TECH Does anyone use the "Kindle for PC" app?

I'm wondering if it's easy to download and set up, and how well it works for reading Kindle ebooks on the computer. We don't have a Kindle but there are some titles that are in Kindle-only format that I'd like to read.

It's easy to downlaod and set up. Works well. It's free, so I say get it.

I use it to read free Kindle books, and those few Kindle-only format books that I "must" read.
Normally, I'm a Barnes&Noble Nook guy, partly because of their preferred epub format, but having both readers on the PC, Android, and cell phone, gives you more flexability.

~Sportsman

I like it and thought it was very easy to download and set up.

I use it too. It is easy and free.

I have it on mine and OC's computers, it does self updates every quarter or so and when it does you will notice that it's taking longer to open up. Otherwise I like it just fine, my only complaint is I still don't have a Kindle Fire so I can read a book out on the front porche or where ever... your bound to your laptop or in my case PC.

K-

Thanks for the info all. Yeah I don't prefer to read on computer screen, but it's cheaper than buying a Kindle and there are some ebooks I want to read (and the price is cheap)

Have it on every device we own ... iPads, PCs, laptops, phones. One of the best free apps I have.

I have it and really like it.

I use it as well......very easy and it's free!

yeah, I've got it. Works well most of the time, one annoyance is that it seems to reset itself every once in a while.... from Kindle for PC, to Kindle for PC 1, etc... only issue is when it does this, it looses access to the books I have already downloaded....and I have to download them again. Real pain when you have 1300+ books!

I read alot.. and this is the way that works best for me.. and theres lotsa free books also

I also have, and like it.

Have it on lap top, desk top, and phone. Love it... and love the ability to sync between devices.

Ditto! A must have for tablets and home 'puters.

Kajun

I have it and love it too the only problem I have with it is that I can not get it to remove a book once I have read it and there is no way that I can find that I can download books that I would like to keep to my hard drive or a flash drive does anyone know if there is a way to do that

Have it. Love it. Just wish there was a way to print the occaisional book.

aye, wonderful applicaiton, and with careful searching one can build a lovely library for little to no cost.

gardening
bug out bags
appocalypse fiction
cooking
general fiction
the list goes on.

There are even web sites that list links to books of interest
or
once you start browsing the e books, adjust the drop down sort to sort LOW TO HIGH and it will list the lowest or free cost books first.

One does need a account, but a simple gmail.com account will work and only need is to select the name that the account will link to the reader.

by unlinking that account and linking a different one the different books are downloaded


If one likes one can get that remove digi rights software and then save the files and open them up in a different reader to print out hard copies, but I haven't fully explored that yet.

Get it, you'll like it.

We use it, mostly wife as I prefer to use my I-pad..but have never had any problem with app, amazon will even deliver books to both mediums at the same time I buy something.

You have to have an Amazon account. It's handy, it will synch your books to any device no matter where you download them to in the first place. I have it on PC, Droid, e-reader, ASUS tablet.

I have downloaded a few books on this kindle app for PC - but would like to transfer these books to my Notebook......can I do this? Is there something in the download which prevents transferring this info? Have to find my cable to hook up to the PC first though.......

Guess I should have read all the replies first - I'll give it a go......

One of the best things about Kindle for PC is that is is so easy to back up your e-books. Just go to your documents folder, and there is a sub folder named 'my kindle content'. Periodically, I drag and drop that folder to a flash drive. As far as I know you can't do that with a Kindle device itself.

I never purchased a Kindle proper, so the PC version is all I know. However, it is an easy to install and use program, is free, and there are literally tens of thousands of free or next to free e-books out there.

My 0.00000002 million dollars worth.

LiterateKook

Only problem I've had with it, is that along 'with' it somehow it downloaded a thing to subscribe to the Amazon "Cloud", and I'm not ABOUT to put all my private files and documents on ANY 'cloud'. Yeah, yeah, I know, especially after the NSA scandals, that they can get in via the back-door to get anything they want to anyway, but why make it easy for them---or just any faceless hacker---to get into my stuff by putting it into the equivalent of an electronic "public storage" facility?

I have to get my son to go in and disable whatever it was that made the "Register for your Amazon Cloud" popup come up on computer every time I turned it on---and the only option it gave was "next"---not "no thanks", not "not now", not "I do not want this, thanks"--just "next"---and it kept coming up every single time I went on my computer. Real pita until my son got rid of it...

Free books at Project Gutenberg
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

Mobipocket to read
http://www.mobipocket.com

Yes I have used it, but I find I prefer to read books in comfy chair, rather than sitting upright at a computer. I have the app for android, and use that a lot. Android app and app for PC are not as easy to use or intuitive as using a kindle, but they do the job. And they are free. My kids have "borrowed" my kindles. I don't mind as it encourages then to read, so I use the Android App, on my cheapo android tablet. And there are some real cheapies out there.

If I lived in the USA, I would consider buying a kindle fire. There is so much content for the Kindle fire, I think I would buy it for that. In the UK, the copyright laws prevent much of this content being downloadable. Stuff can be streamed but not downloaded. So a kindle fire needs to be tied to a wifi point to get the best out of it. Other than books, there is little downloadable content. What is the point of having a highly portable device, that needs a wifi point to use?

There is masses of downloadable stuff for Android. According to the reviews on the web, various reviewers have commented, that Amazon has knobbled the Kindle so it will not perform some Android functions, so I would be unable to download the Android stuff to a Kindle Fire, but I can to an Android tablet.

On top of that the Kindle fire is 2-3 times the price of a cheap tablet, and the same price as a quality Android tablet.

Can any one wonder why I wont be buying any more kindles, perhaps a better Android tablet.

Just my two pence worth

Anrol

PS In the US, for 50 dollars, you get books, plus films, games, apps, etc., so a Kindle fire may well be worth it.

In the UK you pay 50 pounds a year for Amazon prime, to be able to download a library of books for free. I had a look at the titles, they are the ones you pay 99p for, not titles from major authors.

PC Kindle software is decent. I have the app for my smart phone as well.

My grandson has it on "everything." After trying to download it onto my PC I got his help. Same thing...Big red screen that says "THIS FILE MAY HARM YOUR COMPUTER" and computer locks up.
Gutenberg.org works great to read the classics.

If one worries about the cloud try this:

1. go make up a google email account to get a : Johndoe@gmail.com. Can be any name, but be sure you can remember it.

2. when you set up this account you end up with it regestered to google so if you want to use your own account / primary account tied to you remember to log out and log in under the right account for the activity you are doing.

3. join amazon cloud using the gmail.com account

4. "register" (you can unregister / change registration of a kindle for pc at will to read different ones, just one at a time per computer)

5.Download using this alias and no direct ties to you. one could always blame a hacker for putting such stuff tied to you and plead the fifth / ignorance / forgetfullness.

Security secured

Another nice app that works well with Kindle for PC is "calibre - E-book management".... http://calibre-ebook.com/

With that one you can save many (but not all) Kindle files out to .pdf format... which you can save out to 'elsewhere' and it has the benefit of being able to be read with any .pdf reader...

PLUS: if you save things out to .pdf your can make print copies of the 'Kindle' books - like I said you can't convert everything but you can save the majority out to a printable format...