Amazon Apologizes for Destroying '1984' Copies, Offers New '1984...

Courtesy Topix - Business News  Sat, 09/05/2009 - 18:43

After suffering multiple black eyes in the blogosphere and plenty of ire from Kindle users, Amazon has finally decided to make good on its ill-advised decision to delete illegally distributed copies of George Orwell's 1984 from users' Kindle e-reader devices.


 

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