Kindle: There Are Free Options

August 7, 2018

Here’s a handy resource for anyone with an Amazon Kindle e-reader—PCWorld shares “Where to Find Free Books for our Amazon Kindle.” You may want to make a note of this because one thing is for sure—you won’t find this list via Amazon. Reporter Séamus Bellamy introduces:

“When you own an Amazon Kindle, the cost of supporting a voracious reading habit can get very steep, very quickly. A quick glance at Amazon’s list of the Best Books of the Month shows that a decent read can set you back between $13 and $15 for a Kindle edition book. Sure, Amazon offers deals on great e-books, but waiting for a deal could take forever. Many titles can be had for two bucks or less, but it takes work to find the gems among the dross. What you need are some solid options for finding free, absorbing content to devour on your Kindle. We’re more than happy to point you in the right direction. (And if you need a new e-reader, find one among our reviews of the best Kindles.)”

The first two sources on the list, Project Gutenberg and OverDrive, offer free content. Founded by the creator of e-books, Michael Hart, it is no exaggeration to say Project Gutenberg has made a crusade of digitizing public-domain books. Meanwhile, OverDrive allows anyone who holds a card from a (participating) public library to access their facilities’ digital collection. The next two items are actually little-touted Amazon features: It turns out you can “loan” someone a Kindle e-book for 2 weeks, during which time they can view it but you cannot. Furthermore, two adults from each household may freely share each e-book purchased form the Kindle store. See the article for more on each of these options, including click-by-click instructions for the latter two.

Cynthia Murrell, August 8, 2018

 

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