The books I have on my kindle tend to be series, cheap (out of copyright, and new possibly self published things, and stuff that pops up on specials for a dollar or two) -- like the Anne of Green Gables series and all of Jane Austen). Early on I was buying the latest Stephen King or John Grisham, because why did I need more paperback books piling up. Then I realized piles of books are good because I can resell them in twos or threes on eBay and recoup a bit of my money. Then I discovered Tess Gerritson (Rizzoli & Isles), Patricia Cornwall (Kay Scarpetta) and Michael Connelly (Bosch) and it would cost a bloody fortune to buy those on Kindle rather than buy a box load on eBay and resell it when done (I'm on book 12 of 22 Bosch paperbacks; gotta get those read before we move). And truth be told I play far more solitaire on the Kindle than read. Reading is for doctors offices, solitaire is every night for 3-4 hours with TV.
I have to get Cliff to pry the new Kindle out of its case, then I'll see about printing a return label. Next step is to see if I can register my phone with Amazon, then load Anne, which I'm semi-actively reading, and solitaire to it. Big challenge will be to learn to remember to take phone when I leave the house. Now it lives downstairs in my purse and doesn't see the light of day most of the time -- everyone who calls us calls on our landline. Seems like a disappointing new Kindle purchase may lead me to more fully utilizing the iPhone Cliff insisted on buying me last Christmas, when I was happy as can be with my clamshell phone, turned off, in the bottom of my purse.