You can get hundreds of free e-books this month if you know where to look. On Thursday, Jan. 25, you can get over a hundred free mystery e-books from the Cozy Mystery Book Blast event; on Saturday, Jan. 27, you can get free “witchy” e-books from Witchy Book Worms; and for all of January, Prime members can get two free Kindle e-books from Amazon’s First Reads program.
What is Amazon’s First Reads?
Amazon First Reads is a program aimed at Prime members that offers early access to new e-books across many genres, curated by First Reads editors. Prime members can choose to download one free e-book every month from a rotating list—though this month that number’s bumped up to two—and non-members get them for a discounted price. These e-books can be read on any compatible Kindle device, the free Kindle app, or any e-reader as long as you convert the file to EPUB.
Recommended products
There’s a Kindle out there for every type of reader:
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Amazon Kindle: $99.99
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Amazon Kindle Paperwhite: starts at $139.99
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Amazon Kindle Oasis: $249.99 (without ads)
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Amazon Kindle Scribe: starts at $339.99
How to claim First Reads e-books
Go to the First Reads landing page to see the full list of e-books available this month. Once you find a book that seems interesting, click the “Shop Now” button. Make sure you’re not being redirected to the phone application because you won’t see the free book option; instead, use the web browser Amazon page (or just do it on your computer). Also, make sure you’re not clicking the ”Pre-order for…” button, as that will direct you to pay; instead, click the “Read for Free” button under the First Reads banner to send the e-book directly to the Kindle linked to your Amazon account. You can see what it should look like from the screenshot below.
Credit: Daniel Oropeza screenshot of Amazon browser.
You’ll know you did it right when you see a “Thanks, [your name]!” order summary saying the e-book is being auto-delivered to the Kindle Cloud Reader.