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Originally Posted by ApK
 As if this needs to be explained:
You aren't buying those ebooks from the library in any sense. You are borrowing them for a specific time.
That's not what anyone here is talking about.
There is no fixed time limit associated with ebooks you buy from any of the current relevant sources.
ApK |
I've started seeing reports that this isn't true with B&N's DRM scheme - when your credit card expiration date hits, apparently the book expires. You then have to redownload.
With Kindle, of course, the downloaded book expires when your device does. You then have to redownload to some other device.
Both schemes assume that the retailer will live on forever, which is a pretty bad bet. Although at least my Borders books moved to Kobo successfully, that transition is unusual. And even if the company continues, that doesn't mean you'll be able to redownload all your books (and issue with some old ereader format books at B&N, as they run out of devices that support that format).