This device’s tech is beginning to look as bad as it’s industrial design. That’s unfortunate. If it survives long enough to get to 2.0, let’s hope they learn the same lesson every other company is destined to re-learn: it’s not better to suck and be in the market, it’s better not to suck before launch. (Looking at you, Zune 2)
The Future of Reading A Play in Six Acts [dive into mark]
Act I: The act of buyingWhen someone buys a book, they are also buying the right to resell that book, to loan it out, or to even give it away if they want. Everyone understands this.
Jeff Bezos, Open letter to Author’s Guild, 2002
You may not sell, rent, lease, distribute, broadcast, sublicense or otherwise assign any rights to the Digital Content or any portion of it to any third party, and you may not remove any proprietary notices or labels on the Digital Content. In addition, you may not, and you will not encourage, assist or authorize any other person to, bypass, modify, defeat or circumvent security features that protect the Digital Content.
Amazon, Kindle Terms of Service, 2007
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