This morning, hundreds of Amazon Kindle owners awoke to discover that books by a certain famous author had mysteriously disappeared from their e-book readers. These were books that they had bought and paid for—thought they owned ….
You want to know the best part? The juicy, plump, dripping irony? The author who was the victim of this Big Brotherish plot was none other than George Orwell. And the books were ‘1984’ and ‘Animal Farm.’
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It is shocking how they can steal one’s property. This is the very reason I opted for physical precious metals. I like my tangibles. I’d say they are a little late in their “digital burning” of books. Funny, I bought these 2 books early in 2001. I wanted to reread them. I had a strong intuitive feeling I needed to read those books again. I also, reread “Lord of the Flies”. 1984 is an important book to read and reread. My teenage son grabbed them when I was done with them.