1. Purchase or receive the gift card
2. 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.

• 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.

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.

• 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

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!

Well now Kindle users can enjoy the simplicity and cleverness of the Commoncraft with Commoncraft Kindle Books. If you would like to find out more about the Commoncraft or check out the information for free you can always check out their website. Enjoy!

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.

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.

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