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Originally Posted by eschwartz
If you DeDRM your library loans you are a dirty thief.
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I don't need to do the deDRM and format convert but I can sympathize with those who need to so in order to have the ability to read library books on their ereader of choice. Out of curiosity, why a dirty thief? Is there a stature requiring thieves to be less cleanly than the average person?
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Originally Posted by eschwartz
And why does that even have the slightest marginal anything to do with people who read on Kindles?
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Just pointing out that eInk ereaders are a small and diminishing percentage of the ebook reader market. If 94%+ of the market is able to read library loan ebooks, how much time and effort should be put into supporting that increasingly small minority? Have you seen the number of reports that in the US ereader sales peaked in 2011? That dedicated ereader sales in the US will drop to under 8 million in 2015?
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Originally Posted by eschwartz
Because they might think (and there is no reason to think they would be wrong) that they will make more money by taking away one of the compelling attractions of a Kindle (direct library checkouts) and offering that as an exclusive Kobo advantage. Selling more Kobos makes them more money in the long run than selling library Kindlebooks. 
They might one day actually try to make themselves known in the U.S.... |
Hmmm... last time I looked, Overdrive was more profitable than Kobo. As for Kobo, they seem to be the redheaded stepchild in Rakuten's family. Not to mention that Overdrive has more than library lending in their business portfolio.
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Originally Posted by eschwartz
From my perspective, as a US Kindle owner, this is an ominous occurrence. I have every right to consider things as potentially bad insomuch as they might affect me that way.
You are more than welcome to consider anything you damn well want to be as good or bad as you like, I promise I won't stop you.
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Nor would I ever think of stopping you from holding your beliefs. However, please note that that does
not require me to support your beliefs nor to believe that any congruence between your beliefs and reality exists. As Ralph Eichelberger once put it, "Sure, you're entitled to your opinion, no matter how wrong you are." Admittedly, Harlan Ellison had a different opinion when he wrote ""You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant."