IV - aaagh - Kindle disappearance

[Bekah]

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:
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>> 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
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> Peter Petto <ppetto at ppetto.com>
> Bay Village, OH
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