Kindle Buffet

by Steve Weber

One of the best things about Amazon's digital bookstore is that many of its most popular books are offered completely free of charge during brief promotional periods. If you manage to find and download a book while it's offered free, it's yours to keep-forever. It's a great way to sample a new genre, or perhaps discover an author you hadn't noticed before. I love downloading free books to my Kindles so much, I started a website and newsletter called KindleBuffet.com to help keep track of the very best books currently available free. (The free promotions usually last only a few days, but there's a new crop every day). Take a look, and I'm sure you'll be amazed at the wealth of great books-usually there are several hundred freebies in virtually every category of fiction and nonfiction, every day of the year. And these aren't just the dogs that nobody wants, the selection includes bona-fide bestsellers from the most famous authors in the world. You may never have to pay for a book again! Heaven knows I've already downloaded more books than I'd be able to read in three lifetimes. But there's two things I've never been able to refuse-free food and free books. Of the thousands of new books made available every day, I whittle the list down to highlight only the best on Kindle Buffet . For this, I use a two simple yardsticks: how many five-star reviews have Amazon customers posted about the book? Then, to skim the cream a bit more, I compare a book's number of positive reviews versus negative reviews. Although individual reviewers frequently disagree about a given book-and Amazon certainly has its share of knuckleheads offering their two-cents' worth-the bottom line is usually clear: the best, most widely enjoyed books attract the most (and best percentage of) positive reviews. Kindle Buffet also has bestseller lists, updated hourly, of free Kindle books for every Amazon category-fiction, romance, business, cookbooks-you name it. So if you'd like to load up your Kindle with plenty of great reading material without spending a dime, check out Kindle Buffet.

Kindle Edition

Published July 10, 2012

Reviews

[Friscomama · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was wondering if Kindle Unlimited would work for me. Not for me.
Meanwhile I saw a blurb of Kindle Buffet, which was listed at $0! It had nothing I saw about Unlimited, but many other things, like finding good deals for free books on the authors website, getting a kindle app for my smart phone (I don't have one), how he picks best books (by reader ratings), how you can use calibre to edit and organize your ebooks.
So, it really wasn't what I was looking for but it did remind me that I had the calibre program on my machine.