We’ve had a number of folks ask about reading DailyLit on their Kindle, so we tested it out and came up with two methods you can use.

Method #1

1) On your computer (because the Kindle browser is more difficult to use), find the book you’d like to read, and view the first “preview” page.
2) Note the URL.
3) Type the URL into your Kindle’s web browser. (On the first-gen Kindle, you will find the browser in the menu under “experimental.”)
4) Once you’re at the page, bookmark it, possibly want to increase the text size, and then start reading.
5) The first DailyLit installment will take up several Kindle “screens,” so use the “next page” Kindle button until you get the the end of the installment.
6) When you get to the end of the installment, use the DailyLit “next” link to view the next installment (or edit the URL to the number of the next installment, if you’re comfortable doing so).
7) When you’re done reading, change your bookmark to the URL of the installment where you left off.

Keep in mind:
- This is not like the “Kindle experience” where you are downloading the whole book first, so you’ll have to stop reading if you lose the internet connection.

Method #2: Using Google Reader

1) On your computer, set up an RSS subscription to the book you’d like to read.
2) On your computer, set up / sign into your RSS feed reader and paste your RSS URL into Google Reader
3) Using Kindle browser, go to: www.google.com/reader/m/
4) Sign in with your Google account.
5) You should see your RSS installments.  Bookmark this page.  Click the installment you want to read.
6) Increase text size, read!
7) Use “next:” button to adavnce through book.

Keep in mind:
-You could do something similar with any online RSS reader of choice, especially if it comes in a “mobile device” format.
- There are numerous resources online with tips on how to use RSS readers on Kindles. You might trying searching for “RSS on Kindle” to find some information.

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• Posted on 19 March, 2010
  by MaggieH
• Category
  Tips