Free Books for Your Kindle [Kindle Edition]

Bufo Calvin (Author)

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Product Description

NOTE: The full text of this book is now available in the Kindle Kollection, along with two other early Kindle books by Bufo Calvin. Please order that book instead to get a better value.

This simple guide will show you how to get hundreds of free books for your Kindle!

NOTE: This title does not actually contain the free books, but will help you find them.

NOTE: There is a revised version of this title available.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 30 KB
• Print Length: 17 pages
• Publisher: Bufo Calvin; 2008314h2 edition (March 11, 2008)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0015VW3ZI
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #57,199 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #5 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Lifestyle & Home > Home & Garden > Antiques & Collectibles > Books
  • #15 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Antiques & Collectibles > Books

More About the Author

Bufo Calvin has been writing for more than thirty years. With a background both in books (as a former bookstore manager and inveterate reader) and technology (going back to the punch card days), the Kindle was a natural fit. With a strong desire to help people understand and enjoy things, which led to a career as a professional educator, Bufo has become a well-known part of the community of Kindle owners.

Since answering questions is one of Bufo's favorite things to do, you are invited to ask them in the forum on this page.

"ILMK: I Love My Kindle!"

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

132 of 140 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT TIME-SAVER, February 25, 2009

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mostserene1 (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Free Books for Your Kindle (Kindle Edition)

This is the eBook for you if, like me, you want all of the free book links in one place, with hot links to the sites (on the Kindle, hot links are not in blue (duh!), but rather underlined), and some explanation about what each free book site provides and the formats it provides them in. The author does a fabulous job of walking the novice through the free book domain (concept, formats, etc.) and then listing, again, with contextual details, each link.

If you prefer to find each site, download it, and bookmark it yourself, this book may not be for you. But as someone who is still struggling to master all of the Kindle 2's capabilities, I felt this book saved me considerable time and effort. And the author has indicated he will continue to update it.

I should caution both people who buy this useful book as well as those who don't that some of the free books sites are not the easiest to search on and use, at least for a non-computer geek. This, of course, is not the fault of the author, who does a good job of explaining what is involved. Each website is different and some are easier than others to download from. I found it easier to use my computer to identify the books I want, then use the Kindle to download the books you have identified for download.

Amazon seems to be the easiest to use, and you can download from your computer directly to the Kindle without wires, but then maybe it is just that I am spoiled by Amazon.

To conclude, this book is an excellent time and effort-saver. Definitely worth 2 bucks and change. 5 stars!

62 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Paying for Convenience, February 27, 2009

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Robin L. McLaughlin (Seattle, Wa.) - See all my reviews
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As the original reviewer mentioned, this info is available many places on the web and in the forums here on Amazon. I went ahead and purchased this for two reasons though and feel it was well worth the relatively small cost.

First of all the author is extremely helpful with making posts on the Kindle forums here on Amazon and providing site addresses and info about free books. So my buying this is partly as a thank you to him for taking his time in being so helpful and free with good information, especially for us new Kindle owners.

Second of all I had started making notes of the site addresses and other stuff for later use. (My new Kindle 2 already has several books lined up for me to read so I'm not nearly to the point of investigating all the free book world has to offer me yet!) But finally I decided screw it, I'd rather have all the info in one easy to access location, and what better location than right on my Kindle! It was worth it to me to pay the cost for that convenience and additional ease of use.

37 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, Everything all in One Place, May 12, 2009

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bookprincess (Sacramento, CA) - See all my reviews

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Personally, I would rather spend my time reading books rather than searching for them. This book allows you to do just that. This well researched book puts at your fingertips all of the resources of where you can find free books on the internet all in one place. I have heard some say that they could find this info on their own, and to that I say do what works for you. I can also mow my own lawn, cut my own hair, and change my own oil, but choose not to ;)