Re: Another reason I don't like the 'cloud' idea

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "Michael Kende" <Michael.Kende () analysysmason com>
Date: April 16, 2009 2:15:27 PM EDT
To: <dave () farber net>, <rforno () infowarrior org>
Subject: RE: [IP] Another reason I don't like the 'cloud' idea

Richard,

Not to be pedantic, but you don't actually lose access to any books that
you bought or information that you have on it - you just cannot buy
books or subscriptions through Amazon because you don't have an Amazon
account anymore to pay for them. Not defending or justifying, just
pointing out (although to be fair I do love having the Kindle).

Michael

PS how many people actually cause their Amazon account to be suspended??

-----Original Message-----
From: David Farber [mailto:dave () farber net]
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 10:53 AM
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Subject: [IP] Another reason I don't like the 'cloud' idea



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From: Richard Forno <rforno () infowarrior org>
Date: April 16, 2009 10:01:59 AM EDT
To: Infowarrior List <infowarrior () attrition org>
Cc: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Another reason I don't like the 'cloud' idea


Stuff like this makes me glad I'm an old-fashioned person who likes
physical books (geek that I am). If the bookstore closes down, cancels
my charge account, or whatever, I still have the books and the knowledge
within. They don't come raid my library and deny my use of
the books. Call me old fashioned, but I like positive control over
my stuff. --rf


If you lose your Amazon account, your Kindle loses functionality Posted
by Cory Doctorow, April 15, 2009 10:36 PM | permalink

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/15/if-you-lose-your-ama.html

Ian bought a Kindle and some Kindle ebooks from Amazon. He also bought
some real-world stuff from them, some of which he returned. Amazon
decided that he'd returned too many things, so they suspended his Amazon
account, which meant that he could no longer buy any Kindle books, and
any Kindle subscriptions he's paid for stop working.

After some phone calls, Amazon granted him a one-time exception and lit
his account up again.

Leaving aside losing your subscriptions, this would not be such a big
deal if the Kindle had graceful ways of putting competitors' ebooks on
your device. What's your experience getting non-Kindle books onto the
Kindle?



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