How to get Kindle eBooks on to your computer or laptop or notepad - by Jacqueline Howett.

Jacqueline Howett is the author of The Greek Seaman. A seafaring novel, on Kindle.

While many of us are racing off learning the new ropes of technology on the latest gadgets, and Kindle who is also having some record sales, doing so, the majority of people are still only using computers or laptops, and I’m surprised to find how many still don’t know how to download Kindle books to their computer or laptops or notebooks.

Really, its so great to know you can download all those lovely books to your own library file that Amazon Kindle give’s you for free, and you have lots of books to read for free too to get you started via some links. Let’s not forget, the majority still only own just computers in foreign countries, and probably older models at that. Just bear this in mind, if you have Windows XP then you can have installed on your computer or laptop the Service Pack 2, unless you already have it, but it’s important you have this. And if you have Windows Vista or Windows 7 you will not need it, but you will need 100MB of available space.    

If you have a PC with 500 MHZ intel, or AMD processor or faster and at least 120 MG of RAM, you are all set to go.

As for the screen glare you really have no excuses anymore as the pale pink background is soothing on the eyes, and there is a brightness control. If you have a laptop, its even better, as you just adjust the angle of the screen slightly up or down to your liking.

Getting the Kindle books up and running on your PC or laptop or notebook- which is all still called a PC to the kindle world.

From the Amazon Kindle page you can download the software, then just install with a click of a button. you will need to register first in the blue screen that pops up, so just fill in email and a Amazon password and have a credit card handy. Go to a free book you like, then you just hit the buy button. Don’t be afraid to hit the buy button, okay? It will ask you what gadget you want to download your book with. You hit the PC button, and now you test it out first to see if it is a free eBook. They do give you this option to look first to see if you were charged for downloading. If it said $0 payment, you are okay and you can carry on. And then backspace back to your original page and hit the PC button to download the book to your computer or laptop or notebook. You now have another button option of safety to allow them to download the book to your  Kindle library on your PC. Hit allow. Done, that’s it, now it will show up in your new Kindle library. Your face will smile the moment you see it sitting in your very own book library. You will also receive an e-mail of your $0.00 purchase from Amazon. 

Here is the link to get started and download in one click of a button. 

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=kcp_pc_mkt_lnd?docId=1000426311

Here is a link to some free Amazon Kindle eBooks.

http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&node=154606011&p_15=-domain&p_36=0-0&kc=AG56TWVU5XWC2&redirect=true

Let’s face it; the reading experience beats the iphone with its tiny display and writing. And it really is like having a Kindle. You read as if you were on a Kindle.  Anyway, I hope this helps many of you who are still doing without. Happy reading.

Jacqueline