The article said — The Orwell ordeal highlighted two concerns in the virtual world — that a book already paid for and acquired can be revoked by the long arm of an e-tailer (the Kindle operates on a wireless connection that Amazon ultimately controls); and the difficulty of stopping bootlegged texts.
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That’s one very good reason to *never have* a Kindle e-book reader. That’s like someone walking into your home and taking stuff out of it and saying that you should have never been able to buy it at the store, so we’re now taking it away from you.
And it’s certainly ironic that “changing history” and “rewriting history” was done in our present day through people’s Kindle e-book reader with George Orwell’s story of “1984”...
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
I LOVE my Kindle. I still love going to bookstores, the smell of books, etc. But, the Kindle does have it's place. Traveling, for one. To each his own, I guess. You do have a compelling argument, that's for sure.
This is why I’ve avoided Kindle so far. Its the worry about having my books withdrawn after the fact, and not being able to independently back up my books.