Good for you if you waited to purchase Katy Perry’s newest release, Teenage Dream. After three weeks on the airwaves, Teenage Dream is on special for a limited time at Amazon. For only $3.99, you’ll definitely get your money’s worth. My favorite is Last Friday Night but all the tracks are definitely re-listenable.
No, not like having an Amazon for a mother in the Wonder Woman comics, but Amazon.com’s new membership service geared for parents and caregivers (not just mothers). This service is free and once you join, you’ll be notified of baby and toddler-related specials, receive discounts on items, and get free two-day shipping with Amazon Prime. For us Hawaii Amazonians, I doubt the Prime shipping will be available, but I haven’t researched this wrinkle yet.
It’s free – why wouldn’t you join?
Big Boi’s latest release, Sir Lucious Left Foot, the Son of Chico Dusty is out, and you need to get it just because. How can you resist with a title like that?
272 iTunes fans have rated Sir Lucious Left Foot five out of five stars!
Each month Amazon’s MP3 Music Store features 100 albums for $5 each. You just don’t know what albums will be on the list. The June list includes some definite winners and if you paid full price for some of these (like me), you just got burned. 😉
The recent B.o.B Presents: The Adventures Of Bobby Ray
Essentially Christina Aguilera’s greatest hits. Keeps Gettin’ Better is now on sale for $3.99 and features her classics like Genie in a Bottle, What a Girl Wants, Beautiful, and more. Get this daily special before it’s too late.
Want a hassle-free way of shopping for mobile phones and service plans? Amazon just launched its AmazonWireless site where you can shop for phones from AT&T, T Mobile, and Verizon. All phone orders comes with free two day shipping. You can also upgrade your existing cell phone or start a new service contract.
So if you’re in the market for a new phone, check out AmazonWireless.
Each weekend Amazon has a sale on select online movie rentals. This Memorial Day weekend features some solid movie picks, each at $1.99 and streamed to your compatible Amazon Video on Demand device (yay Tivo!).
Even cheaper at $0.99 are:
Check out all the Amazon Memorial Day Weekend Movie Specials
Doing a quick price comparison on the new Ultra Weekend 6 release shows a better deal on Amazon. Amazon’s price is $11.99, includes one additional exclusive track, and comes with a Amazon credit of $4 for their Video on Demand Service. Cost on iTunes is $13.99 for 24 tracks.
Although the track listing looks good, there’s a lot of complaints and low ratings for Ultra Weekend 6. Whoa, is that Haddaway on What is Love 2K9?
Walking through Borders at Windward Mall (you know, the mall that cares), I saw a new book by Seth Godin called Linchpin. Here’s a snippet from a review of Linchpin:
We need linchpins to solve our problems, keep us connected, and inspire us with art. People who are linchpins are creative, good at connecting with others, and able to see solutions like no one else. They truly are indispensable.
I was immediately sold but… I didn’t want to pay full price for these words of wisdom. Go figure. So I did some price checking on Linchpin, and here’s what I found.
Hmmm, listening to audiobooks is convenient during the drives to and from work. The Hawaii public library system actually does have one copy of the book and audiobook (yes, only a single copy and you can’t borrow the electronic audiobook until it’s been “returned”), but there is a waiting list of five. The discounted book cost at Amazon is reasonable, but that eBook format is intriguing. I’ve never tried that medium before. So of course, my rationale is to buy an iPad in order to read Linchpin at the median cost of $13.
Makes sense right? Work with me people.
Some recent additions to my music playlist.
Now this is a role reversal. Armin van Buuren’s State of Trance 2010 released this week and is available from Amazon and iTunes. The Amazon version is a continuous mix of songs while iTunes sells the individual tracks along with the continuous mix. Usually, it’s the other way around.
So $10 on Amazon for a continuous mix that you can’t skip songs or $16 on iTunes for the individual 31 tracks (including the mixes)… If you’ve ever worked out with a continuous mix, you know the hassles of being stuck with sucky songs and trying to fast forward through it but not skip to the next track on your playlist.
Looking for a movie for the weekend? George Clooney stars in Up in the Air. Available on Amazon, iTunes, and Vudu for $3.99.