Their descriptions of book editions and their linkage to customer reviews are essentially fraudulent, particularly if Kindle is involved.

Never mind their pretenses that Project Gutenberg doesn't exist, and that they don't minimally repackage their stuff and pretend it's their own.

That said, I've bought a lot of books from them; you just have to be very careful. It's a weird relationship. You don't expect to be shortchanged, overcharged, and have your backpack rifled in your go-to bookstore.

Another good one: I got on Amazon Prime in part because I have no vehicle and am furnishing my new dwelling, but in part because of their music offerings--which are pretty spectacular. But then I noticed songs in my chosen library were becoming unavailable--and when I tried to bring them up, they told me I could access them via a subscription to Amazon Unlimited [sic].

When they confiscated my beloved copy of Lorraine Ellison's "Stay with me, Baby"--which I had actually bought, paid for, and downloaded to my computer--I just about lost it. Instead, I coughed up another 99 cents.