Does anyone have an Amazon Kindle?

Also, have a look at this:

www.kindlelendingclub.com/

Thank you! I think possibly you can only lend a book to one person at once so it might lead to waiting lists but it's worth a go. Shall we all post lists of the paid for books we have on our Kindles and see what the interest is like? I have to admit that mine is quite light on things that actually cost money but very happy to lend to anyone who fancies any of them. I think you get two weeks to read a book once it's been lent.

oooh, now that's worth looking into, Horton - what an excellent idea!

You can also change the first bit of your address if you want to, at the Manage My Kindle page on Amazon. In fact, if we all changed ours to something anonymous, we could set up a MN Kindle Library and lend each other books, I think.

Ah that's worth knowing - my Kindle address is automatically set (I think) at [email protected].

I did assume that I was probably paying for using 3G - which is fair enough as it's free for buying books!

And I don't really begrudge 20p, it's just the not knowing about it that irritated me.

You don't get charged if you use the free Kindle address, which will only work with WiFi not 3G. It's exactly the same address with free added before the kindle bit, so it's [email protected] instead of [email protected].

oh, me too. I only know that is there because i had to go into it to change the email address I had registered my kindle to (via amazon, naturally), as wanted to use a differetn addy for ease of using Calibre...

Trouble is, silverfrog, I've been reading all the Kindle stuff/features about Kindle on my Kindle!

BIWI - if you go into your Kindle account on Amazon (manage my Kindle, or similar) it does say there about the charge, and you can set maximum fees etc.

Agree it shoudl have a pop up though.

You can lend Kindle books to other Kindle owners though, pipsqueak.

I discovered that you can send documents to your Kindle. As I travel quite a lot for work, I thought that was a really useful feature - I don't always want to lug my laptop around with me.

And so, yesterday, when an important project brief arrived, I forwarded it from my iPhone to the Kindle. It's so much easier to read it on the the larger screen.

However just to warn you if you're thinking of doing that, you get charged for it. It was only 20p, so not exactly breaking the bank, but there was no warning of that, which I thought was a bit naughty.

Libraries will eventually move to ebooks anyway.

love my kindle - i got it when i went on hols for 2 weeks and on a lowcost flight with weight restrictions. the onlyu draw back for me is not being able to lend books i ahve enjoyed to others.

Can I also recommend Project Guttenburg (I think I have elsewhere) for free downloads in mobi format. I have just finished the Katy Carr series by Susan Coolidge and am off to bed with Sherlock Holmes this eve.

Why not just use your library?

DP bought mine for me for my birthday last year and I LOVE IT. So much easier then reading a book as you can alter the size of the font and line spacing.

Currently reading the complete works of Jane Austin which I downloaded for 71p! Pride and Prejudice done, now on Emma.

Also recomend the cover with the light - no more getting moaned at 'can you turn that light off' lol

I have a kindle, i recently brought myself one and all i can say is that it is brilliant :). Now i can read a book any time i feel bored, before i wasn't an avid book reader but i i've read two books just this month alone.

I treated myself to a Kindle today and I love love love it already!!

Been sat here downloading some free books, determined not to pay for any at the moment as the books I want to read I have on reserve at the library

So far i started reading "Incidents in the life of a slave girl" and up to now it's really good.

Also downloaded 3 Scottish history books, The Jungle book, Oliver Twist and Alice in Wonderland.

I love the way when I switch I off theres a different picture on the screen

Does anyone know if I can set it to one particular picture? I really would like to keep the Mark Twain picture on it

give it time..they will improve the library I'm sure..get a groovy case for it..

I like the idea of having loads of books in one place...I like to have a book pile..would be cool to have it at hand esspecially on the move...but i understand where you are coming from...I like the feel of a good solid book and the easy page turning of well read book..

def im a book geek,but the aesthetics and practicalities of kindle are annoying to me. and not all stuff i want is on kindle

but you are a geek!..reading a book alone heightens your geek level...are you reading one without a best-seller sticker?...thats extra geek points...is it a classic...geek over-load..join usss

lol,its sat in box doing nowt.why you want one?

Can i have it??? scottish

too much of a faff compared to a book.feels weird reading on screen.i feel a bit of a spud getting ot out in public.geeky

Yep, I got one for Christmas from DH and it lives unused in the cupboard. It would have been great when I was working and was reading on the train everyday. I'll try to use it more once I exhaust all my proper books.