Technically it’s called a graphics viewer, and it handles all the basics, like cut, crop and resize. In addition, it does thumbnail previews, slideshows, has paint options and kewl effects like this —>

I can’t think of a format it doesn’t support, including ICO, so you can make your very own little favicon using any image you want.

It’s fast, light, rich in features and easy to use.

So, if I haven’t convinced you yet, here’s the clincher….this is a FREEware program for non-commercial use. You can download yours here.

There. Now you don’t have to buy that Adobe Photoshop upgrade sold here for $312.

Amazon Shorts are unpublished short pieces of fiction and non-fiction, written by a wide variety of authors, and delivered to you digitally. You pay just 49¢ per download and they’re yours to keep.

This means you get to check out that new author or genre you’ve been wanting to try……for less than the price of a candy bar!

If you already have an Amazon account, you’ll find that purchasing your Shorts is an easy process. Once purchased, you can access the story three different ways, and you won’t need any fancy hardware/software installed to participate. You can;

1 – follow an html link to the story online
2 – have it e-mailed to you in plain text e-mail or
3 – download it as a pdf

The last time I checked there were over 3,500 titles available. That should be enough to keep you well-read this winter.