Thread: Amazon's introduces "Digital Replica" format
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Old 08-27-2011, 10:39 PM   #27
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Originally Posted by KevinH View Post
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I think the tipping point is the rental issue. If there was some way to differentiate rental from purchased, then I don't think the developers of ... you know ... would object too much. Converting a book you bought seems to be different than keeping a copy of a book you only paid to rent ... but that is just my guess.


There are textbook rentals already that are plain jane mobi. If the makers of... you know... are worried about it being abused, that particular cat is out of the bag.

And how many people rip library book to convert and read on their Kindle and then delete? If rental is an issue, then it should have been an issue then, not now, imho.
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