Free e-books on kindle

Marie5656

Marie5656

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My husband gave me a Kindle a while back. Really cannot get into it for all of my reading, but have found , in searching Amazon, there are many free e books I can down load to it. If you are someone who does not mind reading authors you have not heard of, it is a great tool. I have also gotten many recipe books, and non fiction general knowledge books. One book I recently got was something along the line of Grandma's Best Bread recipes. Things like herb breads, banana breads, and many snack breads. I have tried a couple so far, and they are good.

So, except for one or two books I have purchased, most on my kindle are free ones. And the good thing is, if I get a book I do not especially like, I can remove it from my library with np guilt that I am throwing away money
 

I've been reading eBooks for years and I've found dozens of great writers that I've never heard of before. Google Play Books and Amazon Kindle offer free samples of any book you might find interesting. The free samples are usually 30-50 pages long, enough to decide if the book is worthwhile. Then you have the option, delete it or buy it. Life is too short to read bad books. There are also many free or near free books available on many platforms.
 
Libraries in the U.S. (and probably elsewhere) have large stocks of e-books that can be checked out to read on your Kindle and it is also free. After obtaining a library card, it is all done on your computer through Amazon and a system called Overdrive. The basic Amazon account is free and so is the library card. Amazon will try to sell you books and other things - just resist the temptation. There is no cost to manage your Kindle device on Amazon.

https://help.overdrive.com/customer/portal/articles/1481726-get-help-with-ebooks-from-your-library

Almost all new books come as e-books as well as actual books. You can simply choose from what is offered/suggested or search by author, or genre, or from lists such as N. Y. Times Best Sellers or lists of winners from various writer's competitions. I now live in a large urban area and it has a huge e-book library but I recently moved from a much smaller town and it also offered a good selection although not as well stocked. For example, the large library might have 30 copies of John Grisham's new book while the smaller one would have 3 copies.

If all the copies are checked out, I simply add my name to the "Hold" list and they will notify me when it is available. I can check out books for a 3-week period and am allowed as many as 25 books to be checked out at one time. I'm now reading some Linda Fairstein and John Grisham earlier books while I'm waiting for Grisham's "Camino Island".

I'm 84 yrs old and life is indeed too short to read bad books. If any book has not grabbed me by the first 30 pages, I'll move on to another.
 

I am with the two of you. A bad book is not worth my time. Of course, one person's bad book is another one's treasure. Life is simply too short to go without reading. I pity those who do not or will not take the time to get lost in a good book.
 
I've been getting my books from our local library sent to my Kindle as well. I also get audio books that way also. I usually alternate. One book I read the other I listen to. My eyes tend to get tired mainly because if it is a good book I can't leave it alone. The audio books give my eyes a break.
 
One of the things that i love about Amazon Kindle is that they put a selection of books on sale or free for a day or so, and then they go back to full price. There are a couple of ways to find these books when they are free.
The first way is to select a topic, and then browse the kindle store by price for books on that topic, and the free ones will show up first, then the 99 cent ones, and so on.

An easier way is to make an account with a website like Bookbub.com and Bookgorilla.com. It is free, and you tell them when you register what kind of books you want to read.
Each day, they send you an email with the books in your categories that are free or on sale. You can add or change categories as you want, and they have great tutorial books as well. I get cookbooks, and also crochet/knitting books this way.

The main thing is that you have to check the price before you get the book. Since they are maybe only on sale/free for one day, they might have gone back to full price by the time you look at the email about them.
Another thing, if you have a Prime account, there is Prime Reading, which is like a lending library, and you borrow the books for free.

I read a LOT (hate television), so I also have Kindle Unlimited, and it has thousands of free books, some of which are expensive to purchase. You can borrow for as long as you want and can have about 10 books at a time. I like this, because if it is an expensive book, I can borrow it and read it, and then if I decide I need to keep it, I will purchase the book. This way, I am not spending money on a book unless I know I think it is worth the cost.

This book is free right now.

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