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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
Then, every time you read the book (say, every time you look at the last page), your reader "phones home" and increment the counter on the server. You hit the max number and then the push software deleted the book. Impossible? Amazon already has the push software as part of their contract when you buy a Kindle. iPad?
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Amazon already logs how much you read per session and will know when you finish a book by viewing each page sequentially. They also have the capability of removing books from people's Kindles.
I don't think anyone is saying it isn't possible, just that it's unlikely. I'm not really convinced that publishers would have that much power over ebook retailers and device manufacturers. If it does happen, it is more likely to be the ebook retailers that do it.