: Re: Do I need an Amazon account to use a Kindle? I am looking to buy a Kindle Paperwhite (7th gen). Do I need an Amazon account for it to work? I just want to put books on it from my PC.

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When you buy a Kindle you will get an account. When you turn it on, it will prompt you to create an ID and Password and will assign you a unique Kindle e-mail, regardless of who bought it. You'll use the e-mail to load things onto the Kindle. Kindles will read PDF's as well as Kindle documents, look to see what formats are covered when you get your paperwhite. Non-Books are mostly held in a Documents folder. Amazon accepts PayPal and debit card purchases, so I assume that's what you're using. And in any case, if a Kindle has reverted to factory settings (i.e. buying a used Kindle), it will always make the user register it anyway.

A word of caution, though, take a look at what format the books on your computer are in. Amazon won't convert EPUBs to Kindle format. If you buy a Fire, you can use the Bluefire app to read EPUBS that you load manually. I don't think that will work on a paperwhite--I know it didn't on my Kindle Touch.

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