Brand new iPad - frustrated with Kindle app

Is the iPad connected to the internet, and which button is selected at the top of it (All Items, Books, Newsstand, Docs) ?

In the Kindle app, if it's linked to your Amazon account (which you can do via the cog at the bottom of the app), not the kindle email address, then you should be able to click on the 'Cloud' button at the bottom of the app to see which books are linked to your account, and you should be able to tap on thebooks with downward-pointing arrows on them to download them to the iPad - they should then show if you click on the Device button at the bottom of the app (and possibly tap All Items at the top of the screen).

Downloading kindle content

What happens when you go to the Kindle App on the iPad and tap on Home>All items and then, at the bottom of the screen, tap on Cloud. You should see all of the books that are in your Kindle account. Tap on the ones you want to download.

Does your Amazon account show in the iPad's Kindle app if you tap the cogwheel at the bottom right of it (and the email address) ?

Where did the free books come from ? If they didn't come from Amazon (and you have them on your computer apart from in the Kindle for Mac program) then you could try syncing them to iPad's Kindle app via file sharing : select the iPad on the left-hand side of your computer's iTunes, select the Apps tab on the right-hand side, scroll to the bottom of it, and then select the Kindle app - file sharing.

Does your Amazon account id (not the kindle email address for sending content to it) show if you tap the cogwheel ? Mine shows my Amazon account name and the email address for the iPad's Kindle app (your Kindle For Mac program will have a different email address as it's a different device).

If it shows your Amazon account name then you should be able to see your Amazon kindle books by tapping the Cloud button at the bottom of the screen.

If that doesn't work then try logging out of your account in the app by tapping Update to the right of your name in the cogwheel and then Deregister, and then log back in with your Amazon account id and password (not kindle email address) and see if the books then show via the Cloud button

Getting started with the Kindle app :

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_left_cn?ie=UTF8&nodeI d=200438220

It looks like those three books are included with the Kindle For Mac program - I've just downloaded and it came with Treasure Island, Pride & Prejudice and Aesop's Fables, but they don't show on my account for downloading on the iPad's Kindle app. If you want those books on the iPad then you can probably find other free versions of them in the Amazon Kindle store which you can 'buy' and then download.

I tend to use the Kindle app more than iBooks, partly due to the range and price of books (iBooks now has more books than it used to have, but it's still not as big as Amazon, at least here in the UK), and partly because I've also got a Kindle ereader.

You can use both apps and buy your books from where they are cheapest - but wherever you buy a book you will only be able to read it in that store's app i.e. ibooks in the iBooks app and Kindle books in Kindle apps/ereaders.

Crotonmark wrote:

Is the Kindle app better than the iBooks app?

Which store gets more books to download?

Most people think more books are available via Kindle.app, and also prices may be lower. But it all depends on the book you want. Other apps you may need to check to get what you want at the price you want are Nook, Kobo, and Googlebooks.