I was given a Kindle Fire for Christmas and I am NOT technologically enlightened, but I was able to figure out the basics and I have called Amazon support many times. They are so service oriented and will go over everything you want, step by step, as many times as it takes for you to understand it. They made the experience pleasant and I did not feel condescended to, as many "service" people do. I love my KF to read, play games, go online, download patterns, watch movies; nearly everything I can do on the computer in the den. As long as there is a wi-fi hookup available, you can use it as a small pad computer. When there's no wi-fi, it is a lovely reader for anything you've downloaded. Downloading books directly to your Kindle is so easy, just follow the directions on the Amazon page. It took me a little while to figure out how to download books to my computer and then via USB to the Kindle from the computer, because I was just too dumb to understand the directions <grin>, but finally figured it out and now download library books for free all the time. Don't give up. If you have a 20-something or 30-something child or grandchild, or friend, bleieve me, they will make sense out of it for you very quickly.