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Originally Posted by anamardoll
Physical books are not the same as digital books.
A corporation cannot replace physical books for free because it will cost them money to print the books, bind them, and mail them to his house. A corporation can replace digital data for free because the data already exists and the delivery infrastructure is in place. If they will not honor his Fictionwise purchases, then they are defrauding him, not the other way around.
I would like to call Analogy Police on this whole thread. Digital books are NOT physical books and all analogies that hinge on physical books are therefore not applicable. IMHO.  |
Fictionwise honored their contract when they provided him the ebooks the first time. They are in no way required to keep providing him fresh copies of ebooks he has bought when something happens, regardless of the cost. BTW, maintaining copies of ebooks on a service DOES cost something. We're not talking free as air here.
Now other, more expensive e-book stores have a policy of archiving your ebooks for you and allowing you to re-download your e-books if there is a problem. Fictionwise doesn't offer that service, AFAIK. If the OP had wanted that service ( and it appears he didn't) then he should have shopped at those ebookstores . Hey, that's what I do, precisely to get that service. You will notice that he had no problem re-downloading his books from Sony, which DOES offer that service.
Maybe there should be a law requiring that e-bookstores offer such an archiving/backup service. But in the absence of such a law, you pays your money and you takes your chances.