E readers and kindle.

[puzzle007]

Forgive me if I'm a little thick when it comes to these e readers and kindle. Am I right that you have to have internet connection to download the books. How do you go about this can you pay as you buy and do you have to pay separately each month on top. Also is there plenty of books available for teenage readers. I don't ask advice on anything but never had one so don't have a clue. Can you also recommend a good one please as there are so many.

Thanks for the advice

[womanofdulwich]

I have recently acquired a kindle and yes you "buy" on amazon and if you have wifi it takes less than a minute - AND classics eg Jane Eyre etc are free- so thats really helpful as you can download a library.

The kindle version is often quite a lot less than the paper version "new" but you can't pass it on- however its really light and portable.

kindle is owned by amazon so its very user friendly. Hard to recommend which one as some are tablets too. Depends on what you want it for.

If you look on amazon for books by favourite author you can select kindle version and see how many there are of favourite author?

[Otta]

puzzle007 Wrote:

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> can you pay as you buy and do you have to pay separately each month

Both options are available. You can pay for each book, or there is a monthly subscription option, but I am not sure this includes every title.

They often have sales on where you can get books for 99p for a limited time. I use the kindle app on my ipad and like it a lot. My wife has the small light paperlight kindle and loves it.

[NewWave]

I've got a kindle and LOVE it...its brilliant, I pay per download though some are free.

I'm reading more than ever before now I have it.

highly recommended

[rendelharris]

I've tried several - Kobo, Nook and Kindle on iPad - and for me the Kindle Paperwhite wins hands down, robust, lovely text (no eyestrain after reading all day) and the backlight is a Godsend for those with different working hours to their partners - no more arguments about leaving the reading light on!

The amount of classics available free is staggering, basically anything good that's out of copyright you can get.

One little known feature is that you can "lend" Kindle books, once you've read it you can let a friend read it on their account for, I think, up to three weeks, in which time it's disabled on your account. Not available on all titles but a good feature.

[poppydavidson]

I also use Kindle paperwhite and I love it very much. I have so many books stored on it, in fact I sold most of my old regular books to clear up space in my home.