posted by
quinn222 at 10:36pm on 30/07/2009
I've had my Kindle for a week and I love it. I carry it everywhere I go and I keep discovering new things to do with it. There are tons of free books out there as well as cheap ones plus the ones you get from amazon and other e-book sources. It is also compatible with Audible and other audio book formats. It delivers feeds to me daily and while Amazon charges about $1 a month to subscribe to feeds kindlefeeder does it for free (though they don't send the images).

Here it is with a book on the screen.

If you make our own books you can add covers. This is a collection of TW fanfic. Not the black strap on the corner, that is securing it in the cover.

Here you can see a page in my library. Note the three 'Black Hills' titles. I thought I might want to read the latest Nora Roberts. Many books allow you to download the first chapter for free to sample them. As you can see the top one is marked sample. Then I decided to get it as an audio book from audible instead. The next two are the two parts of the audio book. Audo books are marked with the word audio, as you can see.

This shows how the hinge system latches onto the Kindle. It works very well but I think I'm going to get a new cover that uses four corner straps instead of the hing. I've heard some kindles have had the case crack at the hinge point.

Here it is with a book on the screen.

If you make our own books you can add covers. This is a collection of TW fanfic. Not the black strap on the corner, that is securing it in the cover.

Here you can see a page in my library. Note the three 'Black Hills' titles. I thought I might want to read the latest Nora Roberts. Many books allow you to download the first chapter for free to sample them. As you can see the top one is marked sample. Then I decided to get it as an audio book from audible instead. The next two are the two parts of the audio book. Audo books are marked with the word audio, as you can see.

This shows how the hinge system latches onto the Kindle. It works very well but I think I'm going to get a new cover that uses four corner straps instead of the hing. I've heard some kindles have had the case crack at the hinge point.
NGL, TOTALLY JEALOUS!
Re: NGL, TOTALLY JEALOUS!
I saved for a long time and then they dropped the price to $299, which put it into my range.
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You can copy from your computer to your Kindle very easily. There's a free software (mobipocket) that does the conversion for you and then you just drag and drop to your kindle. It hooks up to the computer with a USB cable. Mobi takes .txt, .pdf, .doc, .docx and some other formats I think. I've used .pdf and .txt so far.
Amazon's service is also easy and they convert and send to your kindle in less than a minute.
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And hey, my Kindle is probably in the right state by now! It should have hit Cincinnati.
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And hey, my Kindle is probably in the right state by now! It should have hit Cincinnati.
Yeah! I track obsessively when I buy toys such as this.
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The cats also informed me just a few minutes ago that the Kindle is at the local UPS hub, waiting to be put on a local delivery truck.
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So? Any sign of it yet?
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The Kindle came yesterday between 1 and 4 when I was out of the house, but fortunately the delivery driver knew where to leave it (I left a note on the door). It's WONDERFUL!!!!
I have a trial subscription to the NY Times, by the way, which unless the Sunday edition is horrible I will be continuing. I think I like reading the paper on the Kindle more than either on paper or on the computer. The organization just works with my brain better.
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Thanks for the ringing endorsement - makes me want to get it NOW! LOL!
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Thanks for the ringing endorsement - makes me want to get it NOW! LOL!
It's well worth the time to save for it.
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What software do you use to download word documents? I know you can use Whispersoft(?) from Kindle, but I'm sure there are others.
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