Z:gnu-www-ja-ebooks-must-increase-freedom--0a8b71-Many other habits that we read/en

Many other habits that we readers are accustomed to are &ldquo;not allowed&rdquo; for e-books. With the Amazon &ldquo;Kindle&rdquo; (for which &ldquo;Swindle&rdquo; is a more fitting name), to take one example, users can't buy a book anonymously with cash. &ldquo;Kindle&rdquo; books are typically available from Amazon only, and Amazon makes users identify themselves. Thus, Amazon knows exactly which books each user has read. In a country such as the UK, where you can be prosecuted for possessing a forbidden book, this is more than hypothetically Orwellian.