ipad vs kindle?

[jeninwa]

Frozzie, on the Amazon kindle site US there is a page for international shipping for the kindle.
there is a blue strip near the top of the page with this (Live outside the U.S.? Kindle is available to ship outside of the U.S. from this page).

[faffa_70]

Here you go Kim 

[Frozzie]

thanks faffa but nevermind my impatience won out and i ended up just buying it from the french amazon just now...anywhere but us is far more expensive...the standard kindle was listed as 79USD and in france 99 euros ( the usd is much less than the euro but they block the counbtries from buying elsewhere..maybe not oz as there is no australian amazon)  so got the normal and only kindle available in france..but it can hold up to 1400 ebooks so thats a fair few books and has all the extras on it..wifi etc etc.  at the checkout it said it was impossible to send to my address and that i should purchase from amazon.fr....seriously annoying!

the US would get you with taxes if they didnt with postage anyway...so would end up the same unless you live in the states (  pity my girlfriends is no longer in seattle (snif)!

advantage is that i should get it tomorrow or latest the day after....yay!!

ok was typing as you guys were posting...will check it out anyway but i will probably end up with the one i got anyway 

[Frozzie]

ok for the same kindle it goes from 79USD to 109USD just by selecting outside the US (just for the unit) then they add extra charges (basically taxes even though they say no taxes) plus postage so ends up alot more than the same one here in the end but in france there is only one model..the new kindle there arent any others as yet...

the keyboard 3G says works internationally...meaning downloading new ebooks right??? as all kindles work internationally dont they as far as reading the books downloaded???

i have ordered this one now (new kindle) and might get DH the keyboard one for christmas lol (then swap them over hihi) plus i will have the ipad2....oh so many more books!  DH will be happy in the sense at least he wont see them all lol!

No longer interested in the kindle fire as i think its just the poor cousin of the ipad or trying to be...its not meant only for reading like other kindles as it doesnt have the eink technology...

[Wonder]

Froze, I know this is a bit late but I purchased via the link others have posted. I purchased the new one which was the cheapest as I figured I'm never in my lifetime going to read more than 1300 books and I use my iPad for all things so just looking for the most compact that will allow me to read outside.

[Frozzie]

yes i bought the same one wonder...just ended up cheaper for me to buy it in france than from the US...i bought the latest kindle (not kindle touch or kindle keyboard) however i think i will get the kindle keyboard for DH at chrissy that way he can buy books wherever he is in the world with work   and even better instead of free postage which takes 4 to 5 days there was an option for next day delivery...took that    i have alredy downloaded the kindle apps on laptop and pc and started downloading a few books...there are alot however i have foudn the free ones are mainly for other ebooks and not the kindle..

where does everyone buy their ebooks..onlyu amazon?? or are there other sites that accept kindle format?

[andiesenji]

I get free ebooks from Project Gutenberg   and from freeebooks for Kindle
but Amazon has a lot of books that are .99¢ to 1.99 that are very good, depending on what you like.

Most of Georgette Heyer's regency "romances" and her mysteries (like Agatha Christie) are on Amazon and many are discounted.

[Frozzie]

thaks andie yes ive been checking them out and also the gutenberg site..so do i download them in pdf format?? think i read that the kindle was pdf friendly well the latest one..ive already downloaded six books lol and i havent even got it yet...thank goodness for hte kindle apps!    also told DH there are heaps of books he can download too...he loves tom clancy and those kind of novels..i noticed there were a whole lot of them ...

can  you transfer between kindles or not?? thinking if i download books for DH can he later transfer them to his 'futur' kindle??

[andiesenji]

thaks andie yes ive been checking them out and also the gutenberg site..so do i download them in pdf format?? think i read that the kindle was pdf friendly well the latest one..ive already downloaded six books lol and i havent even got it yet...thank goodness for hte kindle apps!    also told DH there are heaps of books he can download too...he loves tom clancy and those kind of novels..i noticed there were a whole lot of them ...

can  you transfer between kindles or not?? thinking if i download books for DH can he later transfer them to his 'futur' kindle??

Once you buy the books or select the free ones at Amazon, you can download them to any Kindle that you register with your account.

You can also transfer them from/to your computer - Kindle. 

[Frozzie]

excellent andie thanks 

..and for the gutenberg site and other non amazon sites what format do you downlopad them in?

[Cuilidh]

Frozzie, about a year ago there was another kindle discussion on here (in fact, it was the very first time I had heard the word kindle and had to look it up).  At that time transferring of books from one kindle to another was discussed.  It seems it can be done, but for it to work I think you have to re-register the "receiving" kindle.  If you have a chance to search the forum I'm sure you will find the thread - I'm at work at the moment so can't do it just now .... but I bet I know someone who can (JD?).

[andiesenji]

excellent andie thanks 

..and for the gutenberg site and other non amazon sites what format do you downlopad them in?

The instructions are here.  Provided by Amazon for each of the free or nearly free online library sources.

[Wonder]

Frozzie, on my ipad i've got 7 different ebook reader apps all of which I've used in the past. I've only used the kindle app for books i've either purchased or sourced free from Amazon then i've got eReader, barnes&nobile, Stanza, iBooks, iFlow reader and OverDrive. I sometimes find books are cheaper via one of the other readers rather than Kindle and some I can borrow for free from my local library via OverDrive, these apps will only work on you iPad of course but it shows there's not only one way to get an ebook copy. If you do a bit of research you will find lots of ways of accessing free and cheap ebooks on the iPad.

[Bedlam]

Frozzie, about a year ago there was another kindle discussion on here (in fact, it was the very first time I had heard the word kindle and had to look it up).  At that time transferring of books from one kindle to another was discussed.  It seems it can be done, but for it to work I think you have to re-register the "receiving" kindle.  If you have a chance to search the forum I'm sure you will find the thread - I'm at work at the moment so can't do it just now .... but I bet I know someone who can (JD?).

I have done this with my SIL, however when we tried with my DM ( who has a newer model) we couldn't get it to work. Wonder if they have changed something although can't see how it shouldn't work.

[CreamPuff63]

I have 3 kindles in my account, all three have different nicknames. When I want to transfer a book on say Kindle C I go to my computer and look which Kindle it has been sent to and change setting over to Kindle C. Next time wifi for Kindle C turned on it will download. (Does that make sense?)

We last talked about Kindle here