Breaking out of story

I was reading a scifi book on my kindle today, and I had the thought: "My dad would really like this book."

My dad and I have been sharing scifi books for about 20 years now.

But the kindle won't let me do that.

Can't give my copy of the book to my dad.
Which means I can't discuss the book with my dad.
Which means he won't recommend it to his friends, etc, etc.

It made me so angry, I put down the book. I don't know if I will finish reading it, since now it makes me think about copyright instead of far off galactic empires. When I want to read about copyright, I read Lessig.

Thanks for killing my entertainment.

Now I have to stop and think 'would my dad like this book?' before I spend money to read it on the kindle. Guess what - if I think the answer is yes, I won't buy it on the kindle. I probably won't buy it at all. Why risk getting annoyed?

The upshot is that if your business model depends on making sure that fathers and sons can't share books, your business model is fucking wrong.

kindle fail!