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Originally Posted by anamardoll
This is not a B&N issue.
If an author tells B&N to stop distributing their book, B&N must stop.
If an author tells Smashwords to stop distributing their book, Smashwords must stop.
If an author tells Amazon to stop distributing their book, Amazon must stop.
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I suspect it is a B&N issue. I noticed a
post by Doug Pardee a few weeks ago and he quoted from B&N's ToU:
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Barnes & Noble.com reserves the right to modify or discontinue the offering of any Digital Content at any time. If a unit of Digital Content becomes unavailable prior to download but after purchase, your sole and exclusive remedy is the refund of the purchase price paid for such Digital Content. Some Digital Content may not remain available for re-download from your NOOK Library, if for example, the publisher of the Digital Content no longer retains the rights or other licenses, consents or permissions to that Digital Content. Digital Content already downloaded to your device[s] will not be affected.
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When you say "If an author tells Amazon to stop distributing their book, Amazon must stop," that's true...Amazon will no longer sell that book. Does that mean it's no longer in the archive for previous customers? I browsed through my archive and found a freebee that Amazon no longer sells. However, I can still download the book from the archive. Although I can't be absolutely certain if ALL books removed for sale are still in the archive, I *think* they are. (In case anyone cares, the book was a steamy Ellora's Cave volume called
Goodbye Blues, Hello Love. It's still available at Kobo & Sony, but not Amazon. No, I never did read that one.)
To Jon's point, according to the ToU, B&N does give refunds for content purchased that disappears before the
initial download can be made. Re-downloads aren't covered under that money-back guarantee.
To make a long story longer, it appears to be B&N's policy to purge books that have been pulled and (apparently) Amazon's policy to retain them. IMHO, it's prudent to keep local copies of ebooks purchased from any vendor. "Trust but verify," as Reagan used to say.
