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Old 11-13-2016, 02:29 PM   #89
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
I really don't see the issue as long as they're ePub books. Such books are locked to an Adobe account, not a specific device, so as long as you keep the books safe, they aren't going to disappear. I certainly don't see that there's any onus on the bookstore to keep the files for you: keeping your data safely backed up is your responsibility, not theirs.
So there's actually a single point of failure in the whole ecosystem - Adobe. What happens if Adobe decides their epub drm tax isn't worth collecting any more, or they go bust and their servers are turned off?

Kobo might be in a better position than most surviving stores as they've got their own home-brew DRM as well as Adobe's.
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