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crich70 · 08-28-2014, 02:48 AM

Yes. An example in point is Blackbird by David Crookes. At one point it was listed as a free book (at smashwords) and could be downloaded freely but now it costs $4.99 to get it. I know it was free because I have a copy burned to a disk somewhere. I do respect that the author does have the right to change price on a given book, but it would be nice if there was some sort of programming so that if a person had downloaded a book while it was free that is still remains so for them. Kobo and B&N have some such I think and Amazon does. I've bought books that were offered as free at that time which later registered as not being free if you didn't buy it during the free period, but they were still able to be downloaded without having to re-purchase the book at what price the author set it at later.

08-28-2014, 02:48 AM	#4
crich70 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,310 Karma: 43993832 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Monroe Wisconsin Device: K3, Kindle Paperwhite, Calibre, and Mobipocket for Pc (netbook)	Yes. An example in point is Blackbird by David Crookes. At one point it was listed as a free book (at smashwords) and could be downloaded freely but now it costs $4.99 to get it. I know it was free because I have a copy burned to a disk somewhere. I do respect that the author does have the right to change price on a given book, but it would be nice if there was some sort of programming so that if a person had downloaded a book while it was free that is still remains so for them. Kobo and B&N have some such I think and Amazon does. I've bought books that were offered as free at that time which later registered as not being free if you didn't buy it during the free period, but they were still able to be downloaded without having to re-purchase the book at what price the author set it at later. Last edited by crich70; 08-28-2014 at 02:50 AM.