The Fountainhead removed from Kindle?

Posted by davidmcnab 10 years ago to Books

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 khalling 10 years ago

if you continue having trouble, just bite the bullet and get the audible. :)

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  Posted by edweaver 10 years ago
  
  The audible was fantastic! Hi K!
  
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Posted by slfisher 10 years ago

http://www.amazon.com/Fountainhead-Ay...

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Posted by khalling 10 years ago

http://www.amazon.com/Fountainhead-Ay...

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  Posted by davidmcnab 10 years ago
  
  On that page, it says "This title is not currently available for purchase" :(
  
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    Posted by Mamaemma 10 years ago
    
    It says buy now with one click when I went to it.
    
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      Posted by davidmcnab 10 years ago
      
      There might be region-specific restrictions
      
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        Posted by khalling 10 years ago
        
        really?
        
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        Posted by dballing 10 years ago
        
        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 khalling 10 years ago
    
    I am not having that problem. hmm. show me the page you are getting
    
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      Posted by davidmcnab 10 years ago
      
      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 davidmcnab 10 years ago
        
        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 Riftsrunner 10 years ago
        
        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 rockymountainpirate 10 years ago
        
        I got a paperback copy from Amazon.
        
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Posted by ycandrea 10 years ago

I found it on Kindle. Here is the link:
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss...

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Posted by ycandrea 10 years ago

I found it on Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss...

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Posted by MichaelAarethun 10 years ago

Nope.

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The FountainheadNov 1, 1994
by Ayn Rand and Leonard Peikoff
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  Posted by davidmcnab 10 years ago
  
  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 MichaelAarethun 10 years ago
    
    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 perry_taylor-1949 10 years 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 dbhalling 10 years ago

I found it immediately on kindle.

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