Amazon UK Wipes Woman's Kindle Library, Won't Say Why

Amazon UK Wipes Woman's Kindle Library, Won't Say Why

By Brian Chacos 

Amazon's offer to store your downloaded Kindle e-books in the cloud seems outstanding, especially given the eReader's scant 2GB of onboard storage. A tale making the rounds today highlights the dangers of leaving your data completely in third-party hands, however, after a Norwegian woman had her Amazon.co.uk account erased and all her Kindle e-books wiped without warning -- or explanation. Read more...

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