[TriLUG] [OT] Kindle jeers? [Was e-mail suckback]

[burnett at pobox.com]

On Wed, 5 Aug 2009, Brian Henning wrote:

> Hi Gang,
>
> This recent thread and the mention of Kindle has given me a good setup to
> ask -- what's bad about Kindle?  I was thinking about getting one of the 2G
> models, with their nice slimness and ability to read any TXT or PDF file.
> The implication just now is that Amazon can make unreadble a book you've
> paid for after the fact.  Is that true?

Yes, it is true that Amazon can remove from your Kindle books you have 
donwloaded.

http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/some-e-books-are-more-equal-than-others/