http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:49:06 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software /archives/2008/07/21/061447.php#comment-780708 Can someone buy a book for someone else's Kindle? 780708@blogcritics.org Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:49:06 EST /archives/2008/07/21/061447.php#comment-734427 Ron, I wonder the same thing. I do question those who feel a shared book represents a lost sale. I can't begin to count the number of books I would NOT have thought to buy or read had someone not loaned me their copy first. I doubt I am the only one. 734427@blogcritics.org Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:45:59 EDT /archives/2008/07/21/061447.php#comment-734403 Wow, you can't share books? I have been sharing and trading books since childhood and I am old. I guess it never occurred to me that I was breaking the law. I guess we should track and reconcile with all the mafioso librarians and every excited kid who ever shared a book with his best friend. 734403@blogcritics.org Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:10:00 EDT /archives/2008/07/21/061447.php#comment-734324 Maybe Phil Gramn was right, we are a nation of whiners. 734324@blogcritics.org Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:54:33 EDT /archives/2008/07/21/061447.php#comment-734276 A possible legal technicality about book sharing relates to copyright laws, which can be open to argument, but in which there is a presumption that a person who purchases a book of any kind only paid for their own right to access it under copyright law. Of course this is not enforceable with paper books, so its overlooked. In the case of ebooks, where there is the possiblity of preventing sharing, the publishers and authors probably welcome the ability to put that aspect of copyright law into practice. 734276@blogcritics.org Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:16:26 EDT /archives/2008/07/21/061447.php#comment-734199 Cale, I love my Kindle and overall I have few complaints, but I think you raise a great point about book sharing. I also don't think it would be difficult for Amazon to develop a system in which Kindle users could share a book with one friend. Another change I'd like to see is if I preview a book and then decide to purchase that book, I'd like to be able to continue reading where I left off in the preview, not start the book from the beginning (or scroll through to where I left off). It's not a big deal, and it's not terribly time consuming, but I think it would be a nice feature. I also think I need a cure for Kindle thumb - but clearly that indicates that I enjoy my Kindle and use it daily. 734199@blogcritics.org Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:31:25 EDT