I've had a Kindle now for about 1.5 years. Here in Oregon we have whats called Library2Go, you can download books from the Amazon site through some kind of agreement with our library system. The library is never closed. Never realized how much I read but the counter for the archive says 143 books. Love Technology. Never ordered from Amazon but since they are in the news so much lately, have been looking. Their prices seem to be highly competitive.