This Kindle blog of Kindle Fire, Paperwhite, and other e-Ink Kindle tips and Kindle news - with links to Free Kindle Books (contemporary also) - explores the less-known capabilities of the Amazon Kindle readers and tablets. Ongoing tutorials, guides for little-known features and latest information on the Kindle Fire tablets and their competitors. Questions are welcome in Comments area.
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Non-Classics under $1:
Highly rated, under $1
Mostly 99c Kindle Books page
+ 99c Notepad for eInk Kindle
most wanted items
Trade-in Store - for gift cards
Free shipping
UK - Today's Deals
Boxing Day Deals (2015)
Canada - Deals Store
Boxing Day deals (2015)
Accessory listings by Kindle Model
GIFT cards for Kindle books or any other Amazon.com items,
Gift certificates, etc.
GIFT cards - UK only, for
any Amazon-UK store items
BEAM N READ - My favorite light for non-lit Kindles
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See battery coverage.
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Free e-Ink WebLinks file - info
Latest mobiweb.azw 1/25/11
FIRE 2015 tablets New
Most Recommended:
KINDLE TIPS for Kindle Fire line (at right)
Blog article
Kindle Fire 2014 HDX/HD Tips:
These features pertain to new Sept. 2014-2015 Fire Tablets as well.
See Older Sept 2014 Kindles for
model info.
Overview of Yr 2014 Features
More tips: Things to know
More info: From later reviews
Getting Prime Music working
Screen Magnifier for
fixed-sized pages
Certified Miracast adapter
How to install GooglePlay apps
How to install Flash
Tablet: Kindle Fire HD8 8"
eReader: Paperwhite 3
(Most bang for the buck)
Deluxe eReader: Kindle Voyage
Trade-in value on Kindles
Certified Refurb'd Kindles
Amazon's new Streaming Viewer
Latest Questions, Answers,
and Comments
(in Right-hand column)
OLDER 2012 models:
(deals occur for these)
KINDLE Comparison Table for
KFireHD, Nexus1, iPad mini
Reviews: KFHD7 vs Nexus1
Display Tests/Reviews
#1. KFireHD, Nexus1, iPad mini
#2. KFireHD vs Google Nexus1
KINDLE SUPPORT info
PRIME: Borrowable Kindle bks
+ listing by most reviews
+ Instant Movie/TV videos
PRIME Music: Who's included?
Getting Prime Music working
UK-PRIME program
NOT deals:
New & Popular
Amazon general:
Ongoing Deals
Current Amazon Special Offer
Local Deals: Android app
Overstock, clearance
Lower-$ accessoriess
Newer "Big Markdowns"
Gift ideas:
Select-Outlet Deals
Goldbox & Lightning Deals
Amazon UK
Current Deals - UK
Warehouse Deals - UK
Trade-in value on Kindles
Certified Refurb'd Kindles
Getting Prime Music working
Screen Magnifier for
fixed-sized pages
Amazon's Streaming Viewer
Earlier e-Ink eReaders
These have small keybrds, w/ audio but NO light)
Kindle Keybd 3G -
w/ Free 3G WEB-lookups
(Used: sought after)
Kindle DX - $379 $199 (Dec 2013)
(resuscitated May 2014)
U.S./International (except UK) Edition: Click here for a 14-day free trial. It's easier to navigate than usual feeds, and you can read the latest 20 articles.
UK-Only Kindle Edition: Offered Aug 2010, this is also a 14-day free trial.
Kindle Fire HD 8.9" ('KFHD89')
See Kindle Fire HD 7" section below for features, as those will be the same.
. Kindle Fire HD 8.9" reviews
. Add Wi-Drive pocketable disk/stream'g for 7" & 8.9"
or a Portable wireless 320G Patriot Gauntlet drv/stream'g for 7" & 8.9"
S/W Updates: 8.3.0, v8.3.1, 8.4.1, v8.4.3
Kindle Fire HD 7" ('KFHD7')
(How-to's also apply to KFire HD 8.9" above.)
. Amazon's new Streaming Viewer
. Play Youtube videos
. Install non-Amazon apps
. How to install Flash Player
. Kindle Fire HD to HDTV
. Using the KFire HD camera
Option 2: HD Camera app
. Photos: Cloud Drv To-From
. More on iPad mini & KFire HD
. Comparison Table for
iPad mini, KFireHD7", Nexus1
. Reviews of KFHD7 vs Nexus1
. Popular customer review
. Kindle Fire HD tips
. My video of 'zine demo
. X-Ray for Movies -
what it does
. Read DRM'd ePub books
. ScreenShots - How?
. More tips on KFHD7
. S/W Updates: 7.2.3, v7.2.2, 7.2.1, 7.3.0, 7.3.1 7.4.1, 7.4.3
. 1st
KFHD-owner rpts & tips
(+ S/W update v7.1.5)
Kindle Paperwhite 2
. SW updates: v5.4.2, v5.4.3
Kindle Paperwhite 1
. SW updates: v5.3.0, v5.3.3, v5.3.4, v5.3.5, v5.3.6, v5.3.8, v5.3.8.1, v5.3.9, v5.4.4
. My video of good demo
. Bottom unevenness rpts
. 1st Reports & Reviews
EARLIER Kindles:
The ongoing Free-Books page, in detail, with prepared searches. Just a few mentioned below.
1. PRIME-eligible Kindle bks
+ list by most reviews
2. Mostly Classics
3. Project Gutenberg e-books (MOBI ed) catalog for Kindles
4. Internet Archive: 2.5M free texts
5. A long Amazon Forum thread on a million or so books readable on the Kindle - How to get them (mostly free)
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Kindlefeeder feeds your Kindle well. No fees required except for auto-scheduled pickups. You can press Send at the website instead. Amazon fees affect some options.
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NOT FREE but popular:
Highly-rated under-$1 books
Also:
MobileReference books - complete works of authors for ~$5 and well-formatted works
Bestseller Kindle Books (Yrs)Best (paper) Books of the Month at 40% Off during the month.
Amazon's Android Appstore
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Markdowns, clearance items
Shoes at Endless
Free shipping: Buys/Returns
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AMAZON UK Home page
Kindlestore - UK only
Electronics - Bestsellers
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AMAZON DE Homepage
Kindle Shop - Deutschland
Elektronik - Bestseller
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AMAZON Italia Homepage
Uses U.S. Kindlestore
Elettronica - Bestseller
. 3G or WiFi? Which one?
What does each do?
+ review of cvr w/light
. Using 3G Kindle when
my Comcast went down
. Doing more on the Kindle
Starting with:
Amazon's Top10Faqs
. K3 Tips & Cautions
. More K3 (some K2) Tips
. White K3 alongside K2
. Wired's Gadget Lab article
. K3/K2 under microscope
. Typing numbers: 2 ways
. Kindle freeze or problems
. Main features of
. How to use Public Notes
. K3 text vs DX Graphite's
. First impressions from US
. Graphite DX vs older DX
Your Annotations webpage
Other:
. Software v2.5.x-3.1.x
. Consumer Reports' Ratings
+ NY Times examples
showing larger K3/K2 pics
+ more comparison photos
restarting it? Some Help.
BUT, maybe it's the cover.
the two Kindle 3's
Modify K3 text to match
DXG's text.
White K3 w/ Graphite Dx
K3 owners + a clear video
Other Keyboard Kindle:
. Kindle models and #'s:
How do they differ?
. Graphite DX: Day 1 reports
. Reactions to DXG by tough
Mobileread Forum folks
Free WebLinks file - info
Latest mobiweb.azw 1/25/11
. Why a Kindle at all?
. "Is it worth $260 $189?"
Kindle users respond
in the forums.
Features: How to's:
fwd a passage
to Facebook or Twitter
use docs/subscrip'ns
Collections:
HOW to use Collections
Important cautions
How to Pan & Zoom
How to use Public Notes
Full-web non-USA
Which v2.5 version?
. Q&A from Comments area
of E-readers, Nov 2010
. Consumer Reports video
on Sony, Nook, Kindle
. ABC7/Consumer Reports
looks at 9 e-readers
. "Best E-Readers" compared
August 2010
. Unusual features for
an ereader
. WiFi? Cellular 3G Wireless?
How e-readers differ
. Creative uses of Kindle
by Amzn Forum members
. Kindle is the real miracle.
. Mapquest driving directions
. Free wordgames
. Kindle for PC
and Kindle for Mac
Share on pc or Mac
Free s/w for Kindle-books
. Accessing free Wikipedia
w/Kindle2 faster
. Kindle 6" or DX?
Updated 5/28/10
Ask these questions.
. Identify your Kindle model
. Photos of Kindle2. K3, & DX
using the web browser
. Anne Rice on the Kindle.
. Mobile-optimized web sites
Free Kindle 'book' of links
. Mapquest directions on Kindle
. Myths re Kindle Keybd 3 wireless
. Tags - folder workaround
. Kindle: Basic organization
pre-set folders & sorting
. BEST report on how the
Kindle functions
. Sharing a Kindle account
. Using the hinged cover
. A million free Google
books, for Kindle too.
. NOOKColor Reviews:
Several from Nov. 2010
. Myths and Clarifications
. Using the Kindle Overseas
. Guides, Tips, Tutorials
section below also.)
. Black flash on page turns
. Assistive Technology:
PageBot for Kindle
. Main features of
the two Kindle 3's
. K3 Tips & Cautions
. More K3 (some K2) Tips
. Darker font effect
& adjust line spacing (K2's)
. Website-Bookmarks file
(for all Kindles)
. Mapquest driving directions
with your Kindle
. State sales-tax info
Big5 publisher ebooks
. Using 'tags' to find books
via Searches
. Kindle: Basic organization
pre-set folders
and sorting
. Kindle's Archived Items
folder - What is it?
. Using the hinged cover
. Search book for name
w/o typing
. Get DAY, Date, Time
using "@"-key
Undocumented
. Black flash on page turns
. ePub to Kindle: A million free Google books
. Project Gutenberg to your Kindle - James Adcock
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MOVING FILES TO KINDLE
. How to put documents on your Kindle - B. Tackitt
. How to move files to your Kindle, normally - Amazon
. Moving files to the Kindle w/o USB or wireless
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SENDING FILES TO KINDLE
GENERAL
. How to send documents to your Kindle
WORD docs
. How to send WORD docs to your Kindle
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. Print list of Kindle contents (Windows only)
. Sharing a Kindle account
. Using the U.S. Kindle overseas (mainly for non-KindleGlobal owners)
. A Word Macro to organize "My Clippings" file info.
. Save/print web-articles to DOC or PDF files for conversion to Kindle
. InstaPaper: send web articles to Kindle
. Using InstaPaper, send documents to Kindle with No size-fee.
U.S./International Kindle
- AT&T 3G Network
International
North America
NON-AMAZON FORUMS:
. Kindle Social Network (BookSummit) - many writers, friendly, good profile areas. Run by abhi !
. Kindleboards - very active, friendly, informative
. MobileRead - technically inclined folks, informative
Kindle Zen - an e-book-industry monitor keeping a watchful eye on trends, with excellent analysis.
Follow their news alerts on Twitter.
. KINDLE DX - The Kindle DX Cookbook
- David Emberson
. KINDLE FIRE - Love Your Kindle Fire
- Bufo Calvin See my report.
. ALL KINDLES - Frequently Asked Kindle Questions
- Bufo Calfin
See my report.
A Poet's Progress... by Len Edgerly. See my report.
. Thanks!
You can access your books, periodicals, or the full Web* with Amazon's light 6" Kindle (Global) and the larger Kindle DX, via wireless 24/7 with
* Customers outside the U.S. with wireless are increasingly getting free, slow access to the web and, as a basic feature, can access Wikipedia on the Net 24/7, for free, while reading the Kindle.
See the main reasons I've found the Kindle very useful.
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A popular forum topic (on Amazon) shows that Kindle users are not tied to only Amazon: A Million or so Kindle books - mostly free - how to get them.
Is it 'just' an e-reader? Other features.
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