Hello from the Midwest

glorya · 03-25-2009, 03:23 PM

I received my Kindle 2 yesterday and have already downloaded a book from Amazon. I really don't want to continue all my downloads from there because it could cost a small fortune. I have found links to free sites (e.g., Gutenberg) but I will be needing all the help I can get from this board. You will, no doubt, be seeing

in other forums asking such basic questions that you all will think I am an imbecile ... and with this new Kindle, I feel like one. I hope I find the Basic Help Site 101 because that is what I need. Thanks for listening and "Hello" to all.

MickeyC · 03-25-2009, 03:45 PM

Hi glorya and welcome to MobileRead. Enjoy your new toy and you can count on lots of friendly help here

slayda · 03-25-2009, 04:13 PM

Welcome Glorya. MR is a great place for help. The problem is, often that help is scattered among various threads, but if you have specific questions, you'll probably get answers (or at least opinions) fairly quickly.

badgoodDeb · 03-25-2009, 05:38 PM

Since it took me a while to notice it -- THIS SITE has very good free books, "lovingly hand-formatted" for the most part. About one inch down from the top of this page, there's a blue bar. (My eyes kept skipping over it.) Click on "EBooks" and choose type "Mobipocket" for a kindle. Voila!!! Zillions and zillions of books!

Welcome!

glorya · 03-25-2009, 05:48 PM

OMG, are all these "freebies?? So do I download them to my PC????? and, if so, then what? Thank you so much.

badgoodDeb · 03-25-2009, 05:53 PM

Oh good -- someone else who didn't know, "and I holped"! (You are probably too young to remember that commercial)

You click on the bookname.prc to download to your pc ..... then attach the Kindle to your PC (or mac) with the USB cable. It'll soon appear on your desktop like a disk named "Kindle".
Just drag the books.prc to the folder named "documents" on the Kindle. Do a proper dismount of the "Kindle" disk, and then unplug. Voila!

slayda · 03-25-2009, 09:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Oh good -- someone else who didn't know, "and I holped"! (You are probably too young to remember that commercial)

You click on the bookname.prc to download to your pc ..... then attach the Kindle to your PC (or mac) with the USB cable. It'll soon appear on your desktop like a disk named "Kindle".
Just drag the books.prc to the folder named "documents" on the Kindle. Do a proper dismount of the "Kindle" disk, and then unplug. Voila!

My wife's grandfather used that word "holp" a lot to mean the past tense of help. I used to think that he was just ignorant until I found out that the German & Dutch word for help, past tense was similar. He was of Dutch heritage. Seems like I'm always learning something new.

GraceKrispy · 03-26-2009, 12:24 AM

Welcome to the forum! Great place for information and a few laughs

03-25-2009, 03:23 PM	#1
glorya Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Kindle 2	Hello from the Midwest I received my Kindle 2 yesterday and have already downloaded a book from Amazon. I really don't want to continue all my downloads from there because it could cost a small fortune. I have found links to free sites (e.g., Gutenberg) but I will be needing all the help I can get from this board. You will, no doubt, be seeing in other forums asking such basic questions that you all will think I am an imbecile ... and with this new Kindle, I feel like one. I hope I find the Basic Help Site 101 because that is what I need. Thanks for listening and "Hello" to all.

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03-25-2009, 03:45 PM	#2
MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,731 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	Hi glorya and welcome to MobileRead. Enjoy your new toy and you can count on lots of friendly help here

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slayda Retired & reading more! Posts: 2,764 Karma: 1884247 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: North Alabama, USA Device: Kindle 1, iPad Air 2, iPhone 6S+, Kobo Aura One	Welcome Glorya. MR is a great place for help. The problem is, often that help is scattered among various threads, but if you have specific questions, you'll probably get answers (or at least opinions) fairly quickly.

03-25-2009, 05:38 PM	#4
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,513 Karma: 64095689 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Since it took me a while to notice it -- THIS SITE has very good free books, "lovingly hand-formatted" for the most part. About one inch down from the top of this page, there's a blue bar. (My eyes kept skipping over it.) Click on "EBooks" and choose type "Mobipocket" for a kindle. Voila!!! Zillions and zillions of books! Welcome!

03-25-2009, 05:48 PM	#5
glorya Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Kindle 2	OMG, are all these "freebies?? So do I download them to my PC????? and, if so, then what? Thank you so much.

03-25-2009, 05:53 PM	#6
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,513 Karma: 64095689 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Oh good -- someone else who didn't know, "and I holped"! (You are probably too young to remember that commercial) You click on the bookname.prc to download to your pc ..... then attach the Kindle to your PC (or mac) with the USB cable. It'll soon appear on your desktop like a disk named "Kindle". Just drag the books.prc to the folder named "documents" on the Kindle. Do a proper dismount of the "Kindle" disk, and then unplug. Voila!

03-26-2009, 12:24 AM	#8
GraceKrispy It's Dr. Penguin now! Posts: 3,909 Karma: 4705733 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: (USA) Device: iPad mini, Samsung Note 3, Sony PRS-650 (rarely used now)	Welcome to the forum! Great place for information and a few laughs

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