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Originally Posted by kindlekitten
mmmmmm hostility is strong in this one Master
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I've bought I dunno, 30? 50? Kindle books and returned 3. One was supposed to be an encyclopedia and it was not possible to pick out a single coherent entry--not a single coherent *paragraph* even. It was cheap and old and I wasn't expecting perfection, but seriously--this read like a 2 column book that had been OCRed as one column or something. The second was Topaz and had actual pieces of the letters missing. The third was "optimized for DX" which I thought might work on K2, but which didn't. I apologized, returned it, and bought the paper version, which cost more, but has illustrations I can actually read. It was a pity because I really wanted that book Right Away and I had to wait Days for it--it was like being back in the 20th century (whimper).
Obviously I don't agree that there should be no returns--I have returned paper books for having chunks of content missing and the like, and I expect to be able to do the same with e-books. On the other hand, Amazon is a bookstore, not a library--if you want to decide which of four technical books is your favorite, you ask for them, by interlibrary loan if necessary, read them, *then* buy the one you like best. I'm not surprised Amazon put the brakes on in this case.
And regarding Amazon having one-click turned on for Kindles to deliberately cause customers to accidentally buy the wrong book--I have a hard time squaring this with the page that immediately pops up when you buy a book on the Kindle that gives you the option of canceling the order.
If they wanted to make you pay for books you accidentally bought, I'd think they wouldn't say "are you sure you bought the right book? You can cancel this order right now if you like" every time you purchase.