Media Collision

Long story short:

“…the publishers decide how many licenses, that is devices, a book can be on at any one time. While most of the time that will be five or six different devices there will be times when it’s only one device.

At the present time there is no way to know how many devices can be licensed prior to buying the book.”

Some Kindle readers are unhappy with Amazon’s attempts to raise of the price of their ebooks.  Search Amazon for items tagged “9 99 Boycott“: as of this post, 770 Contributors have tagged 666 products in protest of Amazon charging more than $9.99. As one Kindle owner wrote in the Amazon forum:

I just saw the new Kindle $15.39 price on a “First Family” and ” 8th Confession” and I am shocked. If this is not a violation of the bait and switch laws I don’t know what is. Amazon baited us into buying the Kindle thinking dose of the mystery juice we crave would cost $9.99. Now they are attempting to raise the price. How much money can Patterson and his ghostwriters want? Has Balducci lost his mind? Or is this Amazon’s idea of a cruel joke? I am boycotting. That is what I am doing! Go to h….l Amazon!

The O’Reilly TOC blog has more on this story.