[LINK] The Amazon Kindle e-book

[Eric Scheid]

On 7/7/08 11:30 AM, "Richard Chirgwin" <rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au> wrote:

>> Partially true.  You can transfer/lend/etc books between Kindles which
>> are on the same account.  So basically you can give them to others in
>> your family (for example) but not friends.
> So why would I replace property (a book that I can treat like property)
> with a license (in which Amazon can restrict what I do with the book
> beyond the restrictions applicable under copyright law)?

Even if the ebooks were treated as property, exactly the same as dead tree
books .. are there any compelling reasons to choose to read on the kindle
instead?

If so, then the real question is whether what you are gaining is worth the
loss if the ebook advantages were coupled with the license not property
issue.

So .. what *are* the advantages of reading a book on the kindle vs reading
it on paper?

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