I've jumped on the Kindle train and am loving every second of it. Not only is the Kindle a great gift idea for your favorite bookworms, but if you've got a hard to shop for pal that is already enjoying the benefits of owning a Kindle, Amazon is making things easy by allowing anyone to give ebooks as gifts this holiday. Starting today, anyone can buy a Kindle book as a gift just by clicking the Read more

Fresh off of the holiday, Amazon has announced that the Kindle is its most-gifted item in company history. While the company hasn't released exact figures for the holiday shopping season (which they define as Nov. 15 through Dec. 19), the Kindle outsold popular toys, video games, DVDs, and books. Also of note: on Christmas day, more Kindle books were purchased than actual, physical books, Read more

Since you've saved up your hard-earned money to purchase a Kindle, why not treat yourself with some free eBooks? Unfortunately Amazon doesn't have one area on its site that showcases all of the fabulous and free available Kindle books for download, but I've sorted all of the books from lowest priced to highest price, which inevitably lists all of the free books first! From there you can click on Read more

We're thrilled to present this smart Kiplinger story here on Savvy! It's cheaper than ever to snuggle up with an e-reader. But finding bargain-bin books is a challenge. 1. Look for big deals on the big three. You can now buy an Amazon Kindle, a Barnes & Noble Nook or a Sony Reader for $150 or less. Plus, if you were going to buy a tablet computer anyway, the Apple iPad ($500) and Motorola Read more

Kindle owners with an Amazon Prime membership now have even more reading options as today Amazon introduced a free lending library for Prime subscribers. The virtual library boasts over 5,000 books and can only be read via actual Kindle devices, not smartphones or computers with Kindle apps. One book can be checked out per month, though unlike your city library there is no due date for when that Read more

Amanda Hocking is 26 and sells about 100,000 ebooks a month at the Kindle store. Although each ebook sells at a low price of about $3 or 99 cents, she gets to keep 70 percent of the money because she's an independent author and doesn't have a deal with a publishing house. Business Insider calculated that if she keeps up with the sales, she has the potential to make millions annually. Amanda Read more

If writing a book is always the resolution left behind once the calendar runs out, make 2012 the year to finally get your novel out of your brain and onto the page. The fear of being rejected by publisher after publisher can set you back, but more than ever, self-published novelists are turning to ebooks to make their mark on their own. Ebooks are gaining some serious ground in sales, even Read more

So far, my experience with the Kindle Fire has been positive, but one downside is that it does not read the popular (DRM-free) epub format. If you have amassed a collection of epub books over the years (whether you've downloaded them for free in the Google Library, or elsewhere) and want to take them on the go with your new Kindle Fire, fret not — there is a simple way to convert and upload Read more

Traveling this holiday? Christmas Eve falls on a Saturday this year, which makes one big mess at the airport. If you can't take a car or a train, be sure to check out these packing and travel tips to make your life easier while booking flights, getting through security checkpoints, and beyond. Booking Flights TripIt — Once signed up for the free service, forward travel confirmation emails Read more