On Jul 27, 2012, at 3:57 PM, Steve Hullfish wrote:
> I forwarded this to Steve Cohen. We'll see if he can figure this
out with Amazon. It seems crazy that you can't keep two versions of a
book you own.
I say:
Ah, but that's where you missed a small detail, Steve. Downloaded e-
books are not owned by the downloader. It's a license, just like any
software. This a big bone of contention for readers between REAL
books (that you can physically own) and e-books, which are just files
on an e-reader. It's a major change in the way we read books and many
are not happy about it.
In a hundred years when your e-reader can no longer function
(actually, I'm sure it will be sooner), your e-books will be useless.
In a hundred years, your ACTUAL book will continue to be readable.
And no publisher will be able to take it away from you.
Dennis Degan, Video Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank
NBC Today Show, New York
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