The Fountainhead removed from Kindle?

Posted by davidmcnab 9 years, 10 months ago to Books
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My wife expressed interest today in reading The Fountainhead. But the title has apparently been removed from Amazon's Kindle library. anyone know what's going on?

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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Where? If you can get this message it would indicate a way possibly. Using the loan system but you need a regular amazon account along with normal email facilities.
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  • Posted by davidmcnab 9 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    As I keep mentioning in this thread - there is a region-specific prohibition on the Kindle version for people in my part of the world.
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  • Posted by $ dballing 9 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Given that the seller is:

    Sold by: Penguin Group (USA) LLC

    It might very well be a "who has rights in what country" thing.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 10 months ago
    Nope.


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  • Posted by Riftsrunner 9 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    You may want to try to find another e-book store and see if you can get it in a format that her Kindle can use. It may also require either a computer to kindle connection or sending it to her Kindle's e-mail address. I do this a lot for books, that seem to go "out of print" that I want on my 3rd Gen Kindle.
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  • Posted by $ perry_taylor-1949 9 years, 10 months ago
    I'm showing a bundle deal at that link given by khalling. Have you tried that? It shows as a Kindle deal.
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  • Posted by davidmcnab 9 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    What's interesting too is that when I browse to that page while not logged in, it shows the 1-click button. But when I click that button and log in, it then switches to showing the "unavailable" message.

    If I were a bit more conspiracy-minded, I would be wondering if the PC brigade have had it censored here due to the rough-sex scenes and the overall advocacy of self-determination, which goes against the Official Socialist Party Line.
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  • Posted by davidmcnab 9 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Screenshot is here:
    http://picpaste.com/pics/amazon-GYghw...

    I suspect there might be a local publisher who got hold of extended publishing rights, and is refusing to license it for e-book distribution.

    Very disappointing, since my wife expressed a strong interest in reading it, and she loves her Kindle. Guess I'll have to go to the second hand bookstore and hunt down a dead-tree version.
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  • Posted by khalling 9 years, 10 months ago
    if you continue having trouble, just bite the bullet and get the audible. :)
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