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10+ Ways to Get Kindle Content

Looking for great content to read on your Kindle? There are many rich sources of books and other content. Use the guide below, with its quick links to get you directly to the free, bargain, or best-selling content available now for your Kindle.

The easiest (and often the cheapest) way for Kindle owners to get e-books and other content on their Kindle is through Amazon's Kindle Store. The immense collection (500,000 and counting) of e-books and the convenience of fast-and-free wireless delivery to your Kindle accounts for much of the appeal of the Kindle Store. The first few tools and links we give below are offered to help you efficiently browse and find good reading material from the Kindle Store.

Following that, we list helpful collections of reading material above and beyond the Kindle Store. While content from these sources won't be wirelessly synced to your Kindle, it's easy to get them on your Kindle from your PC or Mac. Just follow these simple steps.


1. Quick search

Got an author or a title in mind? Use the search box below to scan the Kindle Store. The results will be shown, with the items most downloaded by other Kindle owners listed first.

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2. Useful lists of Kindle Store books

Take a stroll through the Kindle Store using these up-to-the-minute book lists. Browse away!


3. Use our Top 10 by genre list

  KindleBoards has its own Top 10 list of Kindle Store books by genre. You can view the list, and scroll deeper beyond the top 10, at the link below:


4. Browse by price

  Select to view bestsellers in each price range.


5. See recommendations from other Kindle owners

While computer-generated lists are nice, it can be more meaningful to see a recommendation from another human being. Here are today's recommendations from the carbon life forms who frequent KindleBoards forums:


6. Check out our home team of KindleBoards authors


7. Smashwords

Go beyond the Kindle Store, and check out the growing collection at Smashwords. And here's a handy list of Smashwords Bargain Books under $3, maintained by KindleBoards member kinbr.


8. More e-book sites


9. More sources of free e-books

(Not all e-books are Kindle-compatible, so check that before you download.)


10. "If you liked this book..."

These sites will help you pick a book based on your current preferences.


11. More book sites (not necessarily e-book)

These sites have been recommended by our members as good inspiration for finding your next reading choices.


12. Want more recommendations? Browse our list of e-book blogs

These blogs offer e-book reviews and recommendations.


13. Don't forget newspapers, magazines, and blogs

Lest we forget, you can also get subscription content downloaded to your Kindle via the Kindle Store. Free trial periods are available for newspapers and magazines. Check out:



Syncing downloaded content to your Kindle.

When you acquire items from the Kindle Store, the content can be wirelessly synced to your Kindle. For content that you get from other sources, you will typically download to your PC or Mac. Here's how to get the content loaded on your Kindle:

(Note: alternatively, you can e-mail the file to your Kindle's email address, which will wirelessly transfer the file to your Kindle. Charges may apply for doing this.)

The links on this page are selected from our Book Lovers' Links thread. . Did we miss a good resource? Did we (oops!) provide a broken link? Let us know.

































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