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That's the problem with the Cloud or Amazon's version of it.
They don't store an original copy of the ebook it seems, but keep changing the version of it, which to my mind is wrong. They should keep a copy of all versions that have been released. Once someone has bought an ebook, then that particular version copy should stay on the Cloud, totally independent of what the Publisher might do from then on. Once you bought the ebook they should lose a say in it, for all intents & purposes.
For those who don't fully understand the Cloud, it generally works like this. 10 people or more buy the same edition or version of an ebook, and one copy only is kept on the server (Cloud). Those 10 people etc can always access that one copy. Of course, there is more than one server around the world, so realistically there is more than one Cloud copy of each ebook. Not to mention server backups too.
So anyway, if Amazon won't do the right thing, you need to. You need to store your ebook elsewhere, in addition to any copies on your device(s). Use Google Drive for instance. Like I said in an earlier post, you should only need to get the ebook on your device via Calibre, and then sync to get the ebook verified for use.
And of course, part of the problem, is legitimate updates by Publishers, where errors have been corrected in an ebook. New formatting and fonts is legitimate too, but they shouldn't supersede older versions that only work with older devices, they should be in addition to.
But none of this would be an issue, if Amazon were managing things properly, as even revisions of an ebook should be kept in many circumstances.
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