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

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: Larry Tesler <tesler () pobox com>
> Date: January 30, 2010 6:52:33 PM EST
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: Re: [IP] The Apple-Amazon Ebook War Begins: Amazon Deletes  
> Macmillan Books

> We can still read what we bought. We can re-download what we bought.
>
> But when I tried to see the "detail page" for a Kindle book I bought  
> at Amazon.com that bears a Macmillan imprint, the detail page was  
> not there. I could find the detail page for the print editions and  
> the audiobook, and I am sure I could have bought those. But the  
> paperback edition page said, "Tell the Publisher! I’d like to read t 
> his book on Kindle"--a message that is usually reserved for books th 
> at never were available for Kindle.
>
> Larry Tesler
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> > 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? [snip]



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