<p>^^thanks for the correction!</p>
<p>No prob, mamom - just want snowball to know just what exactly the Kindle is capable of.</p>
<p>Also - I would like to correct what I wrote about the nook in post #80 - you will not be able to read a book on a nook WHILE it’s lent out (not ONCE it’s lent out!). Obviously, once those 14 days are up, the book returns to your account and you of course can read whatever book that’s rightfully yours forever. (However - it’s still true that you won’t be able to ever lend that book out ever again.)</p>
<p>If you want to read the same book at the same time on Kindle all six people can do it, you just need to turn off the synchronization so it does not try to keep all of you on the same page 
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<p>I use synchronization to read the same book on my Kindle and on my Blackberry when I am out waiting for people or somewhere by myself without the Kindle. It keeps up with where I am no matter which one I am reading it on. DH and I have agreed not to read the same book at the same time so I don’t have to turn it off.</p>
<p>I have a Kindle 2 and my DH uses the free Kindle reading app on our Netbook.
We share the same amazon acct.
All the books that either one of us buys (free or paid) ‘live’ in our amazon acct for either one of us to use. </p>
<p>We can read the same book at the same time. I only keep books on my actual Kindle until I’ve read them, then I ‘remove from device’ . It helps me see what is next to read!
But I can always go back and redownload it to my Kindle if I wanted to (at no additional charge).</p>
<p>LOVE my Kindle. I also downloaded ALL the free content at first but found that about half of it wasn’t my cup of tea. Now I am more selective and still have many books ready to read. </p>
<p>I also stalk the bestseller list on Kindle amazon and wait for a good price on the non-free books…I got the 1st ‘girl with the dragon tattoo’ book for $4.77 one day. It then went up considerably. Go figure.</p>
<p>I agree I LOVE my Kindle. I was always a big reader, but since I had kids I cut back a lot. Since H gave me my Kindle for xmas last year I can’t put it down. How incredible that I can download a book in 60 seconds from Amazon? I can’t compare to the Nook, I haven’t really looked at it, but I love the Kindle enough to think about buying another one to have available for the kids. </p>
<p>Agree with musicmom, prices on books can change from day to day, hour to hour, you just have to keep checking.</p>
<p>I love my new Kindle, but I am kind of sad about the prices. I used to read ebooks, usually not first run, for maybe $6; most of the books I’ve seen so far at Amazon are $12.99. So I will not be as voracious as I’d hoped with my reading.</p>
<p>I got my first Kindle just about 3 weeks ago. OMG, I just love it. I love reading, but for some crazy reason it’s just so much easier for me to read for longer on the Kindle than a physical book. I have also been able to download for free some very old, long out-of-print books that I’ve wanted to read for a long time.</p>
<p>It is just a brilliant gadget. After some deliberation I opted for the larger format one, and for me it’s been a great choice.</p>
<p>martina99- I rarely pay more than $6-7 for the books I buy. Ocasionally, I have to have a ceratain book and pay more than that, but not often. I must not be buying new releases or best sellers.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/technology/companies/01amazonweb.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/technology/companies/01amazonweb.html</a></p>
<p>I subscribe to a couple of blogs that list books being sold cheaply or free.
[5</a> kindle books at good prices Kindle Review – Kindle 3 Review, iPad Review](<a href=“http://ireaderreview.com/2010/09/23/5-kindle-books-at-good-prices/]5”>http://ireaderreview.com/2010/09/23/5-kindle-books-at-good-prices/)
and
[Who</a> is Mark Twain Free Today from Amazon Free Kindle Books Plus a Few Other Tips](<a href=“http://freekindle.■■■■■■■■■■■■■/2010/09/23/who-is-mark-twain-free-today-from-amazon/]Who”>http://freekindle.■■■■■■■■■■■■■/2010/09/23/who-is-mark-twain-free-today-from-amazon/)</p>
<p>Agree - I rarely pay more the $6-7either. Sometimes the $9.99 if it is one I really want. If it goes above that I look for hardcover deals or wait for it to come out cheaper. I have refused to pay the $12.99-$14.99 for new releases when it it not much over or even any more than the hardcover. I also will not pay a Kindle price that is higher than a paperback price. Sometimes Kindle prices are strange. But I cruise through a lot and can find deals. Also sometimes I will see an author release something and then explore their earlier work at a more reasonable price instead. I find it easier to search on the Amazon computer site than on the Kindle.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info! I tend to read at least a book a week, so I was looking at having to cut back if I went Kindle only at $12.99 a book. I would think with the reduced printing & distribution costs, they could go a tad cheaper on the prices.</p>
<p>My family will be happy to see the random piles of books go away. And I don’t have to worry about getting to the library with a book that’s due.</p>
<p>One more thing about book costs - if you are a fan of reading classic novels from the 19th century to early 20th century (Austen, Dickens, Twain, Bronte, Tolstoy, etc) - keep in mind that you can purchase out-of-copyright (in the US, that means author has been deceased for more than 70 years) on either your Amazon Kindle store or sites with Kindle-compatible files such as Project Gutenberg for free!</p>
<p>If this has been covered, I apologize. If you have more then one kindle account, say one for an iphone, and one for a ipad, and you want to ‘share’ an account so that everyone has access to the same material, how would you do that? Obviously one user would loose material…that’s no big deal. We plan on getting a Kindle as well so we’d like to figure out how to run all devices on the same account before we get another one.
Any help would be appreciated. Many thanks!!</p>
<p>blueiguana - just ‘deregister’ those devices from their respective accounts, and then register them to the primary account.</p>
<p>Many thanks. I’ll give that a go. Have a great weekend! :)</p>
<p>info on the free books ucigrad mentions
[Thousands</a> of Free Books from Amazon Today Free Kindle Books Plus a Few Other Tips](<a href=“http://freekindle.■■■■■■■■■■■■■/2010/09/24/thousands-of-free-books-from-amazon-today/]Thousands”>http://freekindle.■■■■■■■■■■■■■/2010/09/24/thousands-of-free-books-from-amazon-today/)</p>
<p>What kind of ereader are U?</p>
<p>[The</a> Right E-Reader For You - WSJ.com](<a href=“The Right E-Reader For You - WSJ”>The Right E-Reader For You - WSJ)</p>
<p>Cute, but didn’t answer my latest question. My cousin’s 9 year old is a big reader and his aunt is going to get him an Ereader for his 10th birthday. While he read all the Harry Potter books when he was 7-8, are there more books available with the Nook vs. Kindle for that age group? He is capable of reading any adult book around, but the subject matter would not be appropriate. I don’t really know what he reads other that his mother says the books are taking over the house!</p>
<p>I can’t speak for the Nook, but there are plenty of children’s and YA books available on the Kindle. Some free, some at a cost. You can search Amazon for YA or childrens books for the kindle to give you an idea. I have never had my 10yo ask for a book that was not available. Some of the titles on my Kindle for her right now include:Mockinjay, the Lightening Thief, The Alchemyst.</p>
<p>I believe the Nook can also read the free ebooks from the library. It may be worth a search of your cousins 9yo library network to see what is available there.</p>
<p>mamom is right - you don’t need to own the actual device to be able to search the catalog! Just see if the books you think you may be interested in are in the respective stores. Also - you can download the Kindle for PC/Mac/Blackberry/iPhone/iPad applications if you own any of those, and you can buy books and read them on that particular device. If you find that you like the ebook experience, then you may wish to invest in the actual Kindle e-ink hardware.</p>
<p>Love this reader because we can go online and check out books from library systems. No need to buy the books, just check them out for two weeks at a time.</p>