Originally Posted by Dick Dasterdly (Post 9809178)

Err,I did say free, :sneaky:
Yes I know some are free on Amazon kindle but they're mostly old hat or else not my cup off tea.

Originally Posted by Rambling Rose (Post 9810055)

I thought that the free ones were free because they are out of copyright and therefore obviously old. If you buy them in print they are usually very cheap - presumably just covering printing costs and a little profit for the seller.

What you don't like Dickens :rofl:

Originally Posted by Dick Dasterdly (Post 9811628)

Nothing against Dickens, quite appreciate him in fact, but having been reading his works from an early age and having possession of ancient copies of his books handed down through generations I kind of feel about due for a change........:rofl:

Originally Posted by Rambling Rose (Post 9813148)

Fair comment. One thing that has put me off a Kindle so far is the cost of the books compared with paper copies. However, as we are running out of room on our bookshelves I have considered sending all my old classics (mostly yellowing and falling apart) for recycling and buying a Kindle to download them all free thus making space for more new books.
:thumbsup:

Originally Posted by Fred James (Post 10245900)

I bought a Kindle from Amazon Spain. I cannot access the UK Kindle books using my UK Amazon account as I get a message that they are only available to UK customers.

Originally Posted by Fred James (Post 10245900)

I can change my country settings to a UK address but of course that won't match my credit card details.

Originally Posted by Mama_Carol (Post 9702471)

I bought my Kindle in Tesco when I was in UK in May.

I registered it with the UK site and used my brother's UK address. He also has a Kindle and it wasn't a problem to use his address for mine also. I also set up my Spanish address as a second address.

I buy all my books from the UK website using a 1-Click account which you set up when you first register.

You can also buy direct from your Kindle wherever you are (assuming you have the 3G version).

If I lived in UK with access to a good library I would probably not bother with a Kindle but living in Spain it is wonderful. Instead of being limited to reading English books found in charity shops etc I now have access to almost anything I want to read.

Originally Posted by The Guy (Post 10245943)

Thanks Fred,
That has cleared up my questions perfectly.
The Amazon site is very vague about what you can and cannot do, and some of the forums where peeps haves asked the same questions have not given definitive replies.
Many thanks for your help.

Originally Posted by megmet (Post 10247847)

Just remember to have a UK address registered and to always keep it in the account settings.

You can also on Amazon download a Kindle reader to your PC so that you or others can read or order the books from there.
When you download the reader it it will say it's only available in the UK, it will ask if you have recently moved....just say yes... but always remember to keep the UK address in your settings for it to work.

Originally Posted by Domino (Post 10250315)

all good info as I have been offered a Kindle or similar for my birthday
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