Free Kindle Apps

Ever since Amazon came out with the Kindle, I've been looking at it with a touch of envy in my eye. Reading is something the whole family enjoys, and we can hardly keep the eleven year old in books. He reads them as fast as he gets them.

We are frequent patrons of our library. We check out bags of books including books for school, reference books, and pleasure reading. Since the Kindle came out, I've dreamed of how easy it would be to just download a bunch of books to the Kindle to meet our reading needs. But alas, the library is free, and though there are many free books available for the Kindle, the Kindle itself is not free. While on this quest to pay off our debt, I could not justify the Kindle cost.

So, I am so thrilled that Amazon is now offering Free Kindle Reading Apps. There are free Kindle Apps for your Blackberry, PC, Mac, iPhone and iPad. I installed the PC app this AM. In a matter of minutes six free books were downloaded to our home computer. We now have Alice in Wonderland,  Edison, His Life and Adventures, and four other classics.

While not quite as convenient as the Kindle itself, I think the PC app is going to be a wonderful thing for us. Reference books can be purchased and stored digitally, instead of on my overstuffed bookshelf. Books needed for school can be had with a couple of clicks, and when the eleven year old is whining that he has read all his books, I will be sending him to search through the free Kindle book collections.

Yes, this is going to be good!