The thing that kills me about the licensing and format restrictions on the $10 ebook is that (for example) all of the books you buy to read on your Kindle are likely to eventually become useless to you when you decide to migrate to another ereader platform.
I wish people were more educated about what they're giving up for a marginally cheaper ebook because they're buying a license rather than a product.
The difference, I think, between renting a video and licensing a book via Kindle is that Blockbuster or Netflix or whathaveyou do not care if, after viewing the movie, I give it to a friend to see, as long as they get the movie back eventually.
I believe that the ability to "legally" lend ebooks to a friend for a limited time is one of the advantages that Barnes & Noble is hawking for it's Nook bookreader.
All I've got is anecdotal evidence; I get lots of blank looks when I mention to people that a Kindle book represents a license like software more than a purchase like a paperback. I'd love it if people actually turned out to be aware, but I'm skeptical.
I wish people were more educated about what they're giving up for a marginally cheaper ebook because they're buying a license rather than a product.
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I believe that the ability to "legally" lend ebooks to a friend for a limited time is one of the advantages that Barnes & Noble is hawking for it's Nook bookreader.
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