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Originally Posted by pwalker8
As ebooks have become more popular, I thought that once a book became available, it would stay available, I mean what's the point of removing it? There is no storage cost and much of the point of ebooks from an author's point of view is that you get a steady monthly stream of sales rather than having a couple of months blip every 5 to 7 years when it's reprinted. Obviously, some copyright holders feel differently. I assume it has something to do with whomever has the copyrights to her books and contracts.
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I have missed out on quite a few books that have gone out of 'print' in ebook form, which is why I justify buying them now when I see them.
I have also been caught where an omnibus version has been withdrawn and then split up, with the individual books being a lot more expensive to purchase.
I'm not sure whether this was due to rights changes or whether it has been to offer the first book at a discount/free and then price the rest more expensively.