Kindles and Ipads,and Books, oh my:)

[Lakers Fan]

I was being facetious

[Jacqueline]

OK, I got my Kindle with 3 G memory, incl small keyboard and a hard cover, my brother so lovingly also donated 3000!!!!! dutch books, how cool is that.
My hubby is now trying to figure out how it works, uploaded the books on his laptop.

Keep you updated

[Trip]

3000 books, be still my heart...I hope you read every one

[Jacqueline]

Trip, with the 2000 from my husbands work and 2500 I can get from a co worker I need 5 lifetimes to read them all. )
For now we cannot figure out how to put them on the Kindle, I google for a dutch manual

[Donna]

I had some problems putting them on my kindle too, but my DS showed me to go into the kindle in my computer and then another file in there and it worked, so keep trying, you are bound to get it to work...Keep us posted.

[Jacqueline]

Originally Posted by Donna

I had some problems putting them on my kindle too, but my DS showed me to go into the kindle in my computer and then another file in there and it worked, so keep trying, you are bound to get it to work...Keep us posted.

It works He is now searching for more books from my fav writers
The first books are ready to be read!!!! If I dont show up the next 85639 years, I am glued to my Kindle

[Donna]

Great! I know I was very excited when I got it to go on my Kindle....Ok, don't forget about us....

[lindnet]

Jacqueline, I'm so excited for you! That's just awesome! You're just going to have to do nothing but read from now until the end of time, to finish all those!

I should talk....I have about 200 unread on the Kindle and after I got a few more regular books last night, I now have about 40 unread of those. I think I need to quit working, so I can finish all my books.

[Trip]

I made a Fancy shmancy kindle tote..just need to add a button or velcro closure....

[lindnet]

Hey, Trip, those are gorgeous! It must be nice to be so danged talented!! So are they to cover the Kindle with a cover, or are they padded so you can put a naked Kindle in them? LOVE the colors!

[Jacqueline]

Originally Posted by lindnet

I think I need to quit working, so I can finish all my books.

Thats what I thought.
I wish I had it on my long sickleave last year, that would covered at least a few 100 books

[Jacqueline]

Trip, I love them, nice colors.

[Trip]

Thanks! I have been making these for a few years now, with different variations. They are made from placemats. One I made, was padded with foam inside to protect a portable dvd player..This one will fit my Kindle and it's charger...I have a cover on my Kindle,and thismaterial is doubled, so it's well protected..the other I will use to put my jewlery designs in tio bring to the shop.

[Jacqueline]

Oh my, how addictive is my Kindle .....

[lindnet]

Originally Posted by Jacqueline

Oh my, how addictive is my Kindle .....

I'm surprised we still find time to get on the boards!

[Jacqueline]

Originally Posted by lindnet

I'm surprised we still find time to get on the boards!

I am at work, no choice

[lindnet]

Yes, it's much easier to pretend like you're working while you're posting on the board! Pretty hard to convince them when you're reading on your Kindle.

Jacqueline, I just noticed your countdown clock. You'll have to let me know how the Magic is! You're sailing on her way before me.

[Jacqueline]

Originally Posted by lindnet

Yes, it's much easier to pretend like you're working while you're posting on the board! Pretty hard to convince them when you're reading on your Kindle.

Jacqueline, I just noticed your countdown clock. You'll have to let me know how the Magic is! You're sailing on her way before me.

I will do that, we were so disappointed on our last cruise on Celebrity, we booked this one instantly when back at home, we love to cruise Carnival

[Nothin but blue skies]

Lovin' it Trip! My Kindle is also addictive. My poor DH is probably feeling very left out since I got it. I take it everywhere and read constantantly. He's not much of a reader so I got him intereted in Sudoku a few months ago and keep several of those books around for him. I even downloaded Sudoku on my Kindle for him to play occasionally. Like when we go to the doc's I will leave it with him in the waiting room to pass the time while I visit, then I will read while he is in with the Doc.

I just have to watch him carefully - he once left a $900 camera on a park bench and then an hour later missed it - of course it was gone.

We've been watching the Pretty Little Liars series on TV since it started last season and we both have really gotten into it. So I found the series of books and starting downloading them onto my Kindle - kind of wanting to read between the lines of the series and cannot put it down.

Also downloaded (free) the KJV of the Bible for daily reading.

[Trip]

If this genre intererests you, I just bought it for .99 on Amazon for my Kindle.

We Interrupt This Date ..funny, cozy, southern read..review looked good..

NBBS, addictive is the word

[lindnet]

Thanks, Trip! Sounded good to me, too. And you know I need more books to read. Love that One Click button.

[Nothin but blue skies]

Originally Posted by Trip

If this genre intererests you, I just bought it for .99 on Amazon for my Kindle.

We Interrupt This Date ..funny, cozy, southern read..review looked good..

NBBS, addictive is the word

Trip, guess I missed something...what genre are you referring to for .99?

[Trip]

NBBS....
The name of the book is.. "We Interrupt This Date" ..funny, cozy, southern read..the genre is "cozy southern." Looks interesting...

[Trip]

Excuse me if this link has already been posted..but I see this on Facebook, but, I also just signed up for email alerts for free Kindle books.

Free Kindle Books

[Paul Motter]

Just FYI...

Without having time to read the whole thread. I asked my wife to send back the $300 Sony Reader and got an Android Tablet made by Cruz - this thing was under $200, is color and accesses the web (thru wifi) just like an iPad.

I already love this thing, it is just like my Droid phone but bigger (same apps). I can buy books from Kindle, Borders, Library....

Plus it is color, and will do my email and browse the web. It can open docs, play music and videos, etc.

There may even be a way to dock it to my phone if I am not not near a wifi.

Here is the link:

Cruz Reader and Cruz Tablet - Android powered Tablets and eReaders

This page says $249, but mine was $189 from QVC. I KNEW when the iPad came out that other color readers with the same functionality would out soon, and cheaper. I LOVE this thing (did I say that yet?).

[Kamloops Cruiser]

Just got off the Sapphire Princess . Noticed that most Ereaders were "Kindles" from
Amazon.

[Trip]

They just showed this one tv..out in the spring....too many choices overwhelms I think...

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[lindnet]

I'd love to have a tablet to play with! Thanks for the link, Paul.

For myself though, I wouldn't use it for reading. A backlit screen versus e-ink is no contest as far as what's easier on your eyes. Mine aren't getting any younger.

[Donna]

I love the feature with the Kindle that makes the font size any way you want, can't beat that IMHO....Also the holder with the light is great before I got to sleep and read in bed, no need for a light...

[Trip]

Here’s the list (so far):
1. Amazon – What better place to start than right at Amazon.
2. freekindlebooks.org – this site offers thousands of free classic ebooks in Kindle compatible formats.
3. Project Gutenberg – over 100,000 ebook titles available.
4. Munsey’s – not as many ebooks available as the previous sites mentioned but still some good books in Kindle format.
5. Fictionwise – over 15,000 ebooks in Kindle format as of December 2007 so there’s probably even more now.
6. Manybooks.net – A large selection of ebooks and an easy to use site. Books are downloadable in many formats including Kindle, of course.
7. Feedbooks.com – Thousands of free ebooks available and you can publish and share your own content.
8. Worldlibrary.net – only $8.95 per year for full, unlimited access to over 500,000 titles. updated 1/10/11 – Formerly KindleLibrary.net
9. Webscriptions.net – a lot of free books here, many SciFi. Not as many freebies as the other sites mentioned but definitely worth checking out. updated 12/11/08
10. Baen.com – free and very inexpensive SciFi books for your Kindle. Thanks to Mike Bennett for the free Kindle book source. updated 12/24/08
11. Podiobooks.com – get “podcast versions” of serialized audiobooks for free. updated 1/21/09
12. 4,600 Public Domain Books – These books are available directly from Amazon.com updated 1/21/09
13. Freetechbooks.com – Great site for free tech books such as computer science, engineering and programming, textbooks and lecture notes. updated 3/21/09
14. RobertBurtonRobinson.com – 5 Free Mystery/Suspense books for your viewing pleasure. updated 4/3/09
15.Mobipocket.com – There is a nice selection from the free ebooks section of MobiPocket. updated 8/24/09
16.Flazx.com – Flazx has a nice selection of IT and computer books to choose from. updated 8/24/09
17.FreeTechBooks.com – Here is a nice assortment of computer programming books and textbooks. updated 8/24/09
18.Librivox.org – There are over 1,000 free audio versions of public domain books at Librivox. updated 8/24/09
19.WiredForBooks.org – Wired For Books has a lot of great interviews from some of the greatest writers of the 20th century. updated 8/24/09
20.Bookboon.com – Bookboon provides online textbooks for students in PDF format. They can be downloaded without registration. Thanks to Alessandra for finding this for us. updated 11/27/09
21.Internet Archive – Well over 1 Million books available for your Kindle here. Read this post for more details: Internet Archive updated 1/14/10
22.Inkmesh.com – A search engine to find free books for your Kindle and other reading devices. updated 1/14/10
23.Jungle-search.com – This is updated twice daily with free books for your Kindle. updated 2/4/10
24.FreeKindleBooks.org – 1000s of Free Classic E-books (below) in Kindle-compatible MOBI and PRC formats. updated 3/9/10
25.FreeBookSpot.in – 4500 free ebooks in 100 categories. updated 6/2/10
26.Free-eBooks.net – Another online source for free ebooks. You can also submit your own free ebook here. updated 6/2/10
27.GetFreeBooks.com – Hundreds of free ebooks from dozens of categories with a lot of free computer programming books. updated 6/2/10
28.FreeComputerBooks.com – As the title indicates – free computer books – and lots of them. Programming, technical, lecture notes, etc.updated 6/2/10
29.OnlineFreeEBooks.com – Provides access to a variety of free ebooks in 9 major categories. updated 6/2/10
30.e-library.net – E-Library as a section dedicated to free ebooks. Click the link and it will take you to the free section. updated 12/13/10
31.Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts – This is a collection of public domain and open access documents with a focus on American and English literature as well as Western philosophy. updated 12/13/10
32.Bartleby.com – The Harvard Classics are among many free texts offered onlineat this award-winning site. There are also many classic reference works available here. updated 12/13/10
33.Bibliomania.com – This site has over 2,000 free classics. It also has reference books, biographies, and research works. You can read online in your browser. updated 12/13/10
34.BookYards.com – BookYards has over 17,000 free ebooks. Their goal is to be the “Library Of The World”. They also provide access to hundreds of online libraries totaling over 800,000 books. updated 1/10/11