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It may be worth getting some bluetooth speakers and pairing them to your fire, makes listening to books and the radio a much better experience. I have a sound bar paired to the tv and I also pair it to my tablet. Audible is excellent, I get my audible books from there.

What a lovely surprises , mcem
I have had mine just over a month and am very happy with it.
Wouldn't mind a nice cover for mine

Happy to say I now have my kindle fire amd am delighted with it!
Naively I also discussed my thoughts with DD 1 so was just a bit embarassed when she presented me witb it for my birthday last week. The next parcel I opened was a very pretty cover for it from a good friend who was in on the secret!

Didn't even know it had gone down Nandalot everything here seemed to work OK and nothing needed re-booting, .........though I did have to fiddle around with Prime movies now you mention it.

On another note, did everyone else have problems with their Amazon tech aftertheir web went down last week? We had two kindles, and two Fire (DGCs) which would not recognise our internet. Had to reboot it. Also had to re- enter some passwords on other apps. All very annoying and time-consuming. Makes you realise what a lot of pies their fingers are in.

We tried Amazon Prime for the free trial month and are now subscribing..monthly. More expensive than the £75. It would not be worth it if you are just using it for the books. You get one 'library' style book for a month, usually at the cheaper end. Plus you get a free Kindle first from a choice of six. We use it also to subscribe to Kindle Fire for Kids which is cheaper if you have Prime. But what I like is next day delivery. We live in a village so do quite a lot of online and it is good to know the day of delivery even for small items.

I am not connected to Amazon!

You don't have to be a member of Amazon Prime to buy any of their kindle books, so not just the cheap ones which are emailed to you.

After reading this thread I ordered a Fire 7" from John Lewis. It was the same price as on Amazon with free 5 day delivery or collection from local Waitrose. Have collected it this morning and so far every happy. The bonus of ordering from JL is a two year guarantee.

I can also load books on to my laptop using Kindle Cloud Reader which is useful if my other two gadgets are charging!

I misled you if I typed Kindle, I meant Amazon Fire.
Follow anno's directions.

BTW, my DH has downloaded a video of photos.

Good luck.

Thank you all for your wise words. Well, I now have my lovely shiny kindle fire and must say I am impressed. Found loads of features (e.g. silent between certain hours). One thing I haven't sussed out yet is how to get to the home page after reading. There isn't an icon in reading mode for home. infact, no icons at all. I'm sure I'll kick myself when I find out how simple it is.

My Fire takes photos in either direction. At the top of the screen there are two little curved arrows which you click to change orientation of the camera.

LuckyDucky you say that your Kindle takes excellent photos. How do you do this, I can only get the camera facing myself, i.e. for using on Skype etc.

And there are lots of free books on Kindle.

cherrytree

If able, we buy Prime products; we've saved more than £75 each year.

I'm off piste again but, we've also bought from Amazon Pantry for dried and tinned food. When we had streaming colds and coughs with low energy it was an absolute godsend.

You can buy books for the Kindle from Amazon Daily Deal at 0.99p without having to subscribe to Amazon Prime. They will send you a daily email with about three books on it.

Sometimes they are bestsellers, sometimes ones from known authors who want you to get hooked on a series by buying one cheaply, sometimes from unknown authors. Many of them are ones that won't interest you, but if you get even one good one a week you will have something to read without breaking the bank. Here is a page with a sample of some

I have read several bestsellers this way, and been introduced to some authors I hadn't heard of.

My Hudl 2 died after less than 18 months, Tesco were NOT very helpful!

I was very lucky to see a Kindle Fire offered on Freecycle. Slighter smaller screen than the Hudl, but I have got used to it.

I use it mainly for internet, as I still prefer "proper" books.

However, I downloaded Words with Friends, and am now hopelessly addicted

One caveat: the Kindle scores better than the Fire for reading out-doors because the Kindle has a non-reflective screen and the Fire doesn't. I'll be taking both with me to France in the summer.

Thanks for the info Aggie. I may download a game now .

Ggmarion I have BT Broadband and have never had an issue using the Fire, hope this reassures you. Plus with BT Broadband you have access to hotspots so can use the Fire when travelling.

I got my Kindle Fire as a Black Friday offer in 2015 for just under £40. Unbeatable value, or so I thought until they offered it at under £30 a year later!

I have a Kindle fire. I use it to access the internet, download books and I am using it at the moment. I have never used Amazon prime

If you don't want to pay for Amamzon Prime, you should be able to borrow ebooks and emagazines from your local library free. Check your county council website for details. All you need is a library membership number (on your ticket) and to download the free app.
All the latest magazines are free to read from publication day, saved me a fortune!

Thank you all. I have ordered a 7inch kindle fire so look forward to getting to grips with it. Hope it is easy to load music to as I will then be able to carry only 1 item instead of kindle and mp3 player. I was nearly put off buying as a review said there was a problem with compatibility with bt broadband.

We too have a kindle fire as well as an iPad 2 air. For value for money the kindle fire can't be beaten. I bought mine at Argos and used my nectar points to get £20 off! I load books via the kindle app to it and also listen to audio books on it. We do subscribe to Amazon Prime and find it good value for money.
* Free next day postage and delivery on all Amazon purchases. Really helpful if sending gifts to family and friends
* Good choice of 'free' videos to download
* Free Book a month
* Lending library
* Prime Tv which DH uses to watch Clarkson and Co!
Think there are lots of other benefits which I've not used yet!