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>Amazon recently changed the wording on their website when it comes to buying Kindle ebooks. As the screenshot above shows, they now have a disclaimer under the buy now button that says, “By placing your order, you’re purchasing a license to the content and you agree to the Kindle Store Terms of Use”. It also says that same thing when shopping for Kindle ebooks directly from the store on Kindle ereaders and Kindle apps. The funny thing is they only appear to be doing that in the US. I checked Amazon UK and Amazon CA and both show the old disclaimer that just says, “By clicking the above button, you agree to the Kindle Store Terms of Use”.

If you don't have a PHYSICAL copy, you don't own it! Archive: https://archive.today/NZkkM From the post: >>Amazon recently changed the wording on their website when it comes to buying Kindle ebooks. As the screenshot above shows, they now have a disclaimer under the buy now button that says, “By placing your order, you’re purchasing a license to the content and you agree to the Kindle Store Terms of Use”. It also says that same thing when shopping for Kindle ebooks directly from the store on Kindle ereaders and Kindle apps. The funny thing is they only appear to be doing that in the US. I checked Amazon UK and Amazon CA and both show the old disclaimer that just says, “By clicking the above button, you agree to the Kindle Store Terms of Use”.

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I do the same thing. Flea markets are also good, most people don't want physical books so you can get many for under $1. If they have been sitting for a while, quite often they'll sell you as many as you can carry for $10, so you find all of the ones you want (more than you can carry) and offer them $25, most of the time they'll give it to you for $20. I don't know how many books I have now, the last time I counted it was over 4,000.

There are great services that I'd like to be able to use one day where you give them the dimensions of your shelves, and hand over all of the books you have, then they'll reprint them (changing font size etc) so they are all the same size book, and completely fill up your shelves (think the book cases in a lawyers office or a large private library).

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Wherever I live next, I am going to need a proper library. If I have the time and money to build one that is. Wouldn't that be amazing?

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The kind people imagine, large, elegant, with lots of natural light coming in, and a large fireplace with comfy chairs in front of it, and plants scattered about.

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Oh yeah, 100% that is exactly what I had in mind. You can almost smell what that room would be like. The quiet, the old wood, high bookshelves.