Thread: Amazon removed books from my Kindle
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Old 10-13-2024, 02:14 PM   #639
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Originally Posted by haertig View Post
No, the files aren't saying that. Amazon is presumptuously interpreting it that way.

How does Amazon get to lay claim on something simply because its content contains the four simple letters E B O K ? If they want to mark books they have sold, maybe they could do it in a bit more sophisticated manner? There are easy ways to digitally sign content in a secure way. Adding the letters "EBOK" to it is not one of those ways.
They are following their own standard. The "four simple letters" are in a particular metadata field, which exists to pass information.

I don't use kindle sync features. I wouldn't care if they went away, but there are people for whom they are important.

If this problem is caused by a bug, then that bug should certainly be fixed.

IMO, amazon takes many nefarious actions, but I don't think that this is one of them.
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