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What'll happen to all the Kindle books when Amazon dies?
Whether it be in 50 years or 50,0000.
- Insanity 7y agoWith the risk of offending someone: books worth being around in 50.000 years won't be "kindle only". I love my kindle though, I use it daily and think it's a great device. You don't have to buy ebooks through amazon to read them on the kindle by the way. :)
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- csnewb 7y agoGood question, and that's the main reason I prefer to own physical books over Kindle books. I know that I own a physical book, but a Kindle book can disappear at any moment. Kindles are great while traveling though.
- muzani 7y agoDo you often reread old books? I find that most books are only read once and then discarded, but it's hard to tell which ones are before buying.
- mbrock 7y agoI don’t even have a concept of an “old” book or of “reading” a book, I just keep them around for inspiration, going back for some quote, rereading, showing someone, etc. I mean I also almost never finish them, or even try to read them in linear order...
- jolmg 7y agoIt really depends on the type of book. muzani might be thinking novels, while you could be thinking textbooks.
- csnewb 7y agoYes, I do.
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- frou_dh 7y agoAmazon decrypts them all to DRM-free files at the eleventh hour. Then individuals don't have a backup habit and so later end up losing their files anyway.
- LarryMade2 7y agoYeah, I like how all the other other failed/failing companies have done likewise (/sarcasm)
- Antoninus 7y agoI convert the .mobi files into .epub and keep reading. https://calibre-ebook.com/ https://calibre-ebook.com/