Thread: Report: Not one, but several Kindle successors in the works!
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Old 08-29-2008, 09:33 AM   #33
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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety View Post
I've even backed up those books I did buy from Amazon. When and if I upgrade to the next generation of Kindle, I plan to register the new device and then simply copy all my books from my PC to my new Kindle.
This won't work unless you break the DRM first. I don't have two Kindles to confirm this, but based on how MOBI/AZW DRM works, your current ebooks should be locked to the PID of your existing Kindle.

Since Amazon already allows multiple Kindles per account, it should be possible to register a Kindle 2 to that account and re-download your existing ebooks from Amazon (via the internet or via whispernet).

I agree that keeping a copy on your PC is a good idea, but these are insurance against Amazon getting out of the ebook business (which is unlikely - even though they have done this once before) and to allow you the option of switching to a non-Amazon ebook reader in the future.
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