The regime is just following the plan: https://www.amazon.com/1984-George-Orwell-ebook/dp/B003JTHWKU
In the US, these are the legit editions
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003JTHWKU
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003ZX868W
Amazon has a problem with people trying to sell older books that are still under copyright in the US, but not other countries. I recommend using Goodreads when you need help finding an edition.
Every ebook in the Prime Reading library is available to Prime members, at least in the US.
For example, the ebook 1984 lists a price of $0.00 for the Kindle version.
I have two options where the 'buy' link is normally found. The first button is labeled "Read for free." That's the button you should press.
The second button is labeled, "Buy now for $9.99". Amazon likes to try to sell you stuff it is already provided you for free. Yes, that's dumb and annoying and they should not do that.
here are a couple of examples
1984 by george orwel
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also 1984 by the exact same author
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The copyright could make sense because in other books I saw this was in dune and the richest men in babilon and the three of these books are old
Every ebook in the Prime Reading library is available to Prime members, at least in the US.
For example, the ebook 1984 lists a price of $0.00 for the Kindle version.
I have two options where the 'buy' link is normally found. The first button is labeled "Read for free." That's the button you should press.
The second button is labeled, "Buy now for $9.99". Amazon likes to try to sell you stuff it is already provided you for free. Yes, that's dumb and annoying and they should not do that
When you install the Kindle app on your phone or tablet, you will register it to your Prime account. Then you can browse the Prime Reading library from your phone or tablet, or your desktop PC.
When browsing from my desktop PC, if I click the "Read for free" button I am registering the lending to a specific device I have already registered for my Prime account.
So, for example, everyone in my family borrows Prime ebooks. We can all use the desktop PC in our home to pick books and mark them to be borrowed on our individual tablet or phone. Then we open the Kindle app on our tablet or phone and the app naturally checks to see an ebook is waiting and it downloads the ebook.
And although that argument almost falls into this spectrum, the reason the book was removed is because it was uploaded by a self-publisher who had no rights to the book.
The correct version is on there.
Last edit I swear: Also, the self publisher violated Amazon's terms of agreement first. Amazon's reaction was completely legal and justified.