Anybody else a Firefly fan? I hear this is an excellent story. Comments on Mobileread say the author has really managed to capture the characters. This is a free download, several different formats (I believe .prc works for Kindle) http://dreamcafe.com/firefly.html
There are four science fiction novels on this page - click on each cover to get to the download page for each book. The author is Peter Watts. It was mentioned in the topic on the Mobileread forum that a lot of people who like Firefly also like this author. He has one "stand-alone" novel, "Blindsight", and three that are part of a trilogy - "Starfish", "Maelstrom", and "Behemoth". The "Mobipocket" file is Kindle-compatible.
There is a free science fiction novel on this page - Evoguia. If you have a Kindle, you want the Kindle/PRC edition.
If you download something to your computer and want to email it to your Kindle, you need to find your Kindle address. On the Amazon website, go to the "Manage your Kindle" page. On that page, you can click on "Manage your Devices" on the left hand side. This page will show you the Kindle device or devices registered to you, and the the "Send to Kindle" email address of the device. Under "Personal Document Settings" on the same left-hand menu, you'll find the email address you need to use to send documents to your kindle. You can add or delete those email addresses here if your address changes or you get a new one. You can also add someone else's email address, if you have a friend or relative who could email you an occasional book file.
Now, to email a book file to your kindle, open your email program. In the To: field you put the "Send to Kindle" email address; in the From: field, you make sure you are using the address listed under "Approved Personal Document E-mail List" on the Personal Document Settings page; then select the book file you downloaded, add it as an attachment to your email (subject not necessary) and click send. It will go to your Personal Documents folder on Amazon, and be sent to "Documents" (or Docs) on your Kindle.
It is also saved on Amazon.com so that you can re-send it later, or send it to another of your registered Kindle apps or devices.
If you download a bunch of books and want to side-load them to your Kindle, you need to connect your Kindle to your computer with the USB cord. Connect the USB cord to the computer and to the Kindle. It's helpful if you have all the book files in one location. Open the location holding the book files, and open the link to the Kindle. The link to the Kindle will contain a bunch of folders; select "Books". Then copy all your book files, and paste them into the Books folder on the Kindle. Disconnect (or eject) and your books will show up, either under Books or possibly under Documents.
To borrow library books on your Kindle, you'll need a few pieces of information. First you'll need a library card. Next, you'll need to make sure (either by phone call or by checking the web page) that your library participates in the Overdrive program. The web page (or librarian on the phone) can tell you how to log in to Overdrive for your library. On the Overdrive website, find a book you want that's available in Kindle format. (The Epub format would work if you have a Nook, or Sony reader, or Kobo reader.) Go through the checkout process for the Kindle book. Once you get through it (just a few clicks) it will take you to Amazon, where you have a button for "Get for Kindle." This will check the book out to you, and send it to your Kindle device or Kindle app.
If you need to find out what you have checked out for library books, or when they're due back (at which point they will no longer be available on your Kindle or device) you can go to your Kindle account on Amazon, and look under "Your Kindle Library." Click on the drop-down menu (View:) and choose Loans. This will show the library books currently checked out, as well as the date you picked them up. Most (but not all) libraries let you keep them for two weeks - it will give you the loan period on the Overdrive site for your library. From the Loan page on Your Kindle Library, you can "return" the book if you're done, or send it to one of your other Kindle apps or devices.
If you send a book from one app or device to another, it will keep track of the last page read between devices, as long as you have WiFi available, and it is turned on for your device.
Don't have a electronic reader, but i used a friend's after a surgery. Have to get used to it, but it would never replace my love of bookstore and library, the smell of opening a new book and the feel of it in my hand as the read part in my left hand gets heavier and heavier!!
Glad you are enjoying yours! There is a reader in my church that has 3 nooks!! He just loves them and has had some real serious health problems and says they save his sanity!! He was reading the NYTimes one day while eating his lunch at the restaurant I was picking our work lunch from!!
Posted by: Karen | February 13, 2012 at 06:58 AM