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Originally Posted by issybird
I've noticed that if I switch my country, books I've bought that aren't available in my current location no longer appear in my library. This would be a pain in the neck to remember if for some unforeseen reason, I had to try to reconstruct my library. I'm not at risk (knock wood), but I'm just reinforcing your advice to download the books soonest.
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My online e-book libraries/accounts are a mess. I've travelled with most of the accounts I have, and I even bought books in the same series in different countries... and sometimes different accounts as well. There are series for which I've bought books from different retailers in different countries. I don't actually know what's where, and I don't really care as I've got it all un-DRM-ed and offline and backed up.
BooksOnBoard and Diesel are both bankrupt. While I regret it because I've lost two retailers to buy books from, I don't care about losing the libraries there; thus I couldn't care less if Kobo or whomever had a huge crash and wiped the entire account.
- Buy DRM-Free or un-DRM.
- Download everything.
- Backup everything.
If one of those things is not possible for whatever reason, don't buy. I said it a thousand times and I'll keep saying it (even though some people think I'm paranoid. BoB and Diesel and many others proved I'm not.)