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Originally Posted by LagunaManiac
We have no plans to support iTunes File Sharing which is a very kludgy file sharing system whose main purpose is to create yet another reason to run the bloated iTunes app. We already provide the most advanced cloud based bookshelf and see no benefit to participating in the iTunes marketing.
As far as returning library books early, it is a trivial feature that we will inevitably add in the near future. Bluefire apparently supports this now, but does it actually do anything or is it like their Adobe ID deactivation function which does not do anything but delete your current activation. It does not, as some believe, reduce the number of current device activations which is not possible because it is not supported by Adobe.
As far as "deleting" library books from the cloud, we see no benefit to removing every trace of the book. We actually retain the reading log info as well as any highlighted excerpts and annotations even after the book is expired so you can continue to acces these things as long as you want. If you have no further interest in the book, you can Hide it and it will not show up in any other category of your bookshelf, but you can easily recover it if you want. There is no user memory consumed, no cost to the user and lots of potential benefits.
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Bluefire does 'return item', i.e. it removes it from items checked out.
I understand nothing can 'return' device activation. Adobe gives you 5 to start with, and according to some algorithm gives you more as time goes by. And you can contact them if you run out.
The cloud storage is fine but useless for anything but IFR. I'd prefer a cloud storage solution that I can access with any reader app, ideally one with an associated web viewer. So far as I can tell such a thing does not exist yet (Google comes closest but doesn't let you upload 3rd party content), so Dropbox and such seem to be the way to go for now. Except IFR can't use such a solution yet. As such, my usage of IFR will remain experimental.
It's fine to operate without iTunes, I don't want to use iTunes to load things in general but in specific cases it offers additional flexibility. Pretty much all the other reader apps offer this.
I don't understand why I can't just delete stuff from cloud storage, especially if the license has expired. Hiding seems like a kludge. If I don't own it, as in this case, I just want it to be gone. - [update: Having said that, hiding is probably okay since it is relatively easy to tell which items represent loaned items where the loan has expired, and which are hidden for some other reason - which was my main concern (that one would have to download an item to discover that it couldn't be read). There still might be cases where one wants to expunge something completely, however ('embarassing' purchase decisions, etc.).]
A more tangible reason to offer deletion, it seems to me, is to avoid placing users and therefore yourself in possible legal jeopardy by retaining a copy of the ebook beyond its expiration date. See this link:
http://www.overdrive.com/copyright.aspx
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At the end of the lending period, you are required to delete and/or destroy any and all copies of the Content.
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