Very true...none the less, I've emailed Amazon and asked them to re-think their policy on only Kindle owners being able to download eBooks...I'm sure once they realize who I am they'll snap into line and start offering books to the general public at the same discounted rate...
And for fun, I've included Amazon's response to my begging:
"Thank you for sending us your comments about eDocs and the Kindle reader.
Amazon.com does sell eDocs that are not associated with the Kindle and available
to read from your computer. I have included a link below to get you started.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custom...?nodeId=515810
Strong customer feedback like yours helps us continue to improve the service we
provide, and we appreciate the time you took to write to us. I've passed your
feedback along to the Kindle team.
Thank you for your interest in Amazon Kindle.
Please let us know if this e-mail resolved your question:..."
It's a whopping 16 "books" so far that includes the likes of "The Bootstrappers Guide: Volume 1" Hopefully they'll take it a bit more seriously if more people email and ask? I've also asked them about their DRM policy, and they answered that it's the Publishers policy, not theirs...which makes sense.
On a side note, I'm at work, and I just received my BLUE SONY PRS 505!!!!! WOOHOO!!! Life is good! It's charging even as I type! :-) And the bonus is...I didn't realize it came with a BLUE COVER!!! JEEZ OH PETE!
Merry X-mas everyone!
Dave
P.S. pilotbob...am I to assume you're a Linux fan? :-)