Fw: Re: IV - aaagh - Kindle disappearance

[Mark Kohut]

all I know is Penguin press is publisher of all of them......

--- On Sat, 7/18/09, Bekah <Bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> From: Bekah <Bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: IV - aaagh - Kindle disappearance
> To: "Peter Petto" <ppetto at ppetto.com>
> Cc: "pynchon -l" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Date: Saturday, July 18, 2009, 11:59 AM
> Thanks, Peter.
> 
> I'd not heard about that.   I only saw it
> was no longer available from the Amazon
> site.   I read the article at the link
> (thanks again)  and it's not surprising about Orwell's
> work because the copyright might very well be mistaken (it's
> public domain in other countries).  I have Coming Up
> For Air by Orwell on my Kindle and it's not been touched -
> it's an early work I think.  Oh that poor kid in the
> middle of writing a paper!  They stole his notes!
> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/technology/companies/18amazon.html?_r=1v
> or
> http://tinyurl.com/mx5ekc
> 
> But IV?   Which dim bulb thought that one
> was available and why?    I suspect that the
> promised availability was the result of an overly hopeful
> someone there in the Amazon purchasing department (so to
> speak) and there was never an authorization from the
> publisher.   I could be wrong,  of
> course,  but none of Pynchon's other works are
> available this way and precious few are available as audio
> books.
> 
> Bekah
> 
> 
> On Jul 18, 2009, at 4:18 AM, Peter Petto wrote:
> 
> > I recall pre-ordering IV Kindle when I saw it, I did
> see it there too, but don't find it in my unshipped orders
> now.
> > 
> > Even delivered books have been disappearing from
> Kindles recently!
> > 
> > I checked my email to look for a pre-order
> acknowledgement (which I routinely receive from hardcopy
> books, CDs, DVDs, and the like) to find nothing there for
> IV. And nothing there for a previous Kindle pre-order
> besides the actual order when it shipped (The Evolution of
> God by Robert Wright, recommended)
> > 
> > I sent an inquiry to kindle2-feedback at amazon.com,
> which has responded promptly in the past. I'll report any
> further information I discover.
> > 
> >    Peter++
> > 
> > 
> > On Jul 17, 2009, at 11:01 PM, Bekah wrote:
> > 
> >> Aaaaaargh!   I know I saw IV
> available as a Kindle download a couple weeks
> ago.   Now it's gone and there's an audio cd
> available (for pre-order).   I want either
> Kindle or Audible,  preferably Kindle although I could
> arrange to be in the city on Aug. 4.
> >> 
> >> Bekah
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ===
> > 
> > Peter Petto <ppetto at ppetto.com>
> > Bay Village, OH
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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