Why E-book Distribution Is Completely and Utterly Broken (and How to Fix It)

By Kimmy Spreeuwenberg, March 4, 2014 at 10:50 am.

Already written in November 2012, but still very relevant: A post by MICHAEL CLARKE on the politics involved with e-book distribution. Read the full article here

A recent incident involving Amazon and a Norwegian reader has highlighted the sad state of e-book distribution on many levels. For those new to the story, which was broken on Martin Bekkelund’s blog late last month, a Norwegian woman named Linn (described as a friend of Bekkelund’s) reportedly found her Amazon account closed and all the e-books she had purchased via Amazon wiped from her Kindle with no explanation.

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