Review: OK Only If It's Free
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 11 10, 2013
This "book" contains (1) the author's somewhat detailed recommendations for a grand total of 10 apps, (2) a couple of pages of helpful hints on topics like improving Kindle battery life and turning off in-app purchases, and (3) a plug for the author's other books about the Kindle. This particular book is shamelessly padded to get to even this brief length, with a detailed explanation of the author's criteria for rating apps and a portion of each recommendation devoted to an analysis of the reviews for the app on the Amazon website when the book was published (which the author admits has likely changed since then).Anyone should be able to get through this book in fifteen minutes, although if you do look at the individual apps reviewed it will take longer. The reviews for each app contain suggestions for the use of each app, which include strategy tips for the games the author reviews. Unfortunately, the book does not contain any screen captures or other illustrations for each app, so the only way readers can see how the app looks is by visiting the Amazon site. As long as this book is offered for free as a promotion for the author's other books about the Kindle, it's okay to spend a few minutes perusing it. However, anyone paying money would be sorely disappointed, and even as a free book, there's not a whole lot of value offered here.