The alleged new Barnes & Noble reader. Credit Gizmodo.
The alleged new Barnes & Noble reader. Credit Gizmodo.
I was desperate for a book (13 yr old son - book report due next day) and got the Barnes and Noble online version. In order to unlock it you have to enter your credit card number (this is AFTER you have already entered it for the purchase) - not very happy with that.
It won’t be long before Big Brother knows what you read without having to come into your house to look at your library.
I was thinking of getting my son (a 2nd Lt. in the Army currently stationed in Germany) one of these type things for Christmas. But I can’t find anyone that’s used one of them or what they think of it. Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?
Our great great grandchildren will be puzzled at the the idea of a book burning.
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I wanted to buy "Unintended Consequences" by John Ross, but it is out of print. You can get a copy on ebay for about $100 but I didn't feel like doing that. Then I found out that it's available on the internet in PDF. I downloaded it, emailed it to my Kindle account and had it available in seconds. Total cost to me was 60 cents (fee for Kindle conversion performed by Amazon).
Great book by the way.
Very intriguing technology, but I won't pay that kind of money for that kind of treatment.
