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Originally Posted by DoctorOhh
Immaterial, no matter what they did to correct the error. The fact we are still talking about them removing the book is proof it was a PR disaster from which they haven't fully recovered.
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Ask the average person with an ereader about 1984 and I would put good money on the fact that they have no clue what happened. The knowledge that said event happened is highly correlated to how frequently you post on boards like this. People here discuss it and so new posters learn about it but we are not even close to the average user.
We know that DRM exists, there are folks who buy an ereader and think that you can buy books from any store and put them on your Kindle. They are clueless about different formats, drm, and drm stripping.
If the average person knew about the 1984 incident and thought it was a PR problem, the Kindle would not be the top selling ereader In the US. People would fear this type of thing happening and would buya Nook, Kobo, or Sony. So either. Amazon did a great PR job and people are not afraid or Amazon did a Great PR job and most people are clueless because it is a nonissue for the average user.
Heck, it is a nonissue for most ereader users at this site.