There are no fees other than the price of each book you purchase. All your purchases are also backed up at Amazon. If you ever replace your Kindle etc you can re download all your books. Publishers now also let people share kindle books with one another. Example when you go to buy the book online it might say"This book can be shared with 6 people". Means you can go on the site and send your copy to someone elses Kindle. I own two Kindles so when I get done reading a book I can send it to my Wife's and she can read it. Since I own both Kindle's there is no limit on sharing.

As for newspapers you have to check their site. There is a monthly fee for newspapers, magazines etc just like you would pay normally. you can have the paper downloaded to your Kindle each morning. The Kindle will also read the book to you if you don't want to read. It had text to speech. There is also a keypad for writing notes etc. You can also easily change the text size if you forgot your glasses etc.

I bought it for my wife a couple years ago. It was the BEST gift Ive ever bought her and Ive bought her some prety nice stuff. She LOVES it and Ill be buying the upgrade this year.