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    Amazon got me again.

    April 2nd, 2008 by stuart

    Amazon really irritated me when they introduced the Kindle (their new eBook reader). There I was all ready to buy a Kindle (practically drooling if you want to know the truth), only to discover that the only way to buy books for the Kindle is to use Sprint’s national high-speed (EVDO) data network. How am I supposed to do that when I live in Jamaica? It just seems like an unnecessary slap in the face. Why not allow the use of a Wi-Fi network as an option?

    Anyway, I stopped buying books from Amazon after that, and not just because I am irritated with them but more importantly because I don’t want to buy the same book twice. I figure that when I eventually get an eBook reader, I am probably going to end up buying eBook versions of many of the books I already own.

    Well, today, I finally broke down and bought some more books from Amazon, see the list below:

    They should come in handy when I do the (long overdue) redesign of the Irie Tools website.

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