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Originally Posted by Sirtel
OK, I checked. Of the 115 books I've purchased from Google Play none has disappeared. From Google Play itself, I mean, I don't use the Sony Reader. I didn't try to download them, that would have taken too much time.
But there's no guarantee the books will stay there indefinitely. Google might get out of the ebook business. Your Google account might get hacked. Adobe might get out of the DRM business. If you would be heartbroken after having lost your books, then all the more reason to make your own back-ups. Don't place your trust in Google.
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The books have not disappeared from my online Google Play account. However, when this problem happens, if I try to open one of the books on my PC I get a message that it has been removed from my computer, though I have not deleted anything. It seems unlikely it would be caused by the Sony software because if it were, it would be happening to all my books and not just the same few books repeatedly.
I am not one of those people who's all worked up about making sure I never lose any books. I don't buy nearly as many books a lot of people on Mobileread and if there was a particular book I really care about that much I would buy a paper copy as a backup.
I really just wanted to know if anybody else had experienced disappearing books or if it was just me, and apparently it is just me.
I'm going to try a chat with Google and see if they can help.