I have absolutely no criticism of Amazon's customer service department. I haven't had to return anything, but they were fantastic about crediting my credit card for the cost of the unlighted Kindle cover and then giving me a $25 credit on the lighted cover when I complained that my Kindle was rebooting and acting strangely. Whenever I decide to buy something that costs more than a few dollars I always check Amazon to see if they offer a better deal. They usually do. Is Amazon actually doing the transcription of books, or is it the publisher? Also, from my reading on line, the blame for the high price of books is placed on the publisher and not Amazon--however, I don't know whom to believe about that. I do read a chapter before I buy, but sometimes I want to read a particular book and download a book with typos. Another problem I have with free or 99 cent books is they are often a previously unpublished author's first book, and may be rather poorly written. Please, don't criticize me for saying this because I have a friend who published her first book cheaply and the book is extremely well written. I spend a lot of time searching for an author or title that interests me, is inexpensive, and is of sufficient quality that I do purchase it. I guess that in our world of astounding technology I expect transcriptions to be as good as the hard copy original. I will check out the links mentioned to see if I find a group that may point me toward better books that are, I hope, more affordable. Nancy

pattico you can read all of those free ones(or pay) using the kindle for pc which is free, there are a lot of free Christian romances. Kindle for PC this is an example and if you look down below that one it shows other free ones as well, you can just do a search for free ebooks too. Paper Roses these same books are also available in other formats not just for kindle, I have a lot of them in epub format which you can read on a LOT of ereaders.

Download the free (and very reputable) Calibre program and then you can get the library books in ePUB format and convert them to Kindle (.azw) format. Pam_25f -- I don't know why Windows Player is entering into this at all. Download the Kindle book to your computer, and make note of where you've saved it. It's easiest if you create a folder and name it "Kindle downloads" or something like that. Connect your Kindle to your computer using the USB cable that came with the Kindle. Now, open "My Computer" and go to the folder where you downloaded the Kindle book. Now, do the "copy/paste" thing to copy it to the "Documents" folder on your Kindle. Disconnect your Kindle from the computer, and you'll have the book on it, available to read.

Yes, I do use Overdrive to download to my Kindle, but because I read so voraciously, I don't always find what I'm looking for there. Hoopla and Cloudlibrary expand the number of books I have access to -I just haven't been able to figure out how to read them on my Kindle. But I'm really excited to dive into Bumblebeez' suggestion of Calibre -that sounds like it might be just the ticket. I used to have Kindle Unlimited but didn't feel it was as worthy as Scribd, and didn't want to pay for two subscriptions. I'm definitely going to look more into Audible though. Thanks so much to everyone who weighed in!