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02-16-2009, 08:00 PM | #107 |
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Interesting the way different people perceive the same written words.
I read sarcasm and condescension. but thats just me. |
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02-16-2009, 09:20 PM | #108 |
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I'm actually a huge fan of the Kindle as I said loudly and clearly right here when it first came out; I think it's a terrific device, and I think Jeff Bezos has done a lot to bring pricing sensibility to the ebook market, to boot.
I simply objected to the truth/myth statement that didn't provide the FULL truth. If you want to take full advantage of a Kindle for reading new commercial books by major authors, you pretty much have to do business with the Amazon store (and I have nothing at all against that fact; I buy almost all my paper books from Amazon, and have met and very much like Jeff Bezos); I just couldn't see any reason why someone would want to obscure that fact in a thread clearly aimed at potential Kindle buyers. Robert J. Sawyer Science Fiction Writer http://sfwriter.com |
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Or........you could wait and check them out from the library when they get them in, and read them on your Kindle.
Waiting a while to read them for free (they disappear after the download period) is well worthwhile in my eyes. |
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You can also obtain new commercial books from a lending library that loans ebooks such as the NYPL or Cleveland PL, etc. There are other questionably legal ways such as buying from another store, removing the DRM and coverting. But, we will leave that aside for a minute. However, buying commercial books from the Kindle store is probably the easiest and best way to get those books if you are a Kindle owner. I think the myth was that you were LOCKED into some proprietary Kindle format that you couldn't get anywhere else. And that is NOT true. The Kindle reads the defacto standard mobipocket format. So, I disagree with you that there was subterfuge here. But, I don't think adding something to this question on the Wiki stating that many of the places that do sell DRM free versions are most times books that are less popular or less mainstream selections would be a problem. Heck, that is the point of the Wiki and the thread, to fine tune the questions and answers. BOb Last edited by pilotbob; 02-16-2009 at 09:40 PM. |
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There is already a pointer back to this thread on the wiki but I can add a specific pointer back to RobertJSawyer's post stating that he feels there is more to the story (with his permission of course). |
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Unfortunate truth: you can only purchase books from the Amazon.com Kindle store if you own a Kindle device.
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