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this and above post done in Starbucks. search wi fi networks. connect Starbucks. browser javascript on, sign in, then java back off & then up to 2 hours wi fi.
to sign out - not really needed - java on, connect to bt openzone, log out of starbucks. switching off javascript not really necessary. default is on. but most webpages load faster if off. I use it just when needed. eg using my email account etc ..... oh, and you can also disable web images so you only download text data. which might be useful with a slow connection ......... ..... amazon do like you to use wi fi occasionally and not 3g all the time. after a while they will probably send an email reminding u wi fi is how they send software updates. but they wont cut u off. however, continuing free 3g does depend on amazon being able to fund it. |
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And get a hold of Calibre Book Manager - much better than buying books through amazon - you buy books off e-bay for a fraction of the amazon price. You simply e-mail the books to your kindle
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you should certainly purchase something from amazon. if only to support the kindle free 3g !
not necessarily book. theres also kindle apps. and all the other stuff amazon sells ....... calibre is not necessarily piracy. it converts both html and pdf to kindle format. pdf conversion is iffy -some things will be an unreadble mess - but certainly for text only pdfs converted mobi is easier to read on kindle |
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i downloaded a massive 1300 sci fi books collection. mostly copyright. but also mostly out of print and not avialable anywhere.
use common sense. |
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for non copyright books, most people know about project gutenberg, but theres much more at web archive texts. much already in mobi format.
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