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Thank you, everyone. This is VERY different than buying music on iTunes, which is not what I expected when I first started researching eReaders. I thought my big decision would be which eReader to buy...now it's whether to get one at all, given that I could lose everything I purchase through no fault of my own. Granted, a fire could take out my house and I'd lose all my books, but at least insurance would cover some of the replacement. No so if Amazon went under.
I feel VERY strongly that electronic books should be treated the same way as a paper book for copyright purposes (in other words, ensuring that everyone is paid, which means great stories continue to be told.)
But I'd feel wrong about stripping DRM, if I could even figure it out (after reading Apprentice Alf, I doubt I can.) Guess my simple, "How do I back up for my own future use?" question was far more complex than I anticipated. Very disappointing. I'd truly been hoping my future book purchases would be more like my music purchases have been the last few years since iTunes launched, moving my collection from physical to digital.
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