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Originally Posted by TechniSol
C'mon fellas, I'm asking for a relatively simple syncing of page numbers, it can't be that hard as a mechanism to do so for titles sold by them already exists... I realize they don't make money off my sideloaded titles, but it would be unbelievably petty to refuse to sync them for that reason alone.
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This has been argued a few times before and basically comes back to Canadian privacy laws are pretty strict. They can do it with their own books because you purchased it from them so they have the right to know that you have it.
It might seem simple to just obscure the title, but then how do you sync it between devices? At some point you have to know that "AA23AA" = "book x" on both devices. If it can't match the title or isbn or something identifiable between the devices at least once they can't do it. Yes, I suppose you could allow the user to somehow match the books on the device itself, but then this isn't an easy option.
Not saying it wouldn't be a nice thing, just saying between laws and logistics it's probably not as easy as it first seems.