Amazon removing download facility for Kindle books on 26 February

[wiggydiggy]

I forgot to mention something else they could do, include an e-book version with the printed version. Ordnance Survey maps include a download code for the OS App for the map you've just bought, brilliant idea. And going back a few years some films came with an Ultraviolet copy, meaning you had the disc but could use a digital version too. That seems to have died out though.

Book publishers really could do more IMO.

 

[Alex321]

I forgot to mention something else they could do, include an e-book version with the printed version. Ordnance Survey maps include a download code for the OS App for the map you've just bought, brilliant idea. And going back a few years some films came with an Ultraviolet copy, meaning you had the disc but could use a digital version too. That seems to have died out though.

Book publishers really could do more IMO.

Thare are some where they do that, usually only non-fiction, reference type books, such as travel guides. I have

 

[SpokeyDokey]

For you yes. If you have no intention of ever leaving the Kindle platform then it's fine. If however at any point you wanted to use a different e-reader and put the books you've paid for on it, Mr Bezos has now said you can't. So there.

We don't re-read books (or generally re-watch films as an aside - some very rare exceptions), hence not bothered about the ownership I've paid for them dimension to Kindle usage.

The cost of buying a book is no different to a visit to the cinema for us ie, a one-off single use (maybe two if we both want to read the same book) transaction.

 

[Alex321]

We don't re-read books (or generally re-watch films as an aside - some very rare exceptions), hence not bothered about the ownership I've paid for them dimension to Kindle usage.

The cost of buying a book is no different to a visit to the cinema for us ie, a one-off single use (maybe two if we both want to read the same book) transaction.

Agreed - though we occasionally re-read books, it s pretty rare. We visit Waterstones fairly regularly, and often come out with £30+ of fiction paperbacks, but as you say, that is only the same as a couple of visits to the cinema for us both.

We do often like the same books, particularly in the Science Fiction and Fantasy genres, so those will often be read by both of us.

 

[rogerzilla]

I still have the first Kindle made available to the UK. It had to be ordered from amazon . com and was shipped to the UK. Originally I had to buy the books in dollars but they changed that soon after and I could buy from the UK store.

Important differences it that this model identifies itself as a mass storage device to any computer and books can therefore be copied to it and from it. It will be interesting to see if amazon can change anything that will stop me doing that.

On 26 February they are.

 

[Regular.Cyclist]

On 26 February they are.

They are stopping people from downloading to a computer but still allowing them to send to a kindle. Unless they push something out to my old kindle (unlikely as it hasn’t seen a software update in nearly a decade) to stop it behaving as a mass storage device then I should be able to still copy books off of it.

 

[Dadam]

We don't re-read books (or generally re-watch films as an aside - some very rare exceptions), hence not bothered about the ownership I've paid for them dimension to Kindle usage.

The cost of buying a book is no different to a visit to the cinema for us ie, a one-off single use (maybe two if we both want to read the same book) transaction.

Fair enough. So in your case it's pretty much like renting a movie from a streaming service, but I like to re-read books. Depends on the book, but if I really enjoy them I'll re-read many times.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Fair enough. So in your case it's pretty much like renting a movie from a streaming service, but I like to re-read books. Depends on the book, but if I really enjoy them I'll re-read many times.

I've been an avid reader for most of my life, starting at my local library at the age of about 9 or 10.
I sometimes reread books but it can take several chapters before that " this feels familiar " realisation that I have read it before. I have both kindle and KoBo, preferring the Kobo as I can borrow books from my local library to it. I'm going to plough through my kindle purchases and run them through Calibre before the deadline.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Fair enough. So in your case it's pretty much like renting a movie from a streaming service, but I like to re-read books. Depends on the book, but if I really enjoy them I'll re-read many times.

The only books I have ever re-read are LOTR, Shardick & Papillon. All well before owning a Kindle.

Films rewatched; Midnight Express (favourite film of all time), Top Gun (reminder before watching Top Gun: Maverick), the entire Mission Impossible franchise (reminder before watching Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning) & Dune (reminder before watching Dune Part Two).

Not really a massive fan of aged music either - occasional revisiter to 60's, 70's & 80's sounds, but I much prefer surfing a wave of contemporary vibes via Spotify

 

[SpokeyDokey]

We do often like the same books, particularly in the Science Fiction and Fantasy genres, so those will often be read by both of us.

Just finishing off the Green Bone Saga by Fonda Lee.

A really good read.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

They are stopping people from downloading to a computer but still allowing them to send to a kindle. Unless they push something out to my old kindle (unlikely as it hasn’t seen a software update in nearly a decade) to stop it behaving as a mass storage device then I should be able to still copy books off of it.

Indeed I have an old Kindle that behaves that way. Hasn’t seen a firmware update in years.