[RickyMaveety]

Well, yes, when I bought my Kindle, I noted that it did not natively support the formats from my local library. I also did a bit of research and found there was a work around for that. I didn't get that information on Mobileread. I actually came across kindlepid.py (or the discussion of it) for the first time on Amazon.com.

Now, considering that I would have all the benefits of my local library as well as access to Amazon.com's selection of books specifically for the Kindle, it was a no-brainer.

I purchase several hundred dollars worth of books a year. Every year, year in and year out. 99% of the time, over probably the past four years or more, those purchases have been from Amazon.com. I don't live near a bookstore and I hate to drive all the way into Austin just for a book. When I purchase a book, I am more than happy to purchase it from Amazon ... if they have it available.

However, if a book is something that I'm only marginally interested in, I'm going to check it out from the library rather than buy it. For me, rather than an hour round-trip drive (and 2-3 gallons of gas added to my carbon footprint) to the library, and another one when I take the book back, I could use a script to allow me to skip the trip, and check out the book and read it on my Kindle? I'm not going to buy the book if I can't get it from the library ... I'm just not going to READ the book. Remember ... only marginal interest.

In addition, if I can't buy the book from the Kindle Store, because they don't SELL the book, then it's not like they are losing my business in terms of that particular book. The only reason I would purchase it from another online store is because .... Amazon.com does not carry that book for the Kindle, and I don't care to wait until they do, any more than I would want to wait around for the bookstore on 5th St. to get a book "sometime in the future", when the bookstore a block away already has the book on its shelves.

I bought a Kindle. That means that Amazon.com will be my natural first stop whenever I am looking for a book to BUY. Not to borrow for a week, to buy. As my first stop, if they have the book at a reasonable price, then I'm going to buy it from them. If they don't have the book, then I can't buy it from them. That doesn't mean I won't do whatever I have to in order to be able to take it with me on my Kindle.

And ... that's the view of a fairly average Kindle purchaser.