KINDLE FIRE SHIPS EARLY BUT WILL YOU GET YOURS?

Amazon.com began shipping its Kindle Fire on Monday,

a day earlier than it expected

and extending its lead time over Barnes & Noble's rival Nook tablet.

Barnes & Noble's $249 Nook tablet hits shelves later this week

and, like the Fire, is expected to be a hot item over the holiday season.

Amazon may sell 3 million to 5 million Fire tablets this quarter.

But will all those pre-orders eat up Amazon's supply?

also announced that its new Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G will ship tomorrow, six days earlier than previously expected.

No word yet on whether the Kindle Fire will also be available in retail locations like Best Buy today.

Most stores should have stock of the tablets on site by now,

but Best Buy's Web site still lists the Fire as "Coming Soon" and unavailable for in-store pickup.

Or you could enter my contest :

http://rolandyeomans.blogspot.com/2011/10/new-and-old-prizes-i-am-giving-away.html


And by buying THE LEGEND OF VICTOR STANDISH & posting a review, not only win

An AMAZON KINDLE FIRE but also :

A JK ROWLING, A STEPHEN KING AUTOGRAPH

And CAST SIGNED MOVIE POSTERS OF AVATAR, FROM DUSK TO DAWN, THE ROCK, THE COLOR PURPLE, THE GOLDEN COMPASS, THE BOURNE IDENTITY, BATMAN BEGINS, IRONMAN 2

And many more prizes. How cool is that?

SPEAKING OF COOL ...

BE HERE TOMORROW FOR JESSICA BELL PERFORMING AT MEILORI'S!

BUT BRING YOUR PEPPER SPRAY AND TRACK SHOES.

WILL KINDLE FIRE SELL OUT BEFORE YOU GET YOURS?

WILL THE KINDLE FIRE SELL OUT BEFORE YOU GET YOURS?

Why would it sell out?

5 reasons :

1. Eye-popping affordability.

At $199, the Kindle Fire sells for less than half the price of the iPad, which starts at $500. So for every entry-level iPad bought and sold, you could buy two and a half Fires. That alone is turning heads, especially since the previously released and uninspired iPad clones have tried to charge as much as Apple for a much less desired product.

Then, you could enter my contest and win one for next to nothing!

http://rolandyeomans.blogspot.com/2011/10/new-and-old-prizes-i-am-giving-away.html

2. A lot more content. Content is king. And iPad may be king of the apps, but Kindle Fire bests it considerably by volume of content. The Fire will have immediate access to the 18 million movies, TV shows, songs, magazines, and books already available on Amazon’s easy-to-browse virtual shelves.

Apple doesn't cite how many TV shows or songs are available, but the number appears to be far less in anecdotal searches.

Want to rent instead of buy? There’s an app ... er, a solution for that, too: 10,000 movies and TV shows can be streamed instantly. Those numbers are huge, and growing every day.

3. Free storage. If you want to take all your content with you, the entry-level iPad and its puny 16 gig storage drive leaves a lot to be desired. You can buy more, but it’ll cost you. Which is why the Fire’s sales pitch -- free cloud storage for all your Amazon content -- is so enticing, especially since Amazon is already the no. 1 digital bookstore, the no. 2 mp3 store (behind Apple), and high on the list in other categories.

For content you don't buy from Amazon, there are about 6 gigs of free space on the Fire to do with as you please.

4. Democratized apps. One of the biggest knocks on the Apple AppStore is that it’s a closed system—if Apple doesn’t like your stuff, no app for you. One of the biggest knocks on the Google Android software powering nearly every other tablet out there is that it's too open—you’re required to sift through a lot of junk to get to the goods.

The Kindle Fire hopes to bridge that gap with the Amazon Appstore, which remains open like Android, but only makes available the very best and most popular apps from the open market. The result: More free apps without the hassle, the best of both worlds approach.

5. Easier to hold. The 10-inch iPad is a lot of fun, but hard to handle with one hand due to its weight and size. The 6-inch Kindle reader, on the other hand, is a lot easier to hold. With only one hand, you can hold it for several hours without fatigue. The new 7-inch Kindle Fire promises the same: capable of being held with one hand, lighter than the iPad, and a lot more portable.

All of those pros don’t come without sacrifices, however. The Fire’s screen is 3” smaller than the iPad, which might not make it as ideal a device for watching movies or playing HD games (that’s to be seen, though). Furthermore, the Fire lacks a lens and microphone, so it won’t be able to snap photos, shoot video, or accept video calls.

But for $300 less, those are things I bet a lot of people can live without.

The Kindle Fire goes on sale Nov. 15 for $199. Or you could enter my contest now!
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95,000 pre-orders for KINDLE FIRE on the 1st day!?

Not only that, but pre-orders have reached 2,000 AN HOUR or

50,000 A DAY!

If this level of consumer demand for the Kindle Fire continues, Amazon will have

2.5 MILLION pre-orders

for the device before it officially goes on sale on November 15th.

Lady Gwen asked, "What's so great about the KINDLE FIRE?"

A few things stand out :

The Kindle Fire is a tablet with a 7-inch screen, giving it a similar look and feel as the RIM BlackBerry Playbook or Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 .

It runs a heavily modified version of Google's operating system, includes 8GB of internal memory, and begins shipping to U.S. customers on November 15.

With it, you can read e-books using Amazon's popular Kindle software,

download Android apps and games using Amazon's Appstore,

purchase music using Amazon's MP3 store, and

stream video using Amazon's video on-demand service.

The common thread here is that Amazon's suite of digital stores and services are all loaded and ready to go out of the box.

Of course, many basic features are covered, as well. You can browse the Web, e-mail your friends, read PDFs, and listen to locally stored music, without any trouble.

In terms of system performance, the Kindle Fire includes a dual-core processor, a Micro-USB 2.0 port, and an estimated 8 hours of battery life.

Unlike the iPad 2, the Kindle Fire supports Adobe Flash Web content!

Amazon's vast server farms are good for more than just storage.

A unique Web browser called Silk is included on the Kindle Fire;

it splits the work of loading Web pages between the device and Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) system.

The result will lead to faster page loads,

as well as some predictive loading of content and sites you access often.

No other tablet on the market has a feature like this--not even Apple.
How many units did Amazon make? Millions they said. But how many exactly?

How soon after November 15th before they sell out?

AND YOU COULD WIN ONE HERE!

Along with autographs of

Aleander Skarsgard

(Eric Northman of TRUE BLOOD) when Victor's sales hit 120,000 on the Amazon Sales Ranking. Not that hard to hit.

Megan Fox (at 100,000 ASR)

Brad Pitt & Cate Blanchett (at 80,000 ASR)

Angelina Jolie (at 60,000 ASR)

AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PICK UP A COPY OF THE LEGEND OF VICTOR STANDISH and REVIEW IT.

How hard is that?

AND THERE ARE THOSE AUTOGRAPHED MOVIE POSTERS TO WIN, TOO :

AVATAR

FROM DUSK TO DAWN

THE COLOR PURPLE

THE ROCK

SERENITY

THE LORD OF THE RINGS and

HARRY POTTER & THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX (with J K ROWLING'S!)
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PRIZES!!

Now, Wendy Morrell has given me a birthday present of a post about Victor and his contest. I am humbled by my good friends!

http://quillfeather-blog.blogspot.com/2011/10/roland-d-yeomans-is-having-contest.html

Hart Johnson did a wonderful post on THE LEGEND OF VICTOR STANDISH.

It is such a gracious gesture, I am, for once, without words.

Check it out!

http://waterytart23.blogspot.com/2011/10/legend-of-victor-standish.html

We all love prizes.

And THE FRIENDS OF VICTOR STANDISH contest has a Santa's bag full of them.

The drawings are tied to the AMAZON SALES RANKING for THE LEGEND OF VICTOR STANDISH :

1.) When Victor reaches 120,000 :

AUTOGRAPHED ALEXANDER SKARSGARD (Eric Northman of TRUE BLOOD) photo!


2.) At 100,000 :

AUTOGRAPHED MEGAN FOX photo!


3.) At 80,000 :

AUTOGRAPHED BRAD PITT photo (BONUS : CATE BLANCHETT’S too!)


4.) At 60,000 :

AUTOGRAPHED ANGELINA JOLIE photo!


5.) At 40,000 :

A 16 X 20 limited, numbered fine art print, MOONDANCE, AUTOGRAPHED by the stunning artist (in two ways), OLIVIA DE BERADINAS (#1650 of 4000!


6.) At 20,000 :

THE GOLDEN COMPASS movie poster AUTOGRAPHED by

DANIEL CRAIG

NICOLE KIDMAN

SAM ELLIOT!


7.) At 10,000 :

THE COLOR PURPLE movie poster AUTOGRAPHED by

STEPHEN SPIELBERG (director, producer),

QUINCY JONES (composer, producer)

KATHLEEN KENNEDY (producer) and FRANK MARSHALL (producer!)


8.)At 5,000 :

AVATAR movie poster AUTOGRAPHED by

JAMES CAMERON

SIGOURNEY WEAVER

SAM WORTHINGTON

ZOE SALDANA

STEPHEN LANG {Listen up, marines. Pandora will eat you up and shit you out like little ju-ju beans!}


9.) At 1,000 :

THE ROCK movie poster AUTOGRAPHED by :

SEAN CONNERY

NICK CAGE

ED HARRIS!


10.) At 700 : {For Fan Boys everywhere!}

Double-sided SERENITY movie poster AUTOGRAPHED by :

JOSH WHEDON (who is now directing THE AVENGERS!)

SUMMER GLAU

NATHAN FILLION

RON GLASS

ADAM BALDWIN

JEWEL STRAITE

ALAN TUDYK {of TUCKER & DALE versus EVIL fame}!


11.) At 500 :

FROM DUSK TO DAWN movie poster AUTOGRAPHED by :

QUENTIN TARANTINO

GEORGE CLOONEY

The beautiful SALMA HAYEK

HARVEY KEITEL

CHEECH MARIN

JULIETTE LEWIS and the most of the rest of the cast!


12.) At 250 :

STEPHEN KING AUTOGRAPHED copy of ROSE MADDER!


13.) At 100 :

AN AMAZON KINDLE FIRE!!


14.) The fun's not over yet!

Should Victor reach #50 in sales ranking :

A CHARLES SCHULZ AUTOGRAPHED WINTER DREAMS PROGRAM!!


CAN YOU BELIEVE IT ...

STILL MORE!!


Should you guys help me pull off a miracle and get Victor to #10 in the Amazon's TOP 100 sellers ...

J. K. ROWLING'S AUTOGRAPH on the double-sided movie poster of HARRY POTTER & THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX (also SIGNED by ALL THE MAJOR STARS) will be given to some lucky entry!



AND WHAT IF VICTOR DOES THE IMPOSSIBLE AND GETS TO #1?

HERE IT COMES ...

WAIT FOR IT ...

AN AUTOGRAPHED BRITISH LORD OF THE RINGS : FELLOWSHIP OF THE RINGS MOVIE POSTER

SIGNED BY PETER JACKSON, VIGGO, SEAN BEAN (I knew you'd like that one, Francine), ORLANDO BLOOM and most of the other cast!!

HOW COOL ARE THESE?
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ARE YOU BRAVE ENOUGH TO WATCH THIS TRAILER?

WIN A KINDLE FIRE!

Before getting on to my new contest :

Elana Johnson has a great article on how to edit well. Don't miss it!

http://elanajohnson.blogspot.com/2011/10/tips-from-edited.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MindlessMusings+%28Elana+Johnson%2C+Author%29


Talli Roland has a fasinating article on why she decided to go the self-publishing route ...

and with what novel. And what a novel it sounds to be!

Check out her post now :

http://talliroland.blogspot.com/2011/10/my-next-novel-and-why-im-publishing-it.html

WIN A KINDLE FIRE!


WIN AN AUTOGRAPHED COPY OF ROSE MADDER BY STEPHEN KING!

{IF YOU GUYS HELP ME PULL OFF A MIRACLE ...

THERE IS EVEN A double-sided AUTOGRAPHED MOVIE POSTER OF

HARRY POTTER & THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX SIGNED BY EVERYBODY

INCLUDING

J. K. ROWLING!}


AND EVEN MORE PRIZES!



HOW MANY MORE? THE NUMBER DEPENDS UPON YOU AND …



JOHN LOCKE!


What does John Locke have to do with anything?

We’ll get to that in a minute. Like with Bella & Edward, delayed gratification is the key to holding someone’s interest.



But now on to …

THE FRIENDS OF VICTOR STANDISH contest.


As with every epic journey, it begins with the mandatory first step :


FIRST STEP :

To enter the contest, you MUST post a review of THE LEGEND OF VICTOR STANDISH and hit the “Like” button {After all, this is called “The FRIENDS of Victor Standish contest”} on the Amazon page for the novel.

This gets you FIVE entries into the contest.


AFTER this step, there are many ways to get more entries into the contest.

OTHER WAYS :


1.) Introduce a pudgy enemy to a hungry Alice. (She made me put this one in -- but it will win you the contest.)


2.) Write a post about Victor’s contest and his YA urban fantasy. This will get you FIVE entries. {Just send me a link to make sure you get credit.}


3.) Each following post on your blog about Victor’s book, his contest, his world, his genre will get you FIVE more entries. Please send me a link to that post as well.


4.) Twitter about Victor’s contest. Each tweet will get you ONE entry. But you can tweet many times about different things :


which villainess you think is most evil, who you like more Alice or Victor, how great you think I am (this will get you two entries – ouch! Alice just kicked me.) The only limit to your Victor Tweets is your imagination.


5.) Facebook about Victor’s contest – this will get you ONE entry. But you can make many Facebook comments, using your imagination to spark interest in Victor’s book and his contest. (Please send me a link so that I can give you credit for each time.)


6.) It is to your interest to get as many people talking about Victor’s contest and buying his book as you can. Each person saying you got them to buy and post a review of THE LEGEND OF VICTOR STANDISH gets YOU another entry.


7.) Visiting the FRIENDS OF VICTOR STANDISH Facebook Page

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Friends-of-Victor-Standish/146105295486155

and leaving a comment gets you ONE entry. Starting discussions and debates there gets you another entry.

8.) Placing Victor's button with a link to this post will get you ONE ENTRY. TWO if you make up your own colorful one. Just send me the link to your page.

9.) Coming up with a new great way to fan the flames for Victor’s book and his contest will get you FIVE entries.


NOW ABOUT JOHN LOCKE’S ROLE IN THIS CONTEST :


Mr. Modest (he says he writes 7,000 words a day when he is writing a novel) writes :

“Your book doesn’t have to be first-class. It just has to sell.” Well, duh!


He further writes that 1,000 people buying your book and getting one other person to buy it will propel you into the Top 100 list – after that, your novel will gather a momentum of its own.


I’M PUTTING JOHN LOCKE TO THE TEST.

You and my other friends make up over 900 followers of this modest blog. If only a fourth of you get just two friends to buy Victor’s book, I should, according to John’s math, be nearing the Top 100 list.

If just a fourth of that group gets one friend to buy – I should HIT the Top 100 list


AT WHICH POINT I WILL DRAW FOR THE


KINDLE FIRE and STEPHEN KING’S autographed ROSE MADDER.


BUT ALONG THE WAY – LET’S HAVE SOME FUN!!!


When Victor goes to the 100,000 level,

there will be a drawing for an AUTOGRAPHED MEGAN FOX PHOTOGRAPH



When Victor hits the 75,000 mark,

I will have a drawing for an AUTOGRAPHED BRAD PITT PHOTOGRAPH

(there’s also a Cate Blanchett autograph on it, too).



At the 50,000 mark,

I will have a drawing for an AUTOGRAPHED ANGELINE JOLIE PHOTOGRAPH.



At the 30,000 mark,

I will have a drawing for a 16 X 20 limited, numbered fine art print, MOONDANCE, AUTOGRAPHED by the stunning artist (in two ways), OLIVIA DE BERADINAS (#1650 of 4000)



At the 20,000 mark,
I will have a drawing for THE GOLDEN COMPASS movie poster AUTOGRAPHED by

DANIEL CRAIG

NICOLE KIDMAN

SAM ELLIOT



At the 10,000 mark,

I will have a drawing for THE COLOR PURPLE movie poster AUTOGRAPHED by

STEPHEN SPIELBERG (director, producer),

QUINCY JONES (composer, producer)

KATHLEEN KENNEDY (producer) and FRANK MARSHALL (producer.)



At the 5,000 mark,

The drawing will be for the AVATAR movie poster AUTOGRAPHED by

JAMES CAMERON

SIGOURNEY WEAVER

SAM WORTHINGTON

ZOE SALDANA

STEPHEN LANG {Listen up, marines. Pandora will eat you up and shit you out like little ju-ju beans.}


At the 1,000 mark,

The prize drawing will be for THE ROCK movie poster AUTOGRAPHED by :

SEAN CONNERY

NICK CAGE

ED HARRIS



At the 500 mark,

The prize drawing will be for FROM DUSK TO DAWN movie poster AUTOGRAPHED by :

QUENTIN TARANTINO

GEORGE CLOONEY

The beautiful SALMA HAYEK

HARVEY KEITEL

CHEECH MARIN

JULIETTE LEWIS and the most of the rest of the cast.



After that, the prizes will keep on coming with different ceilings being reached until THE TOP 100 is reached!

Oh, you're waiting for the miracle prize?

Should you guys help me pull off a miracle and get Victor to #10 in the Amazon's TOP 100 sellers ...

J. K. ROWLING'S AUTOGRAPH on the double-sided movie poster of HARRY POTTER & THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX will be given to some lucky entry!


Yes, Victor’s Contest is brass, crass, and rash – hey, it came from the minds of John Locke and Victor Standish. What else did you expect?


LET’S HAVE SOME FUN WITH THIS!


THIS IS MY KIND OF CONTEST! ROLAND
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