James Finn Garner
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« on: January 01, 2011, 07:39:17 PM » |
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A few days after I received my Kindle at Christmas, I found two "samples" listed in my books: The Autobiography of Mark Twain (the new one) and Henry James' The Turn of the Screw.
Kinda bizarre. Don't know how they got there, and I certainly hadn't loaded enough OTHER books on it to give an indication that this was what I liked to read. (Which it isn't anyway)
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« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2011, 08:28:33 PM » |
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I've never had that happen on any of my Kindles in almost three years of using them.
Mike
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« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2011, 08:30:14 PM » |
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I've never had that happen on any of my Kindles in almost three years of using them.
Mike
Same here, and I have never heard of Amazon "pushing" samples to people. |
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James Finn Garner
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« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2011, 08:37:36 PM » |
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I'm not saying they were pushing it, but the samples appeared without my asking for it. Strange glitch?
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« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2011, 08:44:50 PM » |
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Somebody else have a Kindle on your account and sent the samples to the wrong unit?
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« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2011, 08:47:34 PM » |
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Nope, I'm the only one in the family with one.
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« Reply #6 on: January 01, 2011, 08:55:15 PM » |
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I've run out of ideas. Yes, very strange glitch, I guess.
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« Reply #7 on: January 02, 2011, 05:50:59 AM » |
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I'm guessing you accidentally sent them to yourself.  Or someone else did -- maybe someone to whom you had handled your Kindle so they could check it out. But, however it happened, if you don't want 'em it's easy to delete them.  |
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« Reply #8 on: January 02, 2011, 08:30:41 AM » |
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I would be concerned about a security breech. I'd contact amazon. It might be symptom of a bigger problem.
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