A Kindle World blog: www.lonelyplanet.com

Amazon Gizmos

KINDLES & Gizmos - Tips

KINDLES:
FULL GLOBAL KINDLE List
FIRE TV 2015 - Details
FIRE TV 2014 - 1st Version
Intro, Tips (2014), More
Find Prime video

FIRE 2015 tablets New
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

Most Recommended:
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

KINDLE TIPS for Kindle Fire line (at right)
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

Kindle Deals: Daily & Monthly

Books:
Current Kindle Daily Deal
(Changes at midnight~)
Monthly Kindle Deals Changed
Hundreds at $1.99-$3.99
Free Non-Classics today

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

Added Kindle Info

Current Kindles chart

Country-info page

Trade-in value on Kindles
Certified Refurb'd Kindles

Getting Prime Music working
Screen Magnifier for
fixed-sized pages
Amazon's Streaming Viewer

Kindle Support info

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)

Canada:
See Full Global Listing

UK:
Kindles - UK and Global
See Full Global Listing

To get this blog on your Kindle

TIPS on Kindle features

General
. Prime's Lending Library:
Rules; Borrowing;
How to Browse List
. Amazon Cloud & Player
. Jeff Bezos w/ Len Edgerly
What's Free? What costs?
. Kindle Clippings File:
Convert to Excel, Word, PDF
. Prime gets current PBS
. 3G or WiFi? Which one?
. Sharing a Kindle account
. Personal docs: Imprvmts
. Convert ePub to Kindle
. Edgerly on Kindle Event
. Intro Day, 9/28/11

GENERAL: Kindles 2011-2014
. My videos of demos
Paperwhite 1 + 8.9" KFHD
. Amazon FAQ on new Kindles

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 Fire, 2nd Gen Not HD
. S/W Updates: 10.3.0, 10.3.1 10.4.1, 10.4.3

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:

Kindle Fire 1
. Read DRM'd ePub books
. Single-bookdownload glitch
How to fix it
. POCKET app (Read It Later)
. Flash video on KFire
. $199 Nook Tablet & KFire:
. Features Comparison
. Books missing in library
. How to use Amazon's
SendToKindle for PC
. Add Wi-Drive storage
. TINY fonts on webpages
. More tips & info
. Covers + GOOD mini SPKR
. Images: KFire & KTouch
. Tips: KFire and KTouch
Info for new Kindlers
. Covers/Cases #1
. KFire rooted (Not needed)
. Non-Amzn apps:
How to sideload them
. Kindle Fire - 1st reviews
. Nook Tablet vs Kindle Fire
. Amazon Q&A: Kindlefire
. Video demo: Kindle Fire
. Kindle Fire/Cloud facts
. Kindle Fire "on fire"
. More info on Kindle Fire
. Software update v6.3.1
. Software update v6.3.2

Kindle Touch
Kindle Touch vs Nook Touch
. Features Comparison
. How to read linked pages on
Kindle-version of this blog
. How to use Amazon's
SendToKindle for PC
. TINY fonts on webpages
. More tips & info
. Sleeve +exc. mini-spkr
. Images: KFire & KTouch
. Tips: KTouch and KFire
. Notes re Kindle Touch
. Good sample of X-ray
. What is X-ray?
. Kindle Team re Kindle Touch
3G web browsing
. KTouch 3G-Web'g or not?
. Notes: KTouch's 3G web'g
. Software updates v5.1.2,
v5.3.2, v5.3.2.1, v5.3.7

Kindle Basic
(NoTouch/NoKeybd)
. Video demo: $79 Kindle
Kindle Basic (NoTouch)
. User's Guide: $79 Kindle Basic
. Software update v4.1.0
. Software update v4.0.1

Free Kindle books

Besides new books, we can enjoy Classics for free, both from Amazon and from other book sites, many directly downloadable to the Kindle.

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)

_______
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.

_______
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.

Foreign Language Kindle Books

Other Amazon areas

DVDs / Blu-Ray - Specials
Electronics - bestsellers
Home Project Center
Jewelry
Kitchen
Magazines - large discounts
Mp3's
Smallparts.com: Lab Supplies
Software
Textbooks, discounted
Tools -
Watches (at Endless)

_______
Markdowns, clearance items

Shoes at Endless
Free shipping: Buys/Returns

_______
AMAZON UK Home page
Kindlestore - UK only
Electronics - Bestsellers
_______
AMAZON DE Homepage
Kindle Shop - Deutschland
Elektronik - Bestseller
_______
AMAZON Italia Homepage
Uses U.S. Kindlestore
Elettronica - Bestseller

Keyboard Kindles and Gen'l Info

Internationally, except UK:
Kindle-3 3G/WiFi - $189
Kindle-3 WiFi Only - $139

Kindles w/ Special Offers/ads:
WiFi Only: $114 3G+WiFi, $139

30-day in-home trial with
full refund if uninterested

Most popular customer
review of the Kindle

UK Only:
Kindle-3 3G/WiFi-UK - £149
~~Kindle-3 WiFi Only-UK - £109~~
_______________________
REFURBISHED units sometimes available. Pricing varies.
FREE 2-day shipping in continental U.S. (7/12/10) U.S. models (Sprint)
DX, K2, K1
Int'l models (AT&T)
DX, K2, K3

_______________________

Kindle & NOOK Touch-
Features comparison,
largely unknown info.
Nook Touch & Kindle3:
Screen Contrast posted +
Half-hour video on both +
Consumer Rpts rankings

Kindle 3:
. K3/KK software update v3.4

. Unsung features
+ more-succinct version

. 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

. Your Annotations webpage

. K3 Tips & Cautions
. More K3 (some K2) Tips

. White K3 alongside K2
+ NY Times examples

. Wired's Gadget Lab article
showing larger K3/K2 pics

. K3/K2 under microscope
+ more comparison photos

. Making Collections: A Guide

. Collections: Cautions

. Typing numbers: 2 ways

. Kindle freeze or problems
restarting it? Some Help.
BUT, maybe it's the cover.

. Main features of
the two Kindle 3's

. Top-rated customer review

. How to use Public Notes

. K3 text vs DX Graphite's
Modify K3 text to match
DXG's text.
White K3 w/ Graphite Dx

. Excellent VIDEO of K3

. First impressions from US
K3 owners + a clear video

Other Keyboard Kindle:
. Kindle models and #'s:
How do they differ?

. Graphite DX vs older DX
. Graphite DX: Day 1 reports
. Reactions to DXG by tough
Mobileread Forum folks

Free WebLinks file - info
Latest mobiweb.azw 1/25/11

Your Annotations webpage

Other:
. Why a Kindle at all?
. "Is it worth ~~$260~~ $189?"
Kindle users respond
in the forums.

. Software v2.5.x-3.1.x
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

. Consumer Reports' Ratings
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

Kindle Guide/Tutorials, OLDER

Kindle Forums

AMAZON'S OWN FORUMS:
. Kindle Users Forum
. Kindle Accessories
. Kindle HELP Forums
. K-Book Forum (alt)
. Mystery (Print & Kindle)

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

UK FORUMS (Welcome!)
. The allKindle Forum

The Kindle Chronicles - the Friday Podcast All About the Kindle, by Len Edgerly, with news and interviews each week.
A very popular podcast. Hear all previous shows.

Kindle Zen - an e-book-industry monitor keeping a watchful eye on trends, with excellent analysis.
Follow their news alerts on Twitter.

Kindle books I've enjoyed using in one edition

. KINDLE 1 - The Amazon Kindle FAQ - Leslie Nicoll et al
. KINDLE 1 - The Kindle Cookbook, for Kindle 1
- David Emberson

. KINDLE 2 - The Kindle Cookbook, for Kindle 2
- David Emberson
. KINDLE 2 - The Complete User's Guide...
- Stephen Windwalker
. KINDLE 3+ - The Kindle Free for All...
- Stephen Windwalker

. 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.

. ALL KINDLES - The Complete 2012 User's Guide to the Amazing Amazon Kindle: Covers all Current Kindles..."
- Stephen Windwalker,
Bruce Grubbs See my report.

OLDER: re earlier e-readers

. A Photo Comparison of
Kindle 1 and Kindle 2
screens
. VIDEO Face-off. How
e-readers handle features.
- A must-see.
. The 24/7 K2 web browser
How to use it (free)
. Using my K2 to get a DX.
using the free 3G wireless

. APPLE IPAD1:
. iPad pricing analysis
. iPad and Kindle
articles here
. iPad NoLimit 3G killed but
OK if iPad paid by 6/7
. IREX:
. Review: WSJ/Mossberg
. KOBO:
. What it does for $149
. Follow-up comparisons
. Laptop Mag review
"Verdict" page
. NOOK/KINDLE (E-Ink):
. VIDEO face-off. How
each handles features
. Nook vs Kindle reviews
. Nook-Kindle Comparisons
Corrects some bad info.
. My B&N visit with Nook
. SONY/KINDLE:
. Sony PRS-650 review CRN
. Sony vs Kindle reviews
w/detailed Gizmodo one.
. Sony PRS-300, PRS-600
and Daily Edition
. New Sony Readers -
reports
. S-700BC vs K2/DX
. S-700BC vs K2
. Sony screens + Kindle
. Sony 505 seen w/K2
Using the K2web browser - no monthly charges
(where enabled).
. NON-KINDLE E-READERS:
GoTo Non-Kindle pages
(RIGHT-hand info-column)
. See a Kindle in your city
- an Amazon feature

Why a Kindle? (Keyboard model)

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 no hourly charges.

* 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.

_______
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.

Why WERE older Kindles so expensive ?? and other questions

Why does Amazon charge so much for an e-reader??

Jeff Bezos' explanation.
Also, mine

Is it 'just' an e-reader? Other features.
Note: Web-browser not enabled in most countries

Click for a larger pic of grandpa Kindle 1 webbing at a cafe.
Websites with
faster mobile access

Kindlefeeder feeds your Kindle well. No fees required except for auto-scheduled deliveries. You can press Send at the website instead. A Must try. Amazon fees affect some options.

Creative uses of the Kindle
by Amazon forum members

Kindle DX GLOBAL

The 9.7" Kindle DX Global 30-day in-home trial, with full refund if uninterested

Factory-refurbished & warrantied DX's, K2's, & K1's available, w/ return policy

. Graphite DX vs older DX
. Graphite DX: Day 1 reports
. Reactions to DXG by tough
Mobileread Forum folks
. Added benefits
. A guided tour
. DX or Kindle 6"?
Ask these questions.
. DX vs Kindle 2 hands-on
. My DX-display photos
. A million free Google books,
for Kindle too.
. SHEET MUSIC on the DX
. How to use the
24/7 web browser
. Myths re Kindle wireless
. Using my K2 to get a DX.
. Relative size, and PDF
handling
. Screen rotation demo
. BEST review of how the
Kindles function
. Early customer reports
Thorough forum thread
. 1st Impressions of the DX?
. Creative uses of Kindle
by Amzb forum members
. Using U.S. Kindle Overseas
. How to Save
on College Textbooks
. Coursesmart on iPhones
. Textbooks and Amazon:
status

To Kindleworld homepage (if on a secondary page.)

A Kindle World blog

Current special deals(s)

Kindles - Full Global Listing

FREE NON-Classics Today

Popular

Amazon Gizmos

Specialized Amazon deals

Kindle add-ons

About Me

To HOME page

Kindle-Edition of this blog

Kindleworld elsewhere

KINDLES & Gizmos - Tips

Search the Blog

Kindle Deals: Daily & Monthly

Top 100 Free E-Things

Added Kindle Info

To get this blog on your Kindle

TIPS on Kindle features

Free Kindle books

More Ongoing Amazon Deals

Special Pages - Reports

Other Amazon areas

Keyboard Kindles and Gen'l Info

Kindle Support Info

Looking for a topic?

Kindle Guide/Tutorials, OLDER

Whispernet (3G wireless) coverage maps

Battery: how to keep it stronger?

Kindle Competitors or Partners

Unusual temporary deals

Missouri, Japan Quake

CHILE / HAITI - How to help

The Kindle text-to-speech

Older screensaver pics: Who?

Kindle Forums

Kindle books I've enjoyed using in one edition

Kindle bloggers' books of note

StumbleUpon

Blog ARCHIVES

*OLDER*: re earlier e-readers

Why a Kindle? (Keyboard model)

Photo Comparison: K1 and K2 (older)

Why WERE older Kindles so expensive ?? and other questions

Kindle DX GLOBAL

My other sites / info

Bottom Line Stuff

OLDER: re earlier e-readers