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I guess I must innately not trust authors and retailers because I immediately download a purchased book and add it to my automatic backup (with Carbonite) list. This is like software. You buy it today and tomorrow it is considered obsolete and unsupported.
If I can't immediately download an ebook to my hard drive, then I don't buy it; I'll put it in my wishlist and buy it when I can.
As for the "controversy" over Risen, I think we miss the point that just as we need to do what is best for our interests, so does J. Strnd need to do what is best for his interests. Consequently, I just don't buy the book (or any book from an Amazon exclusive author) or recommend it to anyone and if anyone asks, I simply tell them to be careful because it is a here-today-gone-tomorrow ebook.
There are so many books available that I could live 20 lifetimes and still not come close to reading 10% of them, so why get my feathers overly ruffled by an exclusive author. In all the time that Konrath has been exclusive to Amazon, I haven't missed him one bit.
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