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KINDLE FREE FOR ALL: How to Get Millions of Free Kindle Books and Other Free Content With or Without an Amazon Kindle (NEW and UP-TO-DATE: MAY 2011 - For ... Latest Generation Kindles and Kindle Apps)
 
 
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KINDLE FREE FOR ALL: How to Get Millions of Free Kindle Books and Other Free Content With or Without an Amazon Kindle (NEW and UP-TO-DATE: MAY 2011 - For ... Latest Generation Kindles and Kindle Apps) [Kindle Edition]

Stephen Windwalker (Author)
3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews) |
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Publication Date: November 2, 2011
The most complete and up-to-date resource yet for getting free content for your Kindle Fire, Kindle Touch, Kindle Keyboard, Kindle, Kindle DX, and Kindle Apps. Revised November 2011. By Stephen Windwalker, editor of the #1 blog and newsletter for Kindle owners, Kindle Nation Daily. Includes information on Kindle Nation Daily's magical free book search tool and weekly Kindle giveaway sweepstakes.

Prices apply to U.S. Kindle Store customers, but this book also contains resources that will help customers around find millions of free books and other free content for their Kindles and Kindle apps.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Ch 1: How Can This Be? Amazon May Be Making Billions, But Kindle is the Key to "Free"
Between the Chapters, and Just Between Us: Best Resources for Kindle Owners
Ch 2: Use Kindle Nation Daily's Free Book Alerts
Between the Chapters, and Just Between Us: No Kindle Required! How to Download and Use Free Kindle Apps for the PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, BlackBerry, Android and, Soon, the Windows Phone 7 and Other Devices
Ch 3: Find and Download Thousands of Free Books Directly From the Kindle Store
Between the Chapters, and Just Between Us: Using Wi-Fi, 3G, or a USB Cable to Connect Your Kindle
Ch 4: Find and Download Free Books From Kindle-Compatible Free Book Collections
Between the Chapters, and Just Between Us: Easily Find Free Kindle Store Classics Arranged by Author and Title
Ch 5: Find and Download Free Book Samples and Free 14-Day Periodical Trials From the Kindle Store
Between the Chapters, and Just Between Us: Free for You: How to Ask for and Use a Kindle Gift Certificate
Ch 6: Use Calibre to Manage Your Kindle's Free Books and Other Kindle Content
Between the Chapters, and Just Between Us: Email eBooks, Memoranda, Scripts, Manuscripts, Directions, Recipes, Legal Briefs and Other Personal Documents to Your Kindle
Ch 7: Read Blogs, Periodicals, and Other Web Content for Free on the Kindle
Between the Chapters, and Just Between Us: Use eReadUps to Collect Research on Your Kindle or Build Your Own eBooks from Web Sources
Ch 8: Why Your Kindle's Free Wireless Web Browser is a Revolutionary Feature, and May Be the Key to What's Next from Amazon
Between the Chapters, and Just Between Us: Use Your Kindle to Check Your eMail
Ch 9: Unlock the World Of Free Audio on the Kindle
Between the Chapters, and Just Between Us: How to Contact Kindle Nation
Ch 10: Ten Reasons the New Kindle 3 or Kindle Wi-Fi Is a Must if You Love to Read ... And a Few Minor Drawbacks
Between the Chapters, and Just Between Us: Kindle Periodicals and Your Battery
Ch 11: The Politics of "Free" Books In the Age of the Kindle
Between the Chapters, and Just Between Us: The Future of Free in the Kindle Store
Ch 12: The Myth of the Kindle's "Standard" $9.99 Price, the Agency Model, and the ABCs of Kindle Store Pricing
About the Author
Stephen Windwalker publishes the popular Kindle Nation Daily blog and is the author of several books of fiction and nonfiction. He has been writing about Amazon's book-business innovations since 2002 and about the Kindle since the week it was launched. His Kindle guide was the #1 bestselling book in the Kindle Store for 2008 and has sold well over 100,000 copies in various editions around the world. He studied with Kurt Vonnegut and Robert Lowell and was the fiction editor of the Harvard Advocate literary magazine in the 1970s, founded a popular Boston bookstore in the 1980s, and ran marketing for Inc. Magazine's ancillary book, video, and software business in the 1990s.

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About the Author

Stephen Windwalker publishes the popular Kindle Nation Daily blog and is the author of several books of fiction and nonfiction. He has been writing about Amazon's book-business innovations since 2002 and about the Kindle since the week it was launched. His Kindle guide was the #1 bestselling book in the Kindle Store for 2008 and has sold well over 100,000 copies in various editions around the world. He studied with Kurt Vonnegut and Robert Lowell and was the fiction editor of the Harvard Advocate literary magazine in the 1970s, founded a popular Boston bookstore in the 1980s, and ran marketing for Inc. Magazine's ancillary book, video, and software business in the 1990s.

Product Details

  • File Size: 321 KB
  • Print Length: 174 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 145282892X
  • Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
  • Publisher: Kindle Nation Daily, an imprint of Harvard Perspectives Press; (Prices Apply to US Kindle Customers) edition (November 2, 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B004GXAWLO
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Lending: Enabled
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,502 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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343 of 354 people found the following review helpful
Wow....just Wow... December 27, 2010
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
I wasn't expecting much for the price, but I've got to say that I really didn't get my money's worth.

Like many Kindle owners, I kept seeing this title pop-up everywhere. My initial reaction was that it was a scam - some guy trying to con as many people into buying a cheap book as possible (hey, if 10,000 people buy a book for a few bucks, it all adds up, right?).

Turns out there's actually quite a bit of content here. I didn't find it particularly useful, but there are lots of words - don't worry that you're only going to get a two-pager with a few web links. That's not the case.

After reading through this, though, I was left with a few thoughts I hope my fellow Kindle readers will appreciate:

1) It's not a scam, but let's be clear that advertising for the author's website/blog, "Kindle Nation" is probably a big reason this book exists. I can understand pitching it a bit up-front (nothing wrong with a bit of self-promotion), but there's an entire chapter in the middle of the book entitled, "How to Contact Kindle Nation"...

2) It's the Kindle-owner feel-good book of the year! Way too much of this "book" focuses on telling you how great your Kindle is. I agree, of course. The Kindle is awesome, but most Kindle owners should know this without having to read a book about it. :) It's kind of like buying a new TV, and then going out to buy a book about how great your new TV is... Oh, and this new edition talks about getting this free content WITHOUT NEEDING A KINDLE!!! If you pay any attention to the Amazon website, you'll already know that there are Kindle apps for all kinds of devices... No need to buy a book to tell you that.

3) I didn't actually learn anything. The vast majority of information in this book is available on Amazon's Kindle website or in the Kindle manual for free - and it doesn't even provide full end-to-end, step-by-step instructions for most things...you'll still need the manual. The few truly 'new' topics (e.g. Calibre) are pretty easy to find by Googling "Kindle".

4) Not well-written. I'm not an author (and anyone reading my review will probably agree), but the author is just so damn verbose it's not funny. And it's not like the extras words make the steps you need to go through to get the free content easier to understand (that's what bullets are for - and there aren't a lot of those in this book). This is written in a style that makes you feel you're in a 3-hour, one-sided conversation...

Don't get me wrong - some people may well find it useful to buy this.

If your friends all have iPads and you want some talking points around what's great about your Kindle so you can still show your face at parties - this book is for you.

If you're technologically challenged and need someone to hold your hand through Kindle Basics, don't like reading things 'on the web' and you're finding the manual a bit hard to understand - this book is for you.

If you love Kindle Nation and are looking for ways to subsidize it - this book is for you.

If you enjoyed the rambling prose of this review and didn't feel that I could have got my point across simply by saying, "This book sucked" - this book is for you. :)

I gave it two stars instead of one because it does deliver what it claims to and I didn't find any spelling mistakes.

But seriously folks...like...wow.
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122 of 133 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
I've only had a Kindle for about 3 months now. In that time, I found a Kindle blog that I enjoy which referred this book.

As I don't know as much about the Kindle as others, I'm finding this book to be pretty darn useful. And, I think I will get much more use from it as time passes.

I've found the links to be handy, as I have taken the suggestion of the author to put this on my Kindle for PC, as well.

It's also written in a very amusing manner, as well. I do disagree with the author that the lighted cover is a good deal at $60 (I think that is much too expensive), but that is a pretty minor quibble, indeed.

If you know a ton about your Kindle, this probably isn't necessary. For a newer owner, I think it will be quite handy. You will find handy information about free book sites (including Baen)and info. about some of the history. Also various interesting trivia - such as Oprah admitting she had never read Dickens. Odd that she recommends a book she hasn't read, but there you are.

For the cost of 99 cents, this wasn't a hard purchase for me to make.
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39 of 42 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
As other reviewers have mentioned, I wasn't sure what I was going to get for 99cents --- But I pay that much for a song on iTunes, it seemed like a good idea at the time . . . and I am grateful that I bought it.

I'm surprised at the reviewers that say that the only folks to whom this may appeal is those new to the Kindle. While SOME of the information is in the User's Guide, I found much in Steve's book that was quite helpful.

For me the book was a steal if only because of the Chapter on Calibre. As a long time user of eReader on the Palm, I had several books that I was hoping to convert for reading on my Kindle. Books that are not (yet) available on the Kindle and that it would be nice to have readily available electronically.

The other thing that I really liked about Free for All is that it is current and up-to-date. I have also downloaded Michael Gallagher's "Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts" but that book has some way to go to be current for the latest generation (3) of the Kindle. It is readily apparent that Steve's book is current (December 2010).

Yes, he touts his blog. The blog is an excellent resource for books. But there is so much more to this book than just mentioning Kindle Nation that I really have to wonder if a couple of the other reviewers and I even downloaded the same book.

I like having all of the information in one place in my "Kindle Resources" collection.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Waste of time
Totally outdated material. Look at some of the other offerings. Another suggestion is to go to your local library and talk to the librarians. Read more
Published 4 months ago by RopeMan
If your trying to figure it out...
Sure everything can be found on the web, somewhere.

I found this book educational. A great starting point to get moving forward on free kindle books, converting ebooks... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Rick A. Gifford
NOT ALL PRIME MEMBERS CAN BORROW BOOKS!!!!!
IF YOU ARE AN "INVITEE" OF AMAZON PRIME, YOU DO NOT GET TO USE THE LENDING LIBRARY!! YET, NOWHERE DOES IT SAY THIS WHEN YOU TRY TO BORROW A BOOK. Read more
Published 4 months ago by S. H. Hender
Way over $2.99 worth of info
I have an iPod and iPhone, but I am new to the world of Kindle. I got a Fire for Christmas, and I wanted to find information to help me make the most of it. Read more
Published 4 months ago by D. Villarreal
ok, but not worth $3
alot of the information that is given in this book is information you can find simply by googling "how to get free kindle books" as well as the book steers you towards purchasing... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Y. Hathaway
Great for newbies
I am new at being a kindle owner and this book helped me tremendously in learning the ins and outs of my new toy. Highly recommended for newbies! Read more
Published 4 months ago by Hillbilly
nothing new for experienced kindler
Nothing new for experienced kindler. I am glad it is free. If it were 99c, I would have regretted purchasing it.
Published 5 months ago by Y. Sui
I don't like paying for someone's advertising
This book is mostly an advertisement for his web sites, which I didn't find useful. There is some useful information included as well. I was disappointed.
Published 5 months ago by Jeffrey Schultz
Slick marketing
The book is slick. Meaning the work is written tongue-in-cheek-ishly to promote Kindle products, which, one might assume is OK since it is "almost free". Read more
Published 6 months ago by Anthony Perla
Kindel free for all
A must for learners. Well written easy to understand and very informative. The information is such that without this book you may takes ages to discover the underlying... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Robinette
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Stephen Windwalker
I cut my teeth as a writer covering the Cape Cod Baseball League and other sports for what was then called the Cape Cod Standard-Times and later the Boston Globe, studied the craft of writing with Robert Lowell, Kurt Vonnegut, Monroe Engel and Carter Wilson, and served as Fiction Editor of the Harvard Advocate. In 1999 I founded a small independent publishing company called Harvard Perspectives Press (named after two of my favorite institutions from my undergraduate years, the Harvard House of Pizza and the Harvard Wine Company), and it has done astonishingly well, with a couple of niche bestsellers, other work that we have been proud to published, and now some stunning successes with the Kindle publishing platform. I have three wonderful children, and along the way I've been an author, a community organizer, a bookseller, a publishing executive, a marathoner, an elected official, and some other things unsuitable for mention here.

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