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Originally Posted by booknut
First, welcome back! And I hope the pain is bearable. I know knee surgery, hip replacement, and similar surgery can go really smooth for some people and cause others to think "why did I ever do this"!
Second, my eyes are old (well, the rest of me is old too) and I am considering the new Kindle simply for the better screen. I already had my mouse pointer on the order button and then decided to read the legal stuff for chuckles, and the way I understand it, Amazon reserves the right to check what you have on your Kindle when you connect with their bookstore via wifi. That is completely unacceptable! So, you either never use your Kindle with Amazon's bookstore or you consent on being snooped on and I guess this would result in a barrage of advertising depending on what you read. Anybody out there that can correct me on this?
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It's said to be a feature of having Wifi on your book reader. The way Amazon implemented it you can have up to 6 devices authorized at the Kindle store at one time. For example, your PC, book reader and cell phone running the Kindle app.
One day you get caught in a line so you start reading your book on the cell phone. When you get home you can (don't have to) connect your bigger screen book reader to the store over Wifi and it will update your book reader to your current location in the book, plus any bookmarks or page notes you made on one of the other devices you authorized.
Amazon says they won't do anything to your books other than these updates or invade your privacy. It's all automated and no one is looking. Anyway, this is how Amazon describes it and it's one of the selling points to getting a Wifi enabled device like the Kindle, nook, etc.