Anybody have a kindle to rent?

[Josef Lowder]

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On Sat, 10 May 2008 22:42:57 -0700, Dennis Kibbe wrote
> "Josef Lowder" <joe at actionline.com> writes:
> > Does anyone have a kindle or know where I might 
> > find one to rent for a day (or a couple of hours) 
> > to test some ebook formats.
> 
> Joseph,
> 
> You mean the Amazon "Swindle"?
> 
> "If enough people accept the DRM on ebooks, there will be no 
> incentive in the future for Amazon, or anybody else to offer non-DRM 
> ebooks." http://defectivebydesign.org/blog/1097
> 
> Imagine a library 100 years in the future where a book might "expire"
> after one reading or can not be read at all due to the politics of 
> the day. Currently library ebooks are distributed by one company and 
> are DRM'ed even if the origin is in the public domain.
http://defectivebydesign.org/blog/1120


Perhaps I should have provided more explanation about the
reason why I "need" to borrow or rent a kindle/swindle.

While I definitely do not agree with or in any way wish 
to support or give the appearance of supporting DRM, the 
inescapable reality is that ebooks in many different formats 
are here to stay and they comprise a huge and rapidly growing 
segment of book readers. 

It is simply a fact of life that this trend is never going 
to be reversed any more than M$ and all of its garbage (for 
all of my personal disdain for it) is ever going to be totally 
obliterated. 

I definitely do not intend to purchase a kindle; however 
I do feel that in view of the very large and accelerating 
adoption of this format by significant numbers of people, it 
would be foolish to ignore this reality and say to all those 
people that in order to make a public statement to assert what 
stupid idiots some may thing they are to purchase and use a 
kindle/swindle that the books that I publish will never be made 
available in that format.

Rather, I simply feel that I need to make the books that I 
publish available in a number of different formats, including 
this one, (while simultaneously informing those who choose 
to use kindle that some of these books are available free 
in other formats).

Very sorry that my inquiry was apparently offensive to you, Dennis.

Joe