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Couldn´t you just spit :-D :-D :-D

Spoke to my ex husband on the telephone last night and he said he bought a Kindle (don't know which one) with lots of books on at a car boot sale yesterday. He paid £40.00 I paid about £150.00!

Pleased your computer has revived and lives to see another day.

Well.
Got up this morning, having spent the weekend weighing up the pros & cons, all prepared to go & buy the Spanish reader.
Switched on the PC & for about half an hour all was well. Then it began freezing, Just odd pages at first, but in the end I couldn´t even get it to close down......just got the timer going round & round.
Left it for half an hour, came back, still the same. Went into town, did my shopping,came back, but didn´t buy the reader because I thought I might have to fork out for a new PC. & no way could I afford both.
When I got back, guess what??? The bl***y thing was working perfectly.
So now I will have to wait until the next time I go into town.

Thanks to both Uzzie & Tenerife sun.
have a feeling that registering to a UK address will complicate things further as I have no real contacts in the UK now, apart from friends.
Will probably end up going for the Spanish reader, but will let you know Wendy.
Sounds good Uzzie. I like the thought of 1000s of books at my fingertips. Can´t bear being without reading matter & my Spanish isn´t fluent enough to read a book at the speed I would like.
Marion

It´s because Kindle is part of Amazon and it´s an American company. I agree that there are lots of sites to download books from, I haven´t bought one yet but have several 1000´s in my library.

Had a very quick look at the ES site, but the range of books available in English seemed very limited. Mostly childrens & textbooks, so I reasoned that if that´s the case, I might as well go for the cheaper Spanish version
I´m told that you can download books from several sites to most e readers these days.
As you will probably gather, I really don´t want to find myself stuck with something that doesn´t do what I want.
Can´t understand why a Kindle is so complicated. Why do English buyers have to buy from an American site???

Mine is registered to a Spanish address ans it sends me automatically to .com in America. I thought this was because this was where I bought it from. Also when I bought it the .es site hadn't started up then.
Wendy.

OH said my Kindle is registered to a UK address as he wanted books on it before I got it. His isn´t registered and he is not sure if you register it to a Spanish address if when buying books it would send you to the es site.
Could you not register it to your friends address to be on the safe side ?

Uzzi xx

Marion I don´t think there is a problem but will have to check with OH as he registered mine and his. He is at work at the moment but will ask when he gets home ..it will be tomorrow before I get an answer as he won´t be home until after midnight.
I think the only reason for delivery to the UK when he bought mine for me was the shipping costs and language package because he paid for it with a Spanish bank account.

I will ask about registration ...

Uzzi xx

Wendy.
Don´t ask. I can´t remember, but I will be going back for another look next week, so I´ll let you know.
Uzzie, a friend has offered to buy one for me & bring it out in September , but isn´t there a problem with registering from a Spanish address??
Why do they have to make life so complicated? Don´t they want the sales??
Marion

I have a kindle but like wise mine was send to a UK address and then brought out here.
So far I am going through the 1000´s of books that I have had passed on from friends. I also down load onto my Calibre Library from places like Kickass Torrent. (or at least I let OH do it for me :-D )
(calibre library is free to download )

Uzzi xx

Lady Scozz, I used to use my daughters address for banking the only problem is that all my mail related to the bank went there too and st times this was a problem. We also had Sky that was registered in Wales but I have cancelled that now. This year I changed my UK driving licence to a Spanish one so at last I am fully legal.

Wisechild what is the name of the Spanish e reader

Wendy

Thanks all for your input.
It seems very complicated having to buy a Kindle through the US site & pay in dollars, which was one of the things that put me off.
I´m going to have a closer look at the Spanish one which seems to have everything the Kindle Fire has.
I don´t have an English bank account any more, although I do have a sterling account with a Spanish bank. All my transactions are made in Euros. As I live in Spain & have no intention of returning to the UK it seems to make sense to get the Spanish one & I am told I can download books more or less from anywhere now.
Have just bought 5 books from a local charity shop for €1 each, but they are getting more & more difficult to find. At least they will give me a few weeks of "thinking time"
Marion

Tenerife ~ could you use a relative's address in UK?

We lived in Europe for some years, and used a cousin's address in Essex for times when we were asked for a UK address (with permission from my cousin ofcourse!).

Ok Ann talk soon (Sorry Wisechild)

Yes fine thanks, just got rid of the grey hairs that seemed to leap out at me after my birthday :-)

Will be in touch soon, probably over the weekend re dates and times.

No problem Ann, hope you two are well x

Sorry got that wrong, senior moment, I forgot that you ordered it from America.

Hi Wisechild, yes I do have a Kindle 3G not a Fire. I bought it from amazon.com so it was delivered all the way from America. I buy my books from them, charged in dollars via my english bank account, and they are usually cheaper than if i had bought them in pounds. I also get some free from them and from other sites as well, Kobo being one. What I can't do is buy from Amazon.co.uk which is a bit of a pain. The reason for this is although I do have an English bank account and debit card I do not have an English billing address. I emailed Amazon and pointed out to them that if I could use the .co.uk address they would get a more business from me as I have children and grandchilden in England who all have Christmas and birthday presents and Amazon would be useful for this. I was told that they are hoping to change this soon and I will be able to use the .co.uk site. When I don't know. Maybe I should try it again and see if it works.

Tenerife Sun has a Kindle but I think she bought it when on a visit home. However she could advise you re downloading etc.

Not sure if Bridget or Uzzi have Kindles.