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Blossom · 06-11-2012, 02:00 PM

What has irked me really lately is many of the books I bought from Smashwords over 85% of the authors have pulled the books only to offer them at Amazon. Most of the books I purchased had formatting issues that are now fixed but I have no access to unless I buy the Amazon version.

For this reason alone I have stopped buying from Smashwords. There are Authors at Amazon that removed their messed up books and published the fixed version again under a new ASIN.

I now buy with caution because of this.

06-11-2012, 02:00 PM	#87
Blossom Treasure Seeker Posts: 18,708 Karma: 26026435 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: Kobo HD Glo, Kindles, Kindle Fires, Andriod Devices	What has irked me really lately is many of the books I bought from Smashwords over 85% of the authors have pulled the books only to offer them at Amazon. Most of the books I purchased had formatting issues that are now fixed but I have no access to unless I buy the Amazon version. For this reason alone I have stopped buying from Smashwords. There are Authors at Amazon that removed their messed up books and published the fixed version again under a new ASIN. I now buy with caution because of this.