On Henry Jenkins webpage, titled “Confessions of an Aca-Fan”, Jenkins performed an interview with author Ted Striphas in which the two discussed the transformation of Barnes and Nobles over the years.  One of the main questions that Jenkins posed to Striphas was what is going to happen to the modern day brick and mortar bookstores now that services like Amazon are provided?  Striphas did not believe that he was capable of answering such questions, however he did elaborate on one of the downsides of having a bookstore online.  I few years ago, Amazon ended up deleting a number of pirated copies of George Orwell’s “1984” off of their customer’s Kindles.  Striphas compares this to the notion that a modern day bookstore can just come into your house and take back a book that you purchased legally.  It’s an interesting comparison because it calls into question the fact that all Kindles are linked back to Amazon, creating an enormous network of literature that Amazon has more or less full control over.  It seems that this is another example of privacy and convenience colliding on the Internet.  It will be interesting to see how the relationship between these two entities plays itself out in the future.