Kindle - advice required, please - SV650.org

Tigerrrr....... · 28-11-11, 05:21 PM

Thinking of buying the latest Kindle. It's the £89 one. My question is if I have 100 books on it over the next few months, then drop/break it, will I have any back up or are all my books lost and I have to start again?

Advice appreciated. Thanks.

Bluepete · 28-11-11, 05:35 PM

The books are stored in your Amazon account. You can download them more than once.

I have a book on my Kindle, my daughters Kindle (£89 one - very cool) and on my Android phone.

Pete

28-11-11, 06:06 PM

so if you had kindle stolen or gone kaput, you can re-download for free after you have paid for them once?

Bluepete · 28-11-11, 07:53 PM

I think so, yes.

tinpants · 28-11-11, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bluepete

I think so, yes.

thats my understanding of it too.

Can't speak highly enough of my Kindle. I think its great.

MisterTommyH · 28-11-11, 08:12 PM

Sorry, I know you didn't ask, but IMO you can't beat a good old book.

punyXpress · 28-11-11, 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bluepete

The books are stored in your Amazon account. You can download them more than once.

I have a book on my Kindle, my daughters Kindle (£89 one - very cool) and on my Android phone.

Pete

Didn't know you were THAT keen on the Highway Code, Pete

29-11-11, 10:45 AM

Kindle is great - only issue is that some books you may want aren't in Kindle format. Books purchased are stored on your kindle account so if the device gets trashed, you still have your books. It's worth checking through the free books, I've spent much of this year re-reading some classic books I read in my youth for free.

As the kindle has "limited" storage space, the idea is that you can archive books you have read back to your Amazon account and free up the space on your Kindle. If you want to read the book again you just re-load it.

As to the reports about Kindles being damaged by airport scanners that were in some papers in the past couple of weeks..... load of balls, my kindle has been scanned a silly number of times by now and is working fine.

If you have an amazon account and a kindle app on a phone or tablet, you don't need a physical Kindle device - my wife just uses her Galaxy tab. Bit heavier than a kindle but you do get the "two page" real book effect.

28-11-11, 05:21 PM	#1
Tigerrrr....... Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 154	Kindle - advice required, please Thinking of buying the latest Kindle. It's the £89 one. My question is if I have 100 books on it over the next few months, then drop/break it, will I have any back up or are all my books lost and I have to start again? Advice appreciated. Thanks. __________________ Be safe, be seen.

28-11-11, 05:35 PM	#2
Bluepete Member Mega Poster Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ex motorcyclist Posts: 1,961	Re: Kindle - advice required, please The books are stored in your Amazon account. You can download them more than once. I have a book on my Kindle, my daughters Kindle (£89 one - very cool) and on my Android phone. Pete

28-11-11, 06:06 PM	#3
tom-k6 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Kindle - advice required, please so if you had kindle stolen or gone kaput, you can re-download for free after you have paid for them once?

28-11-11, 07:53 PM	#4
Bluepete Member Mega Poster Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ex motorcyclist Posts: 1,961	Re: Kindle - advice required, please I think so, yes.

28-11-11, 08:12 PM	#6
MisterTommyH Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: West Mids Posts: 854	Re: Kindle - advice required, please Sorry, I know you didn't ask, but IMO you can't beat a good old book.

29-11-11, 10:45 AM	#8
LankyIanB Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Kindle - advice required, please Kindle is great - only issue is that some books you may want aren't in Kindle format. Books purchased are stored on your kindle account so if the device gets trashed, you still have your books. It's worth checking through the free books, I've spent much of this year re-reading some classic books I read in my youth for free. As the kindle has "limited" storage space, the idea is that you can archive books you have read back to your Amazon account and free up the space on your Kindle. If you want to read the book again you just re-load it. As to the reports about Kindles being damaged by airport scanners that were in some papers in the past couple of weeks..... load of balls, my kindle has been scanned a silly number of times by now and is working fine. If you have an amazon account and a kindle app on a phone or tablet, you don't need a physical Kindle device - my wife just uses her Galaxy tab. Bit heavier than a kindle but you do get the "two page" real book effect.

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