Links Every Kindle Owner Should Have

daffy4u · 06-07-2009, 12:22 PM

This week I was working with 2 other people with Kindle 2s. One of them expressed that she knew she was missing out on a lot of information that would allow her to use her Kindle to it's fullest. I quickly cobbled together an email with several links to get her started.

I realized it would be much easier to point someone to a wiki page (and/or sticky thread) with all of the links that would be the most helpful to new and current Kindle owners.

I would like your input on sites that have been helpful to you or that you would like to share with Kindle owners. Please add your link and and a blurb on why or how you think it is helpful. You could give links to blog sites, or software sites or other discussion sites... whatever!

Here is the list I started with (with one or two additions since then and I know I left a lot out)

:

MobileRead - for all things ebook and ebook readers

MobileRead's Kindle Forum - for all things Kindle

Visual Kindle Guide - a tips and tricks wiki (BTW, will need input from you DX owners to help update that wiki page since I will not be getting a DX - thanks)

Kindle Myths and Partial Truths - the title speaks for itself

Calibre Software and the Calibre Forum on MobileRead (ebook management software created by a MR member, it also allows you to create your own newspapers for free from RSS feeds)

MobileRead's Mobi Guide for Free Public Domain Books (you can download this guide to your computer and transfer it to your Kindle documents folder or surf to site on you Kindle web browser and download it directly into your Kindle.

Feedbooks Mobi Guide for Free Public Domain Books (may have some books different from MobileRead but the guide is used in the same way, this link is to the instruction page on how to use the guide - you can also create newspapers for you Kindle with software on this site)

Manybooks.net (no download guide but lots of free Public Domain books, also free audiobooks)

1001Books - created by a MR member and Kindle owner (Daithi) to provide links to Public Domain books available at MobileRead or Feedbooks that are in formats usable on the Kindle - very easy to use.

benham · 06-07-2009, 01:54 PM

Hey these are even good for Kindle maybe wannabe people too!

Sporadic · 06-07-2009, 02:24 PM

Guess I'll have to pimp my thread...

Free & very cheap books for the Kindle - Up-to-date list of free & very cheap ($1 and under) books available from Amazon.com for the Kindle.

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KindleBoards.com - Another very active Kindle board.

daffy4u · 06-07-2009, 03:00 PM

Thanks sporadic!

I'll give this thread a least a week to collect links then I'll start to build the wiki page. Of course I hope people will continue to contribute.

zelda_pinwheel · 06-07-2009, 03:02 PM

great idea daffy, and you should definitely add this info to the wiki as well. i've stuck this thread to make it easy to find.

daffy4u · 06-07-2009, 03:07 PM

Thanks Miss Z!

sirbruce · 06-07-2009, 04:04 PM

Free books for the Kindle - Sporadic's updated list of free and cheap ebook promotions on Kindle.

Great Deals on Kindle - Amazon's own partial list of free and cheap ebook promotions on Kindle.

AmazonKindle - Amazon's convenient URL to manage your library and notes online, as well as a quick links to the "Manage Your Kindle" and "Kindle Support" pages.

desertgrandma · 06-07-2009, 04:32 PM

This link

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custom...deId=200127470

Takes you directly to the kindle support page without having to sign in.

You can download manuals for all kindles, and use the "contact us" button"

More useful for those who don't have Kindles, but want more info, like the manuals, or FAQ.

daffy4u · 06-08-2009, 12:41 PM

Blogs:

Reversing Everything - MobileRead member igorsk dissects the software and hardware of Kindle 1 and Kindle 2.

Massively Parallel Procrastination - Jesse Vincent's blog on the creation of Savory for Kindle 2 and various other projects

iReaderReview - switch11's very prolific blog (a personal favorite).

Social Networking:

Kindle Forum, Kindle Social Network - a Kindle Social Networking site

Publishing on the Kindle:

Amazon DTP - Amazon's own Desktop Publishing site

Kindle Formatting - Joshua Tallent's site on how to best format your ebook for the Kindle. He also offers formatting services.

Podcasts:

The Kindle Chronicles - Len Edgerly's weekly podcast. Interviews, tips and tricks. Can be subscribed to via iTunes or downloaded directly from the website (and you can listen to it on your Kindle!)

kevindorsey · 06-08-2009, 06:23 PM

So, I'm assuming this is a free for all to add links?

daffy4u · 06-08-2009, 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kevindorsey

So, I'm assuming this is a free for all to add links?

Yes, please.

Quote:

Originally Posted by daffy4u

I would like your input on sites that have been helpful to you or that you would like to share with Kindle owners. Please add your link and and a blurb on why or how you think it is helpful. You could give links to blog sites, or software sites or other discussion sites... whatever!

Elsi · 06-08-2009, 07:00 PM

The three blogs that I check daily are:

Amazon's Kindle Blog -- this is the same as the "Kindle Daily Post" item in the Kindle Storefront page in the Kindle itself. Using my browser means I don't have to turn on the Kindle's antenna just to see what Amazon might be promoting.

The Kindle Reader -- an almost daily posting with links to books for the Kindle. Most links are to Amazon, but sometimes to MobileRead or other sources for books.

Books on the Knob -- the site says "Bargain reads, book reviews, the Amazon Kindle and some games, technology and computers tossed in now and then."

dancin86 · 06-12-2009, 04:16 PM

Great info! Thanks. I can't wait to get my Kindle 2, but in the meantime I'll check these links out.

Mike L · 06-18-2009, 09:20 AM

Here's a service I've found useful:

http://www.edukindle.com/downloads/kindlepedia/

In short, you enter the URL of any Wikipedia article (only the English version at present). After a few seconds, you get a link for downloading the article as a nicely formatted Mobi file, ready for you to transfer to your Kindle or open in any other Mobi-compatible reader.

I've found this especially useful for reading long articles at my leisure. I'm outside Whispernet range, so can't otherwise access Wikipedia on my Kindle. In the articles I've received so far, the formatting has been excellent.

webdevgirl · 06-21-2009, 12:25 AM

Here's another one Kindle Katalog. They have an extensive library of Kindle Books and the prices are really good.

06-07-2009, 12:22 PM	#1
daffy4u Now I'm 2 Kindle-icious Posts: 3,869 Karma: 19231 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Long Drive, CA Device: Kindle 1 and Kindle Deux (hurry Plastic Logic!)	Links Every Kindle Owner Should Have This week I was working with 2 other people with Kindle 2s. One of them expressed that she knew she was missing out on a lot of information that would allow her to use her Kindle to it's fullest. I quickly cobbled together an email with several links to get her started. I realized it would be much easier to point someone to a wiki page (and/or sticky thread) with all of the links that would be the most helpful to new and current Kindle owners. I would like your input on sites that have been helpful to you or that you would like to share with Kindle owners. Please add your link and and a blurb on why or how you think it is helpful. You could give links to blog sites, or software sites or other discussion sites... whatever! Here is the list I started with (with one or two additions since then and I know I left a lot out) : MobileRead - for all things ebook and ebook readers MobileRead's Kindle Forum - for all things Kindle Visual Kindle Guide - a tips and tricks wiki (BTW, will need input from you DX owners to help update that wiki page since I will not be getting a DX - thanks) Kindle Myths and Partial Truths - the title speaks for itself Calibre Software and the Calibre Forum on MobileRead (ebook management software created by a MR member, it also allows you to create your own newspapers for free from RSS feeds) MobileRead's Mobi Guide for Free Public Domain Books (you can download this guide to your computer and transfer it to your Kindle documents folder or surf to site on you Kindle web browser and download it directly into your Kindle. Feedbooks Mobi Guide for Free Public Domain Books (may have some books different from MobileRead but the guide is used in the same way, this link is to the instruction page on how to use the guide - you can also create newspapers for you Kindle with software on this site) Manybooks.net (no download guide but lots of free Public Domain books, also free audiobooks) 1001Books - created by a MR member and Kindle owner (Daithi) to provide links to Public Domain books available at MobileRead or Feedbooks that are in formats usable on the Kindle - very easy to use. __________________ Visual Kindle Guide, Kindle Myths and Partial Truths, Links Every Kindle Owner Should Have * Last edited by daffy4u; 06-07-2009 at 12:27 PM.

06-07-2009, 02:24 PM	#3
Sporadic Evangelist Posts: 420 Karma: 2690 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Cocoa Beach, Florida Device: Kindle 1!	Guess I'll have to pimp my thread... Free & very cheap books for the Kindle - Up-to-date list of free & very cheap ($1 and under) books available from Amazon.com for the Kindle. ------------ KindleBoards.com - Another very active Kindle board. Last edited by Sporadic; 06-07-2009 at 02:28 PM.

06-07-2009, 03:00 PM	#4
daffy4u Now I'm 2 Kindle-icious Posts: 3,869 Karma: 19231 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Long Drive, CA Device: Kindle 1 and Kindle Deux (hurry Plastic Logic!)	Thanks sporadic! I'll give this thread a least a week to collect links then I'll start to build the wiki page. Of course I hope people will continue to contribute. __________________ Visual Kindle Guide, Kindle Myths and Partial Truths, Links Every Kindle Owner Should Have *

06-07-2009, 03:02 PM	#5
zelda_pinwheel WWHALD Posts: 22,858 Karma: 87118 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: ebookwise 1150	great idea daffy, and you should definitely add this info to the wiki as well. i've stuck this thread to make it easy to find. __________________ I don't want none of that mischief on my eels! - pdurrant Hurricane Zelda of the Amazing Raining Frogs Join Adorable Madness -.-- --- ..- / -.-. .- -. -. --- - / .-. . ... .. ... - / - .... . / ..- -. ..- - - . .-. .- -... .-.. . / ... .. .-.. .-.. .. -. . ... ... "Resistance is futile, y'all." --DixieBorg by popular demand, we bring you the next exciting avatar in zelda's wardrobe, by the inimitable WetDogEared and his amazing dancing mice !! a round of applause, everybody !

06-07-2009, 03:07 PM	#6
daffy4u Now I'm 2 Kindle-icious Posts: 3,869 Karma: 19231 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Long Drive, CA Device: Kindle 1 and Kindle Deux (hurry Plastic Logic!)	Thanks Miss Z! __________________ Visual Kindle Guide, Kindle Myths and Partial Truths, Links Every Kindle Owner Should Have *

06-07-2009, 01:54 PM	#2
benham Addict Posts: 337 Karma: 2594 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Townsend, WI Device: Palm TX, PRS-505 (BLUE)	Hey these are even good for Kindle maybe wannabe people too!

06-07-2009, 04:04 PM	#7
sirbruce Provocateur Posts: 1,859 Karma: 5711 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Jose, CA Device: Kindle 2, Kindle DX, iPhone 3GS	Free books for the Kindle - Sporadic's updated list of free and cheap ebook promotions on Kindle. Great Deals on Kindle - Amazon's own partial list of free and cheap ebook promotions on Kindle. AmazonKindle - Amazon's convenient URL to manage your library and notes online, as well as a quick links to the "Manage Your Kindle" and "Kindle Support" pages.

06-07-2009, 04:32 PM	#8
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 8,157 Karma: 43079 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Surprise Arizona Device: 1 Kindle1, and an Asus 1000HE!	This link http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custom...deId=200127470 Takes you directly to the kindle support page without having to sign in. You can download manuals for all kindles, and use the "contact us" button" More useful for those who don't have Kindles, but want more info, like the manuals, or FAQ. __________________ Freedom is not free........its always been paid for by the blood of our military. I'm just sayin'.....

06-08-2009, 12:41 PM	#9
daffy4u Now I'm 2 Kindle-icious Posts: 3,869 Karma: 19231 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Long Drive, CA Device: Kindle 1 and Kindle Deux (hurry Plastic Logic!)	Blogs: Reversing Everything - MobileRead member igorsk dissects the software and hardware of Kindle 1 and Kindle 2. Massively Parallel Procrastination - Jesse Vincent's blog on the creation of Savory for Kindle 2 and various other projects iReaderReview - switch11's very prolific blog (a personal favorite). Social Networking: Kindle Forum, Kindle Social Network - a Kindle Social Networking site Publishing on the Kindle: Amazon DTP - Amazon's own Desktop Publishing site Kindle Formatting - Joshua Tallent's site on how to best format your ebook for the Kindle. He also offers formatting services. Podcasts: The Kindle Chronicles - Len Edgerly's weekly podcast. Interviews, tips and tricks. Can be subscribed to via iTunes or downloaded directly from the website (and you can listen to it on your Kindle!) __________________ Visual Kindle Guide, Kindle Myths and Partial Truths, Links Every Kindle Owner Should Have *

06-08-2009, 06:23 PM	#10
kevindorsey Addict Posts: 361 Karma: 256 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: kindle	So, I'm assuming this is a free for all to add links? __________________

06-08-2009, 07:00 PM	#12
Elsi Wizard Posts: 2,380 Karma: 12000 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Texas, USA Device: Kindle; Sony PRS 505; Blackberry 8700C	The three blogs that I check daily are: Amazon's Kindle Blog -- this is the same as the "Kindle Daily Post" item in the Kindle Storefront page in the Kindle itself. Using my browser means I don't have to turn on the Kindle's antenna just to see what Amazon might be promoting. The Kindle Reader -- an almost daily posting with links to books for the Kindle. Most links are to Amazon, but sometimes to MobileRead or other sources for books. Books on the Knob -- the site says "Bargain reads, book reviews, the Amazon Kindle and some games, technology and computers tossed in now and then." __________________ Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all. -- Henry David Thoreau Currently reading: *Kiln People* by David Brin (MM Paperback) ... *A Play of Isaac* by Margaret Frazer (Kindle) ... *Birthright* by Nora Roberts (Audio CD) Books read in 2009: 117

06-12-2009, 04:16 PM	#13
dancin86 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 22 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Tennessee, USA Device: Mobipocket Reader for Smart PDA...but I want a Kindle 2	Great info! Thanks. I can't wait to get my Kindle 2, but in the meantime I'll check these links out.

06-18-2009, 09:20 AM	#14
Mike L Addict Posts: 289 Karma: 999 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Device: Kindle 2	Here's a service I've found useful: http://www.edukindle.com/downloads/kindlepedia/ In short, you enter the URL of any Wikipedia article (only the English version at present). After a few seconds, you get a link for downloading the article as a nicely formatted Mobi file, ready for you to transfer to your Kindle or open in any other Mobi-compatible reader. I've found this especially useful for reading long articles at my leisure. I'm outside Whispernet range, so can't otherwise access Wikipedia on my Kindle. In the articles I've received so far, the formatting has been excellent. __________________ Mike (Kindle 2 user since April 2009)

06-21-2009, 12:25 AM	#15
webdevgirl Banned Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Kindle	Here's another one Kindle Katalog. They have an extensive library of Kindle Books and the prices are really good.

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