Kindle

[caseysmom]

I am loving my Kindle! I do have one question, so far I have only read my books at home where I have wifi. If I take it somewhere do I need to actually download the books if I won't have internet access?

[pomtzu]

I am loving my Kindle! I do have one question, so far I have only read my books at home where I have wifi. If I take it somewhere do I need to actually download the books if I won't have internet access?

Aren't you loading the books to your Kindle from home? Once they are on the Kindle, then you don't need to be connected to wifi to read them. Right now I have about 22 books that I have loaded since Christmas, and I can just take Kindle wherever I go and read any of the ones that are on there. I took it with me to the lab with me this a.m. when I had to have blood work done, since they're always busy on Monday and I knew I would have a wait.

[caseysmom]

I synched my Kindle with my amazon account, does that load the books to my Kindle?

[pomtzu]

I synched my Kindle with my amazon account, does that load the books to my Kindle?

Yup! When you "buy" a book it loads to your Kindle as long as the info is synched to your Amazon account.

And don't keep your wifi connection open when you are just reading. You don't need to, and it will drain your battery very fast if you do.

[caseysmom]

Yup! When you "buy" a book it loads to your Kindle as long as the info is synched to your Amazon account.

And don't keep your wifi connection open when you are just reading. You don't need to, and it will drain your battery very fast if you do.

Okay thanks, I will bring it in to work tomorrow to test that I can get to my books without an internet connection. (someone at work wants to check it out anyway) We bought the Kindle fire for a co-worker who is retiring also.

[pomtzu]

Okay thanks, I will bring it in to work tomorrow to test that I can get to my books without an internet connection. (someone at work wants to check it out anyway) We bought the Kindle fire for a co-worker who is retiring also.

Just turn your wifi connection off on the Kindle at home - you can check it that way. If your book titles are showing up, then the books have loaded properly and you can read anywhere and anytime! I'm already addicted to mine, and I just got it for Christmas.

You really can't compare the Fire to the other models either. It's a totally different animal!