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July 18, 2009 at 12:57pm
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“People who bought Orwell’s 1984 and Animal Farm for their Kindle were surprised to discover that it had disappeared from their devices overnight. It turns out the publisher changed its mind about offering an electronic version, and Amazon caved into their demand to sneak into people’s electronic libraries and take back the book at the publisher’s request.” 


+ Amazon zaps purchased copies of Orwell’s 1984 and Animal Farm from Kindles (Boing Boing via NEWSgrist)

“People who bought Orwell’s 1984 and Animal Farm for their Kindle were surprised to discover that it had disappeared from their devices overnight. It turns out the publisher changed its mind about offering an electronic version, and Amazon caved into their demand to sneak into people’s electronic libraries and take back the book at the publisher’s request.”


+ Amazon zaps purchased copies of Orwell’s 1984 and Animal Farm from Kindles (Boing Boing via NEWSgrist)