The Kindle 2 Cookbook: How To Do Everything the Manual Doesn't Tell You [Kindle Edition]

David Emberson (Author)

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Product Description

OVER 50,000 COPIES SOLD!!

The Kindle 2 Cookbook provides stey-by-step recipes to do everything the Kindle 2 User's Guide doesn't tell you about--for free. Learn the Kindle's hidden secrets and follow clear, convenient instructions to unlock them. The Kindle Cookbook's handy reference format will make this one book that is always loaded on your Kindle! This edition includes support for Windows XP, Windows Vista and MacIntosh OS X users.


- What the Kindle Manual Doesn't Tell You
- Computers and Flash Drives
- File Formats
- Copy Protection
- Access 1000,000+ Free Books
- Email, Instant Messaging and News
- Send And Receive Email From Your Kindle-Using Any Email Address!
- Browse RSS Feeds Using Google Reader
- Using Google Calendar
- 34,000+ Free Daily News Feeds You Can Download To Your Kindle--Automatically!
- Instant Messaging with Yahoo Messenger
- Searching the Dictionary, Wikipedia and the Internet
- Look Up Any Word In The Dictionary
- Look Up Anything in Wikipedia-The Easy Way
- Search the Web
- Search the Kindle Store
- Search shortcuts
- Navigation, Bookmarks, Clippings and Notes
- Automatic Page Turning
- Printing, Images and Illustrations
- Save An Image of Your Kindle's Screen
- Print Pages From An Ebook
- How to Zoom Those Tiny Little Illustrations
- Picture Viewer
- Converting Files to Kindle Format
- Convert Multiple Documents and Download to Your Kindle
- Converting PDF Files
- Converting Microsoft .LIT Files
- Converting Sony .LRF Files
- Convert Anything That Can Be Printed On Your Computer
- Converting Files to Kindle Format with Stanza
- Audio Books on the Kindle
- Playing MP3 Audio Books on the Kindle
- Playing iTunes Audio Books on the Kindle
- Converting AAC, M4A and M4B Audio Books for the Kindle
- Free Audio Books
- Playing Music on the Kindle
- Text-to-Speech Made Easy
- Kindle Internet User's Groups
- KindleCookbook.com
- Amazon's Digital Text Platform
- Kindle Blogs
- KindleFeeder
- Feedbooks News Stand
- Refreshing the Screen
- Resetting Your Kindle
- Minesweeper
- Display the Time

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 178 KB
• Print Length: 33 pages
• Publisher: Rohala Limited, LLC; First edition (February 27, 2009)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B001GIPJ2Y
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (92 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #28,269 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #2 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Reference > Words & Language > Readers
  • #24 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Reference > Consumer Guides
  • #48 in Books > Education & Reference > Consumer Guides

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

461 of 468 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Book Should Have Been Titled: "Beyond The Kindle Users' Guide- Made Easy", October 23, 2008

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medi (Southern Calif.) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Kindle 2 Cookbook: How To Do Everything the Manual Doesn't Tell You (Kindle Edition)

As a new Kindle owner and an avid follower of the Amazon "Kindle Discussion" forums I knew that the Kindle had the capability to perform a multitude of tasks not listed in the Users' Guide. I also knew that I purchased this rather expensive device simply for convenience-convenience of reading,obtaining and storage of books. And when I used the Kindle I wanted to utilize all the potential short cuts of the Kindle and to optimize the use of the whisper-net(not limited to just obtaining books from Amazon.com). I did not want to use USB cables unless it was absolutely necessary...again I paid good money for the convenience...so why not spend $4 more to make sure I've optimized my convenience?

The problem was that I am only marginally technically competent and I am also a "techno-phobe" (reason why I don't want to use USB cables). With all that in mind I decided to down-load the sample of "The Kindle Cookbook."

Frankly I found the sample a bit scarce. The sample simply contained the book's Table of Contents and a couple of introductory remarks. Hardly impressive. However what drew me in was "The CookBook provides step by step recipes for capabilities you won't find in the Users'Guide." Further, the Table of Contents listed topic after topic of Kindle capabilities that I had encountered in my followings of the Amazon Kindle discussion forums. Needless to say the forums had not always explained clearly and simply how to accomplish all of the above. Thus I risked $4 to download the complete CookBook.

Best $4 I ever spent. There was no re-hashing of the Users'Guide. The book explained each topic in simple step by step manner. In the first night alone I downloaded several free books via whisper-net from non-Amazon.com websites. This alone was worth the $4 but I went on to learn other ways to maximize the use of my Kindle.

My advice is to first review the Table of Contents(using the free sample download). If one or more of these listed Kindle capabilities /topics are worth $4 to you then buy the book with the confidence that these capabilities will be easily realized with the purchase of the book. And yes, you may learn about some of these Kindle capabilities on the internet but for $4 I would just assume store all this information conveniently in my Kindle. So for all you out there who are like me (techno-phobes who possess limited technical skills) this book is for you. Enjoy!

70 of 70 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good first book, October 31, 2008

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A. Strauss (Ridgewood, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Kindle 2 Cookbook: How To Do Everything the Manual Doesn't Tell You (Kindle Edition)

This is a good book for someone just getting a Kindle. This is not a techi book that teaches you how to hack the Kindle to do stuff that it was not designed to do, but rather takes you step by step to those features designed into the kindle but not explained in the user guide. Among other features it shows you how to convert documents, music, and audiobooks to Kindle acceptable format, send and receive Email, load and display pictures and find 100,000+ free ebooks. Many of these operations require the use of free software available on the web. This book gives very clear straightforward step by step instructions for implementing this software. The greatest benefit to me in reading this book is in the time it saves me in accomplishing these tasks. All of the information contained in this book and the programs are available on the internet but require a lot of time to search and alot of time fiddling with the software and the Kindle to get them to work.

84 of 88 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great complement to the Kindle's User Guide - Guides of this type are indispensable for any Kindle owner., September 29, 2008

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Debbie Eidelman (Las Vegas, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Kindle 2 Cookbook: How To Do Everything the Manual Doesn't Tell You (Kindle Edition)

There are many Kindle guides out there and this is the first one I read. There's currently 3 guides out there and I'd recommend getting all three in case each one has even one bit of information that the other two don't. The price can't be beat!

This one covers a lot of information including free books, free newsfeeds, and other services. I've spent a lot of time on my Kindle so I had already come across most of it, but it did give me Google Reader's mobile address. I didn't know there was a mobile Google Reader site, and just for that information alone it was worth the buy. Has a lot of useful links. Easy to understand and straightforward - not techie at all. So if someone who has spent countless hours researching Kindle stuff found new stuff in this guide, there's a good chance you'll find quite a bit of new stuff too! Highly recommended.