louvain Posted 11 July , 2011 Share Posted 11 July , 2011 The biographical story of free Kindle download Private Peat is a member of the 3rd (Toronto Regiment) Battalion who severly injured his arm at 2nd Ypres, April 23-24, 1915. He then went on a speaking tour of the United States and Canada. It is not a great book and is available free as well on-line as the copyright has expired. Cheers Bob Downloaded and read last night - I found the book quite interesting - especially the change in Private Peat as he experienced the war. Thanks for highlighting its availability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norrette Posted 18 July , 2011 Share Posted 18 July , 2011 Thanks for the links to the WWI books In case this hasn't been said before, for Kindle addicts there is a UK forum which helps out for conversions etc. http://www.kuforum.co.uk/ A handy piece of freeware which can convert various formats to Kindle can be found here: http://calibre-ebook.com/ Once converted it is just a case of moving the file to your Kindle via the USB connector. (ps I avoid pdfs as they just don't flow properly...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towisuk Posted 1 October , 2011 Share Posted 1 October , 2011 Many thanks for your replies regarding my questions regarding the Kindle...I was wondering if it would make a useful addition to my hand luggage on flights etc... As I mentioned in an earlier topic, I downloaded from the net, "The Signal Service in the European War of 1914-1918", I found that there were many diagrams at the back of the book that were helpful to a lecture I am compling. When I saw the book was available as a re-print I ordered it, disapointment is my reaction to what I recieved. It appears to be a straight download from the source from where I originally found it, and the diagrams that I was particularly interested in, were worse than useless..! So its back to using the pc to study the drawings from the download obtained from Internet Archive. regqards Tom Well someone must have been looking over my shoulder....I got a 3G Kindle for a Birthday present!!! You you were all correct, screen size no problem. regards Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grantowi Posted 1 October , 2011 Share Posted 1 October , 2011 Quick questions to Kindle users, Can you download a book from Amazon on to your PC, and then download it on to two seperate kindles ? and what do you do with the "book" once you have read it, can you reload it back onto your PC for storage - Yes I know these things can store many books, but is it possable to "store" them ? Grant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMarsdin Posted 2 October , 2011 Author Share Posted 2 October , 2011 Grant, There is a synchronise facility; I have Kindle books I bought before I obtained a Kindle, on my PC (PC Kindle reader). The facility brought my Kindle reader "up-to-date" with all my Kindle content. Please note though, although the reader does accommodate pdf files, you don't have full-functionality with them. If you have a lot of existing pdf files (from archive.org or wherever) there is a facility whereby you can e-mail them to Amazon, who convert them to Kindle (free of charge) - the problem is that the acceptable file size is so small it prohibits most pdf books from been trancribed. The only course of action I've found is to go back to archive.org and download them again, directly, in Kindle format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Light Posted 2 October , 2011 Share Posted 2 October , 2011 Quick questions to Kindle users, Can you download a book from Amazon on to your PC, and then download it on to two seperate kindles ? and what do you do with the "book" once you have read it, can you reload it back onto your PC for storage - Yes I know these things can store many books, but is it possable to "store" them ? Grant I only have one Kindle so not sure, but I have a feeling that if you download from Amazon you can only then transfer to a Kindle registered to you, or to someone who has an account on your PC - but someone else may know better. Once you've installed 'Kindle for PC' or for Mac, all items downloaded can then be 'archived' and they will remain on your computer, but will show up on your Kindle as an archived item - Amazon items also remain on your Amazon account and can be downloaded from there if needed. Archived items dowloaded from Amazon can be reinstated again anytime wirelessly. So although the 'limit' on books held on a new-ish Kindle is 3,500, with those stored, it is really limitless. Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grantowi Posted 2 October , 2011 Share Posted 2 October , 2011 Steve and Sue, Thanks for the replys. My question stems from having two teenage nieces who both want Kindles, and I was wondering if I'm going to have to pay for each book twice ? Cheers Grant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Light Posted 2 October , 2011 Share Posted 2 October , 2011 Grant When you download a book from Amazon, the payment is charged to an account holder and taken from their credit/debit card. So who will actually be paying for the books? If it's a parent, then the devices could both be registered to the same person, and then the two Kindles can share books on the same account. If the nieces are both going to be independent, then I don't think it's possible to share. Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grantowi Posted 2 October , 2011 Share Posted 2 October , 2011 Thank Sue, thats what I was after. Who will be paying ? Muggin's of course Grant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest heggnh Posted 24 November , 2011 Share Posted 24 November , 2011 Even if you only download it to one kindle, you can 'loan' it our to another reader http://www.madrasgeek.com/2011/01/how-to-loan-a-kindle-book.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
healdav Posted 25 November , 2011 Share Posted 25 November , 2011 Of course, there is always my book ... but you have to pay. And it isn't about the Somme or even the British army. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarvis Posted 25 November , 2011 Share Posted 25 November , 2011 Another plus with all of this ... if you have a copy of MobiCreator (free and readily available software) you can convert any ebook and read it on a PC/Mac, it doesn't have to be a Kindle. You can also create an ebook which can be read on a Kindle, et al, etc. A bit of a learning curve to master it ... but more than accessible to the average bear. No screen resolution worries, etc. Google 'Mobicreator' or 'MobiPocketreader', it may be useful to you, but please, no enquiries about this, there are a few hours of learning curve so you should learn! I have recently converted a book I had previously arranged standard pulication for to ebook/kindle format for a local author/ess and found it easy enough to do (I'm not plugging the book as it's not WW1 related). Regards, Jarvis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slick63 Posted 17 February , 2012 Share Posted 17 February , 2012 I`m not sure if this link has been published before, but plenty of Kindle format Great War era books here http://www.digitalbookindex.com/subject_search/search010hstworldwar1narrativesa/1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gem22 Posted 18 February , 2012 Share Posted 18 February , 2012 I`m not sure if this link has been published before, but plenty of Kindle format Great War era books here http://www.digitalbookindex.com/subject_search/search010hstworldwar1narrativesa/1 Thanks for this link. There's a lot of titles here that I haven't seen available in print. Garth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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