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ProfCrash · 12-10-2010, 03:16 PM

The only books that Amazon has access to are books that you have bought through Amazon. A book that you buy through another store and load onto your Kindle will not be accessible by Amazon.

Amazon did remove 1984 when it was sold in the US because it was not in the public domain in the US and was sold by MobileReference who did not own the rights to the book. The backlash was fast and furious. Amazon apolozed and the people who bought 1984 ended up with two free books of their choice and 1984 or three free books. I think that all of the e-book stores learned from that and it is highly unlikely that Amazon, Sony, B&N, or Apple will try and remove a book from e-readers again.

12-10-2010, 03:16 PM	#8
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	The only books that Amazon has access to are books that you have bought through Amazon. A book that you buy through another store and load onto your Kindle will not be accessible by Amazon. Amazon did remove 1984 when it was sold in the US because it was not in the public domain in the US and was sold by MobileReference who did not own the rights to the book. The backlash was fast and furious. Amazon apolozed and the people who bought 1984 ended up with two free books of their choice and 1984 or three free books. I think that all of the e-book stores learned from that and it is highly unlikely that Amazon, Sony, B&N, or Apple will try and remove a book from e-readers again.