The Kindle and the Academy Awards - A Brief Sampler

I couldn't help but notice, the morning after the Academy Awards show, that large enough numbers of Kindle owners were paying $14.85 to purchase and download Sandra Novack's novel Precious to drive it temporarily into the top 200 in the Kindle Store sales rankings despite its price.  It's probably a terrific read -- after all, it has 21 5-star ratings among its 28 reviews -- but I suspect that it is also getting a lot of attention because, like one of the reviewers, some people are confusing it with the novel from which the Oscar-nominated film Precious was adapted. So I did a little checking on Oscar-related Kindle editions and unfortunately found slim pickings, which I supplemented below with Amazon's listings of associated novels, scripts, and video.


Kindle Editions

The Blind Side (Kindle Edition) by Michael Lewis

Up in the Air: A Novel (Kindle Edition) by Walter Kirn

Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen (Kindle Edition) by Julie Powell


Other Books, Scripts, and Movies

The Hurt Locker: The Shooting Script (Newmarket Shooting Script)

The Hurt Locker Video on Demand - $3.99

The Hurt Locker DVD

Precious (Push Movie Tie-in Edition) (Vintage Contemporaries)

Precious Video on Demand - $3

Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire DVD

An Education DVD

An Education Paperback

An Education Video on Demand - $3.99

The Blind Side (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Movie Tie-in Books)

The Blind Side DVD
Up in the Air DVD

District 9 (Single-Disc Edition)

District 9 Video on Demand - $3.99

Inglourious Basterds (Single-Disc Edition)

Inglourious Basterds Video on Demand - $3.99

A Serious Man DVD

Julie & Julia DVD

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