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locked ebooks
Wednesday, 6 September 2006 12:53 amMost people seem to assume that locked ebooks are just a fact of life; that they are needed. But I've never seen anybody mention anywhere the simple fact that every locked ebook you ever own will lock you out eventually.
It is inescapeable.
Any time you upgrade your hardware or software you will lose all your old locked ebooks. If you can find those books for sale, and if you have the spare cash you can always buy them again, I guess. If you can't and they were fiction books and you never re-read fiction then it might not bother you too much, but if they are reference books, well bad luck.
Doesn't this seem just a bit perverse???
Locked ebooks are a really bad idea. There has to be another way.
I think that other way is open ebooks. We need to start treating readers as friends instead of enemies.
It is inescapeable.
Any time you upgrade your hardware or software you will lose all your old locked ebooks. If you can find those books for sale, and if you have the spare cash you can always buy them again, I guess. If you can't and they were fiction books and you never re-read fiction then it might not bother you too much, but if they are reference books, well bad luck.
Doesn't this seem just a bit perverse???
Locked ebooks are a really bad idea. There has to be another way.
I think that other way is open ebooks. We need to start treating readers as friends instead of enemies.