What's up with Amazon? - Page 2

bookmarked · 11-09-2012, 04:34 AM

Yes, it looks like Penguin ebooks are back, but ebooks from other publishers (including HarperCollins and Hachette) are still not available.

The reason I included that link in my initial post was because I was amused that one of the books affected was their Daily Deal. I assume the reason the price went up has more to do with the fact that there's a new Daily Deal rather than something related to the glitch.

bookmarked · 11-09-2012, 07:50 AM

Well, as far as I can tell, everything seems to be back to normal now. All the ebooks on my wishlist are back to the way they were before. Unfortunately, the prices are all the same, too.

I still haven't found anything that says what happened and I don't expect Amazon will tell us. Oh well.

shanghaichica · 11-09-2012, 10:16 AM

There is an article about it here

http://paidcontent.org/2012/11/09/wh...ks-last-night/

And this forum was mentioned in it

meeera · 11-09-2012, 10:33 PM

People seem to be talking about this just happening to Big Six books. However, while this was happening, I tried to buy an indie small-press ebook, and couldn't download it. Same glitch or a different one - who knows? But an odd coincidence, if so.

frahse · 11-10-2012, 01:08 AM

The other night, a big national security guy spoke about an ongoing crisis where everyone was blaming everything and everybody.

He said something like this.
(A wise man told me once that it is easy to see "malice" everywhere when it might only be "gross incompetence.")

dreams · 11-10-2012, 01:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shanghaichica

There is an article about it here

http://paidcontent.org/2012/11/09/wh...ks-last-night/

And this forum was mentioned in it

And a couple of short quotes from there:
"Digital Book World has a statement from Amazon: “The Kindle Store is experiencing a technical issue. We’re working to correct it.” According to some reports on the MobileRead forum, users were also unable to download Kindle titles that they’d already bought and titles that they’d added to their wishlists disappeared."

"It is also possible, as Nate of the Digital Reader points out in the comments, that non-big-6 titles were affected as well and nobody noticed."

murraypaul · 11-10-2012, 10:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frahse

(A wise man told me once that it is easy to see "malice" everywhere when it might only be "gross incompetence.")

Or, to put it another way: Blame Murphy, not Machiavelli.

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11-09-2012, 04:34 AM	#16
bookmarked Addict Posts: 357 Karma: 5514511 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: US Device: Kindle 4 NT, Nexus 7, iPod Touch 4, HP TouchPad	Yes, it looks like Penguin ebooks are back, but ebooks from other publishers (including HarperCollins and Hachette) are still not available. The reason I included that link in my initial post was because I was amused that one of the books affected was their Daily Deal. I assume the reason the price went up has more to do with the fact that there's a new Daily Deal rather than something related to the glitch.

11-09-2012, 07:50 AM	#17
bookmarked Addict Posts: 357 Karma: 5514511 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: US Device: Kindle 4 NT, Nexus 7, iPod Touch 4, HP TouchPad	Well, as far as I can tell, everything seems to be back to normal now. All the ebooks on my wishlist are back to the way they were before. Unfortunately, the prices are all the same, too. I still haven't found anything that says what happened and I don't expect Amazon will tell us. Oh well.

11-09-2012, 10:16 AM	#18
shanghaichica Guru Posts: 989 Karma: 5782970 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Scribe,Kindle Oasis 3, iPad Pro 11, iPhone 13 Pro Max,iPad mini 6, PW5	There is an article about it here http://paidcontent.org/2012/11/09/wh...ks-last-night/ And this forum was mentioned in it

11-09-2012, 10:33 PM	#19
meeera Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,659 Karma: 66420972 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Libra 2, iPadMini4, iPad4, MBP; support other Kobo/Kindles	People seem to be talking about this just happening to Big Six books. However, while this was happening, I tried to buy an indie small-press ebook, and couldn't download it. Same glitch or a different one - who knows? But an odd coincidence, if so.

11-10-2012, 01:08 AM	#20
frahse occasional author Posts: 2,314 Karma: 2064403292 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Wandering God's glorious hills, valleys and plains. Device: A Franklin BI (before Internet) was the first. I still have it.	The other night, a big national security guy spoke about an ongoing crisis where everyone was blaming everything and everybody. He said something like this. (A wise man told me once that it is easy to see "malice" everywhere when it might only be "gross incompetence.")

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