Thread: Pros and Cons of Sony Reader and Amazon Kindle?
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Old 02-25-2009, 02:38 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by dmaul1114 View Post
Cons
-books tied to Amazon with DRM--in the unlikely event Amazon goes under you couldn't redownload (though seems there are ways to strip drm and back up to PC).
This applies to the Sony store also. Any other store where you by DRM for that matter. This isn't a "problem" with the Kindle, it is systemic to the industry and the use of DRM as a whole.

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