How to download books to Kindle Fire

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How to download books to Kindle Fire
How to download books to Kindle Fire
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The Kindle Fire is an iPad-like product released by Amazon in 2011. The Kindle Fire lets you not only download and read books, but also listen to music, browse the web, or watch movies. There are many ways to download books to your Kindle Fire. If you would like to know how to do this, follow these steps.

Steps

Method 1 of 3: Use the Amazon Store on your Kindle Fire

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Download Books to a Kindle Fire Step 1

Step 1. Enter the main menu

You will see this page by default as soon as you turn on your Kindle. Remember, before you can download books to your Kindle, you need to connect to WiFi and register it.

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Download Books to a Kindle Fire Step 2

Step 2. Select "Books"

It's near the top of the screen, next to News and Music. You will go to the shelves, where you will see all available and downloaded books.

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Download Books to a Kindle Fire Step 3

Step 3. Select "Store"

You can find this option in the upper right corner. It will be a small arrow pointing to the right.

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Download Books to a Kindle Fire Step 4

Step 4. Browse the books

Explore the entire range of the Kindle Store. You can browse by category such as Bestsellers or Popular Science by clicking Browse Books, or you can search for a specific title by entering the title of a book in the search box.

You can also type "free books" in the search box for a list of available free books

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Download Books to a Kindle Fire Step 5

Step 5. Select a book

Click on a book and you will be taken to a screen where you will find the cost of the book, its rating, cover, and description. If the book is available for rent, you will see a "One Click Rent" button. If a sample book can be obtained, there will be a "Try a sample" option. The sample book is a free and easy way to check if you like the book.

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Download Books to a Kindle Fire Step 6

Step 6. Click Buy

If you have an Amazon Prime membership, you will have the option of renting the book for free (if there is such an option at all). With the "Buy" option, you will purchase the book through your Amazon.com account with just one click. The book will then start downloading to your Kindle Fire.

  • If you are not logged in, you may be prompted for your username and password to continue.
  • Wait for the book to download completely. Once this happens, you will see a "Read Now" button.
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Download Books to a Kindle Fire Step 7

Step 7. Read the new book

Click on the "Books" tab again and select a book to start reading.

Method 2 of 3: Use the Amazon store on your computer

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Download Books to a Kindle Fire Step 8

Step 1. Log in to www.amazon.com

You will be taken to the Amazon home page. If you have used this site on this computer before, you will be logged in immediately. If not used, you must enter a username and password. Remember, for this to work, you need to register your Kindle Fire.

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Download Books to a Kindle Fire Step 9

Step 2. Study the books

You can enter book titles in the search box, or select "Kindle" at the top of the screen and browse books by category, such as Featured, Bestsellers, or Genres.

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Download Books to a Kindle Fire Step 10

Step 3. Select a book

Once you make a decision, click on the book and you will be taken to a screen where you will find the cost of the book, its rating, cover and description.

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Download Books to a Kindle Fire Step 11

Step 4. Select your device

In the upper right corner of the screen, select your device under Delivery.

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Download Books to a Kindle Fire Step 12

Step 5. Click Buy

You will see an orange button in the upper right corner of the screen above your device. Once you select it, the purchase will be sent and delivered to your Kindle Fire.

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Download Books to a Kindle Fire Step 13

Step 6. Turn on your Kindle Fire

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Download Books to a Kindle Fire Step 14

Step 7. Go to "Books"

Find a new book in the library. You can click on it and wait for the download to finish.

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Download Books to a Kindle Fire Step 15

Step 8. Enjoy your new book

Once you've found the book and finished downloading it, you can start reading.

Method 3 of 3: Use a third-party site on a computer

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Step 1. Open your browser

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Download Books to a Kindle Fire Step 17

Step 2. Select a book

There are many free books to be found online. The 1-page version of the book is easiest to find. Can you also choose a book that you wrote? or a friend sent you an email. Just make sure it's in PDF format.

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Download Books to a Kindle Fire Step 18

Step 3. Download the book in PDF format

If it's a Word document, convert it to PDF after downloading.

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Download Books to a Kindle Fire Step 19

Step 4. Save the file on your computer

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Download Books to a Kindle Fire Step 20

Step 5. Connect your Kindle Fire to your computer

Remember, you will have to purchase a separate USB cable to do this.

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Download Books to a Kindle Fire Step 21

Step 6. Unlock the Kindle Fire screen

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Download Books to a Kindle Fire Step 22

Step 7. Open your Kindle drive

On a PC, you can find it under "Computer". On a Mac, it should be on your desktop.

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Download Books to a Kindle Fire Step 23

Step 8. Drag the file to your Kindle drive

Wait for the transfer to complete.

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Download Books to a Kindle Fire Step 24

Step 9. Disconnect your Kindle

After the file has finished transferring, you can safely disconnect your Kindle.

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Download Books to a Kindle Fire Step 25

Step 10. Select "Documents" from the home page of your Kindle

You can find this option at the top of the screen.

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Download Books to a Kindle Fire Step 26

Step 11. Enjoy your book

Just click on the book and start reading.

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