Have Computer, Will Read
Just a quickie before I zoom off, especially for my blogger friends around the world who don’t have access to Amazon accounts. For any of you who think that you have to have an Amazon account to have the Kindle free reading app on your computer, you DO NOT, here’s the link to download the free software. FREE Kindle Reader Software You can read any compatible book sent to you by email on this software.
With Amazon freebies, you have to open an account. This you can do with a Visa credit or debit card. To qualify to download free books from Amazon in particular, you have to first buy and pay for one. Only one. Then you can download as many public domain or free books as you like.
I’m not sharing this information because I believe that people should only download free books, but because there are a lot of avid readers who genuinely can’t afford to buy them, nor do they have the facilities or means to open an Amazon account.
There are also those who, because of the countries that they live in or other circumstances, will never have access to any sort of credit or debit card. But. As I said when I first started scribbling, all of my books would always be free to any of my African friends who wanted to read them, or any others around the globe in similar situations.
You don’t have to have an account to download the free Kindle Reader software, and once you have it, you can read any book emailed to you by any author with a compatible book file, and I know that there are a lot of authors out there who will be more than happy to send you their books without any need for any sort of compensation, as do I.
So guys, download away, and if any of you would like free copies of any of my scribbles, send me an email on jorobinson176@gmail.com – I don’t expect any reviews or anything like that in return at all. I just think it would be cool for Africa and any other place having a hard time accessing books, to all have some sort of access to Kindle Readers so that they can read too.
Jo Robinson 
September 22, 2013 at 6:22 pm
YOU are too generous Jo, you’ll never get rich that way 🙂
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September 23, 2013 at 3:45 pm
I’ve got PILES of choccies – rich enough already. 😉
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September 22, 2013 at 6:23 pm
Reblogged this on Chris The Story Reading Ape's New (to me) Authors Blog.
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September 23, 2013 at 3:44 pm
Thank you Chris! I knew that you most of all would get this. 😀
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September 22, 2013 at 6:36 pm
Reblogged this on Have We Had Help? and commented:
Don’t have access to a Kindle reading app? You do now. Just clink on the blue hyperlink in this post. 🙂
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September 23, 2013 at 3:44 pm
Thank you Jack!
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September 23, 2013 at 4:28 pm
You are entirely welcome Jo. 🙂
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September 29, 2013 at 1:06 pm
🙂
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September 22, 2013 at 6:38 pm
That is very charitable of you. I commend your generosity.
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September 23, 2013 at 3:44 pm
Thank you! I’m not trying to be charitable though – I just reckon that books should be around for all. Sometimes we forget about the sharing of our stories and focus way too much on profit. I’m sure there are more than enough readers paying for books (me) to justify all of us giving away a couple via email with no fanfare or kudos expected. Kudo’s to you though! Love your blog and your life story.
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September 22, 2013 at 7:13 pm
Great info. Very generous. Thank you
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September 23, 2013 at 3:40 pm
Thank you John. At the risk of sounding pompous – who me???? 😀 There are loads of authors who sent me their books before I was properly connected to the old internet, and to them I’ll always be grateful for including me in the world of indie writers. It’s hard to be a reader with no way of getting your eyeballs on something you really want to read.
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September 23, 2013 at 7:48 pm
True enough. 🙂
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September 29, 2013 at 1:05 pm
🙂
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September 22, 2013 at 9:26 pm
Thanks Jo!
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September 23, 2013 at 3:35 pm
Cool Kev! I remember when I first logged on to the internet a couple of years ago in Zimbabwe. It was really hard looking at all the readers and authors having a blast. Then one nice author guy showed me that you actually can have an Amazon account without connecting for payment. He actually wanted a review from me so maybe he had an ulterior motive – who knows? But loads of guys use internet cafe’s, and would love to read our scribbles, and this is a cool way for them to be included in the fun I reckon. 🙂
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September 22, 2013 at 9:26 pm
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September 23, 2013 at 3:32 pm
Thanks for the reblog Kev!
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September 27, 2013 at 11:15 am
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