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Where To Find Free E-Books For Your Amazon Kindle

Unless you’ve been on another planet for the past ten months, you must have seen the buzz surrounding the Amazon Kindle. In February 2009, Amazon launched their Kindle 2 reader. A little later, in June, the large format Kindle DX was released.

The Kindle is now Amazon’s top selling product – something it achieved in an very short time indeed. Currently it accounts for 60% of all e-book reader sales in the U.S. market. Amazon recently launched the Kindle 2 onto the worldwide stage, selling to over 100 countries around the globe. It seems highly likely that its domestic success will be repeated internationally.

The Kindle is now practically synonymous with e-book readers – but it’s not the only reader on the market. Manufacturers of personal consumer electronic devices – such as Sony, Microsoft, Apple and even Barnes and Noble now – all want their share of the market and have their own readers ready for launch in the near future. Competition for this new market is going to be savage. It’s a real compliment to Amazon that almost any e-book reader which shows any potential is instantly dubbed the “Kindle Killer”.

The current ticket price for the Kindle 2 is $ 259. That’s $ 100 less than the $ 359 February launch price – but it’s still a fairly hefty sum. A lot of industry watchers are suggesting that a sales price around about the $ 150 mark is what’s needed to move e-book readers out of the high tech gadget market and into the mainstream retail arena. The enhanced levels of competition that seem likely for next year will certainly lead to reduced prices – which could mean that the $ 150 sales price will be achieved during 2010.

If you’ve been considering treating yourself to a Kindle but have been holding off due to the cost of the device, then it might be worthwhile looking at the overall financial picture. E-books generally cost a fair a bit less than traditional paper books. They don’t use paper, ink or bindings and have no delivery costs. If you get through a book a week then you could recoup the price of your Kindle in just a few months.

Better even than cheap e-books, there is a large selection of free books available for the Kindle on Amazon’s website. A lot of these are out of copyright classics such as Moby Dick, Sherlock Holmes, Gullivers Travels etc. – but you can also choose from recent releases which are being promoted by publishers. There are also a great many books for the Kindle which are available for a purely nominal charge – as low as $ 0.01. So, by taking advantage of free and low cost e-books for your Kindle, you could pretty quickly recover the purchase price of the device.

Discover how you can easily and legally download free Kindle ebooks and make your Kindle reader pay for itself in no time.

Keith Redmann 7 December 2009 Gadgets , , , , , , , , , No Comments

Ten Good Reasons To Treat Yourself To An Amazon Kindle

E-book readers have been available for ten years now. The original reader – the Franklin Ebookman – launched in’99, and it’s still on sale today. However, 2009 has been the year when these devices really entered into the mainstream marketplace. Right now, the Amazon Kindle reader family are the front runners. E-book readers and the downloadable books to read on them are the perfect product for Amazon. So maybe it shouldn’t be surprising that they launched two new readers in the first half of 2009.

The Kindle 2 was first to launch in February and the large, 9.7″ display, Kindle DX hit the market in June. If you haven’t cast your eye over these devices yet, or if you are still unsure as to whether or not an e-book reader is a good choice for you, then here are ten facts hat might just help you to make up your mind:

1. You can download a book from the Amazon store in less than sixty seconds. You’ll never be without anything to read again.

2. E-books are better for the environment. They don’t use ink, paper or binding materials and they don’t generate carbon emissions during distribution.

3. No need to worry about “getting connected”. Amazon use a fee free 3G wireless technology to download Kindle books.

4. You can take the equivalent of a small library with you wherever you go – without breaking your back. The Kindle 2 has storage for 1500 books and the DX holds a whopping 3,500 titles.

5. Customize your Kindle and express your personality. You can even get beautiful leather covers that will make your Kindle look more like a “real” book if you like.

6. There’s a huge selection of books at the Amazon site for you to choose from. With in excess of 300,000 available titles – a number which is increasing every day by the way – you’re certain to find something that you like.

7. Enjoy a little background music while you read. The Kindle is able to store and play mp3 music files.

8. Apart from being kind to the environment, no printing and distribution means that e-books cost you less than traditional printed books.

9. Save money (again). You can find plenty of free books for the Kindle direct on the Amazon website. Many of these are classics – The Last of The Mohicans, Sherlock Holmes etc. – but you will also find special promotions of modern books.

10. The first chapter of most Kindle books is available as a free download. So you can try before you buy and see if you like a book before you part with your cash.

Check out the Kindle soon – it’s the future of reading.

Discover the Kindle ebook reader, and learn how to save money by downloading free Kindle books direct from Amazon.

Keith Redmann 28 November 2009 Gadgets , , , , , , No Comments

E-Book Readers – The Environmental Benefits

These days, it’s probably fair to say that many of us are more environmentally conscious. We are not about to turn into a nation of eco-warriors overnight, but the most people are quite willing to make a little extra effort to be greener. And that’s fine – it is actually a broad range of small changes by a large number of people that tends to make the biggest difference. The good news is that as well as being more environmentally friendly you can save both time and money at the same time.

A recent study performed by Carnegie Melon University clearly demonstrated that shopping online has less impact on the environment than the conventional method of purchasing goods from retail outlets. The example used in the study was the purchase of a flash memory stick. It was shown that the environmental impact of the traditional retail method was 35% worse than using the internet to make an identical purchase.

A parallel study – performed by CleanTech – found that the typical carbon footprint of a conventional printed book was 7.5 kg of CO2 over its lifespan. However, this figure doubled if the customer got into their car, drove to the store, picked up their book and then drove home again instead of having it delivered by mail.

Roughly speaking, 65% of the emissions associated with traditional shopping methods are a consequence of the customer’s transport to the store and the return journey home.

Not only is shopping online better for the environment – it will save you time and you will often be able to find what you’re after at a better price. You can increase the environmental benefits even more simply by choosing the right type of product.

For example, if you choose to buy electronic books instead of the conventional printed type, you will save on paper, ink and the energy used in the printing and binding process. As a rule, electronic books are cheaper than the printed versions – plus you save on gas. You can even subscribe to get newspapers and magazines delivered to e-book readers like the Amazon Kindle reader every day.

Likewise, if you opt to download music to your PC or mp3 player, you will save on CDs, packaging and distribution emissions. Downloading movies, which you can now do from Amazon, iTunes and a host of other sites also has both financial and environmental benefits.

So when it comes to buying online, why not adopt a two pronged approach. Firstly, if you can save on a trip to the store in your car by buying online then that will normally be a sensible option. Secondly, if you can swap downloadable products for physical ones then you will not only be doing your bit for the planet – but you will save time and money.

Read more about the Amazon Kindle ebook reader and see how you can save by getting free Kindle books direct from the Amazon website.

Keith Redmann 27 November 2009 Gadgets , , , , , , , No Comments
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