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This is patently false. My girlfriend owns a Kindle, she buys books at a very good rate (among other media), and she wants to be able to lend her ebooks. Lendi
by emmett 16y ago
This is patently false. My girlfriend owns a Kindle, she buys books at a very good rate (among other media), and she wants to be able to lend her ebooks.
Lending books is part of book culture! I don't own a Kindle yet specifically because half the reason I buy books is to lend or give them to friends. Sharing books is one of the greatest joys of reading. Everyone who shares is not a pirate.
I generally agree with you that people who complain about media costing money are not useful as customers. But there is a world of difference between not wanting to pay and wanting to be able to lend and give what you buy.
- potatolicious 16y agoI agree with patio11 but with a caveat: lending, in the way it is to be implemented on the Kindle, and is already implemented on the Nook, is a feature demanded by pirates more than customers. Why? Because books can only be lent once. Ever. This makes the feature almost useless for legitimate consumers, but for non-DRMed files (on the Nook anyways) the lending feature is non-crippled, and (rightly) can occur as many times as the user pleases. Personally I think it's a load of crap that the lending feature is crippled in such a way, but the fact of the matter is, the only people happy with the existing way lending works are the people who aren't encumbered by it - i.e., the people who never actually deal in purchased/DRMed ebook material.