I have not read any John Sandford books but I think my brother may have some downstairs. I would have to check.

I have Kindle on my computer. Is there a hand held Kindle? Is it only for Amazon?

I was trying to look at that Libby but apparently you need a library card?

Yes, there is a hand held Kindle and I love my Kindle.

But you need to do some more research before deciding what type of e-reader to get as there are pro's and con's to the different readers.

I've included two magazine reviews below that I always go to first for "technology questions" that may help you.

PC Magazine tested different e-readers and gives you their pro's and con's.

Wired Magazine is another "tech oriented" magazine that will discuss pro's and con's from their testing.

... hope this helps you get started

Thanks soot! I'll check your links out.

I have never read anything by John Sandford, but I have certainly heard of him. I will have to give one of his books a try.

The best starting point for John Sandford is probably his first book, Rules of Prey, from the point of view of the development of his (somewhat maverick) central character, Lucas Davenport, although each book is stand-alone and he has several other main characters.

The hand held kindle is great, but we prefer the older models without touch screen (and still have a couple): I think that there is still quite a good trade of them on eBay! A kindle has to be linked to an Amazon account although there is some scope to import other formats and to use it for student documents.

I know that the Libby library system also offers ebooks in other formats, but I do not know whether the range of titles is as great as their kindle range (which feeds the kindle reader via your Amazon account without charge or problem).

Thanks Lex!

I had a huge book collection until I moved because we always had the room, but this house had nowhere to put my entire collection. Sadly, I had to donate more than half of them to the local Nanoose library for their book sale. At least they went to good homes.

I think that even book sales may struggle to find good homes for books these days: our own local library seems more likely to be selling off CDs and other digital format items...!

In was it helps anyone else, here is a notice I had from Amazon a few weeks ago when trying to import a DRM protected item to my kindle:

Send to Kindle can convert and deliver the following types of documents:
EPUB (.epub)
Adobe PDF (.pdf)
Microsoft Word (.doc, .docx)
Rich Text Format (.rtf)
HTML (.htm, .html)
Text (.txt) documents
Compressed documents (.zip, .xzip)
JPEG (.jpg), GIF (.gif), Bitmap (.bmp) and PNG (.png) images.

If the format of the failed document is supported (listed above), please ensure that the document is not password-protected or encrypted, then try sending it again.

Other helpful tips for sending documents to Kindle via email:
Limit attachments to fewer than 25 documents per email.
Individual file size should be less than 50 MB (before compression, in a ZIP file).

To learn more, please visit our Help page. By downloading or using Send to Kindle, you agree to the terms
https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/cust...d2Ouy8c6i&ref_=pe_1825130_138612630.

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