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Just saw your post about the Kindle Cynic. Those are valid points but not 100% correct. Yes, the books are DRM'd which can be bad (at least according to Cory Doctorow) however Amazon does not require authors to DRM material. They allow anyone to write and upload a book and charge whatever they (the author) feels is appropriate. Amazon then only keeps 35% of that fee and gives the rest to the author. A very good deal by today's publisher standards.

As for the other formats, you can have Amazon convert Word or text documents and also PDF's. The only thing about PDF's is that not all of them work. Some PDF files are really just images instead of text. Those don't convert, but all other ones do. In fact, I had Atlas Shrugged in PDF format and converted it so I could read it on my Kindle. As far as getting those documents onto your Kindle there are two ways to do it. You can email it to Amazon and have it sent to your Kindle through the Whispernet (CDMA wireless) for $0.10 per document. Alternatively you can email it to your Kindle address then Amazon will convert it and email it back to the email address you registered with when you bought the Kindle. Then you just save the document and transfer it to your Kindle via the USB port. That method is 100% free.