Big Amazon Will Give You Back Your Copies of 1984, Annotations Won’t Be Sent Into the Chute

Amazon is making good after killing copies of 1984 for the Kindle. As you recall, Amazon had to recall the electronic version of the book for copyright reasons . Purchasers will receive a copy of the book for the Kindle or $30 in credit for Amazon products or a check. So either you can get one book or cash for two or more books. Giz has the full text of emails being sent to folks who bought the book: Hello, On July 23, 2009, Jeff Bezos, our Founder and CEO, made the following apology to our customers: "This is an apology for the way we previously handled illegally sold copies of 1984 and other novels on Kindle. Our "solution" to the problem was stupid, thoughtless, and painfully out of line with our principles. It is wholly self-inflicted, and we deserve the criticism we've received. We will use the scar tissue from this painful mistake to help make better decisions going forward, ones that match our mission. TechCrunch50 Conference 2009 : September 14-15, 2009, San Francisco