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I used to love physical books and the feel and the smell and the looks. Until the day I moved overseas and couldn't take my collection with me. I left them stor

I used to love physical books and the feel and the smell and the looks. Until the day I moved overseas and couldn't take my collection with me. I left them stored in boxes at friend's house and one day, during a storm, his house was flooded and my books were destroyed like most of his stuff. Today I love my Kindle and I like the peace of mind that my books are safe.

bitwize 8y ago
> Today I love my Kindle and I like the peace of mind that my books are safe. Until AMZN decides to take them away from you.
- atrus 8y ago
  It's always a good idea to backup data that is in your possession.
  - maxxxxx 8y ago
    Hard to do with Kindle books
  - mrec 8y ago
    True, but in this case that requires stripping the DRM too.
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- random42_ 8y ago
  Guess the risks are the same in the end.
- ryandrake 8y ago
  At least for the physical books, it took a major weather event to destroy them. For virtual goods, cloud-hosted content, and permissionware, your ability to access the works can be taken away at any time for any or no reason, temporarily or permanently.
- cheeko1234 8y ago
  Jailbroke my kindle to prevent updates from Amazon permanently. I download epubs (from apple and libgen) and wirelessly transfer them to my paperwhite.