<p>OK I just bought a Kindle, and I think it will be very convenient and useful.</p>
<p>But it seems to me that it is permanently linked to my Amazon account. If anyone steals it can they just run up 1000’s of $$ of charges on my credit card through Amazon?</p>
<p>I don’t see any simple way to “log out” and just read what’s on the Kindle at present. There seems to be an option to “deregister” but that seems a lot more serious than just a normal temporary logging out from Amazon.</p>
<p>If you deregister it, they can’t charge anything to your account. It’s essentially the same thing as a “log out.” If your Kindle is ever stolen, go into your Amazon account via a computer immediately and deregister it. Also, you should call Kindle CS and report the stolen/lost Kindle. They will essentially brick the device so that it can no longer be registered (if it happens to be returned to you, you just call Kindle CS back for them to unbrick it).</p>
<p>Amazon also has a 7 day money back on any purchased ebooks. If someone does happen to run some hefty charges up on your account, just call and have the ebooks “returned.” They will be removed from the device and from your bill. A thief would only be able to purchase books and not items with your Kindle unless they knew your Amazon password.</p>
<p>You could also password protect your Kindle to add another layer of security.</p>
<p>sorghum–What do you think of the Kindle? Are you pleased with it? How did you decide on the Kindle instead of B&N’s version?</p>
<p>I don’t know about Kindles but I have a Nook and set up a password so nothing can be downloaded from barnes and noble without the password.</p>
<p>^^ Yes, just set up a password as shown here
[Amazon.com</a> Help: New to Kindle? Start Here](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_k2start_pass?nodeId=200375510&#kpassword]Amazon.com”>http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_k2start_pass?nodeId=200375510&#kpassword)</p>
<p>I didn’t realize you could set a password but it seems like too much trouble to me to have to key one in every time I turn on my Kindle. I’m turning the thing on and off all day long. If I lost my kindle, I would just go online and deregister it.</p>
<p>I love my new Kindle, but I’m realizing I have to be careful! I can connect by wireless to the online store, search for a book on any subject, and charge it to my credit card by merely clicking on “Buy.” Much too easy to spend money, lol!</p>
<p>^ I download the free samples first. It saves me a lot of money because if I don’t get around to reading the sample, then I won’t buy it. Even still, I have at least a dozen books on my kindle waiting to be read. At least it saves wall space!</p>
<p>A couple of days after I bought the Kindle I had an aggressive salesperson in Barnes and Noble trying sell me a Nook. To me the Nook seemed more like an Ipad, and as I have an Iphone, I don’t really need that.</p>
<p>The Kindle is for DD who has to read a lot of stuff in summer while traveling. She already likes it and it is working out great.</p>
<p>I really appreciate Kender’s reply which is worth the CC subscription price and more … it reassures me a lot that nothing bad can happen beyond just buying another one. (By the way it was discounted at Staples for $121 when I bought it last week).</p>
<p>When I read, I depend more on graphics/ data and so on, so I am still not sure if the normal little Kindle would be ideal for me. But with the number of them you see on any flight these days, you know they are working well for a lot of people.</p>
<p>You must mean the Nook Color? That’s a different animal than the regular Nook, which is more in line as a competitor to the Kindle.</p>
<p>Kindle question- Was reading Bossypants yesterday, can’t seem to read some sections via Kindle. The font remains way too small, despite enlarging it to maximum size.
The sections I can’t read are a “letter” and “transcript of SNL” which must be different font/ type in the book version.
Very frustrating …have others accounted this problem???</p>
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I don’t have the Kindle version of that book, but I do have the hard copy of it. There are a few sections that are not the regular font, but look like a typewritten script reproduced on the pages - I guess it would be more of a graphic than text. Maybe that’s why…
Love the book though…I found myself laughing out loud in public when reading it, much to my embarrassment sometimes!</p>
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<p>Yes - I’ve had the problem with some graphics/tables/charts in a few books. I think because they are so small to begin with that it’s hard to blow them up to normal size. You can download Kindle for your PC (or iPad) and then pull your books up on that. You can probably read the text much better on your PC. You will have to sync first either through 3G or wifi, depending on which Kindle you have.</p>
<p>my2sunz= you are correct, the parts were typewritten - ie “SNL Palin transcript”-
And, I too, laughed so hard tears were running. Glad I was home !!!</p>
<p>Momlive- good idea to download to PC to see.
One section was quite long, and there might be a time when such a section is critical to the story.Thanks for solution.</p>
<p>This is one thing that Kindle is NOT good at, anything not text. Other devices do a much better job of graphics, pictures,and inserted objects than Kindle does. If you have to read a lot of documents with those in them, Kindle may not be the right choice for you.</p>
<p>For anyone considering a Kindle, or adding a second Kindle: woot dot com is selling refurbished second-generation Kindles for $89 today.</p>
<p>I bought one for my family to share (because I never am without mine long enough for anyone else to finish a book.)</p>
<p>Talk about an impulse purchase. I just bought one of those Kindles - something I had no intention of doing until I saw your post. Fingers crossed that it arrives and actually works. I’ve never bought a refurbished item before - yikes!</p>
<p>This will make two refurbished Kindles for me. “My” Kindle is refurbished, purchased from Amazon last June. It was a bit of an impulse purchase – decided I wanted to have one for my week-long beach trip. It has worked like a charm, no problems. </p>
<p>Enjoy your Kindle!</p>
<p>Just got a new one with 3G, and a leather case with light. Okay - a splurge 
I decided to get the 3G one because it turns out that it has a decent web browser and you can check your email etc. on it wherever you are, and with no charges. I decided it was worth the $50 for that feature alone!!! I’ll be traveling several times this year, and I’d rather not take my laptop with me - but I do like to be able to check my email, etc. and love to be able to read…
It’s going to take me a while to figure out how to use all its functions though!</p>
<p>mrsref, if you’re still around, did you get your Woot refurbished Kindle yet? </p>
<p>Mine arrived today and I’m trying to get it charged up. I was really annoyed that it didn’t come with a power adapter so I have to charge it through a USB port in my computer and the instructions say that will take 4-6 hours and that during that time my computer shouldn’t go to standby, hibernate, or sleep. All the info on Amazon indicates that Kindles come with power adapters but the instruction booklet that came in the box has an asterisk saying “not all configurations ship with a power adapter.” I see on Amazon that a replacement power adapter costs 20 bucks. Kind of wipes out my great Woot savings. Grrr. </p>
<p>Are you having this experience as well?</p>