Penguin Group USA announced recently the release of its Holiday eSampler featuring excerpts from over 40 frontlist, backlist, and upcoming titles. Available for free wherever eBooks are sold, this collection provides readers with the opportunity to browse sample chapters of a variety of adult and young adult books across genres: from bestselling thrillers and critically-acclaimed literary fiction to award-winning nonfiction and classic literature. Each title can be purchased or preordered directly from the eSampler via customized “Buy” links for each eReader.

Matthew Boyd, Publishing Manager at Penguin Group said: “The Penguin Holiday eSampler is a great way to discover your next favorite book and find out what your family and friends really want this holiday season. Books always make the best gifts, whether you’re buying for others or for yourself, and with the Penguin Holiday eSampler, you’re just a few clicks away from some of the best fiction, nonfiction, and young adult books we have to offer.”

Inspired by Charles Dickens, the sampler is divided into “books past, present, and future.” The Past section features both classic and recent books that have become reader favorites. The Present section includes bestselling and award-winning novels and nonfiction from 2011, and finally, the Future section showcases upcoming books that will be published just after the New Year in January that readers can preorder. The full list of titles is below.

The 2011 Holiday eSampler collection:

Past:

• City of Thieves by David Benioff
• Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
• Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
• Ranger’s Apprentice by John Flanagan
• Fall of Giants by Ken Follett
• Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
• The Magicians by Lev Grossman
• At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon
• The Reason for God by Tim Keller
• On the Road by Jack Kerouac
• The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
• Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok
• Drive by Daniel Pink
• The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
• The Help by Kathryn Stockett
• This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper

Present:

• The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
• Washington by Ron Chernow
• The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua
• Locked On by Tom Clancy
• Shelter by Harlan Coben
• Matched by Ally Condie
• Red Mist by Patricia Cornwell
• Prince of Ravenscar by Catherine Coulter
• Devil’s Gate by Clive Cussler
• The Ideal Man by Julie Garwood
• V is for Vengeance by Sue Grafton
• Theodore Boone #1 by John Grisham
• A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
• The New New Rules by Bill Maher
• Bloodlines by Richelle Mead
• The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker
• The Next Always by Nora Roberts
• Shock Wave by John Sandford
• Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
• The Quest by Daniel Yergin

Future:

• Lunatics by Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel
• More Room in a Broken Heart by Stephen Davis
• Believing the Lie by Elizabeth George
• The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
• Down the Darkest Road by Tami Hoag
• Breakdown by Sara Paretsky

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Rumors regarding the creation of Amazon’s new tablet have been confirmed by invitations to members of the press. On Wednesday September 28, Amazon will unveil a new product to the market, and after much speculation, it has now been confirmed that it is the new Amazon Kindle that was under investigation for quite some time.

‘Amazon Kindle’ is the name of the new tablet by Amazon, a name that consumers will already be familiar with. What distinguishes this product from the e-reader is the new features installed. The new tablet has a 7-inch touch screen that displays its content in full color, and also runs the Android operating system.

What’s interesting about this tablet is that the interface was designed specifically for the Amazon tablet. The key colors displayed in the tablet are dark blue, black and orange, which are also the colors used to represent the notifications from apps at the top of the screen next to your Kindle’s name. The main screen resembles the cover flow in iTunes that users can easily recognize.

The tablet will have its own Amazon Android Appstore, and will include Google as the default search engine browser. The web browser looks like the typical web browser for other Android devices and includes tabs for different pages. It will also include the Kindle book reader app so customers can still have access to their Amazon eBook purchases.

The tablet only has 6 GB of memory, mainly reserved for apps and book storing. The reason for this may be that Amazon wants to focus on clouding, as it offers Amazon cloud player for music. The company also plans to give out a free subscription to Amazon Prime, which normally goes for $79 a year, and allows unlimited access to Amazon Instant video and their free 2-day shipping for Amazon purchases as well as no minimum for delivery.

This new device sells for half the iPad price, and the same price as the Barnes and Nobles Nook at $250. It is expected to be released in November before the holidays, which will make for a great holiday gift. Rumors also say that a 10-inch tablet is expected to debut early next year.

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