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RexRollman on July 20, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Amazon sold 143 Kindle books for every 100 hardcov...

I have a problem with the term "Sold" when it comes to Kindle books. Nobody actually "buys" one, they license it.

DRM is toxic.

tghw on July 20, 2010 [–]

The Kindle DRM is pretty easy to strip off. Then you have a mobipocket ebook that can be easily converted to epub, pdf, etc.

RexRollman on July 20, 2010 | [–]

You not really advising me to break the law, are you?

tghw on July 20, 2010 | | [–]

I didn't advise you to do anything. I'm just stating a simple fact.

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