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Originally Posted by griffonwing
Of course they won't. Not unless the totalitarian supremacy from '1984' actually does come to pass. But currently? No.
Not physical books. Now, e-books, by Amazon's own words, they are willing to do just that very thing. I will never own a device like that.
What if a writer publishes an ebook that decries and undermines/exposes the Obama regime. I purchase it to see what the hubbub i about. The government steps in and orders a federal mandate to Amazon to remove the book and all copies from Kindles. Or the government 'persuades' the publisher to do the same.
The fact that they CAN and WILL do such a thing makes me never want to own a Kindle. I have never bought anything from Amazon. Unbelievable though it may seem. And with this, I never will.
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Then what is the difference between an ebook and pbook in this respect?
Take your example. Instead of buying the ebook, you bought the pbook. As the government would want all books to dissapear (what can't be found, has never existed, right?). Would they search every house for a copy? Naturally not. Too expensive and even worse publicity. Would they tell Amazon to remove it from their list and all the kindles that have the book? Yes, easy to do, it will cause a minor uproar, Amazon will get the blame, so, nothing lost.
So, what's the difference? With pbooks, they COULD do it but it takes a lot of time and money. With ebooks, they CAN do it, probably with a push on a button...
(and I agree with you that the they "CAN" can do it is a very good reason for me not to buy the device, even though they promise they never "WILL" do it. We all know how much promises from such a big company are worth...)