If you go to Amazon on Joan's page, then click on the Kindle store, over on the left it has books, and you click on that and the Kindle books will appear. It will also show you a list of the top 100 Kindle books.
Also, as briegull said, all of the books at Amazon will list the hardback price, paperback price, and Kindle price, and you click on Kindle price.
You can do it through my home page - look on the RIGHT side of the website, and right under the big google ad is a little Amazon search box. Type in "kindle books", and it will take you to the Kindle bookstore.
I have to keep "sifting" my needs and wants. I WANT a Kindle.....or the new Apple thing (and the thin, widescreen HDTV for my bedroom). Read a great article in (yesterday's?) The Wall Street Journal (Jen READS the Wall Street Journal?????) about all of these devices. Interesting, how fast this technology evolves ........ and so does the price (downward). Therefore, think I'll wait.
I just saw an article on CNN that talked about it. Due to the new Apple product, the analysts expect Amazon to drop the price of the Kindle. I am willing to wait another couple of months before getting one. If the price goes lower that is definitely better - more money available for books!
Today I spent some time reading the KINDLE guide by Steven Windwalker and learning to download free books from Gutenburg,, Feedbooks, etc. Wow! There is a lot of free/cheap content out there. Also got the wireless connection working again. I called again, this time got hold of someone who knew what he was talking about and taught me how to REFRESH (as opposed to restart, which I had done repeatedly) the Kindle. Now I can browse and download from the Amazon Kindle store, but I still can't browse the web. Apparently that feature is not available "in some countries."
Thanks to everyone above trying to help me find the way to download Kindle books via Joan's website; Joan's answer was the right one in the end. Of course, if I order via the wireless connection, it won't be through Joan's website, will it?
Mary, I think you said you bought the larger Kindle. Mine is the smaller one. It was $299 when I bought it in October. Now it is $259, so I guess the price drop was $40. They have been adding new features. I haven't paid a lot of attention to the new additions. I guess I should!
"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessable and wisest of councellors, and the most patient of teachers." (Charles W. Eliot)
What I would like to know is, are college TEXTBOOKS available through Amazon for these things? What a savings THAT would be for someone going back to school! Anyone know?
Jen, go through Joan's webpage to Amazon.com and click on books, list the title in the search block and see if they have it. I have no idea. It is a good idea - less to have to carry to class! A lot of the books for college are now online through the college, and the students don't have to purchase the hard copy any more.
Jen, just this weekend our newspaper ran a story about college text books for rent -- much cheaper than buying. I'll see if I can find the name of the company...
Many colleges and universities have textbooks that can be purchased and put onto Kindle's. You might ask..and if your school is like many others, they'll have laptops and such for sale at registration and greatly reduced prices with payment plans. All of my grandchildren bought new laptops at registration.
Question - Has anyone tried the Kindle PC version? I downloaded it to my computer for free. I don't want to sit at my computer reading books, but I really can't afford the portable Kindle right now, so I thought this was a good way to try it out. I just ordered a book for it, and although it said that loading was instantaneous, that hasn't happened.
Yes Joan...I have downloaded many free books, and bought a few....I like having them on my pc and reading them, but the price was a bit more than a paperback, and the laptop got a bit heavy and bulky when I took it to bed...I found that it is just as good as a kindle, and really nice if you take your laptop with you. I do use it, but somehow still prefer the paperback in my pocket.....but I love that it was free and that I could try it... It made me decide that I did not want a kindle... I would probably prefer kindle for a blackberry phone, but I need a phone..not a reader..I already have too many applications on the phone, and if I use them. the battery dies and I become foneless.. phoneless..and I cannot live without my bluetooth phone..
With a Kindle, or with an I Phone, or I Touch, you can subscribe to Kindle's service. They offer free downloads to your computers as well. So, if your battery goes dead and you want to continue what you are reading, you could read on your computer. Personally, the reason I got the Kindle was a shortage of storage space for more books in my house. I love to read, and re-read really good books, so I keep mine. The Kindle is perfect for me - it is light weight, easy to carry, downloads new purchases in a minute.
Joan, if you paid for the book at Amazon.com through the Kindle store there, it should have downloaded quickly. I would check your Amazon order and see if the book you ordered processed.
Phranque, dear boy, we live for our electronic toys! With your wife, the bluetooth phone is as necessary as breathing!!!!
What a great discussion for things we can do to bring ourselves some pleasure and relaxation while in the midst of dealing with doctor appts etc that consume so much time.
Yes, the book did download, and although I prefer curling up on a chair with a book, I loved the big print. Then I discovered the FREE Kindle library, and thought I had gone to Heaven. All the classics that I have either read or never got around to reading. Absolute BOOK HEAVEN. I already downloaded Uncle Tom's Cabin, which I somehow missed reading as an English major, but certainly will now. Jane Austin, Charles Dickens - hundreds of classic authors. I haven't been this excited since I discovered Dove chocolate.
You'll find that the Edith Whartons and Henry James ones wear very well, and I even read, and adored George Eliot's Middlemarch! though it took me months.
Update on the Kindle for PC - LOVE IT. LOVE IT. Since it's free, I highly recommend everyone try it. I should have put it on my laptop, which I will do next, so I can read it in bed. Not as convenient as the portable Kindle, but, as I said, it has that FREE feature, which can't be beat.
Briegull, I picked up a copy of Henry James' The Ambassadors last year for about a quarter, but can't read it. The print is miniscule. Now I can download it and read it in print I can see.
Exactly, Joan. Making the font size larger is one of the big advantages of reading (especially classics) on a computer or smartphone or kindle. For anyone who doesn't know, you can go to gutenberg.org and get millions and billions and trillions of books you can read with any number of free readers. They've been having out-of-copyright books scanned and run thru optical character readers by volunteers for many years.
I finally did it. I purchased a Kindle - mainly so my father could read books in LARGE print. I figured we could share it, but I don't know if I can let it out of my hands. It's the greatest invention since the computer. What really sent me to buy it, besides convenience for my father, was the latest paperback I purchased - Black Hills by Nora Roberts. I settled into bed to read it, and I can't see the print. I usually have no problems with paperbacks, but the print on this one is tiny. It's killing my eyes. This Kindle is fantastic.
I downloaded the Kindle for computer and it's fantastic too! And there are so many free or very low priced books to download to it. The print is wonderful.
If people ask what you would like for a birthday/Christmas etc. gift you can ask for an Amazon gift "card" and then later let them know what books you have bought with it. I love it and I love showing it to people.
We were pretty sure that my father wouldn't take to the Kindle because of his age and lack of computer skills. Surprise! I showed it to him this morning, and he was elated. He loved the big print and the ease of use. Loved it. Since I don't dare leave it in his room at the ALF (Twice burned with valuables disappearing from other facilities), I told him my house would be the library, and he could read when he comes here. He was fine with that.