How to buy Kindle ebooks using an Amazon gift card
Buying books for your Kindle at Amazon using a gift card is quite simple:
- Purchase or receive the gift card
- Apply it to your account
That’s it!
The next time you purchase a Kindle book the cost of the book automatically gets deducted from your gift card balance. That’s how one-click works: it deducts purchases from any available gift card before it charges your credit card. If you don’t have enough money in your gift card balance, then you’ll have to provide a credit card for the remainder. Simple little way to buy stuff, this is how many people in Canada manage to get their Kindle books.
Hundreds of thousands of Kindle ebooks are available
Amazon isn’t the only place where you can get ebooks for your electronic Kindle reader. There are tons of places out there, here is a short list of the best ones:
- www.gutenberg.org Mostly classic ebooks or ebooks that no longer have copywrite
- www.freekindlebooks.org Mostly Gutenberg ebooks in a kindle reader ready format
- www.worldlibrary.net Almost half a million electronic books available, although it does require an $8.95 yearly subscription fee
- www.fictionwise.com Offers both unencrypted and encrypted electronic .mobi files
- www.webscriptions.net Mostly SiFi. Choose Kindle reader compatible for the download of your boks
- www.mnybks.net If you access it through the basic WebBrowser in Kindle, you can download the books directly.
- www.ccel.org Christian centered ebook works.
- Baen.com Free and very inexpensive SciFi e-books for your Kindle ereader
- Freetechbooks.com Great site for free tech e-books such as computer science, engineering and programming, textbooks and lecture notes.
- www.BookYards.com This is a relatively easy to navigate website, with plenty of free ebooks to download to your reader.
Kindle DX Textbook Killer
Amazon announced a new edition to the Kindle family today, it’s the large screen Kindle DX . The Kindle DX display is two and a half times the original Kindle’s display size.
This makes it perfect for reading documents and PDF files. You can read PDFs natively on the Kindle DX without re-flowing, scrolling, panning, and zooming. So the original structure of the document is not destroyed.
Text and images are clear and the larger size makes reading highly formatted books, such as cookbooks, computer books, and textbooks. So now instead of lugging around all of those reference manuals and computer books you can have them in one light and convenient place.
They have also added DOCX and RTF files to their conversion service. So now instead of carrying around those paper copies in your briefcase you can have all of you notes and papers, digitized and organized and at the touch of the button.
The Kindle DX is still a Kindle book reader. So you can have all of the advantages of the Whispernet service and Amazon Kindle eBooks sent directly to you Kindle DX. The only difference is that instead of holding 2000 copies the new larger Amazon Kindle DX holds about 3500 copies.
So why would you want this instead of just using a Netbook? Well for one thing reading on the Kindle is easy on the eyes. If you spend a lot of time glaring at a computer monitor then you will appreciate the paper-like look of the Kindle electronic ink. It mimics real paper and is easier on the eyes then a computer monitor.
The Kindle DX is available for pre-order now. So as usual, there is a good chance of them selling out. So get your order in today, if this is your must have device.
As someone who is involved with marketing I think this is a smart move on the part of the Kindle team. The Kindle DX moves one step closer at capitalizing on the text book market.
The days of lugging around heavy textbooks and 4 hour bookstore lines may be about over for college students. Hopefully the digital reader downloads will also carry a smaller price tag. Who wants to pay $150 for a Biology book, and then hurt your back carry it around campus.
How To Use MobiPocket Creator To Convert PDF Books To Kindle Books
One way to convert an eBook in PDF format to a Kindle book is to use free software by MobiPocket. When you download MobiPocket Creator make sure you get the MobiPocket Creator Publisher edition, because it has the PDF option.
- Start MobiPocket Creator Publisher Edition
- From the main screen on the right choose “import from existing file” and choose PDF
- Select which files you want to import.
- Click On Import
- Then Select Build From The Top Menu
- This will create the file
- Then Select “open folder containing ebook” and click OK
- In this folder find the file with the .prc extension
- Copy the .prc file into the Kindle’s Document Folder
Free Kindle Downloads From 12-9 to 2-28 2009
From now until February 28th 2009 you can download the following Kindle titles for free. Compliments of Random House. I don’t know why anybody would pass up on these. Even if it’s not on your current reading list you can still have the book in your library if you ever need something new to read.
Plus there is always room for more books. The kindle’s built in memory holds hundreds of titles plus you can hold even more with an optional SD card. Plus every book you download is backed up online in your personal media library.
Besides these free downloads don’t forget that you can download the first chapter of every Kindle book for a free trial. Just to make sure that you are not purchasing anything that you are not interested in.
Also available for free download until 2-28 are The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death by Laurie Notaro and The Whiskey Rebels by David Liss. Enjoy!
Commoncraft Videos Now 1.99$ Kindle Books
I love the Commoncraft show. They take difficult concepts and break them down into easy to explain steps. Plus all of the visuals are clever handcrafted paper cutouts. They take breaking down information and creating clear visual explanations to an art form.
Well now Kindle users can enjoy the simplicity and cleverness of the Commoncraft with Commoncraft Kindle Books
How To Get Your Book Published On Kindle
You authors out there may be wondering how to get your book or ebook published on Kindle. It’s not as daunting as one may think. The first thing you need to do is sign up with Amazons Digital Text Platform.
Here you will find all kinds of information including how to use the dashboard, how to format, an extensive knowledge base, and forums. Just to make things easier here is a link to the Quick Start Guide in PDF format.
In fact one of my favorite bloggers, Pat Doyle, got her ebook published when the Kindle first came out. You can read about her adventures in Publish an Ebook in Amazons Kindle Book Store here.
A Very Nice Kindle Review
Here is a very nice Kindle review by Etan Horowitz of the Orlando Sentinel. It gets right to the point and has some nice real user info. It also discusses pros and cons of using Kindle. It also talks about accidentally hitting the next page button. Which can be remedied with a rubber band.
Besides being able to download whatever you want and having many books in a tiny package. Another advantage of having an e reader like the Kindle is that you have privacy and no one will know what your reading. No more embarrassing book covers.
Kindle Review
The Kindle Is Cool
Here’s a couple of videos explaining the Amazon Kindle. The first one is a nice review from Cnet. The second elaborates a little on why any one would want a Kindle. Or not!
The Amazon Kindle
Who Needs a Kindle?
