Remember Amazon’sremote deletion of all Kindle copies of 1984 ? great bro ’ Amazon is endeavor to make courteous by offering touched user some pretty words along with either $ 30 checks or redelivery of 1984 ( with your original annotations ) .
https://gizmodo.com/big-brother-amazon-remotely-deletes-purchased-copies-of-5317180
Reader Shinobiwan write in with an east - mail received from “ [ email protect ] ” :
Hello ,
On July 23 , 2009 , Jeff Bezos , our Founder and CEO , made the following apology to our customers :
“ This is an apology for the way we antecedently handle illicitly sold written matter of 1984 and other novels on Kindle . Our “ result ” to the job was stupefied , thoughtless , and painfully out of line with our rule . It is totally ego - inflicted , and we deserve the critique we ’ve received . We will use the scar tissue from this abominable mistake to aid make beneficial decisions going forrader , ones that equal our mission .
With deep apologia to our customers ,
Jeff Bezos
Founder & CEO
Amazon.com ”
As you were one of the customers bear upon by the removal of “ Nineteen Eighty - Four ” from your Kindle gadget in July of this class , we would like to offer you the selection to have us re - deliver this book to your Kindle along with any annotations you made . You will not be charged for the book . If you do not care to have us re - deliver the Holy Scripture to your Kindle , you could alternatively select to incur an Amazon.com electronic gift certificate or check for $ 30 .
Please email Kindle customer reenforcement at[email protected]to indicate your predilection . If you choose to receive a check , please also provide your mailing address .
We look forwards to hearing from you .
Sincerely ,
The Kindle Team
Is this little sexual love note enough to make us forgive Amazon for practically stealing book from users ? Not really , but we say take the $ 30 check with thanksgiving and buy a used transcript of the book of account for $ 3 . [ Thanks , Shinobiwan ! ]
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