I am a tech geek, so this interests me. Apparently, there was an issue at Amazon with a publisher “changing their mind” about offering an electronic version of a book that had already been purchased. Ok, so they stop selling the books, right? Only half right. They actually remotely deleted the already purchased books off of their users Kindles and credited the user accounts for the price paid.
This is akin to asking you to send back your books because they changed their mind on selling the book.
Here is the irony; the two books affected by this “recall” were 1984 and Animal Farm by George Orwell?
Next up: Fahrenheit 451. “Kindle” name looks less cute, more apropos.
This is why tech geeks also need to be privacy geeks.
Unlike most people, geeks know they are taking a calculated risk when they buy a device running unknown software, especially one that connects to the vendor for updates.
Agreed. They aren’t deleting my books from my Sony eReader, because it doesn’t connect to the net.
FreeRadical – Love that. Imagine if it was the NIV of the Bible…
The irony is that they paid for the books in the first place.
First thing I thought of when I read this:
“They don’t gotta burn tha books they just remove ’em”
-Rage against the Machine, Bulls on parade
down the memory hole…
wow
sounds like book burning to me…
Main Entry:
1kin·dle Listen to the pronunciation of 1kindle
Pronunciation:
\ˈkin-dəl\
Function:
verb
Inflected Form(s):
kin·dled; kin·dling Listen to the pronunciation of kindling \ˈkin(d)-liŋ, ˈkin-dəl-iŋ\
Etymology:
Middle English, probably modification of Old Norse kynda; akin to Old High German cuntesal fire
Date:
13th century
transitive verb1: to start (a fire) burning : light2 a: to stir up : arouse b: to bring into being : start3: to cause to glow : illuminateintransitive verb1: to catch fire2 a: to flare up b: to become animated3: to become illuminated
— kin·dler Listen to the pronunciation of kindler \ˈkin(d)-lər, ˈkin-dəl-ər\ noun