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It's ridiculously absurdly convenient. Someone recommends a book to me or I see one mentioned, I quickly Amazon it, one click to send a sample to my Kindle. Ama
by dividedbyzero 4y ago
It's ridiculously absurdly convenient. Someone recommends a book to me or I see one mentioned, I quickly Amazon it, one click to send a sample to my Kindle. Amazon has everything, I can't remember when I last couldn't get something there. When I finish a book, I always have a bunch of samples, and Amazon gives you a decent portion of the book, so they're actually useful. If I like a sample, it's two or three taps to buy it and continue reading. I don't know any other store that sells such a wide selection of ebooks in both my native language and English to a EU resident. I'm reading a lot more than I did before my Kindle because I don't have the friction of finding book recommendations in my notes and finding a store and getting the purchased book on the device, and the device is fun too.
De-DRM-ed backups aren't necessarily a bad idea though, I'm with you on that.
- kwertyoowiyop 4y agoThis is the first time I’ve seen ‘Amazon’ verbed. Amazon marketing execs are now experiencing an unexplained sensation of joy. :-)
- FalconSensei 4y ago> It's ridiculously absurdly convenient. Exactly. While de-drm-ing things for backup is nice (although I could just torrent it anyway if that's the case), some people often forget why we use kindle and the it's 'ecosystem'. Great selection on many languages, good device, good apps for mac/windows/android/iphone/ipad, extremely convenient, constant sales on books, etc...
- themadturk 4y agoAs an aspiring author, I believe in paying for books to support authors. I may also believe that I own the books I've paid for. Take from that what you will...
- abawany 4y agoOne necessarily doesn't follow the other - people pay for their ebooks and then dedrm them to no longer be locked into the ebook device vendor's ecosystem.
- selfhoster11 4y agoPretty sure that's what parent comment was implying
- themadturk 4y agoExactly right.
- tjoff 4y agoIt really isn't convenient to be locked into an ecosystem. You should test your backup. And the best way to test a de-drmed book is by reading it.
- dividedbyzero 4y agoOf course it's convenient, the big walled gardens are as successful as they are because they are very convenient as long as you're fairly typical (like the vast majority of people), you don't get kicked out (seems very unlikely) and they don't stop operating (not a big worry with Kindle). Scrounging books from ten different shops, giving my credit card to each, managing everything myself, no sync with my phone, higher prices, not finding some books because they're only on Kindle, that's inconvenient.
- FalconSensei 4y agoAmazon and Apple and all their users that like being in that ecosystem would disagree with you. I was never inconvenienced by being on the Kindle ecosystem, since anything I would like is there, and possibly for a lower price than the rest. Plus, the reader syncs to the cloud, and if I'm stuck waiting somewhere for an appointment, I can just continue reading on my phone. Using Calibre and de-drm-ing books is way more of an inconvenience. If anything ever happens and Amazon wipes out my library, I would just feel like I could get an already de-drm-ed "backup" from someone else, to the same effect as doing the process myself
- tjoff 4y agoIt is a matter of perspective, and a very shortsighted one versus a more sustainable one. Because of that mindset we don't deserve better than the Amazon and Apple of today. And boy are we worse for it, inconvenient doesn't even start to begin to explain it.
- fomine3 4y agoI heard many complains about Kindle. For non-DRM books, I upload it to Google Play Books so I can read it via cloud and sync like Kindle.