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On getting around the Kindle restrictions

March 16th, 2011 · No Comments · opinion

So last night I wrote a post about some Kindle games being on sale, and one commenter complained that the apps couldn’t be bought from Australia. I understand the frustration; there are a lot of things I can’t get shipped from Europe. But that complaint got me thinking. Has anyone tried to get around the [...]

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ALA respond to HarperCollins library ebook restrictions

March 15th, 2011 · 2 Comments · press release

This press release says about what you’d expect. We Disapprove. But it doesn’t really have any kick to it, which is why it kept getting bumped to the bottom of my to-do list. Have you read Cory Doctorow’s editorial in The Guardian? Now _that_ was worth a read. The logic, the passion, the insightful arguments [...]

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