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Whose Kindle Is It Anyway?
Whose Kindle Is It Anyway?
How much of every Kindle does Amazon own after it is sold? You may be a bit confounded by this question. But every Kindle owner, who downloaded either of George Orwell’s famous books Nineteen Eighty-four or Animal Farm, or both, must have that question on their mind. Amazon left Orwell-doting ...
Some E-Books Are More Equal Than Others
pogue.blogs.nytimes.com — Amazon removed purchased e-books from Kindles when a publisher had second thoughts about online distribution.... (more) Some E-Books Are More Equal Than Others
Amazon Erases Orwell Books From Kindle Devices
Amazon Erases Orwell Books From Kindle Devices
nytimes.com — A commuter using an Amazon Kindle while riding the subway in New York.... (more) Amazon Erases Orwell Books From Kindle Devices
Amazon Says It Will Stop Deleting Kindle Books -
informationweek.com — Amazon on Thursday began e-mailing a few hundred owners of its Kindle reading device to explain that... it had deleted electronic copies of the George Orwell's "Animal Farm" and "1984" and had refunded the $0.99 purchase price. The company's virtual ... (more) Amazon Says It Will Stop Deleting Kindle Books -
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Amazon Just Killed Off The Kindle’s Buzz
Podcasting News — ... It’s bad enough that Amazon is remotely deleting books that people thought they had bought - but the books happen to be the works of George Orwell - 1984 & Animal Farm. What’s next - Fahrenheit 451? It’s a public relations disaster for Amazon, resulting in headlines like Think You Own the Book You Bought for Your Kindle?  You Don’t, Says Amazon and Whose Kindle Is It Anyway? The tragedy of the Kindle is that it’s cutting edge technology ...

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