{"id":1880,"date":"2012-10-26T21:28:41","date_gmt":"2012-10-26T15:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.suramya.com\/blog\/?p=1880"},"modified":"2012-10-26T21:31:26","modified_gmt":"2012-10-26T16:01:26","slug":"amazon-deletes-a-users-entire-kindle-library-restores-it-and-then-starts-lending-ebooks-for-free-to-prime-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.suramya.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/amazon-deletes-a-users-entire-kindle-library-restores-it-and-then-starts-lending-ebooks-for-free-to-prime-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon delete’s a user’s entire Kindle library, restores it and then starts lending ebooks for free to Prime members"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few days ago Amazon deleted the entire e-book library of a kindle user without explanation<\/a> and the internet was in an uproar with multiple people including prominent author’s protesting against the move by Amazon; then a few days later the account was mysteriously re-enabled without any explanation. This is the *one* reason I don’t own a kindle even though its a fantastic device. I almost bought it last month during my US trip but ultimately decided not to because I don’t want the usability of my device to be on the whim & fancy of Amazon. They have deleted stuff from accounts in the past without notification<\/a> and even after promising not to do it again they went ahead and wiped out this user’s kindle. I anyways don’t support DRM so that is another reason I don’t buy ebooks from Amazon (They are awesome for other stuff but not ebooks\/mp3’s\/online movies etc). <\/p>\n

If you own a kindle I seriously suggest you keep a local copy of all the books you buy ’cause you never know when the book might disappear. There was an article on Lifehacker.com<\/a> on how to remove the DRM that makes interesting reading as this article was prompted by the same news story as what I am talking about. Check it out, but remember only use it to break the DRM from stuff you own, don’t use it to pirate stuff ’cause that is not cool. <\/p>\n

Today while surfing the web I saw an article on the Reg that Amazon UK will lend e-books for free to it’s Prime subscribers<\/a>. I guess it could be a planned move that just coincidentally came at a time when Amazon was getting a lot of heat for their bonehead move earlier but the timing is suspicious…. <\/p>\n

Well this is all for now. Will post more later.<\/p>\n

– Suramya<\/p>\n

Additional articles on the Kindle Wipe: Gizmodo<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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