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One of the "Experimental" Services offered on the Amazon Kindle is called NowNow. The way NowNow works is you send it question you want researched and you get back 3 answers within a few minutes. These are answers that human beings research using Amazon's own Mechanical Turk.
I've not had much use for the service but today I had a question I could not get an answer to.
"how can I find out about new Amazon Kindle book releases?"
Trying to search the world wide web using Google and Live Search netted nuthin.
So I asked NowNow. Within 10 minutes I got the following answers:
Answer #1: It's a little complicated... Go hereSort by Publication DateThen you'll see the latest items added.Currently this is the only way to see new releases, and there is no notification tool. Answer #2: Check the Amazon website But if you own a kindle chance are you will get emails from amazon telling you about new kindle release. Answer #3: On Amazon's website, there is a Kindle store, where all the Kindle books are listed for purchse. At the Kindle store, there are other listings like Kindle Magazines, Newspapers, and Blogs. There is also a support menu for your Kindle
Answer #1: It's a little complicated...
Go hereSort by Publication DateThen you'll see the latest items added.Currently this is the only way to see new releases, and there is no notification tool.
Answer #2: Check the Amazon website
But if you own a kindle chance are you will get emails from amazon telling you about new kindle release.
Answer #3: On Amazon's website, there is a Kindle store, where all the Kindle books are listed for purchse.
At the Kindle store, there are other listings like Kindle Magazines, Newspapers, and Blogs. There is also a support menu for your Kindle
Answer #1 was the best, and Answer #3 clearly the worst. But at least it worked .