If we take a can of Spam and get in touch with it “Engadget’s precooked pork meat product,” you’ll still know it is the same mystery meat you ate for lunch, right? Under the thought of “private label rights,” authors can just do that: sell their works to others who can rebrand and resell them. This week, Amazon cracked down on duplicate ebooks in its Kindle Store , pulling titles because they “diminish the experience for patrons.” One copycat who got the smack down called it a “kick within the pants” when his 22 titles got yanked. He did, however, admit he had the swift one coming. Aping authors can expect more book banning Kung Fu as Amazon continues to rid itself of “undifferentiated or barely differentiated versions of e-books.” Hi-yah!
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The winners of the 2011 Engadget Awards — Readers’ Choice
