[greencat]

To the OP - probably not a good idea as it would be naughty and you could even get into trouble (particularly if you sold it to a copyright lawyer or author of one of the books on the Kindle).

I expect lots of people try it though. Certainly I see plenty of second hand computers for sale that are "pre-loaded" with expensive software which can be removed at the owner's discretion. Occasionally see the same for MP3 players too.

Not every seller knows it is wrong (and not all buyers know how to get hold of the digital material on the item either). There is also a degree of convenience factor too even for experienced downloaders.

I think there's an increasing number of people (especially younger ones) which don't really get the idea of paying for digital stuff and don't see any harm in not doing so either. If everyone you know is doing it, there's no obvious consequences and you aren't even being told it's wrong - it's easy to see how people can miss the lesson.