Does anyone USE the free PC kindle book reader from amazon the their PC? Does it need wifi to download and read the books. I have prepaid modem.


Leighhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=kcp_pc_mkt_lnd?docId=1000426311
Kindle for PC.First, let me say I have never used Kindle for PC.
But according to Amazon’s download instructions, if you don’t have Wi-Fi you can download books to your PC and transfer them to your Kindle via a USB cable.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200375630
[See “To download items archived on Amazon.com to your computer”.

If you are using the Kindle for PC program, I would guess you could download your book to your computer through your prepaid modem and open the file using the program. If you try this, let us KNOW if it works.

I think Kindle requires Wi-Fi only because it doesn’t have a network connector.
I don't own a Kindle, so I may not be able to help as much as those who do...
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Fees for transfer of personal documents to the Kindle via Whispernet are based on the size of the file submitted (before compression if you use a .zip file), your country, and where you're accessing Whispernet. Fees will only be charged for documents that are successfully received wirelessly to your Kindle. (Personal Document Service is not available via Whispernet in Canada. Please see Sending Personal Documents to Kindle[/FONT] for information about e-mailing personal documents to your computer for USB transfer to your Kindle.)

• Kindle (U.S. Wireless) user: We'll send personal documents to your Kindle via Whispernet while inside the U.S. wireless coverage area for a fee of $.15 per megabyte.
  
• Kindle (Free 3G) user living in the United States: If you transfer personal documents to your Kindle via Whispernet while inside the United States, the fee is $ .15 per megabyte. When TRAVELING outside the United States, a fee of $.99 per megabyte will apply.
  
• Kindle (Free 3G) user living outside the United States: We'll send personal files to your Kindle via Whispernet for a fee of $ .99 (USD) per megabyte anywhere in the world you access Whispernet service.

Fees are rounded up to the next whole MB and apply to each personal document delivered via Whispernet to each Kindle. You can transfer personal documents to your Kindle via USB for free at anytime.

Does anyone use the free PC kindle book reader from amazon the their PC? Does it need wifi to download and read the books. I have prepaid modem.