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I don't see how that could be the only reason for ditching your kindle. Stripping the DRM is trivial, and for convenience of sharing, ebooks win hands down. If

I don't see how that could be the only reason for ditching your kindle. Stripping the DRM is trivial, and for convenience of sharing, ebooks win hands down. If you want to share a book with friends it's much easier to send an email attachment than go to the post office.

davidw 15y ago
I think parfe is doing the right thing by putting his money where his mouth is. If I lived someplace like Portland, with Powells, I'd probably be less enthusiastic about my Kindle. But English language books delivered instantly to Italy at US prices is a dream come true.
parfe 15y ago
>I don't see how that could be the only reason for ditching your kindle. What other reasons do I need besides cost and true ownership? What an odd response. Do you think i have some ulterior motive for ditching a device I paid $260 for? I literally handed a book to a friend last night. She doesn't own an ebook reader. Now she has the book and can hand it off to someone else. My father doesn't own an ebook reader and I give him plenty of books. Although now that I think about it I should probably just give him my kindle so he can increase the font size (an actual use case!) and stop leaving reading glasses all over his house. Your response is essentially "Just torrent the book" because stripping the DRM off an ebook and emailing it someone is just the same as that person going to the pirate bay for content.
jordan0day 15y ago
You're right, of course, but it's entirely possible that parfe doesn't want to find himself on the wrong side of the law just so he can share "The Art of Fielding" with his friend. That is, you or I or parfe may completely agree that e-books shouldn't have DRM, and that removing said DRM shouldn't be illegal, but doesn't mean parfe is willing to consciously violate the law, no matter how objectionable he finds said law.

davidw 15y ago

I think parfe is doing the right thing by putting his money where his mouth is. If I lived someplace like Portland, with Powells, I'd probably be less enthusiastic about my Kindle. But English language books delivered instantly to Italy at US prices is a dream come true.

parfe 15y ago

>I don't see how that could be the only reason for ditching your kindle. What other reasons do I need besides cost and true ownership? What an odd response. Do you think i have some ulterior motive for ditching a device I paid $260 for? I literally handed a book to a friend last night. She doesn't own an ebook reader. Now she has the book and can hand it off to someone else. My father doesn't own an ebook reader and I give him plenty of books. Although now that I think about it I should probably just give him my kindle so he can increase the font size (an actual use case!) and stop leaving reading glasses all over his house. Your response is essentially "Just torrent the book" because stripping the DRM off an ebook and emailing it someone is just the same as that person going to the pirate bay for content.

jordan0day 15y ago

You're right, of course, but it's entirely possible that parfe doesn't want to find himself on the wrong side of the law just so he can share "The Art of Fielding" with his friend. That is, you or I or parfe may completely agree that e-books shouldn't have DRM, and that removing said DRM shouldn't be illegal, but doesn't mean parfe is willing to consciously violate the law, no matter how objectionable he finds said law.