Comments on: Kindle FAQ

By: Angela

Angela — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 16:10:52 +0000

My kindle froze on the screensaver page today- and only sections of that as it is. Buttons are unresponsive, I tried to do a cold boot (holding the power button over for 15 seconds) and nothing at all seems to help.It’s just got a ragged, torn looking section of Olde English. Chaucer, maybe? I wasn’t in the middle of reading or any other Kindle-related activity when it froze. For the love of me being stuck in the miiddle of a chapter, please help!

P.S. The tried-and-true usage of WD40 and duct tape doesn’t really apply here. Nowhere to put the WD40!
Angela Suschena 775-241-2019

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:44:43 +0000

Can I put photos in the Kindle? If so is there a charge for transferring them to the Kindle? Will the Kindle sync to Itunes?

By: leslie

leslie — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 16:59:50 +0000

Thanks Andrei!

By: Andrei Pushkin

Andrei Pushkin — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:04:23 +0000

leslie, You can gift a specific book, but you can't have it pre-loaded, unless you have access to his amazon account. It will appear in archived items and he'll have to initiate the download himself. See here for details: Gifting Kindle Books

By: leslie

leslie — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 20:12:24 +0000

My mom bought my dad a Kindle for Christmas this year. I want to buy him a book for it (not a gift card, a specific book) and have it pre-loaded on his Kindle ready to go.

Is this possible? If so, HOW?

Thank you!

By: David Lang

David Lang — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 07:19:42 +0000

the kindle has it’s own internal memory (3.5G usable on currentversions)

By: paul burch

paul burch — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 06:37:53 +0000

Does the kindle depend on an sd or memory card or does it have its own internal memory?

By: admin

admin — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 23:20:26 +0000

Steve,

You can change name of your Kindle device via device settings (press menu button and select settings) regardless of the account it’s on. You can have multiple Kindles on your account and share books.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 20:09:35 +0000

My wife is planning on buying me a Kindle; she has one already. I understand that we can use the same Amazon account and share books. Her Kindle says Shirley’s Kindle at the top. Can I change it to put my name of the top of mine if it is ordered from her account so we can share books?

By: ALE

ALE — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:06:15 +0000

I am a TOTAL novice and am wanting to purchase a specific book for a family member for Christmas but I am at a loss for how in the world I would do that? Do I create an Amazon account for myself, then buy the Kindle book and she then can access it from her account (download the book from your site)? I do not want a gift card but a particular book I had in mind…

By: Tom Huckin

Tom Huckin — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 21:08:46 +0000

What happens if I drop my Kindle or accidentally destroy it some other way? Do I lose all the books I’ve stored on it?

By: lauren cole

lauren cole — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 21:49:07 +0000

Hi, I have just very recently brought the kindle for my mum as a birthday present, and before i purchased it i was under the impression that alot of the books were free, when in actual fact alot of them are more expensive than your avergae second hand book. As so far the books my mum enjoys to read have all been £8+. Am i looking in the wrong place for books? Where can i find some free downloads? Thanks.

By: David Lang

David Lang — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:06:44 +0000

@robert,
yes, if your local library offers digital books there is almost certainly a way to get them on your kindle.

how easy or hard it is depends on what formats your local library offers.

even epub (which keeps getting trotted out as something the kindle doesn’t support) can be converted into something the kindle does support.

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:07:26 +0000

Will I be able to download ebooks from my public library to the Kindle? Thanks.
Also, can Gutenberg files be downloaded onto the Kindle?

Robert

By: Carl Schulz

Carl Schulz — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:42:24 +0000

If I install the new Kindle reader on boh my laptop and my desktop can I alternete where I read a book from, or must I purchase a copy for each cpu?

By: admin

admin — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:12:58 +0000

Mary,
If you open the book on your Kindle – that means that it’s on it. There is will be no need to download it when you abroad and pay 1.99 charge.
So before leaving just purchase all the books that you want and make sure that you’ve opened at least the first page of all of them this will give you 100% confidence that the books are on the device and you’ll need not download them when you are outside of the US.

By: Mary Hughes

Mary Hughes — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:43:05 +0000

I’ve never posted before, and yet when I try to post now I’m told I’ve already posted this question. Help.

By: Mary Hughes

Mary Hughes — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:41:54 +0000

Sorry to be dense but I’m having problems understanding what to expect from my new kindle and how much I am charged for using it. I live in the U.S. and am leaving for the UK and Egypt in a few days. If I buy kindle books before I leave the US are they not on my Kindle? If not, when I want to read them do I have to pay an additional fee if I am outside of the US? I read somewhere there is a $1.99 fee for loading books I have already purchased. Surely this can’t mean what I think it means. I bought this Kindle especially because I travel, and I wouldn’t be willing to pay more than the cost of the book itself.

By: admin

admin — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:21:59 +0000

You can rip audio books from CDs to MP3 and upload these files to Kindle. However you’ll have very poor navigation experience. Since you can only move forward one track and can’t see which track is playing.
There may be some tool to convert MP3 to audiobook native format but I don’t know about it.

By: Guy in Chesapeake

Guy in Chesapeake — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:49:10 +0000

I saw the question about downloading audio books to a Kindle from an established site for that. Can audio books be loaded from the discs themselves via a computer?

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:53:15 +0000

My 88 year old Dad’s Kindle isn’t syncing up with new daily NYT – he really relies on this for his news and is frustrated. I’ve tried syncing up, turning wireless off and on. any other suggestions that can get this to work?

By: admin

admin — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:14:39 +0000

Try to force it to power off (hold the power switch for long time and see if it will power back on. If it doesn't work I believe warranty is your best friend. It rocks by the way.

By: WBessent

WBessent — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:40:49 +0000

My new Kindle (2 months) is frozen up with a book page on the screen and I can’t get it to respond to commands. Can you help?
w bessent

By: RICHARD BYRNES

RICHARD BYRNES — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:27:39 +0000

HOW DO i LOOK UP A WORD IN A DICTIONARY

By: Corie

Corie — Sun, 24 May 2009 18:04:11 +0000

I am wondering if the Kindle can be used abroad and internationally? Do all the features work abroad? I am living and studying in Mexico and I am interested in buying the kindle so I can get my textbooks at a better price using the kindle instead of buying the hard copy. Can I request books to be put on kindle and have them put on kindle? I am trying to decide if this device would be beneficial for a student like myself that is doing my Master’s abroad. Thank you.