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Feb 29

How To Maximize Your Returns When Selling Back Textbooks

As an inveterate student, I know of the egregious costs of a traditional education. One of the most gut-wrenching experiences is when you return to the bookstore at the end of a semester to sell back unneeded textbooks, only to discover that your like-new tomes are no longer wanted or only fetch a fraction of their original price.

If you value your hard-earned money and you’d like some assistance navigating this torturous process, read on. Read more

Nov 23

Determine If Amazon Ships To Your Country Before Checkout

Amazon is a worldwide, retail powerhouse that, while not admirable in every way, has revolutionized the way people consume goods and services. One negative aspect of their purchase process is that if you live outside of the United States, you may occasionally find that after you have gone through the checkout process, the item you are purchasing can’t be shipped to your country.

Today’s tip covers an extension that aims to prevent this annoyance from ever happening again. Read more

Jul 13

Sell Your Unwanted Gadgets To Amazon For An Amazon.com Gift Card

For many lucky people in the world, quality electronic devices have become commodity items. Gone are the days when you would have the same portable media player or mobile phone for years, as a continual process of upgrading devices is now the norm.

While you may have the option to trade-in your device to the provider you purchased it from, you are probably better off trying to sell it on your own, e.g., via Craigslist or eBay. For some, even this may be too much of a hassle. While you can utilize an excellent service, such as Gazelle, many sellers may seek the comfort of a more universally known brand name.

Amazon.com is going to make you a happy camper. Read more

Jun 27

Improve Your iOS Experience With These Useful Bookmarklets

The bookmarklet is an incredibly useful applet that is stored as the URL of a web browser bookmark. They can be an easy way to add additional functionality to your browser, and since they are just bookmarks, they can be easily organized and synced with the rest of your browser’s saved pages.

The utility of these little apps becomes even more apparent when considering the circumscribed nature of iOS’s mobile Safari. Since you cannot augment the browser’s capabilities with extensions, the only way to enhance your browsing sessions is to embrace the bookmarklet. Let’s examine how to get started taking advantage of these handy little apps. Read more

Jun 24

Discover Interesting New Books With YourNextRead

Reading and edification are essential aspects of my life and I’m always on the look out for tools that enable me to discover new, thought-provoking material. Although retailers, such as Amazon, and sites, such as Goodreads, offer new book recommendations based on your purchase history or friend suggestions, respectively, many people may not want to be bothered with the hassle of navigating a cluttered interface, or setting up and configuring an account with a new service.

YourNextRead is a recommendation engine that can help you quickly find new books based on ones you’ve previously read and liked with minimal fuss. Read more

Jan 14

Create A Kindle-ized Start Page With Kinstant

This past holiday season, the Kindle e-book reader became Amazon’s best-selling product of all time. So, I am sure there are many of you out there that are lovingly fondling your sweet new tech, and are discovering the joys of carrying around your entire library in the palm of your hand. Aside from serving traditional books and magazines, did you know you can also browse the web with your Kindle? If you’re interested in utlizing this feature, you may want to try Kinstant. Read more