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kindlekitten · 04-05-2011, 08:20 PM

ok, I am getting a little tired of some of the snide remarks and the finger pointing, so this is my *issue*:

a lot of people come here while in the decision making process thinking of themselves as being big time library users and that that is going to be an important issue in their decision making process. kindle bashers (you know who you are) are quick to point out; "you CANNOT!!!! (inferring it is impossible) read a library book on a Kindle." on top of that, many times; more times than I am able to count, in fact enough times that had I been paid a quarter every time it was asserted, I would have a brand new K3, the follow on claim is; "and the Kindle is PROPRIETARY! to Amazon!!!!" inferring that providers such as Baen and smashwords (and there are MORE) will not work on a Kindle. and that is not only WRONG, but a flat out LIE when iterated by anyone who has been around these forums with any regularity.

ok, so some people cannot go through all of the processes to strip DRM and get a book on their Kindle, but the majority of people that can get to MR on their own steam, find it through search engines, etc. (not have the link cut and pasted and fed to them), can most likely manage to strip the DRM and move a book onto their Kindle. this really becomes an issue because, as we have seen, there have been a number of people who thought that library use was an essential factor in their choice of an ereader, but went ahead and took the step of getting a Kindle have actually been really happy with it. especially when they have discovered the amount of free books available for Kindles as well as reduced price books.

so... at the end of the day... yes, I will continue to "pop into these threads" and shout out loud and long that it is first; FACTUALLY incorrect that library books (or others) cannot be read on Kindles, second; not federally ILLEGAL in the United States in April of 2011 to strip DRM off of books for PERSONAL USE and put them onto any device and read them (I suggest that many of you figure out the difference between using the words "legal" and "illegal" are), and third ETHICALLY is your own issue and not to be questioned by any other individual.

04-05-2011, 08:20 PM	#325
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	ok, I am getting a little tired of some of the snide remarks and the finger pointing, so this is my issue: a lot of people come here while in the decision making process thinking of themselves as being big time library users and that that is going to be an important issue in their decision making process. kindle bashers (you know who you are) are quick to point out; "you CANNOT!!!! (inferring it is impossible) read a library book on a Kindle." on top of that, many times; more times than I am able to count, in fact enough times that had I been paid a quarter every time it was asserted, I would have a brand new K3, the follow on claim is; "and the Kindle is PROPRIETARY! to Amazon!!!!" inferring that providers such as Baen and smashwords (and there are MORE) will not work on a Kindle. and that is not only WRONG, but a flat out LIE when iterated by anyone who has been around these forums with any regularity. ok, so some people cannot go through all of the processes to strip DRM and get a book on their Kindle, but the majority of people that can get to MR on their own steam, find it through search engines, etc. (not have the link cut and pasted and fed to them), can most likely manage to strip the DRM and move a book onto their Kindle. this really becomes an issue because, as we have seen, there have been a number of people who thought that library use was an essential factor in their choice of an ereader, but went ahead and took the step of getting a Kindle have actually been really happy with it. especially when they have discovered the amount of free books available for Kindles as well as reduced price books. so... at the end of the day... yes, I will continue to "pop into these threads" and shout out loud and long that it is first; FACTUALLY incorrect that library books (or others) cannot be read on Kindles, second; not federally ILLEGAL in the United States in April of 2011 to strip DRM off of books for PERSONAL USE and put them onto any device and read them (I suggest that many of you figure out the difference between using the words "legal" and "illegal" are), and third ETHICALLY is your own issue and not to be questioned by any other individual.