Welcome to MR, ArtWench
What a great husband you have! Are you ready? I have a few little links to places on MR with lots of information about your new Kindle that you may find useful..
Links Every Kindle Owner Should Have Plus from the MR Wiki...
Kindle 2 US, Int'l and Kindle DX Font Hack -
Kindle 2 US, Int'l and Kindle DX Screen Saver Hack -
Kindle Myths and Partial Truths -
Amazon Kindle DX and some information about
E-book formats
You can even explore using
Calibre and Kovid, the creator, frequents the forums here. We even have a dedicated
Calibre forum.
MR has free ebooks that have been beautifully handcrafted by some very dedicated MR members.
For your Kindle..
Mobi / prc format ebooks - download the MobiGuide and get your books via Whispernet..(up on the top left in the blue bar.. click on ebooks.. then in the drop down menu choose Mobipocket download guide)
Some free ebook sites -
feedbooks.com This site also has a Kindle Guide to download and you can get their books via Whispernet - there is a video on how to use the guide.
manybooks.net and
Project Gutenburg
Free and for purchase ebooks
smashwords.com and
baen.com Plus Baen has a
great free library
Here are a couple of book search engines for finding and comparing book prices..
AddAll and
Inkmesh.
Have fun exploring the forums and ask if you have any questions.
PS Check my signature and click on the links to find more information.