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Originally Posted by Shad Plante
Looking at Amazon's behavior, I would say they don't want Joe Schmoe being able to backup his books. Keeping the average consumer locked in gets them more revenue.
For some people though, cutting off being able to back up books would drive them somewhere else. As long as there is revenue to be had not completely locking everything down, they won't.
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How does me not backing up my books give Amazon more revenue?
Just because I own a kindle does not mean I get all my books there.
I can put books from the library here on a kindle with no jailbreaking, no format shifting or doing anything to the file. All I need is a computer and a cable.
I am not locked into an ecosystem. I wish people that don't know about Kindles would stop saying it is a locked ecosystem. I just have to use a compatible format.
I do not have to buy my books at Amazon to use a kindle.
Now I do not like PDF on either ereader.