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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
Ebooks do go out of print. Look at Baen books, an ebook pioneer. They usually do a contract for 10 years. Once the contract is over. They can't sell that ebook any more.
Example, the works of Cordwainer Smith. Baen had his entire output in 2 volume for 10 years. Now you can't buy those editions, they are out of print. (actually out of contract - same difference to someone wanting to get a copy to read.)
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Yes, I have a number of ebooks that are no longer available. When Sony's ebook store shutdown and the rights transferred to Kobo. the ebooks they no longer had the right to sell did not transfer. I had about 5 or 6 out of a couple of hundred that were in that category. This is a major reason why the first thing I do with an ebook that I buy is download it, then remove the DRM.