12-07-2009, 02:27 PM | #31 | |
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No I have a Kindle 2. It just didn't meet my needs. I need a larger reader to be able to read some pdf books I have and 6 inches ain't going to cut it and I don't think the Kindle DX does a very good job of it either from all of the information I've read on Mobileread. And from everything I've seen of the nook I don't see it as adding anything useful to me. Etienne66 |
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12-08-2009, 01:47 AM | #34 |
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You know, if someone in Bezos' position (running the company) is asked to comment on the competition, you can't really dump on him for being less than enthusiastic. He wasn't especially critical; even his comment about the weakness of the lending implementation was fairly mild (compared with what the Ballmers of this world might have said).
Myself, I think he deserves credit for diplomacy. |
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12-08-2009, 03:39 AM | #36 | |
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One person, one time, and 14 days. What if that one person can't finish it in 14 days? Too bad. What if a year later you want to lend it again? Too bad. These are the same artificial limits we've always had with DRM with one single one-time, extremely limited exception that comes off, to me at least, as more of a slap in the face reminder of the kind of anti-consumer inverted control scheme that publishers have been masturbating to at board meetings for the last decade. In fact, in actual practice, I imagine for many people that sharing a single amazon account, say... within a family, would actually be quite a bit better. You have issues with shared annotations and page updates if two people read the same book at once, but, otherwise you have unlimited access to up to four devices/people or whatever the lowest limit is. Though, I am not sure Bezos wants to say that out loud because I doubt publishers are happy about anyone ever getting access without paying again, and again, and again... *sigh* Of course, the correct solution is to eliminate the digital shackles and allow people the freedom to choose to violate the law or not on their own as is the normal case in life. |
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12-08-2009, 08:34 AM | #37 |
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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. |
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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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12-08-2009, 11:43 AM | #39 | |
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12-08-2009, 02:00 PM | #41 | |
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As for stripping DRM, I agree. My dad is currently using my original Kindle and is reading all the ebooks that I've "freed." The B&N lending feature would be useless to me and probably useless to anyone I lent a long book to. |
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12-08-2009, 03:54 PM | #42 |
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Lame idea is still better than the Amazon alternative of no lending!!
It's the CEOs job to write off the competition, so he's just doing that here. Secretly I bet the Amazon guys are already tearing the nook up looking for ideas. |
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