E-book how-tos!

[Journeyman]

How do you find the free ones each day?<br /><br />

 

[Mortisha]

I am in clubs and I check amazon everyday LOL Put books you want on your wish list and check it everyday and sometimes they are free. If you are on facebook subscribe to pages that shows the latest free kindle books. Also browse the&nbsp;categories yourself with the settings set to price low to high. Hope that helps&nbsp;

 

[Mortisha]

well I am not sure I have them sent directly to my kindle fire so no clue here sorry to say. I also use calibre but only for books i snag online other than amazon.&nbsp;

 

[Guest]

<span id="post_message_1274580675">Can you actually download them, or do you have to read them using the cloud? &nbsp;I have Calibre on my laptop &amp; I'd like to be able to access them when I'm not near internet access</span>

<br /><br />I have a Nook Tablet and though Mortisha's and other's help I learned more about using Calibre and for Amazon books, I downloaded Kindle for PC, a free app to my lappie and I download the Amazon books to that.<br /><br />I also found that I could open Calibre and through the tab "Add Books" I go to single directory and click on Amazon Kindle and upload from there...I have the Calibre set to translate to epub for my Nook.<br /><br />If I want to get directly from Amazon to Calibre through "Get Books" and go to Amazon Kindle store on there.....then upload the book from there...<br /><br />Once things are on Calibre and through the tab "View"....I can read any of the books on my Lappie....<br /><br />Bri

 

[Mortisha]

I am glad you remembered how to do that Bri cause I was having a brain freeze moment LOL&nbsp;

 

[Mortisha]

I just got a travel folder from a friend filled with hundreds of travel ebooks I am trying to go through them now adding a few here and there that I want. I don't think I am going to be going to half of these places LOL

 

[twokniveskatie]

Sorted out the e-book links and the e-book how-tos, hope this makes it easier.&nbsp;

 

[Mortisha]

Thanks Katie HuggZ

 

[gypsydreamer]

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[Mortisha]

Well I think the newer Kobo readers read several formats both epub and mobi. Try looking for one of those. I use a kindle fire and love it. I use calibre to convert file and metadownload info on each book and I enjoy it. But I have over 70,000 books now too lol so I pretty much have all I will ever need on a port HD =) HuggZ

 

[ice_maiden]

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Is there one e-reader that will work with anything?&nbsp; I would really like to have an e-reader (takes up less space, lighter weight to hold) but each one I have researched seems to have some deal-killer limitation.&nbsp; Very frustrating.

<br /><br />Gypsydreamer... I use a Nextbook from Hastings.... I do occasionally have to convert a book using calibra but for the most part I do not... the nextbook will read epub, txt, rtf, pdf and some more but those are the main needed... you also do not have to jump through hoops for your books.&nbsp; It has an SD slot so that you can load files directly from your computer to the card then pop it in the reader and read<br /><br />most people buy what the media is promoting because that has the most info for the learning curve.&nbsp; And what they promote is what stays tied to the parent company&nbsp; So most have kindle or nook, simply because they don't know better is out there<br /><br />Nextbook doesn't come with amazon or google appstore preloaded but you can download the apk for any appstore you want ... put it on the SD card and then install it on the nextbook... <br /><br />Nextbook is backlite not e-ink ... but to me this is better... I really don't like e-ink<br /></span>

 

[gypsydreamer]

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[Ballenxj]

<span id="post_message_1274583394">The good thing is that I can read them on my laptop in the Kindle for PC app.

<br />This answered the question I was going to ask. Thanks. <img src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" alt="" align="absmiddle" border="0" /> <br />-Bruce<br /></span>