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Kindle Vixen’s E-reader Comparison Chart

I happen to know a few people out there are considering purchasing themselves an e-book reader. With so many choices, and new ones popping up as quickly as my cravings for chocolate cupcakes, it can be a jungle out there! Truth is, there isn’t one perfect e-reader and we are all looking for different features. I happened to pick the Kindle because it was the only one with wireless(whispernet) at the time and Amazon has by far the widest selection of books (oh and I had a discount code from Oprah!). Now there are a few more options to consider.

Being the math nerd that I am I thought I would spend my Saturday night making a chart. Why yes, I do lead a highly exciting life, its ok to be jealous! Without further babbling from me, I give you my popular e-reader comparison chart. Below it is a comparison chart for some of the larger sized (and soon to be released) e-book readers.

My small disclaimer (hah! not done babbling!) – these charts do NOT cover all the e-readers available out there. There are many many more and you can see an even bigger sampling of them here. This is just my attempt to make it a bit less confusing based on the ones I *think* you are considering.
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Your wishlist and Kindle books can be friends!

I have been cursing amazon.com forever because there is no “add to wishlist” button on Kindle book pages. Now, I understand why theoretically… other people can’t purchase books for your Kindle for you since they have to be associated with your personal Kindle. However, some of us have huge lists of books we want to read eventually and it would be awfully nifty to be able to add those to a wishlist. Then, when we have free cash we can just pop on over to our wishlist and purchase with a click.

So, I was whining about this exact problem on twitter when @mykindlestuff let me know that you can indeed add Kindle books to your wishlist! You just have to be crafty about it.

  • First step, create your amazon wishlist. You can use your general wishlist or you can create one that is Kindle books only.
  • Second step, go to this amazon page and grab the Universal Wish List button. You drag this button from the page up onto the menu bar of your browser.
  • Finally, when you are on a page of a Kindle book you want to add to your list, simply click the “Add to Wish List” button your browser menu bar. Voila, said Kindle book is now on your wish list!
  • As I stated above, the wishlist does have limitations – friends and family can not purchase kindle books for you! However, you can use it to track the upcoming releases YOU want to purchase. Thank you amazon and @mykindlestuff for enabling me!

    Free Books

    This page is updated manually, please leave a comment if you find a mistake or an outdated link! Enjoy!

    Free Book Sites

    http://feedbooks.com/
    http://freekindlebooks.org/
    http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
    http://manybooks.net/
    http://www.baen.com/library/ (Science fiction)
    http://www.allromanceebooks.com

    Free Books from Amazon.com can be found here.

    Want to read Kindle books but don’t want to buy the Kindle?

    On the heels of Barnes & Nobles’ announcement of their new Nook device, Amazon steps up their game and announces Kindle for PC.

    Read Kindle Books on Your Computer:

  • Get the best reading experience available on your PC. No Kindle required
  • Access your Kindle books even if you don’t have your Kindle with you
  • Automatically synchronizes your last page read and annotations between devices with Whispersync
  • Create bookmarks and view the annotations you created on your Kindle
  • For us Apple lovers, Amazon has claimed to be ready to release a Mac version in the next few months. Exciting stuff!

    New Feature: Free Kindle Book Widget

    If you look at the sidebar on the right towards the bottom you will see a new box called “Free Kindle Books”. I will do my best to keep this updated with any free kindle books I find on amazon.com. It is set to show a random sampling of three. For now the links go to paperback or hardback versions because amazon doesn’t allow any of the wordpress widgets to pull kindle book links, but you can use the product page to click on the free Kindle version.

    There are some great free books up there now, Keri Arthurs Full Moon Rising included…I grabbed Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning and have added it to my “To Be Read” pile!

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