The Apple-Amazon Ebook War Begins: Amazon Deletes Macmillan Books

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: Richard Forno <rforno () infowarrior org>
> Date: January 30, 2010 9:09:52 AM EST
> To: dave () farber net
> Cc: ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
> Subject: Re: [IP] The Apple-Amazon Ebook War Begins: Amazon Deletes  
> Macmillan Books

> One question:  did Amazon yank the books off everyone's Kindle that  
> had purchased them?  Are Macmillian e-book "owners" (er, licensees)  
> now screwed if they need to reload their Kindle because these books  
> aren't on Amazon's service anymore? If so, will they get refunds?  I  
> presume customers will be caught in the middle here with little or  
> no recourse other than to buy an "old-fashioned" hard-copy book, if  
> they want to ensure it will be there when they want it. Amazon's  
> oopsie with 1984 last year should have been a big wakeup call to all  
> e-book customers.
>
> To say this won't end well is a gross understatement....which is  
> still one of my biggest reasons for not wanting to jump into the e- 
> book bandwagon either from Amazon, Apple, or whomever.
>
> -rf
>
>
> On Jan 30, 2010, at 04:36 , David Farber wrote:
>
> > http://gizmodo.com/
> >
> > The Apple-Amazon Ebook War Begins: Amazon Deletes Macmillan  
> > BooksBooks published by Macmillan mysteriously poofed from Amazon  
> > yesterday. The reason, according to the NYT, is that Amazon is  
> > punishing the publisher for arguing that the price of Kindle books  
> > should go up to $15. This won't end well.
> >
> > Archives



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