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Old 09-16-2011, 09:25 AM   #1
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Why does Amazon remove a Kindle book?
I have the book Swan Song by Robert McCammon on my Kindle, purchased it in February 2010 and I recommended it to a friend but it's no longer offered in Kindle version. Does anybody know why books are removed like that? Is there hope that it will be returned?
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Old 09-16-2011, 09:33 AM   #2
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It's probably not Amazon that decided to no longer offer it; more likely the publisher decided to pull the Kindle version for whatever reason.
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Old 09-16-2011, 09:39 AM   #3
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It's going to be available next month in Kindle format (according to comments on Amazon). Maybe the copy you bought was an unauthorized ebook?
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Old 09-16-2011, 11:50 AM   #4
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It's probably not Amazon that decided to no longer offer it; more likely the publisher decided to pull the Kindle version for whatever reason.
Absolutely right - it's publishers who pull books, not Amazon.
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Old 09-16-2011, 02:08 PM   #5
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I can think of several reasons (but they're all just guesses):
  • The initial Kindle version is so poorly formatted it drags down the book's rating overall.
  • The publisher is coming out with a new edition or version of the book or of the Kindle version of the book.
  • The publisher has a scheme that calls for no Kindle version of the book be available, at least for some period of time (e.g. so as not to cut into sales of a pbook edition).
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Amazon will pull books that have a lot of formatting errors.
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Old 09-16-2011, 06:18 PM   #7
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It's going to be available next month in Kindle format (according to comments on Amazon). Maybe the copy you bought was an unauthorized ebook?
I bought this ebook from Amazon and it's still in my Archives, I don't think it's an unauthorized ebook.

And to address other comments, the copy I have was not full of formatting errors or anything.

I'm glad to hear it's coming back...hopefully.
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I bought this ebook from Amazon and it's still in my Archives, I don't think it's an unauthorized ebook.

And to address other comments, the copy I have was not full of formatting errors or anything.

I'm glad to hear it's coming back...hopefully.
It's not available anywhere else. Pocket Books *had* the publishing rights although I don't believe they do now. Pocket Books is owned by Simon & Schuster. His most recent book is published in print and digitally by Subterranean Press. Hopefully, they will be the ones to re-publish the ebook. You get to keep your copy of Swan Song for re-download...it was legally sold to you.
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Thanks, Tim. He has some books that look like something I would want to read, but he needs to get them published as ebooks! Don't they know that Kindle owners are usually voracious readers?
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Thanks, Tim. He has some books that look like something I would want to read, but he needs to get them published as ebooks! Don't they know that Kindle owners are usually voracious readers?
Tweet him...tell him to get moving!
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