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Old 12-23-2015, 06:08 PM   #211
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
This is why it is prudent to maintain your own copy of such items, rather than be dependent upon any third party granting you access to them. I would personally never assume that any retailer is going to be around indefinitely; I've seen too many ebook stores go under.
Heck, I've seen Amazon stop selling eBooks and when they did that, access to purchased eBooks was lost. People lost access to PDF files they bought when they needed to update the DRM and was unable to due to Amazon no longer having them for download. This was back before the Kindle.
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