The convenience alone makes it worth overspending on Amazon, don’t you think?
pdf format, and while it is possible to read them, it’s not possible to change the text size, which makes for a lot of squinting.
It’s a moral gray area that I’m comfortable with (they are library books, and it’s not like I’m selling them), but I haven’t even figured out how to do it yet. It looks like in order to read them on the Kindle you have to strip the DRM. And most library books aren’t even in Mobipocket format-they’re in Adobe EPUB format, which I (and Jason) haven’t been able to figure out yet.
This seems like a lot of work for a library book that will expire in 14 days. Drag it to the Documents folder on your Kindle (or email it to your Kindle address).
Kindle Vixen suggests using the program Mobi2Kindle, but I couldn’t get that to work. Even their Mobipocket-formatted books don’t work without some fiddling. Getting books from them is not a seamless experience, though. It’s a great source of classics, but nothing new.įor that, you’ll have to go to the public library. (Sorry, State Street!) Unfortunately, the stock is limited to books whose copyright has expired. I remember reading The Awakening on Project Gutenberg during my first temp job in 1998. Goodreads also has a lot. Just make sure to download the files in the Mobipocket format (.prc) and move them into your Kindle’s Document folder. There are lots of different sources, but the whole thing can be confusing, with different file types accepted only on certain devices, and each source only listing their own few thousand books.Īmazon already lists a few sources: Project Gutenberg,, and Internet Archive. And by free, I don’t mean stolen-I mean library, public domain, or promotional copies.
So I decided to investigate the many sources of free books. There’s no question that it’s more convenient, but it’s definitely more expensive. And books that I’d think twice about buying in hardcover, I don’t even notice the cost digitally. The problem is that I can buy them whenever, wherever I want. The 3G connection will charge you for the data transfer.Īll things considered it's better to just use WiFi where you can.I’ve had my Kindle for five months now and in that time my spending on books has noticeably increased. The WiFi connection allows you to download converted Kindle documents for free. The 3G version of the Kindle comes with WiFi. So, no adding Kindles - or any other MVNO SIM to a SureSignal ? Hang on! Isn't this UTTERLY pointless? So, I dropped an email to Vodafone asking them to manually add the phone number to my account.Īfter a bit of prompting, explaining that the SIM was in a Kindle, I got back this. The first time I tried to add it to the SureSignal - I got this error. One of the joys of hacking is social engineering your way to someone who can help you. I'm indebted to my Anonymous Mole who kindly performed this for me. It is likely that they'll ask for the IMEI (device serial number) or ICCID (SIM card serial number) to verify that the device is yours. See if you can get escalated to someone technical who will be able to look up the number for you. They may (genuinely) have no idea what you are talking about. You could try your luck calling 191, or emailing customer services. (IMSI is the internal number, MSISDN is your 07 phone number). The Tricky Partįind someone at Vodafone who is willing to do an IMSI->MSISDN translation. Make a note of the IMSI, IMEI and SIM number (ICCID). To get this diagnostic information do the following.