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Kindle help with Downloading books please.
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i am going to buy my wife a Kindle as she has always wanted one and she has seen one which has WI-FI but its not touch screen.
So what we would like to know is how can she download books to it and where from?
are they easy to use?
So what we would like to know is how can she download books to it and where from?
are they easy to use?
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You just sign up for an Amazon account and use the Kindle on Wi-Fi to download your books. All nice and easy to use.
this is the one but can not work out if its touchscreen or not.
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5011317.htm
It has a 5-way control, it's not a touchscreen model. This means any sort of typing happens on on-screen keyboard with this control navigating through it. Not optimal, but manageable. The best way to purchase books for it is to use a PC and a web browser, but you can use the device, too, only "typing" will be slower.
That unit is the same price buying it directly from Amazon at the moment. Personally, unless you have a particular reason to buy from Argos, I'd get it from Amazon, because when you buy it, you can stipulate it's a gift and if you have the email address your wife uses for her Amazon account, they can register it to her account before it's shipped to you. That way it will be ready for her to start downloading books straight away.
"calibre is a free and open source e-book library management application developed by users of e-books for users of e-books. It has a cornucopia of features divided into the following main categories:
Library Management
E-book conversion
Syncing to e-book reader devices
Downloading news from the web and converting it into e-book form
Comprehensive e-book viewer
Content server for online access to your book collection
E-book editor for the major e-book format"
Whilst Calibre is an excellent app, and great for conversions and the like, based on the OP's original questions, I think using Calibre is probably a sledgehammer to crack a nut. The OP just needs to know how to connect the Kindle to the internet and how to buy books from Amazon. Anything more than that is probably overly complex for what they want to do.
go to Amazon, purchase a book you like the look of and switch on the Kindle, make sure the Wi-Fi is on and the book will automatically download to the Kindle ready to be read.
if u purchase by accident there is an immediate "oops" button, or for a few days you can sign into your amazon account. which can be done on the kindle via web browser. amazon then remove the book from your kindle
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otherwise u can use the kindle app on a computer.
if connected to a computer via usb socket, the kindle behaves just like a memory stick. you can transfer files (books) off and on it. useful in case the kindle ever needs a "factory reset" which removes all contents .....
calibre converts other ebook formats to kindle format but wont work on encryption prrotected ebooks .....