If you’ve just shelled out $359 for a Kindle 2 or $489 for a Kindle DX (if you were fortunate enough to find it in stock that is), then you might just find yourself a little short of disposable cash. Even so, no need to worry too much – even if Amazon’s Kindle ebook reader series – or family as they prefer to call it – does have a pretty high ticket price, it can actually help you to save money.

Bearing in mind that there are no printing costs associated with electronic books and distribution, whilst not entirely free, is still cheaper than that which would be associated with a traditional book, you will more than likely find that you can save quite a bit of money on the latest bestsellers at Amazon’s Kindle store. Of course, in the period between paying for your Kindle and the next pay check you might want to do more than economise a little – so why not take advantage of the free Kindle books which are available direct from the Amazon Kindle store?

All you need to do is visit Amazon’s site and open up the Kindle store. Once you’re there, perform a search for any type of book and choose the option “sort by – price low to high” – you’ll find the box to make this selection near the top right hand corner of the screen. You’ll then find that you’re shown a list of classic titles – 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, Sherlock Holmes, Treasure Island etc. There were in excess of 150 free books the last time I looked, mainly classics but there were quite a few more modern books listed also.

Having exhausted the free books available you will find a a good selection of available titles with prices between $0.01 to $1. These are fairly nominal fees, and considerably less than you might expect to pay for the equivalent physical product. You could pretty rapidly recoup a fair part of the price of your nice new Kindle and, considering the price, you might find yourself trying some authors which you wouldn’t otherwise choose.

The titles in the Kindle bookstore are frequently updated, so it’s well worth the effort to check back every now and again to keep up to date with what bargains are available.