On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 2:30 PM, Pat Mathews <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a Sony 505. The books on my reader are on my reader and on my > desktop, not on my account on someone else's server. If anyone wants to > delete them [think 1984] or whatever, they have to physically steal my > reader and then delete the book. > That Kindle book deletion thing was a debacle, but Amazon has promised not to do it again, and I tend to believe them, since it caused such an outcry and they don't want that kind of bad press again. For the cautious, Kindle content can be backed up to a computer. I'm not sure what would have happened if someone had 1984 backed up, and then copied it back to their Kindle, with the wireless on, a few days after the original deletion order came through. Of course, you can turn the wireless off and then restore the backup, and it is impossible for Amazon to do anything until you turn wireless back on. But hopefully none of that is necessary in the future. I just want to see the book selection increase. It still boggles my mind why so few books released before the Kindle, but in the last 30 years or so, have come out in Kindle or other e-book formats. Someone must have a digital copy of the book text somewhere, and it is trivial to convert it to the Kindle or ebook formats. It seems like free money for someone. By the way, have you investigated how the book selection compares for Kindle vs. your Sony 505? Particularly with science fiction titles? I'm still waiting for Brin to release the various Startide books on Kindle.
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