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Title: Kindle help please
Post by: Fleecewife on April 23, 2017, 11:48:35 am

I've decided to brush up my French, left to rust since school days.  I thought that reading a favourite book (one of the Pratchett ones, which have all been translated), but in French, might be the way to go.  But, how do I get the book in French on my Kindle?  I don't want to change the language settings for the whole thing or knowing me I'll never get back to English.

Title: Re: Kindle help please
Post by: doganjo on April 23, 2017, 07:35:25 pm

It's easy to get onto the American amazomn site so try to see if they've got one for France.
or try here https://www.amazon.co.uk/french-books/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Afrench%20books (https://www.amazon.co.uk/french-books/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Afrench%20books)

Title: Re: Kindle help please
Post by: Fleecewife on April 24, 2017, 12:58:21 am

Thank you Doganjo.  I followed your link, only to find that although they show many Pratchett novels, none is available as a kindle edition.  That's that idea out the window then.  Still, now I know how to find books in French so I'll search for another I'll be able to understand. Or maybe I'll get it as a paperback.  Thanks again.

Title: Re: Kindle help please
Post by: doganjo on April 25, 2017, 08:42:36 pm

How about this - short stories in French?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Short-Stories-French-Penguin-Parallel-ebook/dp/B002RI9VFI/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1493149166&sr=1-5&keywords=kindle+books+in+french (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Short-Stories-French-Penguin-Parallel-ebook/dp/B002RI9VFI/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1493149166&sr=1-5&keywords=kindle+books+in+french)

or this

https://www.amazon.co.uk/obscure-soleil-Science-fiction-fantasy-French-ebook/dp/B00D37FGXS/ref=sr_1_sc_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1493149273&sr=1-2-spell&keywords=kindle+prathet+innfrench (https://www.amazon.co.uk/obscure-soleil-Science-fiction-fantasy-French-ebook/dp/B00D37FGXS/ref=sr_1_sc_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1493149273&sr=1-2-spell&keywords=kindle+prathet+innfrench)

or this
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Strate-%C3%A0-gemmes-Science-fiction-fantasy-French-PRATCHETT-ebook/dp/B00D36X56O/ref=sr_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1493149315&sr=1-9&keywords=kindle+pratchett+in+french (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Strate-%C3%A0-gemmes-Science-fiction-fantasy-French-PRATCHETT-ebook/dp/B00D36X56O/ref=sr_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1493149315&sr=1-9&keywords=kindle+pratchett+in+french)

Title: Re: Kindle help please
Post by: Fleecewife on April 27, 2017, 01:12:43 am

Thank you for that Doganjo.  I have bought a couple of books, and a French/English dictionary automatically appeared too - that's proving very useful.  Thank you for your help.

Title: Re: Kindle help please
Post by: doganjo on April 28, 2017, 01:30:31 pm

I love my Kindle (and the apps on my laptops and Hudl) - since given to me by my kids three years ago, and prior to that only reading a couple of books a year, I have now read over 550 books in three years.  And it doesn't matter whether I read a book on my desktop, laptop, notebook, Hudl or Kindle - they automatically synch to the last page read on any device