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kahm · 11-29-2006, 09:56 PM

The manual for the Kindle gives an interesting hint as to exactly how Amazon plans to market the device.

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Q. I lost my Kindle. How to I cancel my account?
A. Customer service can help you with that.

It reeks of "subscription" to me. If you lose a non-subscription device, why would you care about cancelling your account? You just stop using it.

Subsequent pages also talk about replacing purchased material that you accidently deleted. They mention that all the data you've ever bought will be visible in the "home" screen on the kindle itself, and anything you buy automatically downloads itself directly to the Kindle. There isn't any mention of managing purchases on a PC. (Although, I would imagine that you'd purchase though a web browser in the first place...)

It mentions a Kindle Companion (PC only) program that lets you convert your own data, or being able to load your data directly onto the Kindle when it's mounted like a USB drive, but nothing about purchases on or working with the computer.

Interesting.

11-29-2006, 09:56 PM	#37
kahm Member Posts: 18 Karma: 54 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Edmonton, Alberta Device: 505/Librie/Zaurus/iPhone	The manual for the Kindle gives an interesting hint as to exactly how Amazon plans to market the device. P26 Q. I lost my Kindle. How to I cancel my account? A. Customer service can help you with that. It reeks of "subscription" to me. If you lose a non-subscription device, why would you care about cancelling your account? You just stop using it. Subsequent pages also talk about replacing purchased material that you accidently deleted. They mention that all the data you've ever bought will be visible in the "home" screen on the kindle itself, and anything you buy automatically downloads itself directly to the Kindle. There isn't any mention of managing purchases on a PC. (Although, I would imagine that you'd purchase though a web browser in the first place...) It mentions a Kindle Companion (PC only) program that lets you convert your own data, or being able to load your data directly onto the Kindle when it's mounted like a USB drive, but nothing about purchases on or working with the computer. Interesting. Last edited by kahm; 11-29-2006 at 10:02 PM.