"If a giant snafu can delete Amazon web pages and data, who’s to say it couldn’t happen with customers’ books?
There’s a lot to be said for actually handing files over to people. Then the onus is on them to keep them safe, and the bonus is that they feel a sense of ownership."
Bookbee has the right of it. The 'cloud' is supposed to be robust because it is distributed. The fact of the matter is that corporations will never give up central control and when that central control fails the cloud disappears.
The paying public must be much more demanding in terms of their ownership rights when purchasing e-books.
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one of the features of KOBO that I like is the fact that you get the files to store and therefore are not held to ransom by the seller
ReplyDeleteAnd the best part, Elmar: they can't reach down the 3G and erase the book if it's not a connected device. Another win for Keep It Simple Stupid? - Bookbee
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