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Some E-Books Are More Equal Than Others
Jul 18, 2009, 19 :05 UTC (5 Talkback[s]) (4214 reads)

(Other stories by David Pogue)

"But no, apparently the publisher changed its mind about offering an electronic edition, and apparently Amazon, whose business lives and dies by publisher happiness, caved. It electronically deleted all books by this author from people’s Kindles and credited their accounts for the price."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Suppose you walk into a store and buy a  ...   Amazon should be sued   
David F. Skoll
Jul 18, 2009, 19:48:15
 
The irony of it is just mind-boggling! ...   Irony   
Bigpilot
Jul 18, 2009, 20:01:53
 
unless you have the book in a standardis ...   I'm so shocked!   
Neo
Jul 18, 2009, 21:11:40
 
......but not any more.........I'll  ...   Kindle had me vaguely interested...........   
TonyY
Jul 19, 2009, 05:59:45
 
Until I can get an ebook reader that let ...   Taking a pass on the existing ereaders.   
Jimmy the Geek
Jul 20, 2009, 22:29:36
 
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