Fiction

Little extra present from Amazon and Barnes & Noble that attempts to keep the books from being opened on a device they don't know about. Similar to copy protection on movies and stuff like that. I have no qualms about removing it for myself since I purchased them in the first place. It's one of the places that there will continue to be strife between the big retailers and users until pricing structure changes. If they priced the books much lower, but paid the authors up front and called it a rental instead of a purchase? Anyway, I'm sure it will shake out over time.

These days I buy many more books new (physical or online) than I used to. I go to cons (as I know you do, too) and readings and such and have gotten to know and like the authors of what I read as people instead of names, so if I can I try to buy in a format that will give them income, so on-line stores or new book stores instead of used book stores and libraries. The latter two get visited often enough anyway, but I like to at least take a moment to think about whether I can afford this week to help keep a writer working a bit more directly.

Plus, it's hard to get a nook signed, and tacky to get a library book signed