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Topic: okay, so, I got a Kindle!
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authenticnow
♀ 16024
Member # 16024 |  Posted: 9:22 PM, January 15th (Saturday), 2011 |     |
The thing is, I hate buying books. I hardly ever do, unless it's a self-help book, but novels, I always go to the library.
I'm looking at some authors that I usually check out and they're all in the $12 range.
What do people download from Kindle if they're quick readers? Do you pay each time you want to read a book? What's free?
I don't mind paying occasionally but I really don't want to spend that much money on books.
Tell me all your Kindle secrets!
"If you want to know who your tribe is, speak your truth, then see who sticks around. Those are the people who get a spot in your blanket fort." -Nanea Hoffman
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punky
♀ 12233
Member # 12233 | | Posted: 9:50 PM, January 15th (Saturday), 2011 | |
Yay...welcome to the Kindle club!!!!
Yes, you pay each time. You don't pay a monthly data fee. I think at Amazon.com you can browse for free or really cheap books.
If you are on FB, you can "like" the Kindle and you get info when books get released for free. I've done that a few times.
Supposedly, Kindle is going to have a borrowing app soon so that you can read friend's books--keep them for two weeks.
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authenticnow
♀ 16024
Member # 16024 | | Posted: 10:12 PM, January 15th (Saturday), 2011 | |
Thanks for the info!
DS surprised with me one as a late birthday gift 
"If you want to know who your tribe is, speak your truth, then see who sticks around. Those are the people who get a spot in your blanket fort." -Nanea Hoffman
Posts: 55091 | Registered: Sep 2007 |
incredulous
♀ 16737
Member # 16737 | | Posted: 8:46 AM, January 16th (Sunday), 2011 | |
If you're on facebook, go find "pixel of ink" and like them (or friend them or join). This is basically a blog that lists free kindle books. Many are from authors you may not know, and others are known authors and books that are free for a limited time. If you go on the Amazon website and read discussions, you can find some other blogs that daily list free kindle books.
I beleive the borrowing option is now available. i have a kindle and got an email, but since none of my friends have one, i didn't pay much attention to the email about the borrowing feature.
Good luck! Enjoy!
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DD now 19 (adopted by me as single mom, so XWH was "Dad")
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d-day: 10/21/07;
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Posts: 1216 | Registered: Oct 2007 |
authenticnow
♀ 16024
Member # 16024 | | Posted: 4:00 PM, January 16th (Sunday), 2011 | |
Thank you, I just went there and ordered two free books!
I'm so excited
"If you want to know who your tribe is, speak your truth, then see who sticks around. Those are the people who get a spot in your blanket fort." -Nanea Hoffman
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punky
♀ 12233
Member # 12233 | | Posted: 4:07 PM, January 16th (Sunday), 2011 | |
pixel of ink here I come....
thanks for the info!!!!
10 years later...finally healed. Definitely survived and thrived and you can, too.
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punky
♀ 12233
Member # 12233 | | Posted: 4:16 PM, January 16th (Sunday), 2011 | |
Cool...just got some free books!
10 years later...finally healed. Definitely survived and thrived and you can, too.
Posts: 11318 | Registered: Oct 2006 | From: A whole 'nother country |
authenticnow
♀ 16024
Member # 16024 | | Posted: 4:29 PM, January 16th (Sunday), 2011 | |
"If you want to know who your tribe is, speak your truth, then see who sticks around. Those are the people who get a spot in your blanket fort." -Nanea Hoffman
Posts: 55091 | Registered: Sep 2007 |
girlsbird
♀ 30877
Member # 30877 | | Posted: 4:31 PM, January 18th (Tuesday), 2011 | |
Thanks for all the Kindle Info!!
D-Day 10/28/10..almost admission 7/10 Reconciled. I was the betrayed
Posts: 1203 | Registered: Jan 2011 | From: arizona |
Fighting2Survive
♀ 28410
Member # 28410 | | Posted: 8:12 PM, January 22nd (Saturday), 2011 | |
The free Kindle books is worth keeping an eye on. They are not bestsellers, but they do have several classics. The list changes periodically so it is worth checking out.
I finally gave in and bought a Kindle for Christmas and now I don't know why I resisted it for so long.
Will have to look into pixel of ink...
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D-day: 3-22-10
DS1: 11, DS2: crawling
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authenticnow
♀ 16024
Member # 16024 | | Posted: 9:14 PM, January 22nd (Saturday), 2011 | |
Definitely worth checking out. Sometimes the books I may not have chosen turn out to be the best ones.
"If you want to know who your tribe is, speak your truth, then see who sticks around. Those are the people who get a spot in your blanket fort." -Nanea Hoffman
Posts: 55091 | Registered: Sep 2007 |
btnora
♀ 30929
Member # 30929 | | Posted: 10:51 AM, February 17th (Thursday), 2011 | |
I am also a Kindle girl and just discovered that Amazon now has a lending policy. You can loan a book, one time, for a period of two weeks. It says that not all books are lendable...but I would think that plenty are. Definitely worth looking into.
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4 kids
Divorced
Posts: 78 | Registered: Jan 2011 |
ladyvorkosigan
♀ 8283
Member # 8283 | | Posted: 11:06 AM, February 17th (Thursday), 2011 | |
You can put text files on a Kindle, can't you? So every classic on the planet can be brought in from something like Project Gutenberg, perfectly legally.
It nagged him, in particular, that none of the girls he’d known so far had given him a sense of unalloyed triumph.
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Pulverized
♀ 27890
Member # 27890 |  Posted: 11:19 AM, February 17th (Thursday), 2011 | |
I got my Kindle for Christmas and have read over 25-30 books!! The best part is that I haven't paid one single penny! I love the free books! Some of them are really good too!!
OH and they also have "self-help" free books! This week they have "Sheet Music: Uncovering the Secrets of Sexual Intimacy in Marriage" I thought heck...couldn't hurt 
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OW - 48
1st DDay - 11/28/09
2nd DDay - 1/08/10
Married 08/08 (invalid)
3rd DDay - 9/23/2014
DIVORCING!!!!
Posts: 529 | Registered: Mar 2010 | From: Florida |
btnora
♀ 30929
Member # 30929 | | Posted: 11:38 AM, February 17th (Thursday), 2011 | |
OH and they also have "self-help" free books! This week they have "Sheet Music: Uncovering the Secrets of Sexual Intimacy in Marriage" I thought heck...couldn't hurt
Going to have to get that one myself!
I love the selection of free books. I've downloaded lots of classics, but also many current chick lit books. I've enjoyed almost everything I've read on my Kindle and only paid for one book.
WW-Me 49
4 kids
Divorced
Posts: 78 | Registered: Jan 2011 |
authenticnow
♀ 16024
Member # 16024 | | Posted: 1:27 PM, February 17th (Thursday), 2011 | |
I just ordered 'Sheet Music'. 
"If you want to know who your tribe is, speak your truth, then see who sticks around. Those are the people who get a spot in your blanket fort." -Nanea Hoffman
Posts: 55091 | Registered: Sep 2007 |
nooneeverthought
♀ 20157
Member # 20157 | | Posted: 2:07 PM, February 17th (Thursday), 2011 | |
I love my Kindle but I still get lots of books from the library too.
Actually my latest guilty pleasure is the interactive scrabble on Kindle. WIT and I play it all the time.
Alot of times Amazon gets you hooked with the first book in a series for free then you "have" to get the rest...LOL...
I will look at pixel of ink
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Jessy1501
♀ 24483
Member # 24483 | | Posted: 6:41 PM, April 11th (Monday), 2011 | |
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sudra
♀ 30143
Member # 30143 | | Posted: 9:36 AM, April 12th (Tuesday), 2011 | |
I rarely pay for a book on Kindle, there are so many free ones.
When you browse Kindle books at Amazon.com, browse from lowest price first and the free ones come up. On your kindle, it will allow you to shop for the free Kindle content.
Old books like Jane Austen, Dickens, etc. are free.
Kindle is great at the beach - no glare, just put it in a ziplock baggie to protect it from sand and water.
Enjoy.
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bpositive
♀ 5981
Member # 5981 | | Posted: 9:19 PM, April 17th (Sunday), 2011 | |
Add me to the Kindle Club!
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