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Very good question Mate!
I read and re-read the Kindle manual and it only talks about Whispernet charges if you send them a file and ask them to convert it for you and send it directly to your kindle. It does not seem to mention any charges for downloading files from the web.
Also, it seems that you can send a document to your Kindle e-mail address (in you settings menu) but you will also be charged for this.
The charges are pretty minimal anyway. In the US it's $0.15/mb for wireless and $0.99/mb for 3G. Everywhere else (like me Down-Under) it's $0.99/mb for both.
Anyway, I thought I'd try it with my K3 3G connection. I went to the Project Gutenberg site (actually googled it from my K3 browser), found a book in Kindle format (it actually listed a Kindle format option on the screen) and downloaded it (told me that it was sending it to my home screen). It only took a few seconds to download (243kb =~$0.25 at worse I guess). After that, I went back to my home screen and there it was, and it opened up fine.
I checked my Kindle account ~30 minutes later and I did not see any additional charges. So I think as long as it goes through the Kindle browser and not your Kindle E-mail address, you should be ok. If I see any charges later I'll let you know.
This is potentially a really good find imho! It will save me a lot of time downloading these kind of files on my PC and then using my USB to dowload them to my Kindle. Many thanks Mate.
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