Kindle Book Reader. Questions. Pls Help?

Question

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU CAN SURF THE WEB ON THE KINDLE OF ANY WEBSITE YOU WANT.
AND WHEN YOU BUY THE KINDLE DO YOU STILL HAVE TO BUY BOOKS FROM THE KINDLE SOTRE.

Answer 1

You can surf the web but it is only limited to text-based websites, like Google, Wikipedia, Gmail, etc.



And yes, you still have to buy books onto your Kindle device. Ebooks on the Kindle are cheaper than actual books though.



Guess you are considering to get the Kindle, am I right? I own the Kindle 2, so let me give you some of my opinions about it. I've to say I love it! I think I've read over 30 books with my Kindle, no glitches so far! I think I've saved over $100 on buying these 30 books, as they are cheaper than actual books.



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 2 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 (tips: if you're outside the U.S. all the books will have US$2 added, but when you choose to download to computer when you check out, the $2 will be waived, and you can copy the books to your Kindle through USB cable), 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=moreinfo-po-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957



http://www.speedreaderxreview.com/is-kindle-2-worth-the-price



Finally, in case you don't know, Amazon has just put a price slash on the Kindle 2, and it is now selling $100 cheaper than the price I got my Kindle, and it adds in international wireless access and native PDF support... So take the chance if you want it.



Hope it helps :)

Answer 2

I own the Kindle 2, and it is easy for me to say I love it! I think I've read over 20 books so far.



I love my Kindle because it has helped me improve a lot on my efficiency and utilize my time. Before I owned 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 2 along with me. 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 missed 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.



Below is where you can purchase your own from amazon.com:

Answer 3

i've got been utilising the kindle on my pc for sometime as a reference for coursework books and so on, and that i've got no longer too before been given a kindle as a latest. i've got referred to it to be quite effectual because it as skinny as an incredibly small e-e book so i'm able to take it in my bag without worry and read it on the teach/bus. the priority that i to discover Most worthy related to the kindle heavily isn't the specific gadget itself although the kindle shop. the fee of the books on the shop is very much extra good fee than determining to purchase paper/hardback, i controlled to seek for out one ebook that if i bought in hardback is £17.ninety 9 although on the shop it was once 50p. So in case you opt to have it as a low fee technique to purchase books and you ought to be an avid reader then i might advise this product although if youin case you maximum useful each and every now and then study i might advise you just to purchase the e book outright because of the fact the actual kindle gadget and then the fee of recent releases online will many times now no longer even out adequate to precious for you. although, i do no longer evaluate something can quite evaluate to an easily ebook in my view, i've got self assurance utilising digital books is particularly bit fiddly, i know turning pages and so on n no longer waiting on the comparable time here show hundreds lol, plus i detect them extra durable to get into the story.

Answer 4

You can surf the web, but it doesn't look very good. Its very clunky. I wouldn't use it except when there's no other alternative honestly.



You can also download non-DRMed books from sites like manybooks.net, but yes you have to purchase new books from the Amazon Kindle store. You can't purchase from B&N, Sony's store, etc.