I love my Kindle.
________________________________ From: Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, December 28, 2009 10:10:40 PM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Amazon sells more eBooks than actual books Speaking of the Kindle, I was watching a documentary called 'the Oprah effect' about the power of Oprah's influence on American culture. They attribute the Kindle's success directly to Oprah's mention of it on her show. Not only the Kindle but many other companies as well. Oprah has single-handedly influenced the success of many companies just by mentioning it on her show. The also say that she may has saved the book publishing business as well. On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 6:37 PM, Mr. Worf <hellomahogany@ gmail.com> wrote: Good point. Apple can pull apps at any time when they think it is in violation of their licensing. They have pulled apps when they realized that it was being used to access adult materials earlier this year. > > >On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Gerald Haynes <efhay...@yahoo. com> wrote: > > >> >> >>Amazon remotely deleted George Orwell's "1984" earlier this year (July) from >>Kindles over a licensing issue. They were called to to the mat and Bezos >>apologized profusely. There is now litigation over the remote deletion >>claiming damages and breach of contract. >>http://www.pcmag. com/article2/ 0,2817,2351087, 00.asp >> >>BTW, Apple can do the same thing with iPhone/iPod Touch apps. >> >>Gerald Haynes >>http://thesmallfries.com - Calvin & Hobbes who? >>http://dontarrestus.com - Latino based sci-fi comic strip fun >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ From: Martin Baxter <truthseeker013@ hotmail.com> >>To: SciFiNoir2 <scifino...@yahoogro ups.com> >>Sent: Mon, December 28, 2009 7:01:50 PM >>Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Amazon sells more eBooks than actual books >> >> >>I wouldn't want to be in the room on the day when some of those readers >>realize that Amazon can pull the books they download through Kindles whenever >>it strikes them... >> >>"If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody >>hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant >> >>http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com >> >>From: ravena...@yahoo. com >>Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:23:45 +0000 >>Subject: [scifinoir2] Amazon sells more eBooks than actual books >> >> >>Amazon has announced that it sold lots of Kindle eReaders this Christmas. And >>what's more interesting is that Amazon sold more eBooks on Christmas day than >>actual books. Are we moving towards a world where regular paper books are >>going to become a thing of the past? >> >>http://nexus404. com/Blog/ 2009/12/27/ amazon-sells- record-number- >>of-kindle- ereaders- amazon-sells- more-kindle- ebooks-than- actual-books- >>this-christmas/ >> >> >> >>________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now. >> >> >> -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mahogany_ pleasures_ of_darkness/ -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mahogany_ pleasures_ of_darkness/
