Amazon Donates 2,000 Kindles To Wounded Veterans 62
destinyland writes "Amazon's just announced that they're donating 2,000 Kindles to a charity for wounded soldiers and their families. They're also promising to hire at least 1,200 more veterans within the next year at fulfillment centers around the country through Amazon's Military Talent Program."
Do they give them content, too? (Score:1, Insightful)
I hope so, kinda useless otherwise. Of course, only one place to buy that content from.
Re:Arm Or Leg For Kindle (Score:2, Insightful)
Probably more of a profit for them than anything. "Donate".... please, it is nothing more than a scam anymore.
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Re:Do they give them content, too? (Score:5, Insightful)
http://www.gutenberg.org/ is all these soldiers need, e-ink screens are great and there's no need to pay Amazon if they want great classics.
Re:Do they give them content, too? (Score:4, Insightful)
You can download content from all sorts of places, and if you use Calibre (a great program, BTW) to manage your library, I understand you can use pretty much whatever device you want, and it will convert the format (if required) to whatever device you have. There are ways to strip any DRM if you have to. (Who cares if that's legal? If you've paid for a book, it's yours, just the same as if it's printed on paper.)
It doesn't do to spit on Amazon here. Sure they may have ulterior motives, but there was nothing forcing them to make these donations, and they're certainly not hurting you or me.