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Originally Posted by HarryT
The trouble is, though, that if the publisher withdraws the book from the servers, it's gone. The store no longer physically has the file to give to you. That's the way that Adobe Content Server (the server software that pretty much all bookstores other than Amazon use) works, and there's nothing the store can do about it - that's just the way it is.
You may expect the store to keep the book for you indefinitely, but your expectations are not going to be realised. Once you've bought it, it really is your responsibility, not the store's, to keep it safe.
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Now lets say you buy a book from B&N or Smashwords. Let's say before you get to download it, your internet goes out. your internet comes back up but the book has been pulled and is only at Amazon. It's not your fault. You didn't do anything wrong. You didn't delay the download. Something beyond your control got it in the way and the author then took the book away before you had a chance to download it. Now, in this case, it's not the your fault for waiting too long to download. But it is the author's fault that you paid your money and got nothing in return.