The Futility of E-books, or Why Amazon Doesn't Care about You or Your Kindle Account

This story really boiled my blood. A man named Ryan was locked out of his Kindle account in October, an account that he had amassed over $1000 in e-books with and had a reasonable expectation of access to. No one can tell him why he is unable to access his account, and no one can tell him if he will ever get access back. It sickens me to think that this man has pumped so mush money into Amazon only to have some sort of computer glitch ruin his personal library. The final line of his email to Amazon regarding the situation really sums it up.

"If this is what the ebook revolution looks like, I'll buy the written history in paperback."

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A Sad Day in Publishing: E-books outselling print books

Okay, so this information is several months old, but I just read an article from The New York Times that declared that E-books are now outselling print books on marketplace website Amazon. If it's news to me, it may be news to you. Here's the article for reference.

Is this an inevitability of a changing industry? Or is it a sign of our very culture being decimated?

With all Borders stores closed down by now, and smaller bookstores disappearing daily, is it only a matter of time before we no longer see print books for sale brand new?

Remember this the next time you download an e-book: Books were once how we measured knowledge; they became a source of revolution. When the government can control the internet, when the corporations are controlled by the government, how long until e-books are spewing out the same "revised" versions of history we see in North Korea?

Okay, done with my conspiracy theory rant for today.