eReader Zone

Hello Amazon,I buy some of my books from you. (It used to be all, until you stopped discounting paperbacks and started charging sales tax, as I can get better prices and same day delivery now from B&N.) I buy most of the more expensive books I get from you as well – technical and science books.I also have a pair of Kindles, and have bought precisely one Kindle book from you (to try it out). I use the DX as a PDF and NYT/Economist reader.I would buy many more Kindle books if you would sell me the Kindle book for a dollar more when I buy (or have bought) the print book. You have an online book service that does something similar.Alternatively, I would stop buying the print book if you would remove DRM. For the price of the Kindle book, I don’t want to be renting books from you, be prevented from reading them on my laptop or iPhone (magazines, newspapers), or unable to sell them or lend them out. I certainly don’t want you canceling my Amazon account (in good standing since 1997) and then losing all my books (as has been publicized in the past).So, what do you say? Print + Kindle for $1 more? Or even, 5-10% more?(Oh, since it was mentioned… How about scrapping all your affiliates in New York just as you’ve done in North Carolina? )Thanks for listening – I just want the Kindle to be a runaway success. I have run out of bookshelf space, and can’t afford a new one after the DX.

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