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There are plenty of places to get books for the Kindle that are way cheaper than $9.99 (US)!!! Or free!
First off, for free, start right here at MobileRead. Awesome bunch of folk have spent many hours creating e-books (in the mobi format) for your reading pleasure.
Then, for more free books, there's Smashwords, Project Gutenberg, ManyBooks.net, Baen Free Library and Feedbooks. Remember, if the ebook extension is mobi, it can go on your Kindle (and, as far as I remember, all the sites have mobi formats available for download). And - Amazon offers free books all the time...
Then, there are plenty of sites for books under $9.99 - such as Amazon (yes, they sell a lot for under $9), Smashwords, etc.
All of these sites (as far as I know) are accessible from any computer with an Internet access and a credit card/PayPal account. No geo-restrictions ...
Oh, and that's not really the end of free/low-price sites - that's just the ones I have bookmarked on my PC. There's a whole bunch of authors out there offering free ebooks on their own web sites.
Yes, yes, if you want the "bestsellers" - so-called because they are the popular/"in" books - you'll probably have to pay a premium price at the release time. However, if you wait (similar to waiting on a paperback), you'll find the prices go down.
So, pay off the Kindle by getting the free/extremely low priced items out there. Then, indulge yourself every now and then - if you must - in a higher priced book. Win win!
Hope this helps you decide whether to cancel your order...
Good luck.
Marilyn
P.S. Welcome to MobileRead! Take a gander at the introductions forum - a lot of the "regulars" that say "hi" back to the newcomers have a lot of links in their signatures that'll lead you to free/low-cost books.
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