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Maybe because of publisher restrictions their hands are tied on some of the features. I don't know. Only time will tell.
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If I understand it correctly, Amazon is completely at the whim of publishers on this one. In fact considering how Amazon makes little or no money on ebooks, or even takes a loss on many, they probably couldn't care less what we do with the books. (could be wrong, here)
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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
Ideally that would be the case. Amazon has the same program as BN. It is not perfect, in fact it is pretty close to useless, but it is better then nothing. It is a starting point.
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I can read most books within 2 weeks, and rarely re-read books. Now if there's a book me and a friend want to read and were willing to buy, we can split the cost or take turns paying. An ebook has practically zero material value so I don't care who "keeps" it and there's no value lost in lending it, like wear and tear etc. This means the publisher and author just lost a sale. On the other hand, me and my friend may wind up buying more books because of it.
Gotta be honest and say I can see where publishers are coming from on this, though. And believe me, I am no champion of big business, so it takes a lot for me to say that, ha.