Claire, at the risk of sounding condescending, it really is very, very easy to get the Kindle and the Nook app(lication)s down to your desktop. This is because Amazon and BN have deliberately made it as easy as possible, so you'll buy lots of books from them.
If you want a Kindle app, go here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=kcp_pc_mkt_lnd?docId=1000426311
...download the application (you do that be hitting the Big Blue Button that says "Download Now"). It's free; and it dern near installs itself, it's that easy. Really. And then you can see what it is, and play with it -- buy a book and see how you like it -- without committing to the expense of buying the machine.
What Mike said about formats -- Kindles run a kind of file that has a ".mobi" extension. It's one of the couple of standard formats for eDocuments. Nook runs epub files -- another of those standard formats. If you buy books that are DRM-free (the book page ought to tell you that -- it means they're not locked to one device, or credit card number), then you can shift your books from one device to another.
A free program exists to let you move and file your books more easily -- it's called Calibre. You can find it on a Google search, but it's not as easy to install as either the Kindle or the Nook apps, so you might not want to go there, unless your friend can help.
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Re: Self Publish?
Date: 2011-09-27 11:32 am (UTC)If you want a Kindle app, go here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=kcp_pc_mkt_lnd?docId=1000426311
...download the application (you do that be hitting the Big Blue Button that says "Download Now"). It's free; and it dern near installs itself, it's that easy. Really. And then you can see what it is, and play with it -- buy a book and see how you like it -- without committing to the expense of buying the machine.
What Mike said about formats -- Kindles run a kind of file that has a ".mobi" extension. It's one of the couple of standard formats for eDocuments. Nook runs epub files -- another of those standard formats. If you buy books that are DRM-free (the book page ought to tell you that -- it means they're not locked to one device, or credit card number), then you can shift your books from one device to another.
A free program exists to let you move and file your books more easily -- it's called Calibre. You can find it on a Google search, but it's not as easy to install as either the Kindle or the Nook apps, so you might not want to go there, unless your friend can help.