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Free Kindle on your PC
Fri 4-Feb-11
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bobbyW
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Rather than buy a kindle, just download Amazon kindle for PC and register then take advantage of the free books. I've just downloaded Sherlock Holmes as a tester and it looks fine.
Once downloaded and installed,you will need to register the reader with an Amazon account (if you have not already got an account create one), then look for books marked 0.00 in the shop.

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Brilliant, thank you.  I saw this mentioned elsewhere, but no link was given aargh

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Fri 4-Feb-11
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bobbyW said:

Rather than buy a kindle, just download Amazon kindle for PC and register then take advantage of the free books. I've just downloaded Sherlock Holmes as a tester and it looks fine.
Once downloaded and installed,you will need to register the reader with an Amazon account (if you have not already got an account create one), then look for books marked 0.00 in the shop.

 

You're a crafty one.....my library is running thin out here...what a bonus....smile

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wave  It's a great idea, but it would be a bit difficult to cuddle down in bed with the computer.  big_laugh   I love my kindle for reading in bed.

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Fri 4-Feb-11
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Put your earphones on and plug into the pc, then let the screen reader tell you a bedtime story smile

Here's 100 free books to start with

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Fri 4-Feb-11
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Well I'm b*ggered...I tried it out but it is for UK customers only...must have picked up that I am in BG...they didn't do that when I purchase a £100 gift voucher from them at Christmas....sorry you can't but one...you're not in the UK......aarghaargh

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Fri 4-Feb-11
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sent you a pm epsmile

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In my previous life Kindle is what rabbits do  (Giving birth ) ,Scarecrow would appreciate hers doing this .

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Strange ep as I managed to download the Kindle here in Latvia, it was the Mac version thoughdoh

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There seem to be quite a lot of decent free books available - I'll have to take a look, after downloading the mac version of the kindle reader...

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wave  Thanks Bobby.  I have downloaded quite a few free books to my kindle.

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Bobby, all downloaded brilliantly thanks but how do I turn on the screen reader ? have beenthinking of running this in the car when I am driving. Thanks

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Depends on your operating system,search for Narrator.
In XP it's

On the Start menu:
Point to All Programs.
Point to Accessories.
Point to Accessibility.
Select Narrator.

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Wow, I didn't know that function existed!  It's very quiet though.

I'll try that again!

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We are having a bit of a palaver in our house, it would seem that Firefox works better at getting around Amazon's reluctance to download books - despite the fact they are supposed to be free on the web anyway due to being uploaded by volunteers, also some email accounts work better than others. Got there in the end both I and hubby have now been able to download some books cheers. Now just need some time to read them.roll_eyes

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