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Keith Oates

Janner
You will be happy when you get it Helen, I've had a few late nights reading with mine since it arrived!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

marinyork

Resting in suspended Animation
Just be careful, as I've discovered being able to buy books at a moment's notice can get a little pricey.

One of the disadvantages of the kindle is that on the shop on the devise it defaults onto the buy button. Be careful what you press :biggrin:.
 

goo_mason

Champion barbed-wire hurdler
One of the disadvantages of the kindle is that on the shop on the devise it defaults onto the buy button. Be careful what you press :biggrin:.


Yep, the One-Click purchasing can be deadly :biggrin:

You can always get a refund though if you contact Amazon within a set period following your 'accidental' purchase.
 

vikingcyclist

New Member
Yep, the One-Click purchasing can be deadly :biggrin:

You can always get a refund though if you contact Amazon within a set period following your 'accidental' purchase.

I did that once with a book I didn't mean to buy - just had to click the cancel this order button, the book was removed within a day and I had a refund at the same time.
 

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
I did that once with a book I didn't mean to buy - just had to click the cancel this order button, the book was removed within a day and I had a refund at the same time.
Hmm, I'm a very quick reader...

(No, no, naughty Colin - you must pay for the books you read!)
 

PBancroft

Senior Member
Hmm, I'm a very quick reader...

(No, no, naughty Colin - you must pay for the books you read!)

I suspect that the Kindle records which pages have been read, partly to bookmark where you are, but also if you were to read a book then try to cancel it Amazon would know...
 

HelenD123

Legendary Member
Posted from my new Kindle! The web browsing is pretty reasonable. Not tried the 3G yet though.
 

Keith Oates

Janner
Now your next problem is to control the urge to buy and download too many books. I find the 3G is also very good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

HelenD123

Legendary Member
Now your next problem is to control the urge to buy and download too many books. I find the 3G is also very good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!

I know what you mean. I'll have to find the sites with the free books. I read a good tip just to download the samples of the books you want and only buy them once you're ready to read them. Another tip was to buy a gift card every month with a set amount on and when it's gone it's gone. Sounds like a good way to budget.
 

marinyork

Resting in suspended Animation
I found this list recently http://www.fonerbooks.com/free.htm#forster it's meant for the US so won't work but gives as reasonable an indication of any for ideas for what books are free on manybooks.net or gutenberg US. As it points out in the article many books are hidden away on amazon or not available.

Not quite sure what's going to happen with Kindle in the UK as say for example F Scott Fitzgerald died in December 1940 which means that in the UK and a few other counties (NOT the US) all of his books should come out of copyright very soon. Somehow I doubt they are going to appear on amazon UK if it is correct they come out of copyright here. They won't be appearing on gutenberg either as that's US.
 

HelenD123

Legendary Member
I found this list recently http://www.fonerbook...ree.htm#forster it's meant for the US so won't work but gives as reasonable an indication of any for ideas for what books are free on manybooks.net or gutenberg US. As it points out in the article many books are hidden away on amazon or not available.

Not quite sure what's going to happen with Kindle in the UK as say for example F Scott Fitzgerald died in December 1940 which means that in the UK and a few other counties (NOT the US) all of his books should come out of copyright very soon. Somehow I doubt they are going to appear on amazon UK if it is correct they come out of copyright here. They won't be appearing on gutenberg either as that's US.

I'll have to check out that list before I leave the US.
 

Danny

Squire
One of the things that worries me about buying a Kindle is that, as I understand it, you are tied to buying new books from Amazon. I know the Kindle will read PDFs, but is there any way of getting it to read books from other electronic book stores.


Apologies if this has already been covered elsewhere on this thread, but I couldn't spot it on a quick read through.
 

CopperBrompton

Bicycle: a means of transport between cake-stops
One of the things that worries me about buying a Kindle is that, as I understand it, you are tied to buying new books from Amazon.
Nope, you can buy them from wherever you like. Buying from Amazon just means you can buy them wirelessly on the device itself; with other sources, you copy from your PC via USB cable.
 
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