Amazon Offers $30 To Those Who Had Orwell's Books Deleted
from the those-books-were-never-deleted dept
In its continuing effort to make up for deleting unauthorized George Orwell ebooks from the Kindle, Amazon is apparently now offering $30 to those who lost their books. Well, actually it's a $30 check, gift certificate or they'll redeliver the book they deleted. Of course, assuming the ebooks cost less than $30 (Kindle's version of 1984 costs $9.99), it's difficult to see why people wouldn't just take the cash and rebuy the book themselves, if they wanted it.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Filed Under: deleted, ebooks, george orwell, kindle
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The whole thing is stupid for a lot of reasons, but it's irksome that so many conversations start from the incorrect assumption that Amazon was acting capriciously or something.
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This is just a test
Beware of the cloud.
The New World Order is watching you. Google Alex Jones' documentary "Fabled Enemies."
OBEY.
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Kindle is Garbage
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Beware of the cloud.
The New World Order is watching you. Google Alex Jones' documentary "Fabled Enemies."
OBEY.
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No!! This is double plus ungood!
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Too late damage control
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