Can you only buy books for the kindle from the kindle store?

Posted on September 3, 2010 - Filed Under Kindle | 3 Comments

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Seriously want a kindle, bυt wаѕ wondering іf уου саn ɡеt books fοr thеm frοm anywhere οthеr thаn thе kindle store? Searched fοr a specific author іn thе store, I hаνе kindle οn mу mobile, bυt thеrе weren't аnу books bу thіѕ author іn thе store. I realise thаt ѕοmе authors haven't authorized υѕе fοr thе kindle уеt, bυt wondered іf thеrе wеrе οthеr stores mаkіnɡ more books available!

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3 Responses to “Can you only buy books for the kindle from the kindle store?”

  1. Maxim on September 3rd, 2010 4:08 am

    I found most of the books I want in the Kindle store, but that isn’t the only source. The Kindle supports open formats like PDF. You can see the section "Files Kindle Recognizes" on the official page here for what file formats the Kindle can support:

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fhelp%2Fcustomer%2Fdisplay.html%3Fie%3DUTF8%26nodeId%3D200505520%26ref_%3Dhp%5Fk3land%5Ftrans&tag=elec-m-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957

    I own the Kindle, so let me give you some of my opinions. It is a great device, and I’ve to say I love it! I think I’ve read over 30 books with my Kindle, no glitches so far! And since Kindle books are cheaper than actual books, I think I’ve saved around $120 on buying books already.

    One of the reasons I love my Kindle is that it has helped me improve a lot on my efficiency and utilize my time. Before I have the Kindle, waiting time like when I’m waiting for friends or waiting for shuttle bus or some thing like that is simply wasted. Now I just need to bring the Kindle along with me, and all my favorite books are inside it. Another thing I like the most is the text-to-speech function, which means I can "read" books without even holding or looking at the Kindle. Now I like to use this function when I’ve myself busy on some boring things, say when I’m on the step machine or doing some housework…

    I like reading and at the beginning I did miss a bit on the feeling of reading books. But now I love to hold the Kindle, the e-ink seems to work very well, it is really like reading books… Now I often read with the Kindle for several hours but I don’t feel tired… And I now prefer to manage all books inside the Kindle rather than my never big enough bookshelf… And like to do bookmarking, annotation, dictionary lookup without any additional thing but a Kindle.

    There are quite a lot of free books, and many Kindle books, magazines and newspapers are cheaper than the actual paper version. I remember I read these reviews about the benefits of the Kindle when I decided to buy it:

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freview%2FR2DUM7S4XW06QN%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ASIN%3DB00154JDAI%26nodeID%3D%26ref%255F%3Dcm%255Fcr%255Fpr%255Fcmt&tag=elec-m-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957

    And below are the millions of free books and full list of bestselling books for the Kindle, that you can check from time to time:

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/b/?node=2245146011&tag=elec-m-20

    http://www.amazon.com/b?node=1286228011&tag=elec-m-20

    Last but not least, I’ve mentioned quite a lot about the new Kindle and which model to choose, in another answer here:

    http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100730192050AAMa0pH

    Hope it helps :)

  2. Mike P on September 3rd, 2010 4:08 am

    You can buy books in PDF, MS Word formats, etc., and they can be read on the Kindle as well.

    I love my Kindle very much, btw. If you’re thinking about getting the Kindle, I’ll say get it instead of other ebook readers and you won’t regret. Right now I’ve read over 50 books with the Kindle, and I really like the idea that I can bring and store all the books with the handy device. Besides, it uses the e-ink technology, it is really clear like reading books; and even I read with the device for long hours, I don’t feel tired. The internet browsing comes handy as well when I want to look for information on some specific area. My only complaint is the white case, the Kindle is only sold in white at the time when I got it, but now the new Kindle has graphite case which looks much better ;)

    Kindle books are cheaper than hard copies. I suggest you to read this review from a top reviewer who is also a book lover, it outlines quite a lot of benefits of the Kindle and also why it is worth especially at the end of the review:

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freview%2FR9J54TZ1541OR%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref%255F%3Dcm%255Fcr%255Frdp%255Fperm&tag=more_info-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957

    And there are some websites, where you can find more than a million of free books for the Kindle, so that’s why you no longer need to get to library, you can actually own these books:

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/b/?node=2245146011&tag=more_info-20

    If you need to read PDF with charts and graphics, you may want to go for the larger Kindle DX (both the new Kindle and the new Kindle DX are now at a cheaper price and with better contrast). Read this review and you should be able to decide which one to get:

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freview%2FR23V08M2LNB81I%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ASIN%3DB0015TCML0%26nodeID%3D%26ref%255F%3Dcm%255Fcr%255Fpr%255Fcmt&tag=more_info-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957

    Hope this helps.

  3. Smarto on September 3rd, 2010 4:08 am

    There’re place where you can buy books outside of the Kindle store, and put on the Kindle. Here is a fresh review about the new Kindle which talks about this:

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freview%2FR1U3VFFKP4X09G%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref_%3Dcm_cr_rdp_perm&tag=searchresult-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957