But unlike those devices, you don't have to pay any data fees when checking your email on your Kindle. Kindles access wireless networks wherever you are, just like an iPhone or Blackberry. Check your email.įree access to email and the Web is actually the top reason I wanted a Kindle. There are also millions of free books available from sites other than Amazon. So far I have no complaints about the formatting and had no trouble reading them. I think these have been converted to Kindle format by volunteers. You'll find a hodgepodge of classics (so far I've downloaded and read Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey and Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness) and oddities like ancient issues of the Atlantic Monthly. Simply go to the Kindle books page and sort prices from low to high.

There are multiple places to download free books formatted for the Kindle, but the easiest place to start is. The Kindle can download a free sample of any book on offer, and these samples are usually one or more chapters in length! I absolutely adore sitting down to breastfeed my son and checking out a new book I heard about on NPR that day - without paying a cent and without even using two hands! 2. One thing that I realized shortly after getting my Kindle was that this thing is a bookstore - one I can step into at any time of the day or night. Now that I have three kids, it's something I almost never get to do. One of my favorite activities in the world is to linger in a bookstore, picking up new and old titles and reading a few pages here, a few pages there. Here are 10 free things I discovered I could do with my Kindle. So far the only actual cash I have spent on the thing? $27 for a cute case from Etsy. I was delighted to learn that there are lots of free things to do with my Kindle. Since most Kindle books are priced around $9.99, I thought I might be tempted to add an extra $10 a month to my entertainment budget.

Pre-Kindle, I got most of my reading material from the library, borrowed books from others, or at least bought them used. When I received a Kindle ebook reader for Christmas, I was worried that it would prompt me to start spending a lot of money on books.

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