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Amazon Offers To Return Pulled Orwell Ebooks

Posted by Soulskill on from the act-of-contrition dept.

Back in July, Amazon faced public outrage over their decision to delete ebook copies of 1984 and Animal Farm from the Kindles of customers who purchased them. Shortly thereafter, CEO Jeff Bezos offered an apology, acknowledging that Amazon handled the situation in a "stupid" and "thoughtless" manner. Now, they're offering something more substantial: anyone who had an ebook deleted can now have it restored, apparently with annotations intact. Any customer who isn't interested in a new copy can get either an Amazon gift certificate or a check for $30.

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  1. Some people never learn... by jack2000 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'm amazed it happened with an Orwell book too... Damn it 1984 was not an instruction manual!