I don’t have a Kindle but I have enjoyed reading 3-4 books now on the Kindle reader for my blackberry and, before that, on the iphone. I like the blackberry’s screen clarity a bit more, but the iphone was nice because the screen was bigger. But alas, I couldn’t justify the ongoing cost of the iphone (and Sprint offered to buy me out of my contract…) so smaller screen it is.
Here’s how to find free Christian books for the Kindle: go to the Kindle store on Amazon.com and type in a Christian publisher. For example, I went to the Kindle store, typed in “Crossway Books” and up pops all of the books they have published on the Kindle format. Go to the upper right corner and click “sort by price: low to high” and if the publisher has any books for free they will be listed first. Here’s what I found tonight:
1. Skye Jethani, The Divine Commodity: Discovering Faith Beyond Consumer Christianity (Zondervan: Grand Rapids, 2009)
2. Steve Monsma, Healing for a Broken World: Christian Perspective on Public Policy (Crossway Books: Wheaton, 2008)
Oh, and for what it’s worth–I do think the e-reader format is going to take off. After a brief adjustment, I found that I read faster on the Kindle than I do a paper book. I always have the book with me to read and it syncs between all the platforms I read it on. Couple of downsides: I can’t do research on it, and it is a slight pain to try and find quotes that you know you read but have no idea how to find again (quick tip– use the bookmark and highlight features liberally). Overall it has been helpful, and thus far, free.
One last thing. It’s worth it to download the Kindle App just for the ESV Study Bible, which is available for $9.99. It’s not the fastest format to look something up in, but it is a whole lot better than trying to fit my Study Bible in my bag!
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Has there been any news about the ESV Study Bible for iPad?
Great tip, Jeff. Thanks for sharing. Also, if you ever break down and buy yourself an actual Kindle, you can run a word search for those quotes you are trying to track down. Or, hopefully, Amazon will add search capability to their reader apps in the future.
Clint, look for the Olive Tree Bible Software App. I have it for the iphone, I think they will have it for the ipad. It has the ESV Study Bible.
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Clint, ipad has an esv study Bible by crossway. I have it and I like the format. And in case you don’t know, there is a kindle app for ipad so you can view any book in the kindle library.
Thanks for the tip! I’ve searched for all free books but this is a good way to focus on Christian ones. Another trick I use is to follow the feed for “Bestsellers in Kindle Store” (http://www.amazon.com/rss/bestsellers/digital-text/154606011/ref=pd_ts_rss_link) because the free books often become, temporarily anyway, bestsellers so show up on that list that I can check daily.
Inspired by your post, I did a little more research and have written a post on my own blog on the topic of getting free Kindle books, with some more tips. It’s at http://bit.ly/afUVvi.
[...] I mentioned in a previous post about ebooks, I really think we are going to be reading more and more in this format. I already am benefiting [...]