<p>Any recommendations? I just “bought” A Christmas Carol, and would be interested in knowing what other free books you all would recommend.</p>
<p>I am reading the complete works of f scott fitzgerald and sherlock holmes. I also happened to get Wi’tch Fire for free, I guess it was some sort of a promotion or something, if that is still free that might be something to check out. I am almost done with it and looking forward to getting the next book even if I do have to pay for that one. XD</p>
<p>Any ideas how to acquire books the kindle store doesn’t have? There are some books I expect to pay for but can’t find anywhere even to buy them, only tons of websites for public domain ebooks.</p>
<p>The Kindle’s format is a derivative of the mobi format, so an .mobi file will also work. You can check here [Mobipocket.com</a> - eBooks and ebook reader for your PC, PDA and Smartphone: Palm, Windows mobile, Symbian, Blackberry, or PocketPC.](<a href=“http://www.mobipocket.com/en/HomePage/default.asp?Language=EN]Mobipocket.com”>http://www.mobipocket.com/en/HomePage/default.asp?Language=EN)</p>
<p>They are all free at the library.</p>
<p>I’m in the middle of reading Crossroads Cafe…very light reading (after reading The Lost Symbol I needed a mindless read)…very well written…</p>
<p>Emma by Jane Austen</p>
<p>Originaloog - ah, I hear you. I was initially resistive to the kindle, nook, ereader phenomenon. I love libraries, I love book stores. I harbor a fear that we may witnessing the beginning of something akin to the digital camera supplanting film cameras. DH bought me one for xmas and I am hooked. I travel a lot with him and I also spend a lot of time waiting for elderly parents and loved ones in the hospital. I will never be without reading material and I am ecstatic. As an educator, I am also excited that some of the young adults with whom I work will be able to use the text enabled feature to assist them with reading. </p>
<p>Anyway, I love it. I am just surprised that my DH made a purchase that will support my reading addiction. Does he expect to have any meals prepared at home???</p>
<p>Off topic: I love my Kindle. But I don’t love that I can’t pass good books to others (a good part of the pleasure of discovering a good book)and I am not supporting my local bookstore. I still buy some “real” books and borrow or buy audio books in addition those I read on my Kindle.</p>
<p>I feel bad about not supporting local bookstores as much as I used to, because it is much easier for my old eyes to read with the backlighting on my ipod, but then I found the indiebound app
<a href=“http://www.indiebound.org/[/url]”>http://www.indiebound.org/</a></p>
<p>My sister got some free books under the “classics” section for her Kindle.
She recently reread “Dracula” and said it was great.</p>
<p>I agree, Mafool! I don’t want books to disappear. I will still buy real books for myself and for my daughter - and then donate a sizable number to our local library. Oh, dear, I do enjoy this darn thing more than I would have thought!!</p>
<p>I have been reading a Father Brown mystery series of short stories by G.K. Chesterton. He writes beautifully and uses words that I have to look up in a dictionary. I found it after following the instructions on CC about accessing books from the Project Gutenberg.</p>
<p>Check The Book Bazaar section of Kindleboards.com; I’ve selected several free or inexpensive books over the months from information I got there. Also check the Amazon Kindle forums - someone developed a search that updated the free offerings (a “tiny url?”), but I didn’t bookmark it and can’t readily find the link.</p>
<p>“Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen is my favorite free one, so far.</p>
<p>I just got my hubby one for christmas, but he can’t figure out how to access the free books section – can anyone help?</p>
<p>mom22girls,</p>
<p>We have had several kindle threads, lately.</p>
<p>I put some information in a post to another CC member just a few days ago about free content.</p>
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<p>I have to go cut and paste the other tip to get free content. Be right back!</p>
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<p>Good luck! Search the numerous kindle threads here for even more information!</p>
<p>In the Kindle web browser (under MENU and EXPERIMENTAL and BASIC WEB), do a search for The Magic Catalog of Project Gutenberg. If you bookmark this, you can easily come back and find a huge database of free books.</p>
<p>A recent free book that I already owned (and loved) in print is “Not your mother’s slow cooker” - great recipes for winter!</p>