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And journalists normally do a good job of pointing out that their reades were wrong for not backing up their data?
The potential shut down of the site was one of many reasons why I am not happy with the Pottermore experience. I belive it was pretty low on my list. The reality is that there are still people on this site, who have seen the posts complaining about lost accounts and books being pulled and the like, who are not backing up their e-books.
Say it is foolish, say it is stupid, say what you want but it is what is happening. So if Pottermore or Barnes and Noble or Amazon or Kobo or Sony goes out of business and they shut down their servers people are going to be up in arms and talking about how screwed they are.
I guess I feel more comfortable with Amazon then I do Pottermore because Amazon is more diversified and would have to be in really bad shape for things to go totally pear shaped. It is going to take longer and there will be many signs of the impending apocolypse. Pottermore might not be so obvious. Similar sites, Publisher run or author run, might be even more vunerable. Thanks, but I would prefer to have the option of buying my book from Amazon (I know others prefer other stores) then Pottermore for convience sake and security sake.
And then I back up my sales.
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