For instance, an EPUB book purchased from Barnes & Noble cannot be transferred and opened automatically on an Amazon Kindle. Most reading devices are designed to sell content for specific platforms, which has resulted in a number of differing, incompatible ebook formats. The abundance of e-reader devices such as the Amazon Kindle and the Barnes & Noble NOOK has made a lasting impact: In 2018, electronic books made up 25.8 percent of book sales worldwide. Customers lost access to their book collections but were offered a full refund. More recently, in April of this year, Microsoft announced the closure of their own ebook store. Internet pundits quickly drew comparisons between the corporate giant's move and that of "Big Brother" in Orwell's dystopian imagining of England.
In July 2009, thousands of Amazon's Kindle users logged into their devices to find that their purchased copies of George Orwell's 1984 had been erased.
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