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There you'll see any samples you've downloaded and your wish list. If you want to get ebooks on your Kindle that you previously downloaded on your computer or phone, make sure you're connected to the internet by turning off Airplane Mode , tap the Gear icon, and then tap Sync My Kindle. Your new titles should start downloading.
The Kindle store also has a Deals section where you can see all the discounted ebook deals that are currently on offer. You'd be surprised how many great titles go on sale. To get notified about ebook sales, you should sign up for BookBub , which we explain further down on this page.
The selection includes audiobooks and the latest issues of popular magazines. You can have up to 10 Kindle Unlimited titles in your library at a time before you need to delete any. The day free trial lets you try it before you buy it.
Kindle Unlimited ebooks are easy to spot in the store, because they have the words, Kindle Unlimited next to the listing. If you have Kindle Unlimited, when you click on the ebook, it gives you the option to Read for free with Kindle Unlimited. If you don't have it yet, you see the purchase price in one box and the option to get Kindle Unlimited in the other.
You can sign up for Kindle Unlimited in the store by clicking on Kindle Unlimited and starting your day free trial.
And if you're not satisfied with your Kindle Unlimited subscription, you can cancel it at any time. BookBub is a free service that sends you a daily email with ebook deals and discounts. You simply enter your email address, confirm it's you, select the types of ebook deals you want to know about, select Amazon Kindle as the ebook store you use, and follow some of your favorite authors.
From there, you'll get special deal alerts on ebooks you'll love. In the email, just click on the link and you'll be directed to Amazon's store on your phone, tablet, or computer. Click on the buy button, and your ebook should be sent directly to your Kindle when it's connected to Wi-Fi. You can read our full review of BookBub for more details. There are several ways to find free ebooks for your Kindle. If you own a Kindle and you're a Prime Member, you have access to the Kindle Lending Library, which houses more than , titles that you can borrow for free.
To find the free ebooks, go on your Kindle to the store, click on All Categories or the three menu dots, click on Kindle Owner's Lending Library , and look through the ebooks below to see all the ones that are available to you. When you find the ebook you want, click on it and select Borrow for Free. You can only borrow one ebook at a time. When you finish the book, go to My Library , click on the three dots in the lower left corner of the ebook and select Remove From Device.
Then you'll be able to borrow a new ebook. Amazon's Prime Reading is a perk for Prime members , which gives you free access to more than a thousand of the most popular books and magazines. You can download up to 10 titles at a time to your Kindle.
It also includes Amazon First Reads , which gives you early access to one free Kindle book a month, chosen from a collection of editors' picks. To access these free ebooks, go to the store and click on the words Prime Reading to see the titles you have access to. When you click on one of these ebooks, you'll see the option to Read for Free with Prime Reading. Click on that and download your ebook.
This is only for Prime Members, so if you don't have Prime yet, get a free day trial of Amazon Prime here. Amazon has tons of free and cheap ebooks and many of them are classic novels like "Jane Eyre," "Hamlet," and "Alice in Wonderland. Browse all the free Kindle ebooks on Amazon here. If you have a public library card which you should because it's free and easy to sign up for!
Find your local library , sign in with your library card number, then browse all the ebook and audiobooks your library has to offer by subject, language, and keywords. You can also place holds on titles and add books to a wish list. After you click " Borrow ," you'll be directed to your Amazon account to download the title to your Kindle device. Once the loan period expires, the book will automatically be deleted from your account.
OverDrive's latest mobile app is called Libby, and you can download it on iOS here or on Android here. Project Gutenberg has more than 57, free ebooks.
Most of them are classics that are in the public domain, so you can catch up on all those well-known books you've always meant to read like "Pride and Prejudice," "The Odyssey," "Moby Dick," and more. You just find the book you want, make sure that it's in a Kindle-friendly format MOBI is fine , and download it. From there, you can email it to your Kindle email address so it automatically goes to your device.
If you ever download a book onto your device that you later decide you don't want, you're not stuck with it. Kindle devices let you delete any ebook you have in several ways.
And if you decide you don't want an ebook within a week of buying it, you can request a full refund from Amazon. Even if you have more than one Kindle owner in your household, you don't ever need to buy an ebook more than once. Amazon gives you plenty of simple ways to share your ebooks. If you want to share the ebooks you've bought with friends and family members, you can add another adult Amazon user to your account and enable sharing access.
You'll be prompted to add the Amazon account ID and password of the person you want to add. Once your friend or family member has entered their info, Amazon will ask them to confirm that they wish to gain access to your library. As a final confirmation, Amazon will ask you to enable sharing, too. After you've completed all those steps, you can choose which books you want to share.
Be forewarned that you must trust the person you're adding because they will have access to the credit cards associated with the two Amazon accounts. Sharing ebooks with your kids is also easy. After that, you'll enter your parental controls password and your child's name, birthday and gender then tap Next. You'll then pick the books you want to share with your child and then tap Next and Done.
Amazon lets you lend one book from your Kindle account for 14 days without any account linking. Kobo Libra H2O : Its 7-inch Carta E-Ink touchscreen is manageable to hold, and the screen is super sharp with a pixel-per-inch pixel density that mimics print. For parents, these kid-friendly features may be worth the extra money, but we still think the regular budget Kindle is good enough and it's cheaper.
Kobo Nia : The Kobo Nia is an affordable Kindle alternative that supports more ebook formats and comes with enough storage to hold up 6, ebooks. It's still a decent budget e-reader, but the resolution is lower, making the text less crisp, and it has a slower processor that can make searching for titles irritating. The Nook is also more expensive than the entry-level Kindle and Kobo e-readers we recommend, but doesn't have any cool features to justify the extra money. Sony Digital Paper : Sony's Digital Paper is an expensive, but intriguing inch e-reader that doubles as something of a smart notebook.
It's more of a smart notebook than an e-reader, though, and the price makes us hesitate to recommend it, even though it is certainly cool. This one is 7. Older Kindles: Amazon has discontinued older Kindles like the Voyage, the 8th-gen Kindle without a backlight, and the original Oasis. Since they're no longer available, we don't recommend them.
To state the obvious, to test an e-reader, you need to read on it — a lot! But there is a lot more to it than just that. Here's what we look for when we test e-readers. First, we set up the e-readers and download ebooks on them from a variety of sources, including the built-in ebook store, the library, Project Gutenberg, PDFs, and articles online. We note how easy or difficult the process is and we pay attention to the ebook selection available to ensure that popular titles and classics are readily available.
Then, we read on them until we run out of battery, paying attention to how long that takes, using the brightness setting recommended by the manufacturer. We then charge the e-readers and time how long they take to recharge. After that, we check how long the battery lasts when we read at whatever brightness we need for however long we like to see how the e-readers handle extreme book reading binges.
We also test special features like adjustable lighting, Bluetooth audiobooks, and so on. If an e-reader claims to be water resistant, we test the claim by dunking it in a tub of water for the time it's rated to withstand.
For further durability tests, we travel around with the e-readers in our work bags and travel bags without cases. We also drop them from the height of a bed, chair, and table to see how they handle falling. The most important test is obviously what it's like to read on the e-reader, but all these other factors matter, too. Kindle and Kobo are both excellent e-readers.
They are fairly evenly matched in terms of features, book selection, and hardware pricing. The main advantage of Kobo is that it supports the more readily available EPUB format natively, while Kindle does not.
It is also easier to borrow ebooks on a Kobo e-reader with OverDrive integration. If you do not want to buy ebooks from Amazon, you already have a collection of EPUB-format ebooks, or you prefer library books, Kobo is the better option for you. Alternatively, if you already have Amazon's Kindle ebooks, Kindles are the better choice because Amazon's ebook format is not supported on the Kobo e-readers.
It is also really easy to get library books on Kindle, though it does take an extra step. If you read regularly, you should get an e-reader instead of a tablet. Not only do e-readers have E INK screens that are easier on the eye, but they also provide zero distractions from your reading material. When you read on a tablet, it's easy to get distracted, go check email, hop on social media, and lose your focus while reading.
E-readers also have longer battery life so you can read more between charges. However, know that all the platforms offer an app for iOS, Android, and more, which means you can put down an e-reader before you go to bed and continue reading on your phone, tablet, or computer during a lunch break. Kobo's e-readers are the best e-readers for library books. They have a library book borrowing app called OverDrive installed so it's super easy to download library books for free.
However, it is also very easy to borrow ebooks on a Kindle, too. It just takes a few extra steps. The Kindle is the cheapest ebook reader we recommend in our guide. Yes, there are a few, but they are harder to find and buy in the US. Color e-readers are still in their infancy and the colors displayed do not rival those of the LCD or OLED screens on phones and tablets.
The site Good EReader lists several color e-reader options, some of which you can buy through its online store. I have not yet tested any of these e-readers.
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