Amazon Kindle

[deldaisy]

Thanks for the advice all. I have a HTC Legend.

Yeah Dots I was worried about memory. For instance there is an app for google and youtube.... why would I need to take up room in my phone if I can just connect from the net for that?

I have extra memory on a card thingie but I don't seem to be able to find out how to choses if to put the app on the phone of the card.... read the online intruction manual so much my eyes are crossed. I guess I should google some forums about apps and the problems etc, but not everyone who writes on them are that clever at times I have found.

STILL trying to download my phone pics to the computer..... so many people have rolled their eyes at me (you know that lil condecending look) then struggled themselves and ended up doing a Dawn French thing and slamming the laptop shut

I better investigate that one too. Its frustrating me. I need to find a big enough bribe to get the teen to do it.

I will get there..... dammit I will.

 

[Dotsie]

I don't know if this is possible, but can you get Kindle for your PC, upload books to that and then transfer them to your phone as and when you need them - like you'd do with an MP3 player?

No idea. Sounds worth a google though.

 

[Selkie]

I don't know if this is possible, but can you get Kindle for your PC, upload books to that and then transfer them to your phone as and when you need them - like you'd do with an MP3 player?

What I think you can do is go to your kindle on amazon and send the book to another linked device like your phone or ipad. i know I somehow I managed to get the same book on all 3 devices so I must have done something like that at some time.

 

[chris.ph]

just sync your phone and computer together and it should do it automatically

 

[deldaisy]

just sync your phone and computer together and it should do it automatically

ummmmmmmmmmmm..... right!

You know what... years ago a teen son of one of my friends made a liiving charging people $10 to go around after they had moved and set up their TV, vid player, game stations, etc. Not bad for ten minutes work.

The people in the phone shops couldn't car less once they have sold you the phone.

There is definitely a hole in the market for an entrepreneurial person to hold people hands tech wise.

Dated a guy a few years ago who charged $500 an hour to do it. But then he also installed the house systems.

 

[chris.ph]

plug your phone into your computer del and when it says sync,sync it

 

[deldaisy]

I DO plug my phone into my computer and something flashes for a microsecond on the screen then disappears into the ether.

I have opened every damn file on the computer and can't find anything.

 

[deldaisy]

Going to try again..... hang on.

yep.. did it again.

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Go on to the HTC support website del, and ask a question there, and you can download your phones full manual.

 

[deldaisy]

Thats where I am now Dug

Oh wailey wailey.

 

[amosnueva]

I am completely new to ebook information. I have been reading Terry Pratchett since "The Colour of Magic" first came out. I would like my nephew to read more of Sir Pratchett and I think ebooks would be the best way. My nephew is not very careful with books and I am loath to lone him mine. Does anyone have any suggestions as to type of ebook or device to buy? Any information anyone can offer would be extremely helpful.

 

[Tonyblack]

Hi there, amosnueva and welcome.

I'd be inclined to get the cheapest you can for him. The basic Kindle retails from Amazon for around £69 or $69 I believe. It seems that is the most popular and therefore may be the easiest to get books for. Even the cheapest one will connect to the Internet via Wifi so the books can be ordered directly from the Amazon store, or downloaded in Kindle format from such sites as Project Gutenberg, which has thousands of out of print classics for free.

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Hi amosnueva, I have a kindle they are pretty good, I think someone else has a Kobo different system they use e-pub format, I not sure what format the Nook has. You can also get a free Kindle app download to read on your computer from Amazon easy to download and use .
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/feature.html ... ad_mkt_lnd

Buy Once, Read Everywhere: You don't need to own a Kindle device to enjoy Kindle books. Download one of our free Kindle apps to start reading Kindle books on all your devices. The Kindle app is available for every major smartphone, tablet, and computer. That means with our free Kindle Reading apps, you can buy a Kindle book once, and read it on any device with the Kindle app installed. And of course, you can also read that same Kindle book on a Kindle, Kindle Touch, or Kindle Keyboard if you own one.
With Amazon’s Whispersync technology, you can automatically save and synchronize your furthest page read, bookmarks, notes, and highlights across all your devices. That means you can start reading a book on one device, and pick up where you left off on another device.
With the biggest selection of any e-bookstore in the UK, you can shop more than 1.5 million books, including bestsellers and new releases.
Get free book samples--read the first chapter for free before you decide to buy.
Whispersync technology saves and synchronises your last page read, bookmarks, notes, and highlights across your devices.
Adjust text size to make reading more comfortable.
Download and read Kindle books--no Kindle required

 

[Dotsie]

I have a Kobo, they're cheap as chips and you can download library books onto them (which you can't with a kindle). Kobo has it's own site for selling ebooks, but I don't use it often. There are a lot of really cheap Kindle ebooks on Amazon, but Discworld books aren't I'm afraid - it would be a lot cheaper to buy your nephew second hand paperbacks. Also, the cover art is part of the experience with these books, which he would miss out on with an ereader.

 

[Tonyblack]

That's a thought - does the price of a DW Kindle book go down when the paperback comes out?

And why are Kindle books about the same price as regular books, when they (presumably) are cheaper to produce?

I'm inclined to agree with Dotsie - get used paperbacks from Amazon or somewhere.

 

[Dotsie]

Ebooks tend to be just a few pence less than the actual book, hardback or paperback. Publishers say this is because most of publishing cost isn't the materials - so why are hardbacks more expensive then? Hmm!

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Dotsie you can convert epub format to Kindle azw format I done that to quite a lot of the epubs I've downloaded.

 

[pip]

Amazon, ABE Books and Awesome books will have all of the DW books second hand for only about £2 a book including delivery so if you pick carefully you can get the whole set a lot cheaper than on ebooks (and minus the cost of the ebook)

 

[raisindot]

That's a thought - does the price of a DW Kindle book go down when the paperback comes out?

And why are Kindle books about the same price as regular books, when they (presumably) are cheaper to produce?

The price isn't based on production costs--it's based on the publisher's desire to maintain Pterry's market value. If you could get a Kindle version of his books for (using the U.S. example) the $1-$2 per e-book charged by unknown authors then people would question why they should pay $15-$20 for the hardcover.

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

I would still get the Hardback regardless,and the audio book later,I have not downloaded any PTerry's on my kindle.