Amazon removed books from my Kindle

[Hollow Man]

I went through these feelings way back when Valve created Steam and used it to launch the latest incarnation of Counter-Strike. I saw the writing on the wall then, and now it's next to impossible to buy a PC game on physical media.

And now that's the way it is with ebooks via Amazon, but at least people love physical books enough that they likely aren't going away in my lifetime. So when I really want to "own" a book...I buy a physical copy.

[neil_swann80]

15 minutes is a long time now?

I took the video to be just a vlog of an average users thoughts on the current Kindle experience rather than being any kind of in-depth journalistic expose. I hadn't heard about the "1984" or book cover issues either, which I found interesting.

Do any other ereader manufacturers and/or ebook distributors operate as egregiously as Amazon seems to?

[neil_swann80]

Originally Posted by Hollow Man

I went through these feelings way back when Valve created Steam and used it to launch the latest incarnation of Counter-Strike. I saw the writing on the wall then, and now it's next to impossible to buy a PC game on physical media.

I still try to buy physical game media when I can, more for easy re-sale than maintaining a future library; most games being buggy without gigs of downloadable updates that will only be easily available as long as the web stores remain active.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by neil_swann80

Do any other ereader manufacturers and/or ebook distributors operate as egregiously as Amazon seems to?

Not that I've heard.

B&N doesn't allow you to download your purchased ebooks to your computer (at least Amazon still does, if you have an eink Kindle device), but I've not heard about them deleting anything off the users' devices.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by Hollow Man

And now that's the way it is with ebooks via Amazon, but at least people love physical books enough that they likely aren't going away in my lifetime. So when I really want to "own" a book...I buy a physical copy.

Well, for my part, I don't want to read a paper book. Fortunately it's still possible to deDRM ebooks, even Amazon ebooks.

[Hollow Man]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

Well, for my part, I don't want to read a paper book. Fortunately it's still possible to deDRM ebooks, even Amazon ebooks.

True, and one can strip the copy protection from videogames as well. The average consumer doesn't have the patience for it though.

I think for most people dealing with the copy protection is not too limiting. But I do personally wonder when that tipping point is going to be where they're really infringing on my ability to use goods I've paid for.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by Hollow Man

But I do personally wonder when that tipping point is going to be where they're really infringing on my ability to use goods I've paid for.

For me, that point was passed a decade ago - when I started to edit the formatting to my liking. These days I never read a book unless I've fixed the formatting, and DRM prevents that, so...