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Originally Posted by vermontcathy
You are wrong. The kindle is not tethered to an account and you can sever the connection at any time. You do not understand how the kindle works. Once I buy a book from Amazon and download the UNIQUE book file that will only work on my kindle (based on an internal PIN number), I can deregister my kindle from that account and never use it again. I could buy every book using a different account if I want. No further communication/connection with Amazon is ever needed, under any circumstances, for that book to work on that kindle.
In fact, if I want to sell my kindle, I can deregister it from my account, but LEAVE ALL THE BOOKS ON IT for the person who buys it.
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Again, I never claimed you could not. I said that the kindle is tethered to an account. This is true. You can apparently untether the device if you desire. Which I NEVER said you couldn't. In fact I CLEARLY stated you might be able to but I was unaware if you could.
Now as for the rest of your post I never claimed you couldn't keep reading on the device. Though this is news to me and good news. I claimed there was a SUBTLE but important difference with the nook. We have all been working to understand what that is.
The devices themselves work similar. Though with out the knoweldge of how you can untether the device I can't comment on that. Also with out the knowledge of how Amazon handles your books once its untethered I can't comment on that other then to say you can read them on the device you untethered.
I can however comment on the fact that you can unregister register your nook to accounts on the device from anywhere you get service. I can also comment that I can take the DS Card out of one nook put it in mine and with the password for the files immediately start reading with out any problems.
I can also state that you can change the DRM password to your pdb book files by changing the credit card associated to your account.
I hope that clears up any flamy problems we might have had. As stated by another user, this is something that is a difference in how its handled. Some people won't care, but some will. The bottomline its good to try to get to the bottom of how the devices work.
If someone can clearly state to me exactly how the untethering and tethering works for the kindle I would be more then happy to wrap my brain around it.