[Infowarrior] - Another reason I don't like the 'cloud' idea

[Richard Forno]

Stuff like this makes me glad I'm an old-fashioned person who likes  
physical books (geek that I am).  If the bookstore closes down,  
cancels my charge account, or whatever, I still have the books and the  
knowledge within.  They don't come raid my library and deny my use of  
the books.   Call me old fashioned, but I like positive control over  
my stuff.  --rf


If you lose your Amazon account, your Kindle loses functionality
Posted by Cory Doctorow, April 15, 2009 10:36 PM | permalink

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/15/if-you-lose-your-ama.html

Ian bought a Kindle and some Kindle ebooks from Amazon. He also bought  
some real-world stuff from them, some of which he returned. Amazon  
decided that he'd returned too many things, so they suspended his  
Amazon account, which meant that he could no longer buy any Kindle  
books, and any Kindle subscriptions he's paid for stop working.

After some phone calls, Amazon granted him a one-time exception and  
lit his account up again.

Leaving aside losing your subscriptions, this would not be such a big  
deal if the Kindle had graceful ways of putting competitors' ebooks on  
your device. What's your experience getting non-Kindle books onto the  
Kindle?