[Fat Abe]

My Kindle is just a few weeks old. I'd like to fill it with purchased ebooks, but wish to purchase the print book at the same time. Has Amazon ever given their customers a discount for buying both formats at once? Before anyone questions my motivation for owning both formats, let me explain that I am still a traditional book buyer. There is a feeling of safety knowing that one holds a physical copy of a book which is (basically) always accessible. With ebooks, one worries about hardware availability, network up-time issues, and even Amazon's status two decades from now. Insurance value is also a concern. Any users ever experience a fire destroying their Kindle and downloaded books? Other than getting a settlement for the reader, what are the odds of obtaining compensation for the ebooks? Surely, you can re-download the books from Amazon (good point), but what if you didn't, and just wanted an insurance settlement?