Comments on: ★ Three Ongoing Points Against Amazon Kindle http://www.patloughery.com/2009/01/17/three-ongoing-points-against-amazon-kindle/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=three-ongoing-points-against-amazon-kindle Pat Loughery's blog at the intersection of Christianity, culture and technology Wed, 23 May 2012 21:08:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Geektronica http://www.patloughery.com/2009/01/17/three-ongoing-points-against-amazon-kindle/#comment-783 Geektronica Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:27:10 +0000 http://www.patloughery.com/2009/01/17/three-ongoing-points-against-amazon-kindle/#comment-783 Yeah, thanks for the tip on Amazon MP3. I probably wouldn't have started using it if not for your recommendation. Yeah, thanks for the tip on Amazon MP3. I probably wouldn't have started using it if not for your recommendation.

]]> By: Pat http://www.patloughery.com/2009/01/17/three-ongoing-points-against-amazon-kindle/#comment-782 Pat Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:32:27 +0000 http://www.patloughery.com/2009/01/17/three-ongoing-points-against-amazon-kindle/#comment-782 Ah good points. The DRM item is definitely a concern also. Another, related, item is that I like ot be able to give away books - either that I didn't like, or that I just don't need in my crazy huge reference library, or whatever. And like you, I only buy DRM-free MP3s these days, 90% of them from Amazon. Ah good points. The DRM item is definitely a concern also. Another, related, item is that I like ot be able to give away books – either that I didn't like, or that I just don't need in my crazy huge reference library, or whatever.

And like you, I only buy DRM-free MP3s these days, 90% of them from Amazon.

]]> By: Geektronica http://www.patloughery.com/2009/01/17/three-ongoing-points-against-amazon-kindle/#comment-781 Geektronica Sat, 17 Jan 2009 11:51:32 +0000 http://www.patloughery.com/2009/01/17/three-ongoing-points-against-amazon-kindle/#comment-781 Hi Pat, When I saw your post title on Twitter, I thought of what my three points would be before reading your post. They are: 1. As you said, any books you already own in hardcopy should be virtually free (no more than a buck or two) for the Kindle. I would understand if Amazon had to limit this to books you'd purchased through Amazon (which would be brilliant, because then they know they're selling you two of the same title, at zero incremental cost). 2. PDF support - a lot of the reading I'll be doing for the next two years is course readings, not from books but from PDFs provided by my professors. While conversion is available by emailing the file to yourname@kindle.com, it's not clear whether this works with scans, which are just images. 3. DRM and lack of platform-transcendence - I can scan a book into my computer, and my books don't become useless if one $350 gadget breaks. While I understand the rationale for DRM, I can't stomach the idea that all my purchased media are tied to a single, patented platform and a pricey device that will soon be obsolete. I wouldn't buy songs from iTunes if I didn't know how to strip the DRM (and I typically only buy MP3s from Amazon now). Hi Pat,
When I saw your post title on Twitter, I thought of what my three points would be before reading your post. They are:

1. As you said, any books you already own in hardcopy should be virtually free (no more than a buck or two) for the Kindle. I would understand if Amazon had to limit this to books you'd purchased through Amazon (which would be brilliant, because then they know they're selling you two of the same title, at zero incremental cost).

2. PDF support – a lot of the reading I'll be doing for the next two years is course readings, not from books but from PDFs provided by my professors. While conversion is available by emailing the file to yourname@kindle.com, it's not clear whether this works with scans, which are just images.

3. DRM and lack of platform-transcendence – I can scan a book into my computer, and my books don't become useless if one $350 gadget breaks. While I understand the rationale for DRM, I can't stomach the idea that all my purchased media are tied to a single, patented platform and a pricey device that will soon be obsolete. I wouldn't buy songs from iTunes if I didn't know how to strip the DRM (and I typically only buy MP3s from Amazon now).

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