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Firstly, library e-books will have DRM which you'd have to strip before converting them for the Kindle. This may or may not be quasi-legal in your area, depending, and requires a certain (fairly low) level of comfort with computer fiddling.
Secondly, how well an ePub converts depends on how complicated its formatting was to begin with. Very plain ePubs convert quite well, but ones with more advanced formatting will sometimes end up with display errors of varying severity (margins over-indented, drop cap initial standing all on its own with the rest of the word starting on a new line, etc.).
This is because the Mobipocket format which the Kindle uses can only do very simple layouts and is poorly documented so the people who make the conversion tools do the best they can with relatively little info. Amazon does have a second format, Topaz, for fancier display, but it's generally highly disliked and closed, so you can't convert to it.
The nice thing about ePub is that it's pretty easy to open up and fix the formatting, usually just by modifying the CSS file a little before conversion.
Generally speaking, when converting from ePub to Mobi, it shouldn't end up too badly, although you'll likely lose some display niceties along the way.
Hope this helps, and welcome to MobileRead!
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