# Does the health of the big box bookstore have anything to do with the health of the printed book?

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**Created:** [January 30, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-health-of-the-big-box-bookstore-have-anything-to-do-with-the-health-of-the-printed-book/648826 "2013-01-30T17:51:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-health-of-the-big-box-bookstore-have-anything-to-do-with-the-health-of-the-printed-book/648826/101 "2013-03-11T19:06:47Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> I have Kindle apps for Windows and Android, and I can read my books on as many devices as I like. There are [Blackberry, iThingy and OSX apps too](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindle_Format_8#Kindle_applications).
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> I’m not entirely sure that you can burn Amazon ebooks to a CD because of the DRM, but you could always print a copy.

Thanks for the info. 🙂

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