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Thank you for responding. I hadn't realized that most people were just upgrading their e-readers and it wasn't that their e-readers had died. Thank you for clarifying that for me.

jscarbo: thank you for your response. I wanted epub because I know a lot of libraries and online websites such as project gutenberg use epub, but it sounds like converting epub ebooks to a format that the kindle can use isn't too much of a hassle. If I buy an ebook from amazon is the ebook protected or can I still convert the ebook? I would like to be able to keep a copy of my purchased books on my desktop. Does amazon let you do this? I had thought that amazon didn't let people save a copy of their purchases directly to their computer, but I could be and hopefully am wrong. If I could save copies of ebook purchases from amazon than a kindle sounds like it would be a good idea. I already by most of my paperbacks from amazon.

Thank you everyone. You've really helped me out.