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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Your assumption is correct.
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Ouch. If I switched to a new Mac (which happens every few years) and Amazon went under, I'd be toast. No access.
I was hoping that the books I purchase would be mine in the same sense that music I buy on iTunes is mine, stored on my computer, for me to use whenever needed. I back it up each night automatically, and if I upgrade computers, I can take it with me to that computer.
But it seems that the books I'd buy would really belong to Amazon, and my access would be limited. They'd determine whether I could move those books to a new computer; it wouldn't be in my control. More like I'd be renting a book with an undetermined return date than actually owning it. Is that accurate? If so, I'm stunned it's not discussed more. I had to search online for quite awhile before I found out ANY information about backing up Kindle files at all, other than mentions of using Amazon's "Manage Your Kindle" page.
I hate to say it--because I'm dying to make my future book purchases all digital, as I have done with music purchases--but I think this system could be a deal-killer for me on moving to Kindle.
I'm all for copyright protection (I'm an author, after all), but once someone purchases a book, that individual should be able to access it and read it at any time.