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Originally Posted by whitearrow
Amazon has no business interest in 1) complicating the Kindle and having to provide support for it and 2) paying money to license Overdrive operability so that people can borrow books instead of buying them.
And since it hasn't hurt Amazon's competitiveness at all, it's hard to argue they've made the wrong decision.
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I understand that they want you to buy books, but they're also making a profit by just selling the Kindle to you. In this economy I would think more and more people have done what I did. Instead of buying every book I wanted to read(most of wich I only read 1 time), I go to my local library and check out books for free. It may not be hurting Amazon's competitiveness yet, but eventually more people may start having a new appreciation of there local libraries when they see there budget dwindling from buying so many books. I know I did. I feel rather embarassed at just how much money I have spent over the years buying so many books when the majority of what I read could have easily been picked up at the library.