OT - Yet another Kindle and Nook question TIA.

[tinkarooni]

Does anybody know what happens if your kindle or nook crashes? Do you loose all the books that you have bought? I tend to save books I enjoy on my shelf and re-read them and have been pondering a Kindle but this is my biggest concern. Anybody know?

 

[3boymthr]

No, you don't. Your books are also stored on their website/your account for redownload. Also so you can download them to another device such as your PC or ipod or phone or ...

 

[RitaE]

All the major retailers store your books on their servers for re-download.

It is highly recommended that everybody keep their own back-up copies because retailers can and do go out of business and stop their service. It has happened a couple of times already - recently with Harper Collins when they decided to stop download service to their customers who bought from them directly. Personally, I take the DRM off of every book I buy and back it up to my own computer system so I am guaranteed to always be able to read my books.

I think anybody with a nook especially needs to keep this in mind if they are interested in keeping their books forever. Barnes and Noble is not in the greatest of financial shape. I imagine that if they "went under" another company would probably buy their eBook division and it would hopefully be a seamless transition for their customers .. but who knows?

 

[tinkarooni]

Thanks so much....I figured that others were concerned about this and that there must be a way, if I can download to my computer that would solve the problem. Hmmmm....to buy or not to buy.....where is the best deal on the kindle? I should have paid more attention to those deal threads.

 

[cseca]

If you have the colorless Nook you should be able to store all your books in an SD card as well. I don't remember if Nookcolor has SD expansion or not.

 

[ExPirateShopGirl]

I, too, strip the DRM and back up the files. This guarantees my ability to read my books beyond the life/type of any e-reading device I may have.

All the major retailers store your books on their servers for re-download.

It is highly recommended that everybody keep their own back-up copies because retailers can and do go out of business and stop their service. It has happened a couple of times already - recently with Harper Collins when they decided to stop download service to their customers who bought from them directly. Personally, I take the DRM off of every book I buy and back it up to my own computer system so I am guaranteed to always be able to read my books.

I think anybody with a nook especially needs to keep this in mind if they are interested in keeping their books forever. Barnes and Noble is not in the greatest of financial shape. I imagine that if they "went under" another company would probably buy their eBook division and it would hopefully be a seamless transition for their customers .. but who knows?

 

[tinkarooni]

I, too, strip the DRM and back up the files. This guarantees my ability to read my books beyond the life/type of any e-reading device I may have.

OK now there's stripping and DRMs involved.....you have pretty much lost me. How about I buy the kindle and than you guys can just tell me what to do with it.....that's pretty much how my DH handles me and the DVR. That is another concept I have yet to master......

 

[ExPirateShopGirl]

If you are going to order the Kindle, do it now. Word has it that Oprah will be promoting the Kindle 3 (and giving each audience member one) on Monday's show. When Oprah did this in 2008 they sold out within a day.

Also, Amazon gives you 30 days to use and return the device, though you won't want to return it. See also: The number of refurbished Nooks flooding the market vs. the lack of refurbished Kindles over the past 6 months.

OK now there's stripping and DRMs involved.....you have pretty much lost me. How about I buy the kindle and than you guys can just tell me what to do with it.....that's pretty much how my DH handles me and the DVR. That is another concept I have yet to master......