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This is why I have been stopping in old/small local book stores for years looking for early editions of many books. You can't edit what is already printed on the page. I am even considering buying multiple editions, building one of those book-scanner-bots then hooking it up to some OCR and doing a diff between the various print versions to show exactly what was changed between editions.

What do you think? Good idea or waste of time?

This is why I have been stopping in old/small local book stores for years looking for early editions of many books. You can't edit what is already printed on the page. I am even considering buying multiple editions, building one of those book-scanner-bots then hooking it up to some OCR and doing a diff between the various print versions to show exactly what was changed between editions. What do you think? Good idea or waste of time?

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I have eye sight issues so ebooks have been my go to forever. I have been ripping the arm off every kindle book I buy for years and years. I have found that they do just delete them but I rip them as I buy them. I can get around this latest round of crap but I will never buy another if it is completely blocked. I have spent thousands on books and I will simply pirate the rest or just reread the old ones. I read I over 150 books a year according to their app. If they stop me from keeping a legit copy then they won't care that they lose me as a customer. I know they won't. I will find some other way to keep reading.

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Kindle sucks. Every update makes it slower and have a worse UI, though the hardware is decent.

I got fed up and got a Kobo. I never update it and get all my books from LibGen or Anna's archive. I haven't bought an ebook in years unless it's like $0.99 and that's only if I really like the author. There's no way in hell I'm spending more on an ebook than a physical copy.

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Agreed, I read so much my friends think I am crazy. Maybe I am?

I will not be held back by this bullshit though. I don't have enough storage for the "hidden library" but when I do.....