Thread: Bezos: No comment on the Nook, but do you know how lame lending is?
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Old 12-08-2009, 08:37 AM   #38
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Originally Posted by Daithi View Post
I'm not disagreeing with anyone. I just wanted to point out that sharing Amazon accounts aren't ideal. Sharing and Amazon account works fine if you are a parent sharing an account with a spouse and children, but beyond that it is not a lot of help. I have a Kindle, and as of this Christmas so will my mom and my sister. However, we can't really share an account because we are all adults that buy our own things, and an account is tied to a single credit card number. (Well if it were tied to my sister's credit card number then I suppose that would be ok. )

I think it would be nice if we actually could lend ebooks with one another.
I completely agree. It's not ideal at all. But, neither is a one time 14 day lend-out.

But hey! At least with Amazon it's super easy to strip DRM then make your own conscious decisions about what you do with copying. On BN.com you can easily strip the eReader DRM but whatever happens with their ePub offering remains to be seen...
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