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Phebe · 07-21-2009, 07:53 AM

Thinking about all this, two thoughts at the surface:

1) Three books pulled off Kindles in two weeks? Amazon is making an announcement. They are saying, Knock It Off!! My guess is no one thought of this dodge, OCR-ing classics and selling them under the self-publishing capacity of Amazon. They are saying LOUD that copyright thieves aren't going to get away with it.

2) eBooks are huge. This is big. People love their eBooks and they are not tolerating the greed of some copyright holders in withholding classics that "ought" to be on eBooks. Amazon LIKES this publicity because it demonstrates the care and demand and excitement of the whole situation. Remember there is no bad publicity -- call me whatever you like, just don't call me late for dinner is the attitude in Hollywood and probably that's true here, too. I've seen a long thread discussing this on a forum where most participants had never heard of eBooks: now they know about them. They'll forget this complicated issue soon, but next Christmas they'll still know there are such things as Kindles.

I think Amazon is crying all the way to the bank.

07-21-2009, 07:53 AM	#258
Phebe Connoisseur Posts: 85 Karma: 124 Join Date: Dec 2006 Device: Sony PRS 500 and Kindle 2 and iPad and iPhone	Thinking about all this, two thoughts at the surface: 1) Three books pulled off Kindles in two weeks? Amazon is making an announcement. They are saying, Knock It Off!! My guess is no one thought of this dodge, OCR-ing classics and selling them under the self-publishing capacity of Amazon. They are saying LOUD that copyright thieves aren't going to get away with it. 2) eBooks are huge. This is big. People love their eBooks and they are not tolerating the greed of some copyright holders in withholding classics that "ought" to be on eBooks. Amazon LIKES this publicity because it demonstrates the care and demand and excitement of the whole situation. Remember there is no bad publicity -- call me whatever you like, just don't call me late for dinner is the attitude in Hollywood and probably that's true here, too. I've seen a long thread discussing this on a forum where most participants had never heard of eBooks: now they know about them. They'll forget this complicated issue soon, but next Christmas they'll still know there are such things as Kindles. I think Amazon is crying all the way to the bank.