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Originally Posted by DNSB
Strange that you feel that pointing out that ePub is an open standard whereas Amazon's formats are proprietary and subject to change without notice is a rant.
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When we are talking about library loaning, it is a rant. And moving the goal posts. And a non sequitor.
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Strange that you consider being able to read an ebook online or being able to borrow an ereader kit as not being choices. That they are choices that you might not want to make does not make them non-choices.
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So for users who own a Kindle, and want to read with their Kindle. There is only one choice: don't read with their Kindle: your Hobons's Choice. Or maybe we should coin a new term, DNSB's Choice.
What's next, recommend that they check out a pbook?
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Perhaps you should find out. Around here, if you want to find out what books a user has been checking out, be prepared to bring a court order for very specific information. Freely handing over that information to a foreign corporation is not an option.
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Perhaps, I shouldn't. I tend to think that people should be able to make their own decisions: if you don't want Amazon to know what you are reading, don't use a Kindle. If you don't want Kobo to know what you are using, don't use a Kobo.