O.K. dammccoy ~ I've been there exactly and here's what I get : 1. Download now for Windows 8 (Also, under "download now for W8, it says, "Buy Once, Read Everywhere:" - I thought it was free, so I figured I wasn't at the right place) but I continued to..... 2. View in Windows Store 3. Then the link goes to TWINUI ~ I know it's an application, but how do I know it's safe? I've seen it before but I don't really know what it is. I guess that's when I tuned off. EmmaR ~ This looks a little cleaner (clearer) but again it said to shop at the Windows 8 store - I'm still learning W8, so I always figure store = $ or the download would be on Amazon as I expected. Thanks to you both - I'll figure it out now, just feel silly to ask since I know I'm a couple of years behind. You get older, you lose brainpower. Not so LOL., but true. Darn.

Tami, I downloaded it free from the Amazon site. Of course the books I am most interested in are textbooks so they are just expensive as the printed books. So if I buy a textbook Kindle version and have the Kindle PC app downloaded at home and work, I will be able to access the textbook both places! That would be a true back saver!!!! Textbooks are heave and never seem to be in the office where I need them- 45 miles between house and work is not conducive to running to the other for a book.

Well, Snooks, it seems that you and I have differing interpretations as to the meaning of "ending," To me, a "series of books" means that there are anywhere from 2-50 (or more!) books, written by the same author, with the same main character, and some secondary characters that appear in more than one of the books. HOWEVER, the main storyline/plot of each book in the series can stand on its own. If you read more books in the series, you may find out that the main character finally marries, gets a dog, has kids, etc., but those details do not hold hostage the main storyline/plot of any single book in the series. Michael Connolly's Harry Bosch books are a good example. Harry Bosch is a homicide detective in Los Angeles. Each book is about one murder that gets solved. Through the series of books (which, by the way, are excellent and some of my favorite books), Harry has different partners, different girlfriends, etc., but each murder mystery stands on its own. Yes, when you're done reading one you want/hope there's another because they're so damn good, but if there's not another one, it doesn't detract from the story of the one you've just read and you aren't missing anything by not reading the next book if there is one. The Lincoln Lawyer, also by Michael Connolly (and made into a movie starring Matthew McConaughey), and its subsequent books tie in from time to time because Mickey Haller and Harry Bosch are half brothers. But when one character appears in a book that is part of the other character's series, there is enough explanation of "back story" that you don't need to have read the other book(s). A serial, on the other hand, is different. For those, you do need to keep going to the next, then the next, then the next, etc., until the main storyline/plot comes to a conclusion. Television shows (soap operas, Survivor, and Murder in the First - especially the first season of MITF) are like that, and comics are like that, but I personally am not aware of books that are like that. I'm not saying there aren't any, but I am not aware of them, and they certainly aren't the norm. I read close to 350 books a year, so if serial books were common, I'd be more aware of them. Then, of course, there are books that were originally written with the author not having any particular intention to write a follow-up. Oh, the author may certainly be thinking that s/he would like to become a serious, wealthy author of many books, but when writing his/her first book, there was no thought to a sequel to that particular story. Or maybe the author is planning another book, but doesn't mention it publicly. (When you read a synopsis of the storyline to determine whether or not you might be interested, there is no mention of the book being the first in a series.) The Mill River Recluse by Darcie Chan is an example. I bought this book in Kindle format in July 2011 (it had been published in May 2011) for $0.99. Great book. Even after I was done reading it, there was no mention of a second book. Then, in August 2014, Ms. Chan published a follow-up book entitled The Mill River Redemption. Did I have to buy it to find out the ending to the first book? No, of course not -- the first book was done, and the second book has a totally different storyline. But, I did buy the second book (for $5.99) because I had so enjoyed the first. A year later, another Mill River book was published -- The Promise of Home: A Mill River Novel, also $5.99 in Kindle format. I bought it because I had thoroughly enjoyed the first two and knew I'd also enjoy the third. But, let's take the Mill River books as example of what Pawprint is talking about. Let's say that in July of 2011 when I got the original book, The Mill River Recluse, I downloaded it to my Kindle, but didn't get around to reading it for quite a while because, like Pawprint, I have more than 2,000 Kindle books. So, I finally decide it's time to read The Mill River Recluse -- and it's January of 2015. When I get done reading the book, I discover that there is a second book, entitled The Mill River Redemption. Was there trickery involved? Of course not. But you would say that there was. I very much prefer to be me.

I mostly use the library (which is a county wide library system and I believe may pull across the state). Occasionally though, a kindle book is not available from the library. I know sometimes amazon has promotions but I was super happy to be able to use the lending library for prime members. LOVE my paper white, and LOVE not having to wait for the library to be open to borrow from the library and or amazon. As an aside, there is another site, gutenberg.org which has all free ebooks, most of which are older and no longer subject to copyright$$. I have found some wonderful classics there (such as Three Men in a Boat)