Kindle Tips, Tricks and Tools

The best Kindle tool, period is the Calibre ebook software. This software is totally awesome, and get this, it's free! Basically, Calibre is an ebook management program, which helps organize your ebook collection. But this software does so much more...

Why do you need Calibre? Well, if you want to read blogs on your Kindle without having to pay for them, if you want to read online magazines without paying for them, if you want to read your pdf files on your ebook reader without having to pay a fee for converting them to Kindle format, then you MUST get this software.

I don't know about you, but I have a ton of pdf files just sitting on my computer, many of which I've never read. Thanks to the Kindle and the Calibre software, I can transfer those pdf files to my ebook reader and take them with me wherever I go.

In addition to pdf files, the Calibre software allows me to fetch the rss feed for my favorite blogs and websites so I never miss an update!

This software is currently free, but they do ask for donations. This is my absolute favorite Kindle tool, so you can bet I'll be making a donation towards the maintenance and improvement of this software.

Did you know you can organize your Kindle books into collections? I had over a hundred books on my Kindle, and finding something was becoming increasingly more difficult the more books I added.

Recently I discovered that you can organize your books into categories (I'm assuming this feature was always available and I just didn't realize it until I stumbled across it one day, but I suppose it could have been added later).

Anyway, I have started organizing my books into various categories that I create. Right now I'm using broad categories like "business" or "romance" but as my collection of books grows, I may create even more specific categories like "personal finance" or "christian romance".

So now my books are organized and I'm a happy camper. I hope you find this tip helpful!

I have to admit, I hesitated buying a Kindle because I was worried about spending too much money on ebooks. My fears were unwarranted because there are hundreds of free ebooks available for the Kindle that are just waiting to be read!

Here are several resources to help you find free ebooks for your Kindle:

Free ebooks for Kindle - non public domain
Free ebooks for Kindle in the public domain
Top 25 Authors giving away free Kindle ebooks
50 Free Books in the Kindle Store
The Complete Guide to Free Kindle Books

The Kindle is much more than an e-book reader. Here are some tips to help you get the most out of your Kindle:

Subscribe to magazines and newspapers for early delivery: If you sign up to receive subscriptions to print products on your Kindle, you'll often get access to them before they hit the newsstands.

Print screen: Make a screenshot by pressing Alt-Shift-G.

Improve the battery life by turning the wireless service off.

Kindle supports multiple formats: You can read .mobi, .prc, .txt, .jpg, .gif, HTML and Word files on the Kindle.

Need to skip more than one page? You can fast forward though pages by pressing and holding Alt plus the Next or Previous page keys.

Surf the web. You can find the Kindle's web browser under the "Experimental" section of the menu.

Send IMs: You can send instant messages with Yahoo! Messenger on the Kindle.

Increase or decrease the text size: The Kindle offers six different font sizes.

Get free file conversions: Email files to "name"@free.kindle.com to have them converted to a Kindle friendly format.