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I can't speak definitively about this, but my understanding is that you need a kindle account to register the device as new.

The reason is that amazon.com wants to make sure you are able to spend money -- they lose money on the kindles and hope to make up for it with sales of ebooks and apps.

After it is registered, you can connect via USB to a laptop or computer and transfer as many files as you want, more or less (using Calibre, etc). You don't need to purchase one thing. You don't need to use kindle to do the transferring (unless you really want to). So you really only need to connect to amazon.com one time. You don't need to connect to wifi after that first time.

I'm guessing that you are dealing with a used device wiped clean with broken wifi or you are in a country where amazon doesn't have a store or you are buying it for a young person and don't want to give him access to your credit card.

If you are concerned about credit card use, you can give a functioning credit card when you register, and then change/remove the credit card later.

By the way, one advantage of being registered is that Kindle will automatically download updates.

See also this thread www.amazon.com/forum/kindle?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx1D7SY3BVSESG&cdThread=TxFBK4BK0D6L9Y
See also this thread on setting parental controls to prevent kids from buying things www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201423070

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: Re: Can you use a Kindle without an Amazon account? I'd like to know if it is possible to use a Kindle reader without having an Amazon account, but rather only uploading the reader's own files

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: What is the different compatible formats between Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle Fire? More specifically, I would like to know why this eBook is not compatible with the Kindle Paperwhite. It says

: I recomend FBReader for opening the files with FBReader PDF and TTS+ Plugin. There are other applications you can use especially if you are willing to pay. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.geometerplus.zlibrary.

: EPUB 2 NCX How Should I Support pageList? My viewer has support for a TOC populated from NCX navMap entries. However some books I have come across have some pages in the navMap section and

: There's a new service called Shelfie.com which does exactly what you say. It's a little convoluted. You have to photograph your bookshelf with your phone, and it will offer reduced price on

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