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eschwartz · 08-13-2014, 10:48 PM

In all seriousness

:

Hmm, I own all my Amazon-purchased ebooks... practically speaking. They are on multiple backups on my hard drive, flashdrive, Dropbox, etc. Because even if I did "own" my books, that still doesn't protect me if they go out of business. People have already gotten nailed like that from Fictionwise, BooksOnBoard, Sony, etc.

Keep in mind that you don't "own" your Nook or Kobo or iBooks or Google Play books either, and for the same reason.

And all those services take a cut for "hosting a .mobi file" -- as well as providing an aggregation service so consumers can shop at one point of sale. As well as providing -- in Amazon's case certainly -- a lot of targeted advertising. Like the "customers who bought this also bought ____".

But sure, it would be great if publishers could sell directly. (Note that they would still undoubtedly use the same licensing-not-selling.) Sadly, that is up to them, not Amazon, and most of them don't seem to really get the idea of direct selling. Baen of course notwithstanding.

How will you both:

Shop for book online using my ereader
authors/publishers could just host/sell their own books through search engines like Calibre

At the end of the day, wherever you get your ebooks from, they will know what you get and I guess that is "spying" on you. (We miss the ability to buy ebooks anonymously with cash like we could with pbooks, eh?

) Using WiFi on your ereader is not going to make a difference. So why not use the integrated store directly from the ereader?

Question:
Can you shop directly from this device? If so, which ebookstores can you access?

08-13-2014, 10:48 PM	#17
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	In all seriousness : Hmm, I own all my Amazon-purchased ebooks... practically speaking. They are on multiple backups on my hard drive, flashdrive, Dropbox, etc. Because even if I did "own" my books, that still doesn't protect me if they go out of business. People have already gotten nailed like that from Fictionwise, BooksOnBoard, Sony, etc. Keep in mind that you don't "own" your Nook or Kobo or iBooks or Google Play books either, and for the same reason. And all those services take a cut for "hosting a .mobi file" -- as well as providing an aggregation service so consumers can shop at one point of sale. As well as providing -- in Amazon's case certainly -- a lot of targeted advertising. Like the "customers who bought this also bought ____". But sure, it would be great if publishers could sell directly. (Note that they would still undoubtedly use the same licensing-not-selling.) Sadly, that is up to them, not Amazon, and most of them don't seem to really get the idea of direct selling. Baen of course notwithstanding. How will you both: Shop for book online using my ereader authors/publishers could just host/sell their own books through search engines like Calibre At the end of the day, wherever you get your ebooks from, they will know what you get and I guess that is "spying" on you. (We miss the ability to buy ebooks anonymously with cash like we could with pbooks, eh? ) Using WiFi on your ereader is not going to make a difference. So why not use the integrated store directly from the ereader? Question: Can you shop directly from this device? If so, which ebookstores can you access? Last edited by eschwartz; 08-13-2014 at 10:53 PM.