[GRLUG] e-Books rule at Amazon

[Michael Mol]

That's the question, isn't it? If an eBook is DRM-free, there's no
mechanism for the distributor to retract it.

Amazon had a fiasco last year where they discovered they didn't have
legal right to distribute a book in the form they distributed it. They
removed it from customers' Kindles and gave the customers an
equivalent replacement, but the customers wound up losing their
bookmarks.

On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Roger --
> Thanks.  After sending my note I
> found that B&N claims to have 2 million
> books, versus about 1 million for Amazon.
> You can access the same books indefinitely?
>    -- Bob
>
> On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Roger Roelofs <roger.roelofs at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Bob,
>>
>> I have the B&N Nook Color, basically a 7" android tablet.  I've been
>> very happy with it.  I'm probably going to root it in the next few
>> weeks so I can have access to the Android Market.  B & N has a market,
>> but the choices are somewhat limited.
>>
>> When I was doing my review, the kindle seemed more locked down than
>> the nook.  The Nook supports epub, pdf and something else that is
>> escaping me.  I found a great linux app for creating epubs so I can
>> now use my nook when giving presentations.  My unofficial guess is
>> that Amazon has a wider selection, but it is pretty easy to buy epubs
>> from places other than B & N and get them on the nook.  The big plus
>> for the kindle is that the screen is more paper-like.  However, I have
>> not encountered any difficulty reading from my nook.
>>
>> hth
>>
>> On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110519/tc_afp/usitcompanybooksinternetkindleamazon
>> > Apparently the crossover point of more
>> > digital than paper books has been crossed
>> > at Amazon.
>> > I'm seriously thinking of getting a unit now.
>> > Two questions:
>> > *  Does one have unlimited access to a
>> >    digital version?  i.e., if I want to reference
>> >    a book three years later, will I be able to?
>> >    I'm really looking for an online library.
>> > *  I know that GRLUG members have both
>> >    the Amazon and the Barnes and Nobel
>> >    readers.  I'd appreciate comments about
>> >    the pros and cons of each.  Amazon claims
>> >    it has 950K digital books now.  I don't know
>> >    what the corresponding figure for B&N is,
>> >    but that would be a factor too.
>> >      -- Bob
>>
>>
>> --
>> Roger
>>
>> Roger Roelofs
>> Know what you value.
>>
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