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Another reason I don't like the 'cloud' idea
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:53:05 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Richard Forno <rforno () infowarrior org> Date: April 16, 2009 10:01:59 AM EDT To: Infowarrior List <infowarrior () attrition org> Cc: Dave Farber <dave () farber net> Subject: Another reason I don't like the 'cloud' ideaStuff like this makes me glad I'm an old-fashioned person who likes physical books (geek that I am). If the bookstore closes down, cancels my charge account, or whatever, I still have the books and the knowledge within. They don't come raid my library and deny my use of the books. Call me old fashioned, but I like positive control over my stuff. --rf
If you lose your Amazon account, your Kindle loses functionality Posted by Cory Doctorow, April 15, 2009 10:36 PM | permalink http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/15/if-you-lose-your-ama.htmlIan bought a Kindle and some Kindle ebooks from Amazon. He also bought some real-world stuff from them, some of which he returned. Amazon decided that he'd returned too many things, so they suspended his Amazon account, which meant that he could no longer buy any Kindle books, and any Kindle subscriptions he's paid for stop working.
After some phone calls, Amazon granted him a one-time exception and lit his account up again.
Leaving aside losing your subscriptions, this would not be such a big deal if the Kindle had graceful ways of putting competitors' ebooks on your device. What's your experience getting non-Kindle books onto the Kindle?
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