Do you need internet access to buy ebooks on a Kindle Paperwhite 3G?

[cathugger]

You do not need WIfi to register, or to buy or download ebooks at Amazon if you buy the 3G Kindle Paperwhite. You DO need internet but it will be the restricted internet connection the free 3G gives you.

The free 3G of a Kindle Paperwhite w/ 3G (the most expensive Paperwhite) can be used for
- registering the Kindle
- connecting to the Amazon Kindle ebook store (from the menu), buying ebooks there, downloading the ebooks from Amazon
- searching Wikipedia (possibly only from within the search feature when reading an ebook - not sure)

That is all the free 3G can be used for. The 3G cannot be used with the built-in "Experimental" mobile browser for general browsing, email, twitter, facebook etc. That requires Wifi.

And BTW it's easy to add Wifi to your house if you have any kind of wired internet at home. You buy a low cost Wifi router (and an ethernet cable if it doesn't come with one) and add it to your home internet (setting it up according to its manual)