The BEST Kindle Deals at "Click Reading"

Okay, here is a website that I'm proud to advertise on my blog.  Why?  Because it's all about Kindle Books!    As someone who sells books exclusively for the Kindle, I think this is a great website to discover new, highly rated books at low prices (and many are FREE!)

Don't have a Kindle?  No problem.  If you are just using a PC, or you have an iPad, you can just download the Kindle app and it will give you access to all the Kindle Books.  No more excuses of "Oh...I don't have a Kindle!"  That won't work anymore.  Start your reading adventure now!

Here is the website:  www.clickreading.com  
The link above will take you right there!

Hopefully you'll see one of my books on there eventually.  :)

Now on Sale, Caldric Blackwell's "The Enchanted River Race" !!

Here's a cool new children's book that's now on sale.  It's called "The Enchanted River Race" by Caldric Blackwell.  Here's the synopsis:

When eleven-year old Lorovia is chosen to captain her district's ship in her village's enchanted river race, she anticipates a friendly romp down the river.  She quickly discovers, however, the race is anything but friendly, and she finds herself facing mystical landscapes, magical obstacles, and cutthroat competition.  With the help of her two best friends, Amy must rise to the occasion or risk continuing her district's decades-long losing streak.

You can buy this book here at Amazon.

You can also buy it here at Barnes and Noble.

And here at Powell's Books.

And finally, here at Indie Bound.

If you'd like more information about the author, you can visit his personal website here.

Video - Paul McCartney - Hey Jude - Austin TX 5/22/13

Here's my other video from the concert.  Now you can experience "Hey Jude" from the nosebleed section of the Frank Erwin Center.

Video - Paul McCartney - All My Loving - Austin TX 5/22/13

One of only two short videos that I shot at the McCartney concert here in Austin.

Paul McCartney in Austin!

Paul McCartney will be 71 years old next month.  As he came back for his 2nd encore, after already playing for about 2 1/2 hours, I mentioned his age to my wife.

"Amazing," she said.  Yes it is.  Quite amazing.  I know a few people around this age, and they look like they couldn't even leave their homes without being blown over in a strong wind.  Yet here is McCartney, a senior citizen who is still rocking out.  It's inspiring.

Paul McCartney played his very first show in Austin last night at the Frank Erwin Center.  The first of two sold-out shows here.  I opted for the cheapest seats ($49.50), which I purchased from McCartney's own website.  Better seats were $225, but I didn't want to shell out close to $500 for this concert. So our seats were nosebleeds, but decent nosebleeds.  We had a good view of the stage, and we weren't a mile away, like we would have been at some football or baseball stadium where he typically plays.  I was a little surprised to see that they were selling seats behind the stage, which appeared to have an extremely obstructive view, but I guess people were willing to pay to see (or in this case, hear) a legend who likely won't have tours like this too much longer.

Like most of his tours in the last 20 years, this one was very heavy on Beatles classics, and he threw out a couple of songs he said he had never performed live before ("Lovely Rita" and "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite".)  I was also surprised to hear more obscure material being performed ("Mrs. Vanderbilt," "All Together Now," "Your Mother Should Know," and "1985" to name a few.)  He's still playing "Here Today" and "Something" for John and George, but unlike the last time I saw McCartney, he is now doing a full-band version of "Something."

One of the highlights, at least for me anyway, was when he started playing "Maybe I'm Amazed" and forgot the opening chords on the piano, and had to start over.  I thought it might have been scripted, but it seemed genuine, since he kept talking about it later in the show.  I guess he just had a "senior moment."

"I was worried that you guys would boo me for making a mistake, but instead you said 'Yay'!" McCartney said later in the show, clearly touched.  "At least that proves we're live."  No doubt you'll see videos of this pop up on YouTube in the coming days. (Update: I already found a YouTube video where you can see the false start on the song.)   I took very few pictures and videos this time, since they all turned out rather crappy (as you can see here.)

My only gripe in this otherwise great show was the late starting time.  The show was supposed to start at 8pm, but McCartney didn't actually take the stage until 8:45.  At 8:15, when it seemed like the concert was actually beginning, was instead an extremely long visual collage of images from the Beatles and McCartney. It was kind of cool for the first 5-10 minutes, but 30 minutes?

David's Book, "Letters to Friends" Now on Sale at Amazon

So...my friend David (in Taiwan) wrote a book.  Anyone who has read this blog from the beginning should know who David is.  If not...oh well.  Once I told David about publishing on Amazon, he decided to give it a try as well.  The good thing is....we will never be in competition with each other because his stuff is so completely different from mine.

For this book, he is writing under a pseudonym (Meira bat Erachaim).  I asked him if it was okay for me to reveal his identity here and he didn't seem to have a problem with it.  I guess he's just hoping my legions of fans will go out and buy the book after they see this promotion.

Anyway, for those who are interested, you can buy it here.

Now on Sale, "One Minute Super Dad" - FREE This Weekend!

Here's a cool little book you can pick up for free this weekend.  It's called "One Minute Super Dad: 99 One Minute Magic Moments You Can Easily Create to Raise Amazing Children" by Dr. Prashant Jindal MD.

Here's the book description:

Amazon No.1 Best Seller: Free Download this weekend: One Minute Super Dad. In Celebration & Gratitude of its success and getting the Amazon No.1 Best Seller Status, it is available for a free download for this weekend as a gift. Thank you everybody for making OMSD such a huge success. 

Dr.Jindal was recently interviewed on the book's huge success recently by Sky TV. Watch his interview on the One Minute Super Dad You tube channel at tinyurl.com/OMSDtalk

Covering all areas of a child’s development, the 125-page dead simple and more importantly, “actionable” book is a distilled product of over 1000 pages of work and interviews. It gives the simplest and yet most powerful fathering tools one will ever find. In just one minute... and there are 99 of them… Dads can have a huge impact on their children.

Few of the Rave Reviews from Renowned Experts and Leaders:
 “If every parent can read this book, the world will be a different place.” James Michael Lafferty: Former CEO of Coca Cola and also P&G.
 “The mother will read books on parenting and when the husband doesn’t do it the way she does it, they fight.” Dr John Gray: Author, Men are from Mars Women are from Venus

Although I promote a lot of books on this page lately, this one actually seems like one I might enjoy.  If I can be a "super dad" to Sara and Kyle in one minute, why not?

You can get the book here for FREE this weekend.  After that it is $8.99.  Better act fast.