Monday, October 11, 2010

Kindle For PC

I recently downloaded the Kindle for PC application so that I had an easier way to read the books I've found on the Gutenberg Project. I found that in addition to the great selection of books available to me on the Gutenberg Project website Amazon has a wonderful selection of the same kind of books available for free download. I went ahead and downloaded Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington and am currently reading and enjoying it.

First, I will say that I am surprised by how much I enjoy reading from that application. I am looking forward to purchasing books to read using the Kindle on my PC, and it makes me much more inclined to buy a Kindle when my budget permits. I like how quickly I can begin reading something new. And I like being able to bookmark where I'm at in the book, something I was unable to do when downloading the HTML file from the Gutenberg site.

There were some other books available for free that I downloaded, that are not classics, just books they've chosen to make available at no cost to interest people in new writers and genres.

I will be reviewing those as well. The first one I read was a romance novel by Brenda Jackson titled Irresistible Forces. It was a quick read.