Why are books only being made in Kindle Edition now? Where to find paperback books so I don't have to buy an expensive kindle to buy books?

You got that all wrong buddy.

Many books are published only as eBooks now because they ordinarily wouldn't have enough of a market to warrant being published as a paperback. You aren't being denied new paperbacks, it's just that we Kindle Owners are able to access books that we never otherwise could of. And that's because it's dirt cheap and super simple to sell an eBook vs. print and distribute real books for niche categories.

And survivalist fiction is definitely a niche category!

By the way, I am into the same kind of End of the world fiction, having read both of those books you mention. Try:

Lights Out by David Crawford

Going Home by A. American (A good series now on book 5)

EMP: Equipping Modern Patriots by Jonathan Hollerman

Patriots: Surviving the Coming Collapse by John Wesley Rawles.

All are available as paperbacks and can be ordered from Amazon. And all are significantly more expensive than if you order them on a Kindle for the reasons I listed above.

PS...if you want some more recommendations on the TEOTWAKI (The End of the World as We Know It) fiction, click on my Avatar and send me an email and I'll recommend some more. Or if you have others to recommend, please email me that as well.

Nobody has to "buy an expensive Kindle" to read Kindle books. Amazon has free software readers available for Windows PCs/tablets/phones, Mac/iPhone,iPad, Android tablets/phones, and some kind of Blackberry.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/digital/fiona/kcp-landin...

WHY should seem obvious. An author can publish their own books to ebook format and keep all of the profit and control. They don't have to spend years trying to find a publisher that accepts the book if the author edits it they way they want, then give up most of the profit to the publisher. So get used to seeing books that are only available in electronic version. If not for electronic self-publishing they may never have been published at all.

You can download Kindle to your laptop, PC, or even to your phone FOR FREE. You don't have to "buy an expensive kindle to buy books".

And major publishers are still printing physical books. Where did you get the idea that they weren't? Perhaps you've seen some books on Amazon that you'd like to buy, but they're only available on Kindle. Chances are, those books are not published by major publishing houses. They're either self-published or else they're published by small electronic publishing houses.

More books are available now than ever before because of e-publishing. However, mostly what that means is that more crappy books are available now than ever before.

The Kindle app is free for your tablet, phone, or laptop. If you prefer paper books, many ebooks on Amazon are also available as a paperback print-on-demand copy. If the listing has "paperback" as one of the formats, click on it to see the paperback price.

I agree! So annoying!