elections page that offers more information:
http://www.elections.ny.gov/VotingRegister.html
And you can also register to vote online via the Rock The Vote Site:
http://www.rockthevote.com/rtv_voter_registration.html?source=
Or the Trigger The Vote site (they created the funny library based Youtube voter registration video):
http://www.triggerthevote.org/landing2/
Linda R.
Tech & Book Talk at SSCL 