![]() ![]() However, that’s not making many customers happy. At least Amazon refunded the money, but what kind of book do you buy that gets automatically disappeared? eBooks are an interesting concept, but how can anyone buy into something where their books might suddenly disappear? Update: The NY Times is now reporting that Amazon says it will change its system so that, in the future, books won’t be deleted. So, like the war with Eurasia, the book is now just a figment of your imagination. People who legitimately purchased those books discovered that they’re now gone, as the publisher has decided that ebook versions were doubleplusungood and should never have existed in the first place. In fact, that’s exactly what’s happened to (of all books!) George Orwell’s 1984 and Animal Farm. Even worse, Amazon can simply delete them at will. Fri, Jul 17th 2009 05:44pm - Mike Masnickįor quite some time we’ve been pointing out the simple fact that, unlike with a physical book, you don’t really own the ebooks that you buy on your Amazon Kindle.
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