Later that afternoon, at 3:13 PM, I got another email that 1984 suffered the same fate. I even got my $3.20 refunded. Weird thing was… I checked Amazon later and 1984 was back and available for $3.19.
So I go into a restaurant and order a cheeseburger. I eat it and pay the amount that was listed on the menu and the bill. When I’m in the parking lot, the manager runs out and tells me that the menu was misprinted. So I have to puke it up, get a refund, order a fresh cheeseburger and pay the bill again.
If Amazon lists something for sale and sells it under those terms, they can’t unilaterally renegotiate a fulfilled contract. They failed due diligence. If they can’t make it good with the rights holders for the books, why hasn’t Amazon been arrested for sale of stolen property?