The good news here is you only have to set this up one time - it is rather confusing and many many people miss the step of whitelisting the email they will be using to send books to their kindle. It is one of the most common things I see confusion about in r/FreeEBOOKS.
Here is an article about the release of works to the public domain
Project Gutenberg is one of the main sources for free public domain ebooks.
Ebooks added this way will sync across devices like any ebook you get from Amazon.
Please ask questions in the comments below if you are having trouble figuring this out - I plan to edit the instructions as I find where folks are confused.
1 - Find your send to kindle email address
First you need to find your send to kindle email address. There are two ways to do this on your kindle or on the Amazon website, it’s way easier to find on your kindle.
Easy way: On your kindle: Click the gear icon -> All Settings -> Your Account -> your send to kindle email will be listed on this page.
Harder way: Go to Amazon.com then click Accounts & lists->
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under “Digital content and devices” click “Content and Devices” ->
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Click “Devices” in the menu near the top ->
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click the “…” next to you kindle in the device list you see on that page. Your send to kindle email will be listed in the small box that appears. If you are on mobile you will see a gallery of images of kindles and app icons - click a kindle and you will see your send to kindle email address displayed below.
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(Do not be alarmed if you see a shitload of devices listed, every time you download the kindle app on something it counts as a device - I have “devices” going back for many years of phones)
Your send to kindle email address will be some variation on your name + @kindle.com
2 - Make sure the email you will be sending emails from to your send to kindle email address is whitelisted. If the email you send books from to your kindle is not white listed you will never get the books.
On Amazon.com click “Account & Lists” ->
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under “Digital content and devices” click “Content and Devices” ->
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click “Preferences" in the top bar of that page ->
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Click “Personal Document Settings” ->
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find “Approved Personal Document E-mail List” on that page -> make sure the email you will be using to send books to your kindle is listed there.
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3 - Let’s send a book.
Go to a book on Project Gutenberg -> click either Kindle (with images) or Kindle (no images) to download the version of the ebook you would like to send to your kindle.
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Now open a new email message - fill in your send to kindle email address in the to field, then drag the book file into the email. Click send.
Go to your kindle library and sync to make sure the book downloaded.
I typically send ebooks to my kindle from my phone or iPad - you will follow the same process but often when you download a file your device will ask you what you want to do with the file - just choose email and send away.
Here are some lists of free ebooks by topic:
100 free mythology books
250 free kids and YA books
200 free sci-fi books
100 free classics
100 free Christmas ebooks
100 free history ebooks
100 free poetry books
100 free memoirs and autobiographies
