Amazon…accomplices in a crime?

I allege they are. The country’s largest retailer started as an online bookstore. Maybe now they should be banned from the book business?

I’ve hammered the online retailer for years on this blog, and for many reasons, but the story about illegal copies of my favorite classics like 1984 and Animal Farm in August 20’s NY Times is my tipping point. Orwell’s estate isn’t getting any royalties from these classic dystopian books and others. Someone else is, because they’re often rewritten (some by...