tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post2169593569027820732..comments2024-03-18T22:39:50.137-07:00Comments on A Kindle World blog: Overdrive to handle Harry Potter e-books - UPDATEAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-18261726150993074552011-06-25T02:13:07.172-07:002011-06-25T02:13:07.172-07:00Tom,
As K. Hugh says, Overdrive will take care o...Tom,<br /> As K. Hugh says, Overdrive will take care of the public library book lending process but Amazon will do note backup, sharing, book syncing, etc.<br /><br /> However, that's because Amazon will actually deliver the books and have a copy.<br /><br /> In Rowling's case, Amazon won't deliver the books, but they always carry her books and they need to have only one of each to have the server model against which backups and sync'g are done.<br /><br /> How they negotiate rights to to do that (go along with the watermarking or whatever they're planning to do?) is the question.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-29166831014127651032011-06-23T16:24:57.243-07:002011-06-23T16:24:57.243-07:00If the books will be available across all devices ...If the books will be available across all devices and it will be Overdrive that handles the sales, does that mean that the Kindle library feature (partnered with Overdrive) will be available by October? If so, it might mean that though the books will be bought outside Amazon, all the sharing of notes and things might still work.KingofElflandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01725335915535937373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-73078629532824988102011-06-23T09:27:56.628-07:002011-06-23T09:27:56.628-07:00Yeah, but if they aren't sold in Kindle Store,...Yeah, but if they aren't sold in Kindle Store, no note sharing, popular highlights, syncing etc. (well. calibre can help with the syncing part).<br /><br />DRM free will be welcome however. Maybe it will create some momentum for more of same.Tom Semplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05127272649086914117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-10390415141913732482011-06-23T07:36:57.599-07:002011-06-23T07:36:57.599-07:00Anonymous wife :-)
I did an update which mention...Anonymous wife :-)<br /> I did an update which mentioned the books will be DRM-free. <br /><br /> Under normal circumstances, publishers will allow Amazon to let up to 6 Kindles belonging to one account share a purchased book at no additional cost.<br /><br /> Good luck that Rowling & co. use sense on this, pricing-wise.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-24080453387048692172011-06-23T07:18:47.932-07:002011-06-23T07:18:47.932-07:00Guess I'll have to just swap Kindles with my h...Guess I'll have to just swap Kindles with my husband then, if he decides he wants to read HP? Or - I wonder whether, and how, some sharing within, say, families might be managed.<br /><br />That's just a 'ferinstance'. My husband is not going to read HP. I was initially holding out for v. 7 to be published so I could buy the slipcased set; then decided not to buy until they become available as e-editions, because I don't want the physical set on my already-full shelves. I've paid not a dime so far to read them, beyond my tax dollars to the library, and I have read them all. What Rowling ends up doing with pricing and access privileges will determine whether I finally buy the set, I guess. I do hope that what she does proves to be both sensible and friction-free, because I am looking for reasons *to* buy the set -- not reasons *not* to, so Rowling would have to do something pretty egregious to mess this up. But it could happen!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com