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Old 08-21-2010, 03:43 PM   #159
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
But do you know of the major flaw in whispersync? If you and someone else are reading the same book at the same time, then you have all kinds of mess going on. Say you and I are reading the same book on two devices authorized to the same account. I read some first. You go in and pen the book, you'll start where I left off. You then go to the beginning and read. I go to read and I'm now where you left off. Whispersync is all or nothing.
Yeah it's a problem, but there are simple workarounds. In my case, it consists of telling my sons that they have to deauthorize once they've downloaded a book from my account. Another would involve the judicious use of notes & bookmarks.

I also wonder how WS works when people have separate accounts. If A buys a book, then B - who has a separate account - links to A's account, downloads the book to his iPhone & iPad, then deauthorizes, will B's account then sync the book for B's devices?
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