How to get books for Kindle

ThePower11

I bought my Ma a Kindle for Christmas, I have no idea how to download books to it.

I'm not very computer savvy so can someone give me a step by step guide?.

Thanks.

oisin

Have a look on the Amazon Kindle Support site, pick your Kindle type and there are tutorials and videos to explain all.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_200127470_ksupport_getstart?nodeId=200798820

How to put non Amazon Books on your Kindle
http://granades.com/2010/02/02/how-to-put-non-amazon-ebooks-on-your-kindle/

There is also a UK users forum here:
http://www.kuforum.co.uk/

There are dozens of Kindle related sites around - try Google

Johann.

Simple

Set up your account on Amazon, via the kindle or PC, if done on the PC (probably easier!) sign into your account on the kindle using e-mail address and password. Providing you have provided card details when signing up to your Aamazon account, you can start downloading then to the unit itself.

If i recall correctly, there's numerous free books too.

ThePower11

Apparently it needs wi-fi to register before I can download any books, load of bollocks!

Johann.

ThePower11 wrote: »

Apparently it needs wi-fi to register before I can download any books, load of bollocks!

Well, how else did you expect to download the books?

Perhaps the 3G Keyboard model might have suited your needs better if wifi wasn't available.

ThePower11

€60 extra for the 3G!

I thought I'd just have to hook it up to my laptop and away I go but unfortunetly not.

the GALL

Download this http://calibre-ebook.com/ program and when you are getting books if they are not in the MOBI(PDF etc) format this will convert them for you. a bit hard to describe what im talking about but I know you will need it if you are getting books that are not from Amazon ie free from the web

dvpower

You can get a heap of free books from http://www.gutenberg.org/ - all the out of copyright stuff.

To get them on to your Kindle, you first need to register your device - follow the instructions on the Kindle - this will give you an email address, <yourname>@kindle.com and all you need to do is email the books (.mobi files) to that email address and they will magically appear on your kindle.

Lolabear

yeah the wifi is down at my house and i got a kindle yesterday to, i have registered on amazon but not through wifi can you not put books on through the laptop... so disappointed...

ThePower11

Lolabear wrote: »

yeah the wifi is down at my house and i got a kindle yesterday to, i have registered on amazon but not through wifi can you not put books on through the laptop... so disappointed...

Depends on what kindle you have, pain in the arse alright.

mw3guc

Maybe I'm misunderstanding here, but if your laptop/PC is connected via cable & router to the internet you can download the books to the laptop/PC and then transfer them via USB to the kindle. You don't need wifi per se. If you have no internet connection at all, then you definitely needed the 3G Kindle.
The only other option now is to get the books through someone else's internet connection.

ThePower11

mw3guc wrote: »

Maybe I'm misunderstanding here, but if your laptop/PC is connected via cable & router to the internet you can download the books to the laptop/PC and then transfer them via USB to the kindle. You don't need wifi per se. If you have no internet connection at all, then you definitely needed the 3G Kindle.
The only other option now is to get the books through someone else's internet connection.

I have a 3 dongle.

ThePower11

Lolabear wrote: »

yeah the wifi is down at my house and i got a kindle yesterday to, i have registered on amazon but not through wifi can you not put books on through the laptop... so disappointed...

If you've registered you don't need wi-fi to download books, any sort of internet connection will do, just plug in you're usb and go to Amazon.com.

morgana

So download the books to your laptop, connect the Kindle to the laptop via USB (it will register as a USB drive) and drag and drop.
Or use Calibre as suggested, it will detect any connected KIndle and you can just transfer the books to the device.

msbrobe

Lots of free books here

http://us.kinlib.com/new/498a/0200/[/url]

http://us.kinlib.com/new/24aa/%20(42%20Books)

msbrobe

Today's freebies:

http://us.kinlib.com/new/28de/

the GALL

Hey Msbrobe
How do I download these books
I've been looking at it for a few day and cant figure it out
Cheers
the Gall

the GALL

Had another look at that and figured it out
cheers for the heads up
The Gall

msbrobe

Today's selection

http://us.kinlib.com/new/9dde/

They are usually posted on here daily from what I can see - I will be back to work soon and not as much time for "scruffing" the web as my dad used to say!!

http://www.amazon.com/forum/kindle/ref=cm_cd_f_h_dp_t?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx1D7SY3BVSESG&cdAnchor=kindle

cathymcl2

Loads of free books here as well
http://www.obooko.com/index.html