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The Amazon Kindle War Against Piracy
Amazon is doing everything it can to thwart e-book piracy, at the expense of its customers.
Virtually every method for downloading an e-book purchased from Amazon has either been discontinued, patched, or rendered inaccessible due to software updates that have locked everything down. If you deliver a book using Send by Email or copy it to your computer via USB, a critical issue may arise, where a pop-up appears with an ‘ Invalid ASIN ‘ number. Every year, a new darling emerges that promises users more flexibility and control over their Kindle e-reader, only to have Amazon patch the underlying code, rendering it ineffective.
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