Kindle Books - free or cheap old style related

lincsyellowbelly

On the Amazon website, if you go into bestsellers, it has the top 100 paid and the top 100 free books. They change all the time. Unfortunely I now have over 100 books to read sometime.

crumblepie

I use www.ereaderiq.co.uk which sends you an email of free books that are available from amazon each day. But its subject to change at any time and by the time you search for the book sometimes its no longer free.

like others have said some free books are better than others - I've had some that are good and others that are really really bad.

zzzLazyDaisy

If you are on facebook there is a great page called 'the pagan ebookshelf'

It sends you a daily list of books related to natural living and alternative themes - such as cooking from scratch, growing your own vegetables, crafts, novels with a supernatural or spiritual twist, crystals, and so on.

Hermia

Apollonia wrote: »

If you get a KOBO ereader instead of a Kindle you will also be able to borrow library ebooks.

The UK library ebook format (epub) works with every ereader except the Kindle (US libraries use a different format).

This should hopefully change next year. Amazon have been trialling Kindle library lending in the USA and AFAIK it will come here at some point.

zzzLazyDaisy

If you are a member of amazon prime in UK, you can borrow a large selection of books from Amazon's own lending library.

Apollonia

Hermia wrote: »

This should hopefully change next year. Amazon have been trialling Kindle library lending in the USA and AFAIK it will come here at some point.

I'm talking about ebooks from public libraries - Amazon have launched their own 'lending library' available to Kindle users who also pay the annual Amazon Prime fee.

Some info here:
http://www.techradar.com/news/portable-devices/portable-media/amazon-kindle-lending-library-goes-live-in-the-uk-1103940

Personally, I'd still stick with the Kobo - I can borrow up to 3 ebooks at a time from my normal local library membership (free to join) and I decide the length of time I have them for (from 1-21 days) so I can borrow as many books as I like - amazon charge an annual membership fee and you are restricted to 12 books a year.

ETA - I just had a look and I've borrowed 46 library ebooks since January 2012! So, if the average paperback is approx £5 - I've saved £230!

Hermia

Apollonia wrote: »

I'm talking about ebooks from public libraries - Amazon have launched their own 'lending library' available to Kindle users who also pay the annual Amazon Prime fee.

I was talking about public libraries. Amazon have been trialling Kindle lending to public libraries in the USA. I am a librarian and have heard it should be coming over here as some point.

louby40

I LOVE my kindle and have had it for 2 years now. I do still read the odd book that I borrow from friends but my Kindle is my preferred method of reading.

I've read some great free books and many for 20p too. What's great is that if you don't like your free book you can just delete it.

I have over 1000 books on my Kindle - most of them I got from my brother....but I don't think his means of getting them was 100% legal!

But I aren't complaining

Lou:rotfl:

empressemma

Another vote for ereaderiq - had all sorts off that list, things I probably wouldn't have bought, but as its free, I've given them a go, and loved so many of them! You can change the preferences on your daily email so you only receive a list of books from genres you choose.

I love my kindle, but do sometimes buy books from charity shops, because I can get popular authors for less than a pound, when their kindle price is similar to buying a new paperback.

Apollonia

Hermia wrote: »

I was talking about public libraries. Amazon have been trialling Kindle lending to public libraries in the USA. I am a librarian and have heard it should be coming over here as some point.

I've done a search for more information and according to CILIP, Hampshire libraries are trialling 'Kindle' ebooks. So I looked at Hampshire libraries information pages and found that the Kindle ereaders are NOT compatible - only the Kindle Fire (a tablet device rather than an ereader) and then you have to download an app for epub formatted ebooks. Which is what you need for reading on any device other than a dedicated ereader anyway.

cilip link - scroll to bottom of page 3 for reference to Hampshire:

http://www.cilip.org.uk/get-involved/policy/statements%20and%20briefings/Documents/Ebooks%20and%20public%20libraries%20-%20brief%20overviewv2.pdf


Overdrive compatible devices list:

http://www.overdrive.com/resources/drc/

Note that apart from Kindle Fire, all other Kindles can be used for US libraries only.

Every other ereader except a Kindle is already compatible with epub so I still could not recommend a Kindle ereader to anyone who wishes to be able to use their public library. If someone is shopping for a tablet device then that's a different matter.