Amaranthus Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 I'm thinking about buying a Kindle as a gift and was wondering if there was some way to put a bit of money on it so that the person can download their first few books without having to pay themselves? I don't want them to have to mess about loads with it because a gift shouldn't be a hassle, just want them to be able to use it straight away. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Sleeps Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Amazon gift vouchers would be an obvious answer. Don't have a Kindle so I can't answer properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snook Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Yep, amazon vouchers. Or you could just set it up yourself and download some books onto it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amaranthus Posted October 24, 2011 Author Share Posted October 24, 2011 Thanks. Was hoping there was a way to do it straight to the device, oh well. If I just put a few books on it myself would I have to register the device to myself or could I just pay for them by logging in to my Amazon account? Sorry, I don't know anything about the Kindle, hopefully someone here has one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VideoPro Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 You could also point them here: http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page 136.000 legal, free ebooks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amaranthus Posted October 24, 2011 Author Share Posted October 24, 2011 You could also point them here: http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page 136.000 legal, free ebooks. How do you get to that on the Kindle?? I have the Kindle app on my phone, which only allows me to purchase from Amazon. I can use the gutenberg free book site only on my Laputa app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikita Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 If you register the device to yourself and your debit or credit card it may cause problems when the receiver of the gift /kindle wants to purchase books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obelix Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 You can register it to soemone elses Amazon account if you know the account email address. You can also buy books from your account and gift them to their Kindle. Another tool to look at is Calibre ebook organsier - FOC and handy for all those free ebooks that someone mentioned earlier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amaranthus Posted October 24, 2011 Author Share Posted October 24, 2011 If you register the device to yourself and your debit or credit card it may cause problems when the receiver of the gift /kindle wants to purchase books. I thought so. Surely they should have thought about people wanting to gift it and wouldn't want to give an empty device... Quite a big design flaw to overlook imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amaranthus Posted October 24, 2011 Author Share Posted October 24, 2011 You can register it to soemone elses Amazon account if you know the account email address. You can also buy books from your account and gift them to their Kindle. Another tool to look at is Calibre ebook organsier - FOC and handy for all those free ebooks that someone mentioned earlier How would you do this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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