You paid for that eBook—but do you actually own it? Amazon just removed the ability to download Kindle books as files, making it even harder to control the content you buy. Kobo is better by comparison, but the major players in the eBook industry are still locked into restrictive DRM while the music industry has moved on. So why are digital books stuck in the past? Today I'm talking about what’s happened, why it matters, and what this means for the future of digital ownership. Let me know what you think in the comments!
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Alternative titles for algorithm:
Kindle eBooks and the ILLUSION of Digital Ownership
You Don’t Own Your Kindle Books. Here’s Why.
Amazon Proves You NEVER Owned Your Kindle eBooks
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:52 What Amazon did
01:41 Why it matters
02:32 Broader implications
03:19 Editing and removing books
05:21 Amazon forcing upgrades?
07:45 Kobo as alternative?
09:41 Transferable books with DRM?
10:30 Weighing the options
11:24 Why is music DRM FREE?
13:02 eBooks stuck in the past?
14:31 The future of digital ownership?