I want to like my Kindle

Thanks Business, I have tried that sort order but then found it took ages to find new books I had loaded up. It's not that big a deal as I normally only have about 20 active.

oh thanks for that didn't know you could put them in folders.
No some books I read I love but because you don't see the cover/title every time you pick it up you don't know what it's called especially weeks later and I chat to my friends in rl about books alot and like to recommend them.
Flick through the kindle and start going "oh I think that was good but ..." and I can't quickly read the back and go oh yes it's about blah blah

I am not keen on mine, i can see there are times when it will be useful (if i ever get that holiday organised) but it does annoy me that all the book sales go through Amazon (or can you buy from elsewhere) and that books and the money they make for charity shops will decline

Ephiny it's not that hard to forget when you only have the title and no cover or blurb.

I too have a Read folder (I have lots of folders)

You can sort by Recently Opened so the one you are reading will be at the top WhoKnows.

Yes, that's what I like about it, the syncing. I tend to take my phone up to bed with me, the Kindle lives by the bed anyway, then I can choose either depending on whether it is light or not (I've got the light up cover but it is awkward to hold unless you are sat upright whereas on my phone I can stay snuggled on my side and read). I rarely take the Kindle out of the house but read on my phone a lot while out and about.

The not being able to flick back and forth to check things as easily as in a real book is the only real drawback for me.

I move them to the Cloud / Archive once I've read them. Occasionally struggle to find one if I'm not sure what it's called (for example I'm reading yet another Ladies Detective Agency book at the moment and have no idea what it is called, I had to browse to find it this morning)

"but nothing beats a proper book. It annoys me that I can't read it in the dark"

LOL. You can't read a proper book in the dark either :o

I love that mine synchs to the app on my phone and ipad so I am never caught without something to read.

They can't be very memorable books if you can't remember whether you've read them or not!

I love mine BTW. It really earned its keep on holiday - you can read it one handed, the paged don't blow over when you read it lying on a sun bed, you can download the next one in the series when you decide you absolutely must have it NOW.

I love books and couldn't see the appeal of a Kindle. I am a convert and got mine in June I think. It won't ever replace the sensory nature of a book but [shrug]

Make a collection of 'read' and 'unread' books.

I've set up a collection called "Read". Wen I have finished a book, I move it to this collection.

one thing that drives me mad is that when you look through your books you have no idea if you read them or not!
is there a way to get the blurb on the back so you can tell?
its annoying if you can't decide what to read as well as it's just a list of titles with no clue to what the book is about and you don't know if you are in the mood for it or not.
(I always buy loads in one go then forget about them)
I do like it though :0)

I love mine - I do miss not being able to easily flick back and forth, but otherwise it's great.

Some of the Kindle books are expensive, I agree with that. But sometimes I'm happy to pay for the convenience of being able to think of a book and have it in literally minutes (I just find it amazing that I can do this :)) I do still buy paperbacks sometimes though.

Maybe just give it time. I got mine for Xmas 2010. I was desperate for one but once I got it I only read a couple of books on it then decided I didn't like it. It sat in my drawer for most of 18 months. Then kindle books were all of a sudden cheaper than print and out of the blue I am back in love with it. I'm currently going through my highbrow phase of the year and reading all the booker longlist. It's so easy and quick to download them. I'm also well into the bargain deals of the day

The best thing about a kindle in my opinion is the free books. I downloaded lots of out of copyright ones from project gutenberg, but there are newer ones that you can get free. I have a massive wishlist on amazon which I check every day (takes literally about 2 mins to check it on my iphone app) and the prices change often, you can very often get even new books free or very cheap if you swoop in to take advantage of a special offer. I've had some books on my wishlist which have been £6.50 one day, and then free the next.

Also, if you sign up with ereaderiq you can track a list of books, either enter the books manually or you can sync your wishlist and then put in your desired price and it'll email you if it gets to that price. Also, as others have said, you can get a daily email where it'll highlight some free books, or you could check their website for free books. As for the price difference between print and digital, it depends what books you like, some are much cheaper digital, others only about 50p per title on a £6 or so book and others are £8 print and £2.50 kindle, it varies so much.

I thin the books are far cheaper on Kindle than in the shops and if you wait a few weeks they come down even more.

get yourself to www.tuebl.com & download free books epub format then use calibre to convert & send to your kindle! easy!!!

I like the Kindle for the convenience of being able to buy a book straight away, and it's easy to read in bed. However I read a proper paperback book last week and using the Kindle afterwards felt so unnatural. I like being able to flick back to a previous page with ease, I like the very act of turning the pages. I will never move on from paper books!

You have to pay VAT on ebooks.
I tend to compare ebook prices to the price printed on the back of books rather than the supermarket price.
I also tend to buy Kindle books in bulk and vary between free ebooks up to about £5 for a book. I then add up how much I've spent in total on the ebooks and then find the average price for individual books within my bulk buy.iyswim.

You have to accept that the kindle book market and print book market are slightly different - they have offers on at different times.

You also should accept (imo!) that books aren't necessarily cheaper just because they're not printed. The majority of the money goes to editorial, author and marketing costs. Though there is a cost to printing books on paper, there is also a cost to setting up files as ebooks.

I find ebook prices tend to change a lot week to week. If there is a book you want but it's too expensive, just wait a bit and see what happens. Or accept that there's a price you pay for the convenience of having it in the format you want.

I generally buy books that are on offer, and buy them faster than I can read them anyway, but if there's a book I really want I don't mind paying the same amount as a print version costs, or even a pound or two more if I'm desperate!

I took mine on hol too. But because all the books are in the kindle, you can't pass them on to anyone else when you've finished reading them.

I wanted a Kindle until I tried one out in Tesco then decided I really didn't like it.

I do however have the Kindle app on my phone which I use to read freebie books from Amazon when I'm bored or caught without a book.

I still use the library and buy books more though.

I don't love mine and then we went on holiday and it was great there as I didn't have to take books with but nothing beats a proper book. It annoys me that I can't read it in the dark. Good thing about it is I have an app on my phone that it is synced to so can read at night and anywhere. Also it encourages the kids to read, they love it and fight over it.
Good luck

I don't like my kindle either. It was also a birthday present, but I never wanted one, and can't get to like it. I use it, but every time I download a book I feel guilty that I am putting another nail in the bookshops' coffin.

I love having my newspaper on mine, you don't get the pictures, which is not so great for the weekend editions, but being able to wake up in the morning and read the paper without getting out of bed is lovely.

www.gutenberg.org/ is for books which are out of copyright. Some of the books I've downloaded are now out of print, and would be too expensive for me to buy second hand. There's also a self-publishing portal at self.gutenberg.org/ but I've not tried it.

As someone whose house has been filling up with books until there is nowhere else to put a bookcase, I really appreciate the Kindle!