Product Description
The Kindle 2 Cookbook provides stey-by-step recipes to do everything the Kindle 2 User’s Guide doesn’t tell you about–for free. Learn the Kindle’s hidden secrets and follow clear, convenient instructions to unlock them. The Kindle Cookbook’s handy reference format will make this one book that is always loaded on your Kindle! This edition includes support for Windows XP, Windows Vista and MacIntosh OS X users.
- What the Kindle Manual Doesn’t Tell You
- Computers and Flash Drives
- File Formats
- Copy Protection
- Access 1000,000+ Free Books
- Email, Instant Messaging and News
- Send And Receive Email From Your Kindle-Using Any Email Address!
- Browse RSS Feeds Using Google Reader
- Using Google Calendar
- 34,000+ Free Daily News Feeds You Can Download To Your Kindle–Automatically!
- Instant Messaging with Yahoo Messenger
- Searching the Dictionary, Wikipedia and the Internet
- Look Up Any Word In The Dictionary
- Look Up Anything in Wikipedia-The Easy Way
- Search the Web
- Search the Kindle Store
- Search shortcuts
- Navigation, Bookmarks, Clippings and Notes
- Automatic Page Turning
- Printing, Images and Illustrations
- Save An Image of Your Kindle’s Screen
- Print Pages From An Ebook
- How to Zoom Those Tiny Little Illustrations
- Picture Viewer
- Converting Files to Kindle Format
- Convert Multiple Documents and Download to Your Kindle
- Converting PDF Files
- Converting Microsoft .LIT Files
- Converting Sony .LRF Files
- Convert Anything That Can Be Printed On Your Computer
- Converting Files to Kindle Format with Stanza
- Audio Books on the Kindle
- Playing MP3 Audio Books on the Kindle
- Playing iTunes Audio Books on the Kindle
- Converting AAC, M4A and M4B Audio Books for the Kindle
- Free Audio Books
- Playing Music on the Kindle
- Text-to-Speech Made Easy
- Kindle Internet User’s Groups
- KindleCookbook.com
- Amazon’s Digital Text Platform
- Kindle Blogs
- KindleFeeder
- Feedbooks News Stand
- Refreshing the Screen
- Resetting Your Kindle
- Minesweeper
- Display the Time
13 Comments on “The Kindle 2 Cookbook: How To Do Everything the Manual Doesn’t Tell You (Kindle Edition)”
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Good, but nothing special.
If you do not want to spend time looking for these tips online, the book is both good and cheap. It draws out important parts of the user’s guide and adds in much not contained…
Posted on June 4, 2009 at 6:01 pm.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Don’t waste your money
This cookbook should say that it’s been written for Windows. I know the price is low, but without any graphics, it’s very hard to follow the instructions.
Posted on June 4, 2009 at 7:51 pm.
As a new Kindle owner and an avid follower of the Amazon “Kindle Discussion” forums I knew that the Kindle had the capability to perform a multitude of tasks not listed in the Users’ Guide. I also knew that I purchased this rather expensive device simply for convenience-convenience of reading,obtaining and storage of books. And when I used the Kindle I wanted to utilize all the potential short cuts of the Kindle and to optimize the use of the whisper-net(not limited to just obtaining books from Amazon.com). I did not want to use USB cables unless it was absolutely necessary…again I paid good money for the convenience…so why not spend $4 more to make sure I’ve optimized my convenience?
The problem was that I am only marginally technically competent and I am also a “techno-phobe” (reason why I don’t want to use USB cables). With all that in mind I decided to down-load the sample of “The Kindle Cookbook.”
Frankly I found the sample a bit scarce. The sample simply contained the book’s Table of Contents and a couple of introductory remarks. Hardly impressive. However what drew me in was “The CookBook provides step by step recipes for capabilities you won’t find in the Users’Guide.” Further, the Table of Contents listed topic after topic of Kindle capabilities that I had encountered in my followings of the Amazon Kindle discussion forums. Needless to say the forums had not always explained clearly and simply how to accomplish all of the above. Thus I risked $4 to download the complete CookBook.
Best $4 I ever spent. There was no re-hashing of the Users’Guide. The book explained each topic in simple step by step manner. In the first night alone I downloaded several free books via whisper-net from non-Amazon.com websites. This alone was worth the $4 but I went on to learn other ways to maximize the use of my Kindle.
My advice is to first review the Table of Contents(using the free sample download). If one or more of these listed Kindle capabilities /topics are worth $4 to you then buy the book with the confidence that these capabilities will be easily realized with the purchase of the book. And yes, you may learn about some of these Kindle capabilities on the internet but for $4 I would just assume store all this information conveniently in my Kindle. So for all you out there who are like me (techno-phobes who possess limited technical skills) this book is for you. Enjoy!
Posted on June 4, 2009 at 9:01 pm.
There are many Kindle guides out there and this is the first one I read. There’s currently 3 guides out there and I’d recommend getting all three in case each one has even one bit of information that the other two don’t. The price can’t be beat!
This one covers a lot of information including free books, free newsfeeds, and other services. I’ve spent a lot of time on my Kindle so I had already come across most of it, but it did give me Google Reader’s mobile address. I didn’t know there was a mobile Google Reader site, and just for that information alone it was worth the buy. Has a lot of useful links. Easy to understand and straightforward – not techie at all. So if someone who has spent countless hours researching Kindle stuff found new stuff in this guide, there’s a good chance you’ll find quite a bit of new stuff too! Highly recommended.
Posted on June 4, 2009 at 9:13 pm.
This is one of those books I wish I read first. I have two other Kindle guides and, while there is information overlap, this guide is much easier to use. I’d recommend this to a new Kindle owner as the one he should get.
I was moderately disappointed it wasn’t really a cookbook thro. Recipes on a Kindle would be cool.<grin>
Posted on June 4, 2009 at 11:37 pm.
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Kindle 2 Cookbook
this is a great book for us that do not understand the computor world. Very simple instructions. I would highly recomend it for anyone who purchases a kindle 2.
Posted on June 5, 2009 at 1:56 am.
3.0 out of 5 stars
good reference tool
This is a good reference tool to store on your Kindle. But in a certain sense it is a complicated effort to make the Kindle be more than it is.
Posted on June 5, 2009 at 2:36 am.
5.0 out of 5 stars
This has all the details that you look for
I love this book!! I haven’t had a Kindle but for a month or so, but I always had questions that I couldn’t find answers to in the normal user’s guide.
Posted on June 5, 2009 at 7:22 am.
5.0 out of 5 stars
At Last!
For a person who needs tech help from the significant other, this eliminates waiting for assistance. I can do it myself!
Posted on June 5, 2009 at 7:30 am.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Price Fail?
I am the only one who finds it weird that this is $4 and yet the description plainly says: “The Kindle 2 Cookbook provides stey-by-step recipes to do everything the Kindle 2…
Posted on June 5, 2009 at 8:57 am.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great reference for getting beyond the basics
I am a first time Kindle/ebook owner. The Kindle2 is a nice machine and is quite intuitive right out of the box for basic operations.
Posted on June 5, 2009 at 10:59 am.
5.0 out of 5 stars
) and I wasn’t sure if it was going to be “worth…
Do yourself a favor. Buy this book.
I read MANY of the reviews prior to purchasing this book. I am a technically savvy person (perhaps bordering on the geeky side
Posted on June 5, 2009 at 5:28 pm.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Bit Overwhelmed….But in a Good Way!
I had heard so much about the Kindle Cookbook and did not really think it was something I needed. How wrong I was! This is an amazing supplement to your Kindle for many reasons.
Posted on June 6, 2009 at 12:17 am.