Re: Amazon Kindle's "Loan to anybody"
Robotech_Master <[email protected]>
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On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Elaine <[email protected]> wrote: > Does anyone think that this is a good idea, and that it will cut into the > e-book author's profits? Or, do you think that "borrowing" a book may lead > the borrower to actually buy the book for their e-reader? > I think it's a tempest in a teacup. Public libraries have for decades (and friends handing books to each other have for much longer than that) offered considerably less restricted "sharing" than being allowed to lend an e-book *one time ever* for a period of *two weeks*. The publishing industry has not, as yet, collapsed due to this scurrilous practice. -- Chris Meadows aka | WWW: http://www.terrania.us | Somebody Robotech_Master | ICQ: 5477383 AIM: RoboMastr | help, I'm [email protected] | Skype, LJ-Gizmo: Robotech_Master | trapped in [email protected] | Facebook: Robotech.Master | a sig file! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ Post a message: ebook-community [[at]] * Unsubscribe: ebook-community-unsubscribe [[at]] * Switch to digest: ebook-community-digest [[at]] * Switch to normal: ebook-community-normal [[at]] * Put mail on hold: ebook-community-nomail [[at]] * Administrator: ebook-community-owner [[at]] * (* == yahoogroups.com) -------------------------------------------------------Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ebook-community/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ebook-community/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] ebook-community-fullfeatured-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw@public.gmane.org <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: ebook-community-unsubscribe-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw@public.gmane.org <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/