Ok, one good counter-point below: You can't loan an individual book (other than through the Amazon program) using a Kindle. Folks, this is not an Orwellian con

Ok, one good counter-point below: You can't loan an individual book (other than through the Amazon program) using a Kindle. Folks, this is not an Orwellian conspiracy, but rather a limitation of matter and energy which is a consequence of the tradeoffs we make when we decide to use an ereader and put all our books in one device.