Last week, Kindle owners who purchased George Orwell's "1984" or "Animal House" were in for a nasty surprise. Amazon deleted the books from thousands of Kindles', and unfortunately, this is totally okay for them to do.
The Publisher of the Books (MobiReference) pulled the Kindle edition of the books, and because the books aren't in public domain in the US yet, Amazon was force to pull the books from the store. Amazon's statement from their forum:
The Kindle edition books Animal Farm by George Orwell. Published by MobileReference (mobi) & Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) by George Orwell. Published by MobileReference (mobi) were removed from the Kindle store and are no longer available for purchase. When thisoccurred, your purchases were automatically refunded. You can still locate the books in the Kindle store, but each has a status of not yet available. Although a rarity, publishers can decide to pull their content from the Kindle store.
Whether or not Amazon had to delete the books from people who had bought it legally remains my question. I understand the publisher pulling the books and Amazon pulling it from the store, but why delete the already purchased one's?
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