Comments on: Amazon, let me give you more money!

By: Martijn Faassen

Martijn Faassen — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:22:24 +0000

The Kindle International version is very tempting, and the DRM issue is the main thing holding me back from investing in a Kindle or Amazon ebooks in general. I already read un-DRMed ebooks on other devices but I can’t buy these from Amazon. So I buy them elsewhere.

By: Martijn

Martijn — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:54:53 +0000

While they’re at it, they should open up e-book sales to other countries. I know this is more of a “publisher” thing, but I can buy paper books from Amazon, why not electronic books?
Local e-book stores have very limited selections in English-language books

By: stormy

stormy — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:42:18 +0000

Thanks, ethana2! Aldiko has a pretty good selection of good books. (No recent best sellers though – Amazon has that market.)

By: Leonardo Fontenelle

Leonardo Fontenelle — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:48 +0000

I live in Brazil, so letting me read Kindle books in other devices is necessary for me to read Kindle books at all. Plus, this DRM stuff is horrible. It stops honest people from using media correctly but doesn’t prevents illegal copies at all.

By: ethana2

ethana2 — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:55:58 +0000

Stormy, have you tried Aldiko for Android? It’s amazing.

By: John

John — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:31:45 +0000

Tom, well, she said she didn’t want to break the law, which she would be doing under the DMCA if she did that.
Stormy.. the obstructionist in this situation is probably not Amazon, it’s the publishers. They are currently much worse than the RIAA was 10 years ago in trying to keep a strangle-hold on distribution of their content in ways they approve of.
Eventually the Kindle and Audible may become popular enough that Amazon can do for books what Apple did with music. Force the content industries to realize that locking down their content only punishes their legitimate customers.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:20:16 +0000

Well, the Amazon DRM has been cracked. You own the books so just remove the DRM and convert them.