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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger
Maybe that is part of the reason Fictionwise got closed? Or the other way around: B&N let the contracts expire so they could close Fictionwise?
It seems strange though - if any publisher decides not renew a contract with Amazon, does that mean that I would lose access to previously purchased books and they disappear out of cloud?
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Fictionwise didn't deal directly with most publishers and didn't host a lot of the big pub books themselves they relied on distributors like LightningSource and OverDrive to fulfill downloads.
There have been books on Amazon where the publisher has stopped selling it or it's been picked up by a different publisher or the pub has gone under and the original book purchased can still be accessed by purchasers (but not found in the store) and I've seen the same thing at Kobo. I'd have to guess when Amazon set up for selling eBooks their second time around they put some provision in the contract that once a book is "purchased" any purchasers will continue to have access even if the publisher quits selling it, goes under, stops dealing with Amazon, etc.