‘Amazon’s Kindle shackles the user against sharing or even freely giving away or lending the book, and has an Orwellian back door for erasing books.’ Photograph: Scott Thomas/Scott Thomas/Corbis ‘Amazon’s Kindle shackles the user against sharing or even freely giving away or lending the book, and has an Orwellian back door for erasing books.’ Photograph: Scott Thomas/Scott Thomas/Corbis