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It is very interesting to follow along with the evolution of DRM. I don't know how many people know that Amazon used to sell ebooks in different formats. I used to read on a PDA with Pocket PC software and the Microsoft reader app. I bought books from Amazon in the LIT format. When Amazon bought Mobipocket and turned it into Kindle, all of my LIT books vanished. I emailed Amazon about it and was completely ignored. Those orders even disappeared from my order history. Luckily I found the ConvertLIT program and was able to save them. So you can see why I don't trust Amazon to make sure my books are safely stored on their servers.
As others have said, I also have more books than I could possibly read in my lifetime, so I could stop buying if I had to. I also love playing with new devices. Right now I have 2 Kindles and 2 Nooks. A Kobo is probably in my future so I am not worried, but interested.
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